• Install D-Link switches.
• Use the command line interface and the web based interface to manage D-Link switches.
• Configure and troubleshoot D-Link switches.
• Perform software upgrades and maintain configurations using TFTP.

>> Dates, prices & bookings for this course

>> Back to Product Specific courses overview

Introduction
How Ethernet works with hubs, How Ethernet works with switches. Installing D-link switches. Hands on: Building a network with a hub, building a network with a D-Link switch.

Basic troubleshooting
The D-Link switch range, LEDs, cabling issues, factory resets, default settings. Hands on: Building a network with multiple D-link switches.

Configuration methods
Managed vs. unmanaged switches, Console port access, telnet, web based access, SNMP, saving configurations, NVRAM, switch stacks. Hands on: Accessing the switch using the CLI, IP address configuration, telnet.

Command line interface
Users, privileges, the CLI, online help. Hands on: Basic commands, user accounts, displaying the switch configuration.

Web based interface
Getting started, basic format. Hands on: Configuring the switch using the web interface.

Port configuration
Common port configuration tasks, link aggregation. Hands on: Configuring ports.

STP configuration
What is STP? 802.1D vs. 802.1W (RSTP), configuring STP. Hands on: Enabling and disabling STP, changing STP versions, configuring STP.

VLAN configuration
What are VLANS? 802.1Q, tagged/untagged, creating VLANS, applying VLANS. Hands on: Setting up VLANS, setting up 802.1Q, Inter VLAN traffic.

Housekeeping
TFTP, upload download, updating firmware, updating configuration files, BOOTP/DHCP for IP addresses. Hands on: Using TFTP to configure a D-Link switch.

SNMP
Switch configuration, D-View, other NMS’s. Hands on: Using SNMP to manage a D-link switch putting it all together: troubleshooting.