Lesson 2: Cisco Catalyst Center Foundations – Routing, Switching, Services, and Connectivity

This lesson provides guided coverage of routing, switching, services, and connectivity within the Cisco Catalyst Center Foundations Training.

Topics Covered

• OSPF, BGP, route redistribution, filtering, summarization, and policy concepts
• Campus switching, Layer 2 resiliency, gateway redundancy, and segmentation
• NAT, DHCP, DNS, NTP, SNMP, syslog, QoS, and infrastructure services
• WAN, VPN, internet edge, cloud connectivity, and branch design concepts
• Wireless and mobility integration awareness
• Configuration validation using show, debug, and operational commands
• Routing and switching implementation exercise

Practical Outcome

Learners complete the lesson with a clear understanding of the workflow, the ability to validate the expected result, and a structured approach to common troubleshooting tasks.