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Building a Business Switched Network

This real-world network infrastructure training course prepares learners to configure and support a real business network. This is an entry-level networking skills training to configure and support a real business network. There’s an acknowledged difference between the things you learn while studying for an exam and the skills you actually need on the job. There’s no place where that knowledge gap is on greater display than building a network from scratch for a customer.

Updated August 2018

4Skills
18Videos
5h 25mTotal
18 videos5h 25m

Who This Course Is For

This Building a Business Switched Network training is real-world networking training, which means it was designed for both new and experienced network administrators.

Skills Your Team Will Gain

  • Establishing connections from patch panel to switch
  • Weighing the differences between small and midsize office switch architecture
  • Determining a switch platform
  • Connecting building switches
  • Accessing switch management interfaces
  • Developing a network device naming convention
  • Creating documentation
  • Setting up and configuring core link aggregation (LAG)
  • Finding network devices

Course Curriculum

  • Premium skill.Plan your Switch Architecture and Setup1h 46m
  • Premium skill.Access and Connect to your Switch30m
  • Premium skill.Perform the Formalities of Switch Configuration1h 8m
  • Premium skill.Perform Common Switch Configurations2h 2m

Readiness check

Confirm prerequisite knowledge before training begins

A short placement assessment on the CBT Nuggets assessments platform measures whether a learner already has the foundation this course assumes. IT Directors use it to put the right people in the right training — and any learner can take it right now to make sure they'll get full value from day one.

  • Questions generated from this course's own lesson transcripts — what gets measured is exactly what gets taught
  • Instant, per-learner results that show whether the prerequisite foundation is in place
  • Results roll up into team readiness reporting, so training hours go where they change outcomes

Runs on assessments.cbtnuggets.com — sign in with an Adept account so results roll up into team readiness reporting. Need one? Create an Adept account.

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