• Install 3Com switches.
• Use the command line interface and the web based interface to manage 3Com switches.
• Configure and troubleshoot 3Com switches.
• Perform software upgrades.

Duration: 2 days

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Introduction
How Ethernet works with hubs, How Ethernet works with switches. Installing 3Com switches. Hands on: Building a network with a hub, building a network with a 3Com switch.

Basic troubleshooting
The 3Com switch range, LEDs, cabling issues, system resets, default settings. Hands on: Building a network with multiple 3Com 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 console, IP address configuration, telnet.

Console interface
Default users, passwords, the menus, menu options, online help, CLI commands. Hands on: Setting passwords, 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, port aggregation, resilient links. Hands on: Configuring ports.

STP configuration
What is STP? Configuring STP. Hands on: Enabling and disabling STP, 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, software upgrades, Hands on: Software upgrade.

SNMP
SNMP configuration, Transcend, other NMS’s. Hands on: Using SNMP to manage a 3Com switch, putting it all together: troubleshooting.