Someone where I work suggested that I apply for the open IT position.

(I'm already A+ certified.......yippee.)

However, I was told to bone-up on "UNIX based commands to configure switch ports". I'm not too sure where a good source of these commands are. Even after my cursory internet search.

Perhaps there are some IT-types here who could lend a brother a hand?

This is for an IT job at a hospital, I should add.

Any help is appreciated.

Tips? Advice? Thanks.

Pure L wrote:However, I was told to bone-up on "UNIX based commands to configure switch ports". I'm not too sure where a good source of these commands are. Even after my cursory internet search.

Huh? I would say they probably mean Cisco IOS, not Unix. Well maybe IOS is based on Unix..

anyways,

It's fairly easy to do out of the box port configs. That said it can get advanced quick with RADIUS, Voice VLANS and shit..

http://www.pantz.org/software/ios/ioscommands.html

They are likely to be talking about Cisco commands for configuring ports. Cisco stuff is pretty intuitive but it will take a little bit of time to wrap your head around it. I'd recommend grabbing the Testout for CCNA (you can find a bittorrent of it...).

Some examples of basic switch commands would be

interface f 1/0/1
switchport access vlan 1


That would assign the first fast ethernet switch port on the first switch to VLAN 1 (this is the default vlan).

Most cisco commands can also be removed with a simple "no" in front of the command ie:
no static (inside,outside) 200.201.202.203 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.255
that would remove a static statement from a FW/Router....

This stuff isn't too complex, and if you undestand signal flow and can step back and see things as a whole it shouldn't be too hard for you.

I personally work in IT as a consultant, I spend about 80% of my time working on Micro$oft products (mostly security/messaging), the other 20% is configuring Cisco stuff (wireless, firewalls, routers, switches, etc....). I would strongly recommend working towards your CCNA and going from there, Cisco guys make more money and are in higher demand than Microsoft guys (of course knowing both is even better). Feel free to email me with certification questions, I currently hold MCSE+S+M, MCSA+S+M, MCTS, CCNA, Security+, A+, VCS, and STS and am working on my CCSP, so I've been through a ton of tests..... Email is kevinmpeters (at) gmail (dot) com.

Sorry for the long-winded answer, I like IT almost as much as working in the music industry....

Long winded is good.

I just need as much info as I can.

I think I have to pass a phone screen first.

What do you suppose that will entail?

I'd say probably questions about what you know and what you've done. The last few phone screens I went through were an intro question, followed by a more in depth question on the same topic, followed by maybe a scenario on the same topic.

Something like:
Interviewer: What Cisco switches have you worked with before
Me: 2950's, 3560, 3750, etc....
Interviewer: Have you ever used 3750's in a stack?
Me: Yes we had 8 48 port 3750's uplinked with stack cables at my last position
Interviewer: so if you had to a /26 range and you needed to create a dmz, internal subnet and public subnet, you only had an ASA 5510 and 1 3750 how would you configure it:
Me: Create 3 vlan's, public, private and DMZ on the 3750, configure the ASA wth the same interfaces and then ssetup my ACL's and statics/nat'ing as needed.

Granted that might be more in depth then what this interview would be. The normal phone screen basically follows the same style as above, plus they typically ask some questions about your background, prior experience and where you want to go.

Help?