CCNP ENTERPRISE (350-401 ENCORE)

Description

CCNP Enterprise: The CCNP Enterprise certification program prepares you for today’s professional-level job roles in networking technologies. One of the industry’s most respected certifications, CCNP validates the core knowledge you need while providing the flexibility to choose a focus area.Having a Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification validates your ability to implement and troubleshoot both LAN and WAN networks.

1: The Hierarchical Network Model

• The Hierarchical Network Model
• The Enterprise Campus Architecture
• The Access Layer
• The Distribution Layer
• The Core Layer
• The Modular Network

2: Enterprise Network Design

• Three-Tier Network Design
• Two-Tier Network Design
• L2 Access Layer Designs
• L3 Access Layer Designs
• Access Layer Topologies
• Data Center Topologies

3: Describe High-Availability Techniques

• First Hop Redundancy Protocols (FHRPs)
• FHRPs in Action
• FHRP Object Tracking
• Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
• Data Center HSRP
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
• Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP)
• FHRP Design
• SSO and NSF

4: Analyze WLAN Design Principles

• Autonomous Design
• Lightweight Design
• WLC Deployment Design
• AP Deployment Design
• Location Services
• Location Techniques

5: Differentiate Between On-Premises and Cloud Deployments

• What is the Cloud?
• Cloud Service Models
• Cloud Deployment Models
• On-Prem Data Centers
• The Private Cloud
• The Hybrid Cloud

6: Explain the Principles of SD-WAN

• Intro
• Traditional WAN Challenges
• Benefits of SD-WAN
• The Cisco SD-WAN Solution
• Cisco SD-WAN Management
• Cisco SD-WAN Topologies
• Cisco SD-WAN Programmability

7: Explain the Principles of SD-Access

• Traditional Networks
• Benefits of SDN
• SD-Access Architecture
• SDA Physical Layer
• SDA Network Layer
• SDA Controller and Management Layers

8: Explain SD-Access Fabric Operation

• SDA Control Plane – LISP
• SDA Data Plane – VXLAN
• SDA Policy Plane – CTS
• User Authentication
• Endpoint Onboarding
• Endpoint Roaming
• External Networks
• Packet Walk

9: Identify SD-Access Components

• Catalyst 9000 Switches
• Cisco SDA Routers
• SDA Wireless Platforms
• Other Supported Platforms
• The DNA Center Appliance
• The ISE Appliance

10: Explain SD-Access Services

• Network Automation
• Network Analytics
• Network Assurance
• Network Security
• Encrypted Traffic Analytics
• Anycast Gateways
• Network Programmability

11: Unpacking Cisco QoS Components

• Introduction – Unpacking Cisco QoS Components
• The Need for QoS
• Cisco QoS Models
• Methods of Classifying
• Methods of Marking
• Policing and Shaping
• Congestion Management and Avoidance
• Creating a QoS Policy

12: QoS Marking Strategy Deep Dive

• QoS Marking Strategy Deep Dive
• Marking and Layer 2 and 3
• IP Precedence vs. DSCP
• DSCP Per-Hop Behaviors
• Defining Your Trust Boundary

13: Differentiate Between Switching Mechanisms

• CAM Tables
• TCAM Tables
• Routing Information Base (RIB)
• Process and Fast Switching
• CEF and FIB
• Centralized and Distributing Switching

14: Describe Device Virtualization Technologies

• Bare Metal Data Centers
• Hypervisors
• Virtual Machines
• Virtual Switching
• Network Functions Virtualization

15: Verify Data Path Virtualization Technologies

• Virtual Routing and Forwarding Instances (VRFs)
• Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
• Recursive Routing and GRE
• IPsec Communication
• IKE Tunnels
• VPN Types

16: Configure Data Path Virtualization Technologies

• Configuring VRFs
• VRF Lab
• Configuring GRE Tunnels
• GRE Lab
• Configuring IPsec
• IPsec Lab

17: Describe LISP

• Locator-ID Separation
• LISP Control and Data Planes
• LISP Roles and Terminology
• LISP Operation

18: Describe VXLAN

• Scaling L2 Networks
• VXLAN Operation
• VXLAN Use-Cases

19: Troubleshoot Static and Dynamic 802.1q Trunking Protocols

• Welcome to the Troubleshoot Static and Dynamic 802.1q Trunking Protocols Skill
• Reviewing Key Trunking Concepts
• Trunking Configuration Lab
• Trunking Troubleshooting Lab
• Concluding the Troubleshoot Static and Dynamic 802.1q Trunking Protocols Skill

20:  Troubleshooting Cisco Etherchannel and LAG Ports

• Introduction to Troubleshooting Cisco EtherChannel and LAG Ports
• EtherChannel Review and Base Configuration
• Critical LACP Show Commands
• Additional LACP Features
• Troubleshooting Static and Dynamic EtherChannel and LAG Ports

21: Fundamentals of STP (Spanning Tree Protocol)

• Welcome to STP Fundamentals
• The Challenge of Layer 2 Redundancy
• A Strategy for Solving Layer 2 Loops
• STP Tools of the Trade
• How STP Elects the Root Bridge
• Selecting the Root Port
• Selecting Designated Ports
• Blocking
• Review

22: Optimize with Rapid Spanning Tree

• Welcome the Rapid Spanning Tree
• Backwards Compatibility
• Rapid STP Port Roles
• Rapid STP Port States (Status)
• Convergence Improvements
• Rapid STP Review

23.Configure and Verify MST (Multiple STP)

• Multiple Spanning Tree
• Load Balancing with STP
• Reducing Overhead with MST
• MST Planning and Configuration
• MST Root Modification
• BPDUs in an MST Region
• MST Regions Connecting to Non-MST Switches
• Spanning Tree Challenge Lab
• Spanning Tree Challenge Lab Walk-through

24 : IP Routing Concepts

• Welcome to IP Routing
• How Routers Learn About Networks
• IGP Routing Overview
• BGP Routing Overview
• Selecting Winning Routes for the Routing Table
• Selecting the Longest Match
• IP Routing Concepts Review

25 : Fundamentals of EIGRP

• EIGRP
• EIGRP Overview
• EIGRP Vocabulary (The beginning…)
• Reported-Advertised BW and Delay Information
• Backup Routes Concepts
• Feasible Successor (Backup Route) Lab
• Unequal Cost Proportional Load Balancing
• Passive Interface
• Metric Calculation
• Summary Routes
• EIGRP Review

26 :OSPF Foundation Concepts

• Foundations
• OSPF Overview
• Router LSAs (Type 1)
• DRs, BDRs, and Others
• Network LSAs (Type 2)
• ABRs and Summary LSAs (Type 3)
• ASBR and External LSA Type 5
• Type 4 LSAs
• OSPF Full Adjacencies
• Next Steps

27 :Basic OSPF IPv4 Configuration

• Configuration
• OSPF Network and Interface Statements
• Correcting OSPF Costs
• Reducing LSAs with a Stub Area
• Totally Stubby Areas
• Priority and Router ID
• Configure Administrative Distance (AD) and Interface Cost
• OSPF Network Types
• Authentication
• Default Routes

28. OSPF Summarization and Filtering

• OSPF Filtering and Summarization
• Summarize at the ABR
• Summarize at the ASBR
• Filtering Routes at the ABR using Not-Advertise
• Filtering Routes at the ABR with a Filter-List
• Local OSPF Route Filtering
• Filtering at the ASBR

29 : Configure and Verify an OSPF NSSA

• Intro to OSPF NSSA
• LSA Review
• NSSA Overview
• Configure and Verify an OSPF NSSA
• ABR LSA Type 7 Conversions for NSSA
• Default routes and the Totally NSSA

30 : Configure and Verify OSPFv3 with IPv6

• Introducing OSPFv3
• OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 Common Ground
• Adding Interfaces to OSPFv3
• OSPF Updated LSAs
• Renamed LSAs
• Verifying LSA Types 3, 4, 5
• OSPFv3 LSA Review
• OSPFv3 Quiz

31 : BGP Foundation Concepts

• Introduction – BGP Foundation Concepts
• What is BGP?
• BGP Path Attributes and Loop Prevention
• BGP Sessions and Neighbors
• BGP Communication
• BGP Best Path Algorithm

32 : Basic BGP IPv4 Configuration

• Introduction – Basic BGP IPv4 Configuration
• Initializing BGP and Forming Neighbors
• Advertising Networks using the BGP Network Command
• Redistributing Networks to and from BGP
• BGP Route Summarization

33 :Basic BGP IPv6 Configuration

• Introduction – Basic BGP IPv6 Configuration
• Activating IPv6 BGP Neighbor Sessions
• Advertising IPv6 Networks using BGP
• Redistributing IPv6 Networks to and from BGP
• BGP IPv6 Route Summarization

34 :Describe Physical Wireless Communication

• Describing Physical Wireless Communication Intro
• Describing Radio Frequencies
• Describing Wireless Signal Mathematically
• Measuring Wireless Signal Strengths (EIRP and RSSI)
• Identifying Wireless Noise Issues
• Recognizing Wireless Bands and Channels
• Recognizing the Differences in Wireless 802.11 Standards
• Identifying Capabilities of Wireless Clients

35 :Describe Wireless AP Modes and Antenna Types

• Intro to Antennas and AP Modes
• Describing Wireless Antenna Types
• Identifying Omnidirectional Antennas
• Identifying Directional Antennas
• Differentiating Between Autonomous and Lightweight Access Points
• Identifying Client-Supporting Lightweight AP Modes
• Identifying Utility-Based Lightweight AP Modes

36 :Identify Wireless Joining and Roaming Processes

• Intro to Wireless Joining and Roaming
• Identifying Wireless Frame Types
• Discovering Wireless Networks
• Describing the Wireless Connection Process
• Deconstructing Wireless Traffic Flow
• Describing Autonomous Wireless Roaming
• Identifying L2 Controller Assisted Wireless Roaming
• Identifying L3 Controller Assisted Wireless Roaming
• Describe How Lightweight APs Join a WLC

 37 :Troubleshoot WLAN Configuration and Wireless Client Connectivity Issues

• Intro to Wireless Troubleshooting
• Choosing a Wireless Troubleshooting Methodology
• Troubleshooting the Intersection Between Wired and Wireless
• Troubleshooting AP to WLC Issues
• Troubleshooting Wireless Client Connectivity

38 :Describe and Configure the Network Time Protocol (NTP)

• Introduction – Describe and Configure the Network Time Protocol (NTP)
• Why Use Time Synchronization?
• How NTP Works
• Base NTP Configuration
• NTP Stratum Preference and Peers

39 :Configure and Verify IPv4 NAT/PAT

• Welcome to Address Translation
• NAT Vocabulary
• Static NAT Lab
• Static PAT Lab
• Dynamic PAT Lab using the Outside Interface
• Dynamic PAT Lab with Pool
• Dynamic NAT
• Two-way NAT
• NAT Review

40 :Configure and Verify First Hop Redundancy Protocols (FHRP)

• Introducing First Hop Redundancy Protocols (FHRPs)
• FHRP (First Hop Redundancy Protocols) Overview
• Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
• Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP)
• Applying your FHRP Skills in a Production Network
• Review of Configure and Verify First Hop Redundancy Protocols (FHRP)

41:IPv4 Multicast Fundamentals

• Welcome to Multicast
• Multicast Overview
• Multicast Distribution Trees
• Multicast Modes
• Multicast Control Protocols
• Sparse Mode SPT Cutover
• Source Specific Multicast (SSM)
• IGMP Snooping

42:Diagnose Network Problems with Ping, Traceroute, Debug, SNMP, and Syslog

• Introduction to Diagnose Network Problems with Ping, Traceroute, Debug, SNMP, and Syslog
• Ping and Traceroute: Beyond the Simple
• Beyond the Quickfix: Debug
• The Flair and Flavors of SNMP
• The Syslog Alarm Bell

43 : Configure and Verify NetFlow and Flexible NetFlow

• Introduction – Configure and verify NetFlow and Flexible NetFlow
• Defining Netflow
• Netflow Configuration
• Analyzing Netflow Data
• Understanding and Configuring Flexible Netflow

44 :Configure and Verify SPAN/RSPAN/ERSPAN

• Introduction – Configure and Verify SPAN, RSPAN, ERSPAN
• Exploring the span of SPAN
• Configuring SPAN
• Configuring RSPAN
• Configuring ERSPAN

45 : Configure and Verify Cisco IP SLA

• Introduction to Configure and Verify Cisco IP SLA
• What is IP SLA?
• Configuring IP SLA Ping Functionality
• Configuring IP SLA HTTP Functionality
• Using IP SLA to Make Routing Changes

46 : Configure Enterprise Campuses with DNA Center Workflows

• Welcome to Enterprise SDN
• Four Workflows of DNA
• Design
• Policy
• Provision
• Assurance
• Summarizing the DNA Center Workflows

47 :Configure and Verify NETCONF and RESTCONF

• Enabling NETCONF and RESTCONF
• Configuring NETCONF
• Verifying NETCONF
• Configuring RESTCONF
• Verifying RESTCONF
• Summarizing NETCONF and RESTCONF Configuration

48 : Configure and Verify Device Access Control

• Introduction – Configure and Verify Device Access Control
• Securing Terminal Lines
• Understanding Cisco AAA
• Configuring AAA Authentication
• Configuring AAA Authorization

49 : Configure and Verify Access Control Lists

• Introduction to Filtering ACLs
• Access Control List (ACL) Overview
• Standard Numbered ACL Lab
• Standard Named ACL Lab
• Extended ACLs

50 :Configure and Verify Control Plane Policing (CoPP)

• Welcome to CoPP
• MQC Overview
• Class Maps
• Policy Maps
• Service Policy for the Control-Plane

51 : Understanding REST API Security

• Intro to REST API Security
• What is a REST API?
• REST APIs are Hackable
• Secure Your REST API
• REST API Authentication

52 : Configure and Verify Wireless Security Features

Introduction to Wireless Authentication

• Wireless Security Authentication Options
• Configuring Wireless Preshared Key Security
• Configuring Wireless Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Security
• Configuring Wireless Web Authentication

53 : The Components of Network Security Design

• Intro to components of Network Security Design
• Network Access Control
• End Point Security
• Next Generation Firewalls and IPS
• TrustSec and MACsec

54 : Interpret Python Scripts

• Interpreting Python Scripts
• Understanding Python Variables
• Working with Python Data Types
• Understanding Python Lists and Dictionaries
• Running Code Conditionally
• Looping Code
• Introduction to Classes in Python
• Bundling Code into Functions
• meters with Functions
• Interpreting Python Scripts Summary

55 : Use REST APIs and JSON

• You are a Network Developer
• API vs. SNMP vs. CLI
• What is a REST API?
• Navigating a REST API
• HTTP Verbs
• Programming 101: Data
• Programming Playground Lab
• JSON, YAML, or XML?
• Interpreting JSON
• REST API Lab
• Becoming a Network Developer

56 : Understand and Explore Data Models

• Structuring Structured Data
• The Core Concept of Data Models
• Where YANG Comes Into Play
• Exploring YANG Data Models in Depth
• OpenConfig, Native, and IETF Models
• Summarizing Data Models

57 : Enterprise Automation with DNA Center Platform

• Automate the Automator
• Where the Platform Fits In
• Exploring the Platform’s Capabilities
• Interpret API Responses with Postman
• Scripting DNAC Calls with Python
• Summarizing DNA Center Platform

58 : Understanding the SD-WAN vManage API

• Software Define all the Things
• Where SD-WAN Fits in the Enterprise
• The Cisco SD-WAN Platform
• Exploring the SD-WAN vManage API
• Testing out API Calls with Postman
• Scripting SD-WAN Calls with Python
• Summarizing SD-WAN Automation

59 : Automating Devices with the RESTCONF Protocol

• The Newcomer – RESTCONF
• RESTCONF Foundations
• Basic RESTCONF Testing with Postman
• Changing Device Configs with RESTCONF and Postman
• Scripting RESTCONF with the Python Requests Library
• Summarizing RESTCONF

60 : Implement Cisco Extended Event Management (EEM) Applets

• Extended Event Manager Automation
• How EEM Works
• EEM Applet Syntax
• Hello World – Creating an EEM Applet
• Create a Real World EEM Applet
• Summarizing EEM Applets

61 : Agent vs. Agentless Orchestration Tools

• Ansible Network Automation
• Puppet Network Automation
• Chef Network Automation
• Ansible Lab
• Puppet Bolt Lab
• SaltStack

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