CCNA Discovery 3: Introducing Routing and Switching in the Enterprise Labs

CCNA Discovery 3 is supported by one or more of the following NETLAB_AE standard pods:

The supported lab list (below) provides a list of CCNA Discovery 3 compatible labs and the pod types that can be used for each lab.

Most labs may use Basic Router Pod Version 2 and Cuatro Router Pod, allowing existing NETLAB_AE pods to service both CCNA and CCNP labs.
CRP provides vast coverage for CCNA and new CCNP.
The LSP can be used for CCNA Exploration and Discovery.
The MAP supports CCNA Exploration 2, 3 and 4 labs, CCNA Discovery 2,3 and 4 labs, and CCNA Security labs.

Enabling the Labs

To enable the CCNA Discovery 2 labs, create a class and check the appropriate global labs in the class settings as described in the table below, depending on the pod(s) that will be used.

Pods	Global Labs	Instructions
Cuatro Router Pod and/or Basic Router Pod v2 and/or LAN Switching Pod and/or Basic Switch Pod v2	AE CCNA DIS 3 V4.0.3.0 English	On the “Global Labs” section of the class settings, check “AE CCNA DIS 3 V4.0.3.0 English” if the CRP and/or the BRPv2 and/or LSP and/or BSPv2 will be used to perform the labs.
Multi-purpose Academy Pod	AE CCNA DIS 3 V4.0.3.0-MAP-English	On the “Global Labs” section of the class settings, check the “AE CCNA DIS 3 V4.0.3.0-MAP-English” if the MAP will be used to perform the labs.
(Cuatro Router Pod and/or Basic Router Pod v2 and LAN Switching Pod and/or Basic Switch Pod v2) and Multi-purpose Academy Pod	AE CCNA DIS 3 V4.0.3.0 English and AE CCNA DIS 3 V4.0.3.0-MAP-English	On the “Global Labs” section of the class settings, check both the “AE CCNA DIS 3 V4.0.3.0 English” and “AE CCNA DIS 3 V4.0.3.0-MAP-English” if the (CRP and/or BRPv2 and/or LSP and/or BSPv2) and the MAP will be used to perform the labs.

You may also allow the class to make "pod-only" reservations using the CCNA 4.x pod types listed above. To enable pod-only reservations, check the box for "AE CCNA Pod Reservations (no labs)" in the class settings.

These reservations are not tied to specific lab exercises. Therefore, the pod will be configured using the default network configuration. Please note however, not all CCNA labs use the default network configuration and must be completed by selecting the correct lab exercise (see the following discussion).

Using the Labs

Always select the correct lab exercise for the lab being performed. Students or teams should schedule the correct lab exercise from the catalog. NETLAB_AE will only show those labs for which the required pod type is available. A lab that works on different pod types may appear more than once if your system is so equipped. Instructors should select the correct lab from the Exercise tab during instructor-led lab reservations. This can be done as many times as needed during the reservation.

Importance of Choosing the Correct Lab Exercise

Several of the labs may differ from the standard pod topologies. This is handled by NETLAB+ Dynamic VLAN Mapping technology. Always select the correct lab exercise for the actual lab. This insures that NETLAB_AE will set up VLANs on the control switch such that lab devices and PCs are placed in the correct LAN segment for the exercise being performed. Selecting the correct exercise will also make the completed lab output easier to find in the archive.

Supported Lab List

Lab	Description	Pod Required	Comments
1.2.2	Capturing and Analyzing Network Traffic	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
2.3.5	Configuring Basic Routing and Switching	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
3.1.4	Applying Basic Switch Security	MAP, LSP or BSPv2	Steps 15 through 19 are not supported.
3.2.3	Building a Switched Network with Redundant Links	MAP, LSP or BSPv2
3.2.4	Verifying STP with Show Commands	MAP, LSP or BSPv2
3.3.2	Configuring, Verifying, and Troubleshooting VLANs	MAP, LSP or BSPv2
3.4.1	Creating VLANs and Assigning Ports	MAP, LSP or BSPv2
3.4.2	Configuring a Trunk Port to Connect Switches	MAP, LSP or BSPv2
3.4.3 Part A	Configuring Inter-VLAN Routing	MAP or LSP
3.4.3 Part B	Configuring Inter-VLAN Routing	MAP or LSP
3.5.4	Planning and Building a Switched Network	MAP or LSP
4.2.3	Designing and Applying an IP Addressing Scheme	MAP or LSP
4.2.5	Calculating a VLSM Addressing Scheme	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
4.3.3	Calculating Route Summarization		No equipment is required
4.3.4	Configuring a LAN with Discontiguous Subnets	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
4.4.3 Part A	Configure and Verifying Static NAT	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
4.4.3 Part B	Configure and Verify Dynamic NAT	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
4.4.4	Configure and Verify PAT	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
5.1.2	Designing and Creating a Redundant Network		No equipment is required
5.2.3	Configuring RIPv2 with VLSM, and Default Route Propagation	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
5.4.1	Implementing EIGRP	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
5.4.2	EIGRP Configuring Automatic and Manual Route Summarization and Discontiguous Subnets	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
6.2.1	Configuring and Verifying Single Area OSPF	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
6.2.2	Configuring OSPF Authentication	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
6.2.3 Part A	Controlling a DR/BDR Election	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
6.2.3 Part B	Configuring OSPF Parameters	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
6.2.4 Part A	Configuring and Verifying Point-to-Point OSPF	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
6.2.4 Part B	Configuring and Verifying Multi-access OSPF	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
6.3.1	Configuring and Propagating an OSPF Default Route	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
6.3.2	Configuring OSPF Summarization	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
7.2.3	Configuring and Verifying PPP Link	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
7.2.5	Configuring and Verifying PAP and CHAP Authentication	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
8.3.3	Configuring and Verifying Standard ACLs	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
8.3.4	Planning, Configuring and Verifying Extended ACLs	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
8.3.5	Configuring and Verifying Extended Named ACLs	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
8.3.6	Configuring and Verifying VTY Restrictions	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
8.4.3	Configuring an ACL with NAT	MAP, LSP or BSPv2
8.4.5	Configuring and Verifying ACLs to filter Inter-VLAN Traffic	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
8.5.1	Configuring ACLs and Verifying with Console Logging	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
8.5.2	Configuring ACLs and Recording Activity to a Syslog Server	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
9.3.1	Troubleshooting RIPv2 Routing Issues	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
9.3.3	Troubleshooting OSPF Routing Issues	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
9.3.4 Part A	Troubleshooting EIGRP Default Route Redistribution	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
9.3.4 Part B	Troubleshooting OSPF Default Route Redistribution	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
9.4.2	Troubleshooting WAN and PPP Connectivity	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
9.5.2	Troubleshooting ACL Configuration and Placement	MAP, CRP or BRPv2
10.0.1	Putting It All Together		Lab not directly supported. Pod design can be used.