The goal of the course is to equip students to properly install and configure Extreme Networks’ Fabric Connect. Students experience the deployment process from the beginning to completion learning all the essential steps and technologies. Lectures are supported equally with hands-on experience on VSP 8400, Universal Hardware 5520s and EXOS.

Successful completion results in an operational SPBM fabric with L2VSN, L3VsN, IP-Shortcuts, Fabric Attach and vIST Core Switch Pair.

Associated Certification:

• Extreme Fabric – Installation and Configuration

Upon completion of this course, students will have gained the working knowledge to:

• To deploy Extreme Networks’ Fabric Connect solutions based on reference architectures from Extreme Networks customer scenarios
•  Take the Extreme Fabric – Installation and Configuration exam

Extreme Fabric Overview

• Shortest Path Bridging
• IS-IS routing
• Extreme Fabric services

Fabric Deployment Options

• Automation and on-boarding options
• Auto-sense ports

VSP Switch Management

• Switching portfolio
• Software management and upgrade
• Management interfaces

Fabric Connect Infrastructure

• BVLANs
• IS-IS parameters, interfaces and adjacencies
• Link resilience and VLACP
• SPB best practices

Fabric Management

• CFM
• IP Shortcuts
• Mgmt CLIP
• DHCP Server

L2VSN

• L2VSN configuration
• UNI port configuration
• L2VSN multicast

L3VSN

• VRF routing
• Route redistribution
• Inter-VSN routing

Fabric Edge and Autosense

• Fabric to the edge
• Auto-sense configuration

VIST Core Switch Pair

• Redundancy on the edge of Fabric
• SMLT configuration
• RSMLT
• SLPP

Fabric Attach (FA)

• FA architecture
• FA elements
• FA configuration

This course is designed as the first step for individuals responsible for the installation, configuration, and management of the Extreme Networks Fabric Connect switches.

Students should possess a solid grasp of LAN concepts, including switching and routing, advanced Ethernet concepts and TCP/IP.