BCS 320: Enterprise Networking, Security, and Automation

Enterprise Networking, Security, and Automation describes the necessary architecture, components, operations, and security considerations required to scale for large, complex networks, including wide area network technologies. The course emphasizes network security concepts and introduces network virtualization and automation. Students learn how to configure, troubleshoot, and secure enterprise network devices and understand how application programming interfaces and configuration management tools enable network automation. Note: The laboratory course, BCS 209 is a part of your grade for this course. Prerequisite(s): BCS209 with a C or higher.
Credits: 3 (2,3)

Prerequisite

BCS 209 with a grade of C or higher

Course Objectives

Students who complete the Scaling Networks course will be able to perform the following functions:

• Understand, configure and troubleshoot enhanced switching technologies such as VLANs, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), Per VLAN Spanning Tree Plus Protocol (PVST+), and EtherChannel
• Understand, configure, and troubleshoot first hop redundancy protocols (HSRP) in a switched network
• Understand, configure, and troubleshoot wireless routers and wireless clients
• Configure and troubleshoot routers in a complex routed IPv4 or IPv6 network using single-area OSPF, multiarea OSPF, and Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
• Manage Cisco IOS® Software licensing and configuration files

Textbooks

Please contact your professor for the required text book for this class. The reading materials (Companion Guide as well as the Labs) are online through students' Cisco NetSpace accounts.

Recommended books:

• Scaling Networks Companion Guide By Cisco Networking Academy Published Mar 30, 2014 by Cisco Press. ISBN-10: 1-58713-328-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-58713-328-2
• Scaling Networks Lab Manual By Cisco Networking Academy Published Dec 24, 2013 by Cisco Press. ISBN-10: 1-58713-325-3  ISBN-13: 978-1-58713-325-1