Network technicians and Administrators who are responsible for installing and maintaining the Firewall Services Module on a Cisco Catalyst 6500 or Catalyst 7600.

• Experience of configuring Cisco IOS Software
• CCNA Certification or similar knowledge
• Basic knowledge of Windows Operating systems
• Familiarity with Network and Security Concepts

In this course the students will learn how to configure and initialize the Firewall Services Module (FWSM). Other topics include IP Routing, Cisco Modular Policy Framework, Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager, Authentication, Authorization & Accounting and the Cisco Security Manager (CSM). 

The course outline is as follows:

• Catalyst 6500 Family and overview over Advanced Services Modules
• Firewall Services
• Configuration of the switch for the FWSM
• Implementing the FWSM
• Translations and Connections
• Access Control Lists and Content Filtering
• Grouping of objects
• IP Routing
• Cisco Modular Policy Framework
• Advanced Protocol Handling
• Transparent Firewall Mode
• Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager
• Authentication, Authorization and Accounting
• Deployment of the FWSM within multiple contexts
• Failover
• FWSM Management
• Site-to-Site and Remote Access VPN for FWSM Remote Management
• FWSM Troubleshooting
• Cisco Security Manager