GNS As Network Interview Tool - Test 1 (Layer-2)

Recently I was interviewing lots of people for a Level-2 Engineer profile. The requirement  was for one of my Enterprise client NOC. The client simply asked me to ensure only quality Engineers get through this. So I decided to change my regular interview pattern this time. I designed a Series of hands on test for this purpose. So here is the Test-1. Though I wrote this for level-2 Engineers to ensure even a rusty CCNP Engineer can qualify this but even I expect a Good CCNA Engineer to pass this easily.

Guidelines

ü  All VLANs are preconfigured.

ü  All passwords are preconfigured.

ü  Verify VLAN database using “ sh vlan-switch brief “ command.

ü  Don’t configure any local user account.

ü  Don’t change default console settings.

ü  Use dummy username “abc” for ssh testing.

ü  There are some configuration faults which you may need to find and fix.

ü  Don’t reload the device without checking with Interviewer.

ü  The given time for test is 35 Mins.

Tasks

Ø  1. Configure all inter switch links as 802.1Q Trunks.

Ø  2. Make sure SW-1 is Root Bridge for VLAN 10 , SW-2 is Root Bridge for VLAN 20 , SW-3 is Root Bridge for VLAN 30

Ø  3. Confi gure the inter switch links between R1 & R2 , R1 & R3 so that none of the link is in spanning tree block state.

Ø  4. Make sure all switches are able to telnet each other. Use password as " cisco " whenever required. Management IPs are as Followed:

SW-1 > 1.1.1.1/24

SW-2 > 1.1.1.2/24

SW-3 > 1.1.1.3/24

Ø  5. Configure SW-1 so that it allows SSH connection for management in INBOUND direction. Make sure when you SSH from SW-2/SW-3, you are able to get SSH login Prompt.

 Example:

 

Ø  6. Enable SNMP environmental monitor traps on SW-2 to ensure traps are generated for High Temperature & Fan failures for example. The traps should be sent out to NMS Address “1.1.1.250”. Use community value as “ cisco “ if required.

Ø  7. Create a SPAN (AKA Port Mirroring) session with source interface as Fa1/5 on SW3. The SPAN Destination is Fa1/6

GNS Initials & Topology - http://www.4shared.com/rar/Zhou26u3/L2_Section.html

HTH...
Deepak Arora
Evil CCIE