Module 1: Building a Simple Network:
- Identify the components of a computer network
- Describe network characteristics
- Host-to-host communications
- OSI reference model
- TCP/IP protocol suite
- Peer-to-Peer Communications
- Encapsulation and De-Encapsulation
- Local area networks (LAN) components
- Cisco IOS software features, functions and modes
- Switch installation and configuration
- Ethernet LAN connection and frame structure
- Troubleshoot common switch network issues
Module 2: Establishing Internet Connectivity:
- Describe IPv4 and its addressing scheme
- Describe subnets, subnetting, and the role of subnet masks
- Describe the role of VLSM
- Describe the TCP/IP transport layer functions
- TCP vs. UDP analogy and characteristics
- Functions and roles of a router
- Cisco router configuration
- Host-to-host communications across switches and routers
- Static routing operations, benefits and configurations
- ACL operation and configurations
- Configure internet access using DHCP clients on Cisco routers
- Configure and verify NAT
- Configure and verify PAT
Module 3: Implementing Scalable Medium-Sized Networks:
- Enterprise network design
- VLAN introduction and creation
- Configure an 802.1Q Trunk
- VLAN Trunking protocol
- VLAN design
- Redundancy in LAN
- Spanning-Tree operation and protocols
- EtherChannel protocols
- Options and purpose for inter-VLAN routing
- DHCP server operation and configuration
- Layer 3 redundancy:
FHRP
HSRP
- RIPv2 operation and configuration
Module 4: Introducing IPv6:
- IPv6 features and addresses
- Describe ICMPv6
- Routing types for IPv6
- Configure and implement static routes
Module 5: Troubleshooting Basic Connectivity:
- Troubleshoot IPv4 network connectivity
- Use SPAN for troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot IPv6 network connectivity
Module 6: Implementing Network Device Security:
- Implement a basic security configuration
- Device hardening
- Port security
- Access layer threat mitigation techniques
Module 7: Implementing an EIGRP-Based Solution:
- EIGRP features, path selection, and composite metric
- Implement EIGRP for IPv6
- Troubleshoot EIGRP issues
Module 8: Implementing a Scalable OSPF-Based Solution:
- OSPF overview and features
- OSPF area structure
- Single-area and multiarea OSPF
- OSPFv3 for IPv6
- Troubleshoot multiarea OSPF
Module9: Implementing Wide-Area Networks:
- WAN topology and connectivity options
- Managed VPS
- WAN devices
- Point-to-Point protocols
- GRE tunnels
Module 10: Network Device Management:
- Configure Syslog
- Configure SNMP
- Switch stacking
- Cloud computing and its effect on enterprise network
- Cisco APIC-EM
- Intelligent WAN (IWAN)
- QoS concepts
- Managing Cisco devices
- Locating and loading Cisco IOS image files
- Managing device configuration files
- Licensing
Labs:
- Establish internet connectivity
- Troubleshoot internet connectivity
- Implement RIPv2
- Configure IPv6static routes
- Troubleshoot IPv4 network connectivity
- Troubleshoot IPv6 network connectivity
- Secure administrative access
- Implement device hardening
- Troubleshoot EIGRP
- Troubleshoot a medium-sized network
- Troubleshoot a scalable medium-sized network
- Troubleshoot multiarea OSPF
- Configure single-homed EBGP
- Troubleshoot a scalable multiarea network
- Implement and troubleshoot a scalable multiarea network
