Ccnp Cisco Networking Academy Program: Multilayer Switching Companion Guide - Hardcover

Lewis, Wayne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1587130335 ISBN 13: 9781587130335

Publisher: Cisco Systems, 2002

Synopsis

The Only Authorized Textbook for the CCNP Multilayer Switching course within the Cisco Networking Academy Program.

• Maps to the online curriculum
• Strong textbook pedagogy to increase students learning and retention
• Only printed textbook recommended by Cisco Systems for use within the classroom
• Developed in conjunction with the creators of the online curriculum

For use within the Cisco Networking Academy Program, Multilayer Switching curriculum of study, this text completes the student's learning experience by providing instructional material that builds upon the most current Web-based curriculum. Multilayer Switching Companion Guide details the Cisco switching methodology in the context of core, distribution, and access layer deployments, presenting the common switching technologies in an easily understood format. The Companion Guide then ensures mastery of Cisco Catalyst switch configuration within a corporation campus environment by walking learners through the various algorithms used between the devices. Descriptive, well-ordered, pictorial explanations of the inner-workings of spanning tree, multicasting, MLS, and HSRP technologies, help the implementation of the technologies fall right into place. The Companion Guide's margin notes, warnings, tech notes, chapter summaries, review questions, and lab questions reinforce these concepts and more. In addition to serving as a comprehensive learning aid for the CCNP Switching Web-based curriculum, the Multilayer Switching Companion Guide also prepares for the CCNP Switching Exam.

About this title

About the Author

Wayne Lewis, Ph.D., CCNP, CCDP, CCAI is the co-author for the corresponding Web-based curriculum for multilayer switching and internetwork troubleshooting. He is an assistant professor at Honolulu Community College, the Cisco Academy Manager for the Pacific Center for Advanced Technology Training, and the main contact for HCC's CATC-CCNA, CATC-CCNP, and CATC-SC Academies. Wayne is a contributing author for the Cisco Press title, Cisco Networking Academy Program: First-Year Companion Guide, Revised Printing. He earned his bachelor's degree in math from Wichita State University, where he received the Youngest Graduate Award. Wayne was named Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant for the University of Hawaii while attending graduate school.

Cisco Press is a collaboration between Cisco Systems(r), Inc., and Pearson Education that is charged with developing high-quality, cutting-edge educational and reference products for the networking industry. The products in the Cisco Networking Academy Program Series are designed to prepare students for careers in the exciting networking field. These products have proven to be strong supplements to the Web-based curriculum and are the only print companions that have been reviewed and endorsed by Cisco Systems for Cisco Networking Academy Program use.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cisco Systems
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1587130335
• ISBN 13: 9781587130335
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 656