Advanced Switching
Overview
This unit is designed to teach students how to implement, monitor, and maintain switching in converged enterprise campus networks. Students will learn how to plan, configure, and verify the implementation of complex enterprise switching solutions. Comprehensive labs emphasize hands-on learning and practice to reinforce configuration skills.
Requisites
01-June-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Appraise current best practice for Enterprise Scale Campus Network design
- Describe and implement VLAN technologies in a Campus network
- Describe, configure and troubleshoot various Spanning Tree protocols
- Configure Inter-VLAN routing and DHCP in a Multilayer Switched environment
- Assess security threats in a Campus Network Infrastructure and deploy mitigating techniques
- Monitor, analyse, and troubleshoot switch performance, connectivity and security issues
- Research and report on an emerging technology in the field of Networking
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Online Lecture |
1.00 | 1 weeks | 1 |
| On-campus Lecture |
1.00 | 11 weeks | 11 |
| On-campus Class |
1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| On-campus Lab |
2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Online Lecture |
1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning |
7.50 | 12 weeks | 90 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment | Individual | 2 - 5% | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
| Case Studies | Group | 5 - 10% | 1,2,3,4,6,7 |
| Case Study Report | Individual | 5 - 10% | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
| Examination | Individual | 35 - 55% | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
| Practical Skills Examination | Individual | 30 - 45% | 2,3,4,5,6 |
Hurdle
As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:
(i) An aggregate mark of 50% or more, and(ii) At least 40% in the final exam, and(iii) A Pass grade for the Skills Exam. The criteria for passing the Skills Exam is available in the Unit Outline.Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirements (ii) and (iii) will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.
Content
- Fundamental Review
- Network Design Fundamentals
- Campus Network Architecture
- Implementing Spanning Tree
- Implementing Inter-VLAN routing
- Network Management
- Implementing high availability and redundancy in a Campus network
- Securing the Campus infrastructure
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.