Course Title: Install, operate and troubleshoot medium enterprise switches
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2013
Course Code: COSC6131C
Course Title: Install, operate and troubleshoot medium enterprise switches
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5306 - Diploma of Information Technology Networking
Course Contact: Alex Buono
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4475
Course Contact Email: alex.buono@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 90
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Nil
This course has no pre-requisites or co-requisites.
Course Description
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to use appropriate tools, equipment, software and protocols to install, operate, and troubleshoot medium enterprise switches.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
ICANWK508A Install, operate and troubleshoot medium enterprise routers |
Element: |
Configure and verify |
Performance Criteria: |
Describe enhanced switching technologies |
Element: |
Configure basic switch operation |
Performance Criteria: |
Describe network segmentation, basic traffic management and basic switching concepts |
Element: |
Prepare to install an medium enterprise switch |
Performance Criteria: |
Prepare for given work according to relevant legislation, occupational health and safety (OHS), codes, regulations and standards |
Element: |
Troubleshoot medium enterprise switches |
Performance Criteria: |
Troubleshoot device configuration and network connectivity using basic utilities |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Delivery mode- includes internet, face-to-face and workplace.
Students are required to read the prescribed chapters from the Cisco website and any additional information provided on the RMIT Learning Hub.
The learning activities include
• Case studies
• Weekly online chapter exams.
• Collaborative classroom activities
• Peer interaction
• Simulations
• Accessing information on-line
• Workplace activities
Teaching Schedule
| 1 | Introduction to LAN design | Available on the Learning Hub and Cisco Website |
| 2 | Wireless | |
| 3 | Basic Switch Concepts and Configuration | |
| 4 | VLAN’s | |
| 5 | VLAN Trunking Protocol Inter VLAN Routing |
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| 6 | Spanning Tree Protocol | |
| 7 | Revision – Online Exam and Skills Based Assessment | |
| 8 | Revision – Online Exam and Skills Based Assessment | |
| 9 | Online Exam | |
| 10 | Skills Based Assessment | |
| 11 | Skills Based Assessment | |
| *Please note this is subject to change |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Online learning materials can be accessed by going into the Cisco network academy website or the RMIT web site Online Learning Hub. The online learning materials listed under each topic include:
• Subject outlines
• Lecture notes
• Reading materials
• Activities/Simulations
Overview of Assessment
The participant must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of a particular competency to be deemed competent. Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.
Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including technical requirements documentation, workplace activities, in class exercises, quizzes, practical problem solving exercises and presentations. Participants are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.
Assessment Tasks
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit.
Evidence of the ability to:
• prepare for the installation of an enterprise switch
• install, configure and test the network elements to ensure interoperability within the network
• apply network topologies, protocols and security issues
• apply solutions and troubleshoot defined network problems.
Overview of assessment tasks
Assessment will be broken down into 2 parts:
*Both parts will be required to be meet the instructors satisfaction in order to be deemed as competent.
Cisco CCNA 3 Exam:
Students will be required to complete the exam at RMIT. This exam will be done in class. Students will be required to achieve a score of 50% in order to be deemed competent.
Skills Based Assessment
Students will be required to demonstrate skills that they have learned in this course. This assessment can be done wither at RMIT or at the workplace, providing appropriate equipment is available.
Skills required to be demonstrated include:
• Switch Management and Configuration
• Creation and Management of VLANs
• Creation and Management of VTP
• Configure STP and RSTP
• Inter-VLAN routing
A detailed assessment sheet will be distributed in class.
Assessment Matrix
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