Who Should Attend

This course is designed for a general audience including but not limited to RUCKUS sales personnel, system engineers, VARs, RUCKUS Partners, network managers, support personnel, and company employees desiring a high-level understanding of all Ruckus products.

This course is designed to prepare students for the RUCKUS ICX Implementer (RICXI) Accreditation Exam

Course Description:

This self‐paced, web‐based training course concentrates on the duties performed by an network implementer within a typical network environment and focuses on the RUCKUS ICX series of switches running FastIron 8.0.90. Features and functions covered in this course include, RUCKUS technologies, hardware architecture, software upgrades, basic CLI configuration, layer 2 feature configuration along with device access and security.

Course Objectives: 

After completing this course, attendees should be able to: 

• Understand RUCKUS technologies and how to access the resources available
• Discuss the available ICX hardware and their capabilities
• Discuss the major features and functions of RUCKUS  ICX switches
• Understand hardware configurations for RUCKUS  ICX switches including stacking
• Describe the Command Line (CLI) structure of RUCKUS  ICX switches
• Describe the different methods available for device management including, the console port, Telnet, SSH, and web management
• Use Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) to secure a Ruckus ICX switch
• Describe the software upgrade process for RUCKUS  ICX switches
• Configure Virtual LANs (VLANs) and Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs)
• Configure interface settings including, name, VLAN association, speed and duplex, and PoE capabilities
• Describe and configure Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) features supported on Ruckus ICX switches
• Describe the features and function of Multi-Chassis Trunking (MCT)
• Describe and configure the Power over Ethernet capabilities of RUCKUS  ICX switches
• Describe and configure Campus Fabrics

Delivery Options: Self-paced online training

Duration for all modules: Approximately 5 hours 13 minutes

Prerequisites:

Network management protocols and their function including:

• Telnet/SSH
• SNMP
• sFlow

Network features:

• Routing/switching
• VLAN
• Link aggregation (LAG)
• PoE

Network protocols including:

• STP
• 802.1Q
• LACP
• 802.1X
• CDP/LLDP