Course Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Explore the FortiSwitch portfolio and identify the supported management modes
• Describe and deploy FortiSwitch in managed switch mode (FortiLink mode)
• Understand Ethernet switching, VLANs, link aggregation (LAG), MCLAG, and Layer 2 discovery
• Identify the most common FortiSwitch topologies when deploying FortiSwitch in managed switch mode
• Understand Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), and Multiple Spanning Tree protocol (MSTP) operation and configuration, as well as other loop protection features
• Describe and configure Layer 2 security to filter unwanted traffic and perform antispoofing
• Configure Layer 2 authentication using 802.1.X, and leverage 802.1X to assign dynamic VLANs to endpoints
• Implement advanced features to increase port density, control network access, forward multicast traffic more effectively, and quarantine compromised devices
• Prioritize traffic on FortiSwitch by using QoS marking, queuing, and rate-limiting features
• Simplify endpoint deployment by using Link Layer Discovery Protocol-Media Endpoint Discovery (LLDP-MED)
• Share FortiSwitch ports across different VDOMs using multi-tenancy
• Monitor FortiSwitch using SNMP, sFlow, and flow sampling
• Describe the most useful troubleshooting tools available on FortiSwitch

Pre-Requisites

Basic knowledge in networking

Understanding of layer 2 switching

Understanding of the topics covered in the following courses:

• NSE 4 FortiGate Security
• NSE 4 FortiGate Infrastructure

Certifications

This course prepares you for the FortiSwitch Specialist exam.

The FortiSwitch Specialist exam counts toward one of the four NSE 6 specializations required to get the NSE 6 certification.