In this video, I make sure you can quickly verify the available features you have for emulation inside of Cisco VIRL. This is very important because the last thing you want to do is spend time building a VIRL topology only to discover you cannot practice the feature because it is not supported.
Here is your exam objectives tracker for ICND2. Remember – there are five parts. So if you are not seeing all five below – be sure to click on the READ MORE button!
| 1.0 | LAN Switching Technologies |
| 1.1 | Configure, verify, and troubleshoot VLANs |
| (normal/extended range) spanning multiple switches | |
| 1.1.a | Access ports (data and voice) |
| 1.1.b | Default VLAN |
| 1.2 | Configure, verify, and troubleshoot interswitch connectivity |
| 1.2.a | Add and remove VLANs on a trunk |
| 1.2.b | DTP and VTP (v1&v2) |
| 1.3 | Configure, verify, and troubleshoot STP protocols |
| 1.3.a | STP mode (PVST+ and RPVST+) |
| 1.3.b | STP root bridge selection |
| 1.4 | Configure, verify, and troubleshoot STP-related optional features |
| 1.4.a | PortFast |
| 1.4.b | BPDU guard |
| 1.5 | Configure, verify, and troubleshoot (Layer 2/Layer 3) EtherChannel |
| 1.5.a | Static |
| 1.5.b | PAGP |
| 1.5.c | LACP |
| 1.6 | Describe the benefits of switch stacking and chassis aggregation |
| 1.7 | Describe common access layer threat mitigation techniques |
| 1.7.a | 802.1x |
| 1.7.b | DHCP snooping |
| 1.7.c | Nondefault native VLAN |