PHASE I: Cover-to-Cover Read-Through

The following list of dates is the first phase of my  planned day-to-day reading of the the BCMSN Self-Study Guide. I designed this schedule so that it is to be completed before April 15th, 2009. That is the date my second child is due to be born. Of course, as it is not an exact calculation, he could come out 1 or 2 weeks or early or late. I’ll try my best to keep up. As I complete each goal, I will be crossing them out to indicate completed. Some days I could be ahead of the reading schedule, some days I will be behind. Regardless of what day I accomplish the goal, I’ll be crossing out the topics I’ve already covered.

Mon, 16-Mar-09: Chapter 1: Read pp. 3 – 30 – Enterprise Network Architectures: Enterprise Composite Model, SONA, IIN, etc
Tue, 17-Mar-09: Chapter 1: Read pp. 31 – 60 – Continuation of Enterprise Model, Intro to Catalyst switches
Wed, 18-Mar-09: Chapter 2: Read pp. 61 – 92 – Data-link layer technologies, Multilayer switched network design.
Thur, 19-Mar-09: Chapter 3: Read pp. 95 – 125 – Initial Catalyst switch configurations, IOS File System (IFS), Software images.
Fri, 20-Mar-09: Chapter 3: Read pp. 125 – 147 – Basic switch troubleshooting practices.
Sat, 21-Mar-09: Chapter 4: Read pp. 149 – 185 – VLANs: configuring , verifying , Private VLANs, VLAN trunking.
Sun, 22-Mar-09: Chapter 4: Read pp. 185 – 215 – VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP), End of chapter exercises.

 
Mon, 23-Mar-09: Chapter 5: Read pp. 217 – 250 – Spanning-tree protocol, PVST+, RSTP.
Tue, 24-Mar-09: Chapter 5: Read pp. 251 – 273  – Multiple spanning tree, End of chapter exercises.
Wed, 25-Mar-09: Chapter 6: Read pp. 275 – 315 – 802.1D Enhancements: PortFast, BackboneFast, etc; BPDU Guard, etc.
Thu, 26-Mar-09: Chapter 7: Read pp. 317 – 353 – Etherchannel, CDP, L3 protocol filtering, Broadcast & Multicast supression. etc.
Frid, 27-Mar-09: Chapter 7: Read pp. 354 – 383 – IEEE 802.3 flow control, UDLD & aggressive mode UDLD, end of chapter.
Sat, 28-Mar-09: Chapter 8: Read pp. 385 – 409 – Inter-VLAN routing, IP broadcast forwarding.
Sun,29-Mar-09: Chapter 9: Read pp. 411 – 439 – CEF-based multilayer switching.

Mon, 30-Mar-09: Chapter 10: Read pp. 441 – 469 – QoS fundamentals.
Tue, 31-Mar-09: Chapter 10: Read pp. 470 – 498 – More QoS.
Wed, 1-Mar-09: Chapter 11: Read pp. 501 – 525 – Mulitcast, PIM, IGMP.
Thu, 2-Apr-09: Chapter 11 : Read pp. 525 – 551 – Layer 2 multicast protocols, Configuring, monitoring and verifying multicast.
Fri, 3-Apr-09: Chapter 12: Read pp. 554 – 579 – High availability, Implement redundant sup engines, Stateful switchover, etc.
Sat, 4-Apr-09: Chapter 12: Read pp. 579 – 618 -  HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, Cisco IOS SLB.
Sun, 5-Apr-09: Chapter 13: Read pp. 621 – 645 – IP telephony.

Mon, 6-Apr-09: Chapter 14: Read pp. 647 – 684 – Layer 2 security, AAA, Port security, 802.1x, NAC.
Tue, 7-Apr-09: Chapter 14: Read pp. 684 – 717 – ACLs, Firewalls, DHCP snooping, IPSG, DAI, etc.
Wed, 8-Apr-09: Chapter 15: Read pp. 721 – 741 – Catalyst switchin architecture: 6500, 4500, 3750, 3560, 2960.
Thu, 9-Apr-09: Chapter 16: Read pp. 743 – 763 – Metro solutions: DWDM, SONET, CWDM.
Fri, 10-Apr-09: Chapter 17: Read pp. 765 – 804 – Monitoring performance: SPAN, VLAN SPAN, Remote SPAN, VLAN ACL capture.
Sat, 11-Apr-09: Chapter 18: Read pp. 807 – 830 – Wireless LAN, Theory and standards.
Sun, 12-Apr-09: Chapter 18: Read pp. 830 – 856 – 802.11 operational standards, Implement WLANs, Cisco WLANs. 

Mon, 13-Apr-09: Chapter 18: Read pp. 856 – 876 – Cisco wireless clients, Configure basic WLAN, End of chapter.