CCNP (Routing & Switching)
CCNP (Routing & Switching)
Courses Info
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) validates the ability to plan, implement, verify and troubleshoot local and wide-area enterprise networks and work collaboratively with specialists on advanced security, voice, wireless and video solutions. The CCNP certification is appropriate for those with at least one year of networking experience who are ready to advance their skills and work independently on complex network solutions. Those who achieve CCNP have demonstrated the skills required in enterprise roles such as network technician, support engineer, systems engineer or network engineer.
CCNP Modules
The 300-101 ROUTE Exam Course will teach you how to implement advanced IP addressing plans and routing protocols in scalable Cisco networks. It will fully prepare you to pass the 300-101 ROUTE exam, and is the only training you need, featuring both theoretical topics and practical examples.
The 300-115 SWITCH Exam Course will prepare you to plan, implement and verify the complex LAN switching solutions based on Cisco’s Campus Enterprise Architecture. During the over 30 hours of offline training you will learn about switching technologies, integration of VLANs, WLANs, voice and video into enterprise networks. Also, it includes detailed slides covering each of the technologies.
The 300-135 TSHOOT Exam Course will prepare you to support complex enterprise networks and give you deep understanding of the ITIL-compliant approach to network troubleshooting. In addition to the over 30 hours of theory and command line interactions you are given detailed slides covering each of the technologies and methods used in troubleshooting.
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
Courses syllabus
Module 01: 300-101 ROUTE Course Outline
- Identify Cisco Express Forwarding concepts
- Explain general network challenges
- Describe IP operations
- Explain TCP operations
- Describe UDP operations
- Recognize proposed changes to the network
- Configure and verify PPP
Module 02: Compare and contrast TCP and UDP protocols
- Compare and contrast TCP and UDP protocols
Module 03: Describe the impact of infrastructure components in an enterprise network
- Firewalls
- Access points
- Wireless controllers
Module 04: Describe the effects of cloud resources on enterprise network architecture
- Traffic path to internal and external cloud services
- Virtual services
- Basic virtual network infrastructure
Module 05: Compare and contrast collapsed core and three-tier architectures
- Compare and contrast collapsed core and three-tier architectures
Module 06: Compare and contrast network topologies
- Star
- Mesh
- Hybrid
Module 07: Select the appropriate cabling type based on implementation requirements
- Select the appropriate cabling type based on implementation requirements
Module 08: Apply troubleshooting methodologies to resolve problems
- Perform and document fault isolation
- Resolve or escalate
- Verify and monitor resolution
- Configure, verify, and troubleshoot IPv4 addressing and subnetting
Module 09: Compare and contrast IPv4 address types
- Unicast
- Broadcast
- Multicast
Module 10: Describe the need for private IPv4 addressing
- Describe the need for private IPv4 addressing
- Identify the appropriate IPv6 addressing scheme to satisfy addressing requirements in a LAN/WAN environment
- Configure, verify, and troubleshoot IPv6 addressing
- Configure and verify IPv6 Stateless Address Auto Configuration
Module 11: Compare and contrast IPv6 address types
- Global unicast
- Unique local
- Link local
- Multicast
- odified EUI
- Autoconfiguration
- Anycast
LAN Switching Technologies
Module 12: Describe and verify switching concepts
- MAC learning and aging
- Frame switching
- Frame flooding
- MAC address table
- Interpret Ethernet frame format
- Troubleshoot interface and cable issues (collisions, errors, duplex, speed)
Module 13: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot VLANs (normal/extended range) spanning multiple switches
- Access ports (data and voice)
- Default VLAN
Module 14: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot interswitch connectivity
- Trunk ports
- Add and remove VLANs on a trunk
- DTP, VTP (v1&v2), and 802.1Q
- Native VLAN
Module 15: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot STP protocols
- STP mode (PVST+ and RPVST+)
- STP root bridge selection
Module 16: Configure, verify and troubleshoot STP related optional features
- PortFast
- BPDU guard
Module 17: Configure and verify Layer 2 protocols
- Cisco Discovery Protocol
- LLDP
Module 18: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot (Layer 2/Layer 3) EtherChannel
- Static
- PAGP
- LACP
Module 19: Describe the benefits of switch stacking and chassis aggregation
- Describe the benefits of switch stacking and chassis aggregation
Routing Technologies
Module 20: Describe the routing concepts
- Packet handling along the path through a network
- Forwarding decision based on route lookup
- Frame rewrite
Module 21: Interpret the components of a routing table
- a Prefix
- Network mask
- Next hop
- Routing protocol code
- Administrative distance
- Metric
- Gateway of last resort
Module 22: Describe how a routing table is populated by different routing information sources
- Admin distance
Module 23: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot inter-VLAN routing
- Router on a stick
- SVI
- Compare and contrast static routing and dynamic routing
- Compare and contrast distance vector and link state routing protocols
- Compare and contrast interior and exterior routing protocols
Module 24:Configure, verify, and troubleshoot IPv4 and IPv6 static routing
- Default route
- Network route
- Host route
- Floating static
- Configure, verify, and troubleshoot single area and multi-area OSPFv2 for IPv4 (excluding authentication,
- filtering, manual summarization, redistribution, stub, virtual-link, and LSAs)
- Configure, verify, and troubleshoot single area and multi-area OSPFv3 for IPv6 (excluding authentication,
- filtering, manual summarization, redistribution, stub, virtual-link, and LSAs)
- Configure, verify, and troubleshoot EIGRP for IPv4 (excluding authentication, filtering, manual summarization, redistribution, stub)
- Configure, verify, and troubleshoot EIGRP for IPv6 (excluding authentication, filtering, manual summarization, redistribution, stub)
- Configure, verify, and troubleshoot RIPv2 for IPv4 (excluding authentication, filtering, manual summarization, redistribution)
- Troubleshoot basic Layer 3 end-to-end connectivity issues
WAN Technologies
Module 25: Configure and verify PPP and MLPPP on WAN interfaces using local authentication
- Configure and verify PPP and MLPPP on WAN interfaces using local authentication
- Configure, verify, and troubleshoot PPPoE client-side interfaces using local authentication
- Configure, verify, and troubleshoot GRE tunnel connectivity
Module 26: Describe WAN topology options
- Point-to-point
- Hub and spoke
- Full mesh
- Single vs dual-homed
Module 27: Describe WAN access connectivity options
- MPLS
- Metro Ethernet
- Broadband PPPoE
- Internet VPN (DMVPN, site-to-site VPN, client VPN)
- Configure and verify single-homed branch connectivity using eBGP IPv4 (limited to peering and route advertisement using Network command only)
Module 28: Describe basic QoS concepts
- Marking
- Device trust
- Prioritization
- Policing
- Congestion management
Infrastructure Services
Module 29: Configure and verify DHCP on a router (excluding static reservations)
- Server
- Relay
- Client
- TFTP, DNS, and gateway options
- Troubleshoot client- and router-based DHCP connectivity issues
Module 30: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot basic HSRP
- Priority
- Preemption
- Version
Module 31: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot inside source NAT
- Static
- Pool
- PAT
- Configure and verify NTP operating in a client/server mode
Infrastructure Security
Module 32: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot port security
- Static
- Dynamic
- Sticky
- Max MAC addresses
- Violation actions
- Err-disable recovery
Module 33: Describe common access layer threat mitigation techniques
- 802.1x
- DHCP snooping
- Nondefault native VLAN
Module 34: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot IPv4 and IPv6 access list for traffic filtering
- Standard
- Extended
- Named
- Verify ACLs using the APIC-EM Path Trace ACL Analysis tool
Module 35: Configure, verify, and troubleshoot basic device hardening
- Local authentication
- Secure password
- Access to device
- Source address
- Telnet/SSH
- Login banner
- Describe device security using AAA with TACACS+ and RADIUS
Infrastructure Management
Module 36: Configure and verify device-monitoring protocols
- SNMPv2
- SNMPv3
- Syslog
- Troubleshoot network connectivity issues using ICMP echo-based IP SLA
Module 37: Configure and verify device management
- Backup and restore device configuration
- Using Cisco Discovery Protocol or LLDP for device discovery
- Licensing
- Logging
- Timezone
- Loopback
- Configure and verify initial device configuration
Module 38: Perform device maintenance
- Cisco IOS upgrades and recovery (SCP, FTP, TFTP, and MD5 verify)
- Password recovery and configuration register
- File system management
Module 39: Use Cisco IOS tools to troubleshoot and resolve problems
- Ping and traceroute with extended option
- Terminal monitor
- Log events
- Local SPAN
Module 40: Describe network programmability in enterprise network architecture
- Function of a controller
- Separation of control plane and data plane
- Northbound and southbound APIs