CCNA

The Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA) course gives you a broad range of fundamental knowledge for all IT careers.

CCNA now includes security and automation and programmability. The program has one certification that covers a broad range of fundamentals for IT careers, with one exam and one training course to help you prepare.;

Newly retooled for the latest technologies and job roles, the CCNA training course and exam give you the foundation you need to take your career in any direction.;

The CCNA program offers comprehensive associate-level training and certification focused on the technologies you need to implement and administer networking and IT infrastructure. CCNA certification requires one exam, 200-301 Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA). This exam covers a broad range of fundamentals you need for any direction you want to go. 

The Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA) course can help you prepare to pass the exam, with hands-on lab practice for real-world job skills. Completing the training course not only prepares you for the exam; it also earns you: • A Level 200 training badge. 

Training badges broadcast specific skills and learning outcomes that employers care about. • 30 Continuing Education (CE) credits, which you can use to recertify your CCNA. 

What Delegates Will Learn:

• Design, install and support business critical network switch, router and VLANs.
• Implementing, troubleshooting and supporting LAN/WAN networks.
• Investigate new network technologies to support IT infrastructure.
• Monitoring and fault finding to manage and resolve major IT incidents.
• Learn how to handle networking projects as well as providing user support.
• Manage Cisco Enterprise switching and routing network infrastructure.
• Gain a deep understanding about Cisco Networking concepts.
• Network access;
• IP connectivity;
• IP services;
• Security fundamentals;
• Automation and programmability;

Module Outline:

• Domain 1: Network Fundamentals
• Module 1: Explain the role and function of network components.
• Module 2: Describe characteristics of network topology architectures.
• Module 3: Compare physical interface and cabling types.
• Module 4: Identify interface and cable issues (collisions, errors, mismatch duplex, and/or speed)
• Module 5: Compare TCP to UDP
• Module 6: Configure and verify IPv4 addressing and subnetting.
• Module 7: Describe the need for private IPv4 addressing.
• Module 8: Configure and verify IPv6 addressing and prefix.
• Module 9: Compare IPv6 address types.
• Module 10: Verify IP parameters for Client OS (Windows, Mac OS, Linux)
• Module 11: Describe wireless principles.
• Module 12: Explain virtualization fundamentals (virtual machines)
• Module 13: Describe switching concepts.
• Domain 2 Network Access
• Module 1: Configure and verify VLANs (normal range) spanning multiple switches.
• Module 2: Configure and verify interswitch connectivity.
• Module 3: Configure and verify Layer 2 discovery protocols (Cisco Discovery Protocol and LLDP)
• Module 4: Configure and verify (Layer 2/Layer 3) EtherChannel (LACP)
• Module 5: Describe the need for and basic operations of Rapid PVST+ Spanning Tree Protocol and identify basic operations.
• Module 6: Compare Cisco Wireless Architectures and AP modes
• Module 7: Describe physical infrastructure connections of WLAN components (AP, WLC, access/trunk ports, and LAG)
• Module 8: Describe AP and WLC management access connections (Telnet, SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, console, and TACACS+/RADIUS)
• Module 9: Configure the components of a wireless LAN access for client connectivity using GUI only such as WLAN creation, security settings, QoS profiles, and advanced WLAN settings.
• Domain 3: IP Connectivity
• Module 1: Interpret the components of routing table.
• Module 2: Determine how a router makes a forwarding decision by default.
• Module 3: Configure and verify IPv4 and IPv6 static routing.
• Module 4: Configure and verify single area OSPFv2.
• Module 5: Describe the purpose of first hop redundancy protocol.
• Domain 4: IP Services
• Module 1: Configure and verify inside source NAT using static and pools.
• Module 2: Configure and verify NTP operating in a client and server mode.
• Module 3: Explain the role of DHCP and DNS within the network
• Module 4: Explain the function of SNMP in network operations.
• Module 5: Describe the use of syslog features including facilities and levels.
• Module 6: Configure and verify DHCP client and relay.
• Module 7: Explain the forwarding per-hop behaviour (PHB) for QoS such as classification, marking, queuing, congestion, policing, shaping.
• Module 8: Configure network devices for remote access using SSH.
• Module 9: Describe the capabilities and function of TFTP/FTP in the network
• Domain 5: Security Fundamentals
• Module 1: Define key security concepts (threats, vulnerabilities, exploits, and mitigation techniques)
• Module 2: Describe security program elements (user awareness, training, and physical access control)
• Module 3: Configure device access control using local passwords.
• Module 4: Describe security password policies elements, such as management, complexity, and password alternatives (multifactor authentication, certificates, and biometrics)
• Module 5: Describe remote access and site-to-site VPNs.
• Module 6: Configure and verify access control lists.
• Module 7: Configure Layer 2 security features (DHCP snooping, dynamic ARP inspection, and port security)
• Module 8: Differentiate authentication, authorization, and accounting concepts.
• Module 9: Describe wireless security protocols (WPA, WPA2, and WPA3)
• Module 10: Configure WLAN using WPA2 PSK using the GUI.
• Domain 6: Automation and Programmability
• Module 1: Explain how automation impacts network management.
• Module 2: Compare traditional networks with controller-based networking.
• Module 3: Describe controller-based and software defined architectures (overlay, underlay, and fabric)
• Module 4: Compare traditional campus device management with Cisco DNA Center enabled device management.
• Module 5: Describe characteristics of REST-based APIs (CRUD, HTTP verbs, and data encoding)
• Module 6: Recognize the capabilities of configuration management mechanisms Puppet, Chef, and Ansible
• Module 7: Interpret JSON encoded data.

Who Should Attend:

Designed for individuals seeking to receive CCNA Routing and Switching certification. This course is also suitable for support technicians involved in the rudimentary installation, operation, and verification of LAN networks.