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Cisco CCNP and CCIE Enterprise Core ENCOR (350-401 v1.1)

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Description

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) and Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Enterprise Core ENCOR (350-401) course focuses on core knowledge and skills needed to master the topics on the CCNP and CCIE Enterprise Core exam. Those topics include enterprise network architecture, virtualization, network assurance, security, and automation.

The goal of this course is to demonstrate real-world foundational knowledge of core data concepts and how they are implemented using the CCNP and CCIE Enterprise Core including text explanations, video demos, lab activities, self-assessment questions, and a practice exam ̶ to increase your chances of passing the exam on your first try.

Course components:

180-day access to:

  • Lessons
  • Video learning
  • Hands-on Labs
  • MeasureUp Practice Test for Cisco ENCOR (350-401). Practice Mode with remediation and Certification mode to simulate the test day experience.

Duration:

5 days of training.

Audience:

Current IT professionals, such as routing/switching engineers or specialists. Passing this exam fulfills one requirement toward earning the CCNP certification. It is one of the foundation topics in the CCNP certification, and the knowledge contained within is vitally important to being a truly skilled routing/switching engineer or specialist.

Prerequisites:

  • 3 to 5 years of experience in IT and cybersecurity
  • Knowledge of enterprise network architecture, virtualization, network assurance, security, and automation.

Course objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

  • Explain different enterprise network architectures.
  • Describe virtualization.
  • Configure and verify varying workflows to check for network assurances.
  • Identify security features.
  • Interpret basic automation components.

Course Outline

Part I: Forwarding (24 minutes)

  • Lesson 1: Packet Forwarding (24 minutes)
    • Network Device Communication
    • Forwarding Architectures

Part II: Layer 2 (1 hour and 36 minutes)

  • Lesson 2: Spanning Tree Protocol (24 minutes)
    • Spanning Tree Protocol Fundamentals
    • Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
  • Lesson 3: Advanced STP Tuning (24 minutes)
    • STP Topology Tuning
    • Additional STP Protection Mechanisms
  • Lesson 4: Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (12 minutes)
  • Lesson 5: VLAN Trunks and EtherChannel Bundles (36 minutes)
    • VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)
    • Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP)
    • EtherChannel Bundle

Part III: Routing (7 hours and 24 minutes)

  • Lesson 6: IP Routing Essentials (1 hour)
    • Routing Protocol Overview
    • Path Selection
    • Static Routing
    • Policy-based Routing
    • Virtual Routing and Forwarding
  • Lesson 7: EIGRP (48 minutes)
    • EIGRP Fundamentals
    • Path Metric Calculations
    • Failure Detection and Timers
    • Route Summarization
  • Lesson 8: OSPF (48 minutes)
    • OSPF Fundamentals
    • OSPF Configuration
    • Default Route Advertisement
    • Common OSPF Optimizations
  • Lesson 9: Advanced OSPF (1 hour and 12 minutes)
    • Areas
    • Link-State Advertisements
    • Discontiguous Networks
    • OSPF Path Selection
    • Summarization of Routes
    • Route Filtering
  • Lesson 10: OSPFv3 (36 minutes)
    • OSPFv3 Fundamentals
    • OSPFv3 Configurations
    • IPv4 Support in OSPFv3
  • Lesson 11: BGP (48 minutes)
    • BGP Fundamentals
    • Basic BGP Configuration
    • IPv4 Route Summarization
    • Multiprotocol BGP for IPv6
  • Lesson 12: Advanced BGP (1 hour and 12 minutes)
    • BGP Multihoming
    • Conditional Matching
    • Route Maps
    • BGP Route Filtering and Manipulation
    • BGP Communities
    • Understanding BGP Path Selection
  • Lesson 13: Multicast (1 hour)
    • Multicast Fundamentals
    • Multicast Addressing
    • Internet Group Management Protocol
    • Protocol Independent Multicast
    • Rendezvous Points

Part IV: Services (2 hours)

  • Lesson 14: QoS (1 hour and 12 minutes)
    • The Need for QoS
    • QoS Models
    • Modular QoS CLI
    • Classification and Marketing
    • Policing and Shaping
    • Congestion Management and Avoidance
  • Lesson 15: IP Services (48 minutes)
    • Time Synchronization
    • Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
    • First-Hop Redundancy Protocol
    • Network Address Translation (NAT)

Part V: Overlay (48 minutes)

  • Lesson 16: Overlay Tunnels (48 minutes)
    • Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) Tunnels
    • IPsec Fundamentals
    • Cisco Location/ID Separation Protocol (LISP)
    • Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (VXLAN)

Part VI: Wireless (3 hours)

  • Lesson 17: Wireless Signals and Modulation (24 minutes)
    • Understanding Basic Wireless Theory
    • Carrying Data Over an RF Signal
  • Lesson 18: Wireless Infrastructure (48 minutes)
    • Wireless Deployment Models
    • Pairing Lightweight APs and WLCs
    • Segmenting Wireless Configurations
    • Leveraging Antennas for Wireless Coverage
  • Lesson 19: Understanding Wireless Roaming and Location Services (36 minutes)
    • Roaming Overview
    • Intercontroller Roaming
    • Locating Devices in a Wireless Network
  • Lesson 20: Authenticating Wireless Clients (48 minutes)
    • Open Authentication
    • Authenticating with Pre-Shared Key
    • Authenticating with EAP
    • Authenticating with WebAuth
  • Lesson 21: Troubleshooting Wireless Connectivity (24 minutes)
    • Troubleshooting Client Connectivity from the WLC
    • Troubleshooting Connectivity Problems at the AP

Part VII: Architecture (2 hours and 12 minutes)

  • Lesson 22: Enterprise Network Architecture (36 minutes)
    • Hierarchical LAN Design Model
    • High Availability Network Design
    • Enterprise Network Architecture Options
  • Lesson 23: Fabric Technologies (24 minutes)
    • Software-Defined Access (SD-Access)
    • Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN)
  • Lesson 24: Network Assurance (1 hour and 12 minutes)
    • Network Diagnostic Tools
    • Debugging
    • NetFlow and Flexible NetFlow
    • Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN Technologies)
    • IP SLA
    • Cisco DNA Center Assurance

Part VIII: Security (2 hours and 48 minutes)

  • Lesson 25: Secure Network Access Control (36 minutes)
    • Network Security Design for Threat Defense
    • Next-Generation Endpoint Security
    • Network Access Control (NAC)
  • Lesson 26: Network Device Access Control and Infrastructure Security (1 hour and 12 minutes)
    • Access Control Lists (ACLs)
    • Terminal Lines and Password Protection
    • Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)
    • Zone-Based Firewall (ZBFW)
    • Control Plane Policing (CoPP)
    • Device Hardening

Part IX: SDN (2 hours and 12 minutes)

  • Lesson 27: Virtualization (24 minutes)
    • Server Virtualization
    • Network Functions Virtualization
  • Lesson 28: Foundational Network Programmability Concepts (1 hour and 12 minutes)
    • Command-Line Interface (CLI)
    • Application Programming Interface (API)
    • Data Models and Supporting Protocols
    • Cisco DevNet
    • GitHub
    • Basic Python Components and Scripts
  • Lesson 29: Introduction to Automation Tools (36 minutes)
    • Embedded Event Manager (EEM)
    • Agent-Based Automation Tools
    • Agentless Automation Tools

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