CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate

Course Description

The Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA) v2.0 course gives you a broad range of fundamental knowledge for all IT careers. Through a combination of lecture, hands-on labs, and self-study, you will learn how to install, operate, configure, and verify basic IPv4 and IPv6 networks.

The course covers configuring network components such as switches, routers, and wireless LAN controllers; managing network devices; and identifying basic security threats. The course also gives you a foundation in network programmability, automation, and software-defined networking.

This course helps you prepare to take the 200-301 Cisco® Certified Network Associate (CCNA®) exam. By passing this one exam, you earn the CCNA certification. This course also earns you 30 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.

How You Will Benefit?

This course will help you:

• Learn the knowledge and skills to install, configure, and operate a small- to medium-sized network

• Gain a foundation in the essentials of networking, security, and automation

• Earn 30 CE credits toward recertification

Course Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

• Identify the components of a computer network and describe their basic characteristics

• Understand the model of host-to-host communication

• Describe the features and functions of the Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS®) software

• Describe LANs and the role of switches within LANs

• Describe Ethernet as the network access layer of TCP/IP and describe the operation of switches

• Install a switch and perform the initial configuration

• Describe the TCP/IP Internet layer, IPv4, its addressing scheme, and subnetting

• Describe the TCP/IP Transport layer and Application layer

• Explore functions of routing

• Implement basic configuration on a Cisco router

• Explain host-to-host communications across switches and routers

• Identify and resolve common switched network issues and common problems associated with IPv4 addressing

• Describe IPv6 main features and addresses, and configure and verify basic IPv6 connectivity

• Describe the operation, benefits, and limitations of static routing

• Describe, implement, and verify virtual local area networks (VLANs) and trunks

• Describe the application and configuration of inter-VLAN routing

• Explain the basics of dynamic routing protocols and describe components and terms of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

• Explain how Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) work

• Configure link aggregation using EtherChannel

• Describe the purpose of Layer 3 redundancy protocols

• Describe basic WAN and VPN concepts

• Describe the operation of access control lists (ACLs) and their applications in the network

• Configure Internet access using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) clients and explain and configure network address translation (NAT) on Cisco routers

• Describe basic quality of service (QoS) concepts

• Describe the concepts of wireless networks, which types of wireless networks can be built, and how to use Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs)

• Describe network and device architectures and introduce virtualization

• Introduce the concept of network programmability and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and describe smart network management solutions such as Cisco DNA Center™, Software-Defined Access (SD-Access), and Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)

• Configure basic IOS system monitoring tools

• Describe the management of Cisco devices

• Describe the current security threat landscape

• Describe threat defense technologies

• Implement a basic security configuration of the device management plane

• Implement basic steps to harden network devices

What to Expect in the Exam?

• The 200-301 CCNA exam certifies your knowledge and skills related to network fundamentals, network access, IP connectivity, IP services, security fundamentals, and automation and programmability.  After you pass 200-301 CCNA, you earn CCNA certification.