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FortiSwitch
In this interactive course, you will learn how to deploy, provision, and manage a FortiSwitch with FortiGate using FortiLink. This course also covers the deployment and troubleshooting of Layer 2 and Layer 3 features, as well as the most common FortiSwitch stack topologies, including those that leverage multichassis link aggregation group (MCLAG) for redundancy and higher performance. You will also learn about FortiSwitch in standalone mode, its unique features, and how to manage a standalone switch directly, or from FortiLAN Cloud.
Provider Information
CDW
625 W. Adams St.
Chicago, IL 60661
Course Overview
- Basic knowledge in networking
- Understanding of layer 2 switching
- Understanding of the topics covered in the FortiGate Administrator course (previously FortiGate Security and FortiGate Infrastructure).
8890 McGaw Road
Suite 200
Columbia, MD 21045
625 W Adams Street
Chicago, IL 60661
5908 Headquarters Drive
Suite 400
Plano, TX 75024
201 N Franklin St
Floor 37
Tampa, FL 33602
40 E. Rio Salado Parkway
Suite 200
Tempe, AZ 85281
Learning Objectives
- Explore the FortiSwitch portfolio and identify the supported management modes
- Describe and deploy FortiSwitch in managed switch mode (FortiLink mode)
- Understand Ethernet switching, VLANs, link aggregation (LAG), MCLAG, and Layer 2 discovery
- Identify the most common FortiSwitch topologies when deploying FortiSwitch in managed switch mode
- Understand Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Rapid Spanning Tree protocol (RSTP), and Multiple Spanning Tree protocol (MSTP) operation and configuration, as well as other loop protection features
- Describe and configure Layer 2 security to filter unwanted traffic and perform anti-spoofing
- Configure Layer 2 authentication using 802.1.X, and leverage 802.1X to assign dynamic VLANs to endpoints
- Implement advanced features to increase port density, control network access, forward multicast traffic more effectively, and quarantine compromised devices
- Prioritize traffic on FortiSwitch by using QoS marking, queuing, and rate limiting features
- Simplify endpoint deployment by using Link Layer Discovery Protocol-Media Endpoint Discovery (LLDP-MED)
- Share FortiSwitch ports across different VDOMs using multi-tenancy
- Monitor FortiSwitch using SNMP, sFlow, and flow sampling
- Describe the most useful troubleshooting tools available on FortiSwitch
Framework Connections
The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):
Competency Areas
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