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 Advanced Services Module Overview
• Understanding Firewall Services
• Configuring the switch for the FWSM
• Getting started with the FWSM
• Initializing the FWSM Lab
• Configuring FWSM Routed Mode
• Translations and Connections
• Access Control Lists and Content Filtering
• Object Grouping
• IP Routing
• The Cisco Modular Policy Framework
• Application Layer Protocol Inspection
• Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager
• Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
• Configuring FWSM Transparent Firewall
• Using the FWSM with Multiple Contexts
• Failover
• Managing and Troubleshooting the FWSM
• Introducing Cisco Security Manager
• Managing devices, policies and objects in CSM
• Using Map View in CSM
• Managing Firewall Services and Firewall Devices in CSM
• Configuring Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Router Devices in CSM