Foundry Networks Certified Network Engineer

Certification: FNCNE

The FNCP awards the designation of the Foundry Networks Certified Network Engineer (FNCNE). This is achieved through completion of an online exam comprised of IP networking technology and in-depth knowledge of Foundry products. The exam consists of 82 multiple-choice questions and typically takes 90 minutes to complete. The exam questions are very challenging and prior "hands on" experience is essential. Foundry's testing partner, Prometric, provides fast and simple online registration. You can register for the exam 24 hours a day worldwide.

Costs
The fee for the online exam is US $125.00. This fee primarily covers the costs of providing secure, reliable, and trusted scores by Prometric.

Benefits
      . Enhances career advancement
      . Increased industry recognition
      . Increases credibility
      . Validates knowledge and skills
      . Provides a competitive advantage
      . Maintains proficiency

A FNCNE certified individual is able to:
      . Install and configure Foundry switches and routers in a small to medium sized network
      . Implement Foundry's Layers 4 - Layers 7 switching, firewalls and sever load balancing solutions
      . Provide level 1 support and diagnostics, and fault isolation

How to prepare

Individuals pursuing a Certified Network Engineer (CNE) certification should have a fundamental knowledge of networking prior to learning the specifics of Foundry networking. The Basic Switch Router Configuration and Maintenance (TRNG-0103) and the Introduction to Web Switching and Load Balancing (TRNG-0202) courses prepare the candidate for the FNCNE certification.

Courses & Exams

Basic Switch Router Configuration and Management (TRNG-0103)

Prerequisites
To fully benefit from this course you should have a working knowledge of the listed technologies and the following personal hardware during the week of attendance.

   Working Knowledge of:

• The OSI reference model
• The difference between networks using IP and IPX protocols.
• The differences between and functions of layer 2 and layer 3 devices (switches and routers)
• Spanning Tree Protocol
• Inter-domain routing protocols (RIP, static routes)

   Personal hardware

• Laptop Personal Computer with W95 or higher
• Ethernet NIC card
• CD Drive
• Serial Interface (with a DB9 Connector)
• TFTP application

Course Content

The TRNG-103 course is a comprehensive study of layer 2 and layer 3 features of Foundry Networks switches and routers. These features are common to the majority of Foundry's layer 2 and 3 devices. LAN, MAN, and WAN networks are configured in the labs. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to select appropriate Foundry devices, connect, configure, and troubleshoot them in LAN, MAN and WAN networks.

Course Objectives

   After completing this course, the student will be able to:

• Identify where Foundry Products are used in a Typical Data Network
• Create Layer 2 and 3 Data Networks using Foundry Switches / Routers
• Use the Command Line Interface (CLI) to configure and manage Foundry Switch / Router interfaces, VLANs and protocols.
• Upgrade software images and files on Foundry Switch / Routers
• Interconnect Foundry Switch Routers based on a network design
• Configure Access Lists
• Troubleshoot using CLI show commands

Course Outline

   The Essentials

      - Configure Foundry products with the Command Line Interface.
      - Determine port settings from front panel LED's
      - List the contents of Flash
      - Move contents between Flash and a TFTP Server
      - Determine the Layer 2 or 3 configuration of the product
      - Control User Access

   Trunks

      - Define the different types of trunks
      - Configure a trunk
      - Use the CLI to find which ports belong to which trunks

   VLANs

      - Configure Layer 2 Port based VLANs
      - Configure 802.1q Frame Tagging
      - Configure Layer 3 Protocol VLANs
      - Switching Routers (routing between VLANs in one product)
      - VLAN Groups (simultaneous configuration and management of 1000 or more VLANs)

   Spanning Tree Protocol

      - Foundry STP default 802.1d
      - Per VLAN Spanning Tree and PVST+ compatibility
      - Fast Port Span
      - Fast Uplink Span
      - Rapid Spanning Tree (802.1w)
      - STP per VLAN Group
      - SuperSpan Spanning Tree

   Routing

      - Describe the basic functions of RIP
      - Enable RIP on a router interface
      - Configure a Static Route
      - Configure a Default Route

   Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

      - List the differences between OSPF & RIP
      - Describe the basic OSPF terms
      - List the show commands used for OSPF troubleshooting
      - Describe the Hello Protocol & Designated Router Elections
      - List the OSPF LSA types and their function
      - Configure OSPF in a variety of configurations:

      - Multi-Area OSPF
      - Stub Area OSPF
      - Rip and OSPF Redistribution
      - OSPF Virtual links

   Boarder Gateway Protocol (BGP)

      - Describe the basic BGP terms
      - List the differences between IGP and EGP
      - Describe an Autonomous System (AS)
      - List the steps of BGP peering
      - List the differences between IBGP & EBGP
      - Configure EBGP and IBGP:

      - EBGP for Multihome ISPs
      - IBGP using loopback interfaces
      - EBGP Multihop

   Access Control Lists (ACLs)

      - Describe differences between a Standard ACLs & Extended ACL
      - Configure Standard & Extended ACLs
      - Applying ACLs to Policy Based Routing

   Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)

      - Describe VRRP and VRRPe (Enhanced)
      - Configure VRRP and VRRPe

Who should attend

   The Target Audience for this course is as follows:

• Customers or Resellers who are new to Foundry Networks Products
• Network technicians new to Foundry Products and Services
• Network Administrators responsible for implementing and managing small to large business networks.
• Network support staff who will act as network device installers and first-line support for a local to global sized business environment.
• FNCNE Candidates

Introduction to Web Switching & Load Balancing (TRNG-0202)

Prerequisites

To fully benefit from this course you should have a working knowledge of the listed technologies and the following personal hardware during the week of attendance.

   Working Knowledge of:

• Foundry Networks Command Line Interface
• Foundry Router Interfaces addressing
• Domain Name Service (DNS)
• The OSI reference model
• The classification of TCP/UDP traffic based on port number
• The structure of a URL address (Prefix / Pattern / Suffix )

   Personal hardware

• Laptop Personal Computer with W95 or higher
• Ethernet NIC card
• CD Drive
• Serial Interface (with a DB9 connector)
• TFTP application

Course Content

The TRNG-202 course is a comprehensive study of the layer 4 through 7 features of Foundry Networks ServerIron Products. The student gains hands on experience in configuration of typical installations with the ServerIron product. Lecture topics are supported with real world labs involving: Source NAT, Direct Server Return, Active-Active Server Load Balancing, Firewall Load Balancing (FWLB), Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB).

Course Objectives

   After completing this course, the student will be able to:

• Identify where Foundry ServerIron Products are used in a Typical Data Network
• Configure ServerIrons in Layer 4 through 7 applications
• Incorporate fault tolerance and high availability at:
• The local level with multiple servers that failover
• The public address level with Multiple Virtual IP addresses (VIPs) that failover
• The global level with multiple business sites that failover.
• Redirect content to cache servers without configuring a browser proxy
• Configure Firewall Load Balancing (FWLB)
• Implement Policy Based Switching keying on SSL ID, cookie, or URL parsing

Course Outline

   Intro to ServerIron

• Overview of ServerIron Products
• Describe Layer 4 Switching
• Describe Server Load Balancing
• Describe Layer 4 Security Issues

   Configuring Server Load Balancing (SLB)

• Describe a Basic SLB Configuration
• Execute Show server commands
• Perform Basic SLB Lab
• Perform an Active Standby SLB Lab
• Describe Filters
• Perform Source NAT Lab

   Advanced Features of SLB

• Describe Switch Back (DSR
• Perform a DSR Lab
• Describe Multiple Virtual IP addresses
• Perform Active-Active Lab
• Describe Remote Server Farms

   Sample Designs of SLB

   Transparent Cache Switching (TCS)

• Describe the Benefits of TCS
• Describe Web caching
• Describe TCS Applications

   Configuring (TCS)

• Basic TCS layout
• Define Output policies
• Define Cache Servers
• Define Cache Groups
• Define Cache Traffic Distribution
• Filtering Cache Traffic

   Firewall Load Balancing (FWLB)

• Describe the benefits of Firewall Load Balancing
• Describe Types of Firewalls
• Review a Basic FWLB example
• Describe Show FW commands
• Perform a Basic FWLB Lab
• Review Sample FWLB Designs
• Describe Stateful FWLB

   Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)

• Describe GSLB
• Describe GSLB Benefits
• Describe GSLB Site Predictor Metric
• Describe a Configuration example
• Perform a GSLB Lab (3 Sites)

   Policy Based Switching

• Describe Cookie Based Switching
• Describe Cookie Based Hashing
• Describe SSL Session ID Switching
• Describe URL Switching

Who should attend?

   The Target Audience for this course is as follows:

• Customers or Resellers who are new to Foundry Networks Products
• Network technicians new to Foundry Products and Services
• Network Administrators responsible for implementing and managing small to large business networks.
• Network support staff who will act as network device installers and first-line support for a local to global sized business environment.
• Foundry Networks Certified Network Engineer FNCNE Candidates