Guide for getting certified in Cisco CCNP

What is CCNP? Cisco Certified Network Professional Routing & Switching (CCNP) is the second Network certification in the Cisco Business Curriculum. Holders of the CCNP certification have demonstrated the skills required in several professional functions, such as Network Technician, Support Engineer, System and Network Engineer.

Why become CCNP certified? The CCNP level validates the candidates' ability to program, implement, verify and troubleshoot local and wide area enterprise networks, and to work in collaboration with specialists in advanced solutions (security, voice, wireless and video).

OBJECTIVES

-Implementing the RIPng protocol in an IPv6 environment

-Identify EIGRP concepts, components and metrics

Implementing VLANs in Campus-type Networks

-Implementing the Spanning-Tree protocol

-Plan and document the most common maintenance features for complex networks

-Develop a troubleshooting process to identify and resolve problems.

-Achieve CCNP Enterprise Certification and become CISCO CCNP Certified

PUBLIC

Any person working in the IT industry, who has his CCNA certification and who wants to obtain his CCNP certification and/or all professionals working in a Cisco technical environment.

REQUIREMENTS

-Have Cisco CCNA certification.

PROGRAM

PART 1: 350-401 ENCOR (Implementation and Operations of Cisco Enterprise Network Technologies)

Study of the Cisco enterprise network architecture

-Cisco Enterprise Architecture Model

-LAN Campus Architecture Fundamentals

Multi-layered traditional approach

Campus distribution layer design

Understanding Cisco Switching Paths

-Operation of the layer 2 switch

-Control and Data Plane

-Cisco Switching Mechanisms

Implementation of Campus LAN connectivity

-Revision of VLANs

-Trunking with802.1Q

-Inter-VLAN Routing

Creation of a redundant switched topology

-Presentation of the Spanning-Tree protocol

-Types and features of Spanning-Tree protocols

-Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol

-PortFast andBPDU

Layer 2 port aggregation implementation

-Need for EtherChannel

-EtherChannel interaction modes

-etherchannel Level 2 Configuration Guide

-EtherChannel load balancing options

-Solve EtherChannel problems

Understanding the EIGRP protocol

-EIGRP functionality

-Reliable EIGRP transport

-Establishing the EIGRP Neighbourhood Relationship

-Metrics EIGRP

-Choosing the EIGRP path

-EIGRP load sharing

-EIGRP forIPv6

-Compare EIGRP and OSPF

Implementation of the OSPF prototype

-Describe OSPF

-Understanding OSPF processes

-Spreading of the OSPF neighborhood relationship

-Building the Link-State Database

-Type of LSA OSPF

-Compare single and multi-area OSPF architecture

-Types of networks and OSPF areas

Optimize the OSPF protocol

-OSPF costs

-The benefits of OSPF road summaries

-OSPF road filtering tools

-Comparison between OSPFv2 andOSPFv3

Understanding the EBGP protocol

Inter-domain routing with BGP

-Operation BGP

-BGP Neighborhood Types

-BGP path selection

-BGP Path Attributes

Implementation of network redundancy

-The needs of the Default Gateway Redundancy

-Understanding FHRP

-The advanced features of the HSRP protocol

-Cisco Switch High Availability Features

NAT implementation

-Definition of Network Address Translation

-NAT implementation

-NAT Virtual Interface

Presentation of virtualization protocols and techniques

-Server virtualization

-The needs of network virtualization

-Presentation of Path Isolation

-Introduction to VRF

-Introduction to the Generic Routing Encapsulation Protocol

Understanding virtual private networks and interfaces

-Site-to-Site VPN Technology

-IPSec VPN Presentation

-IPSec: IKE

-IPsec modes

-IPsec VPN Types

-Cisco IOS VTI

Understanding the principles of wireless

-Explain RF principles

-Describe watts and decibels

-Describe the characteristics of the antennas

-Describe IEEE wireless standards

-Identify the roles of wireless components

Review wireless deployment options

-Wireless Deployment Overview

-Describe the deployment of stand-alone PAs

-Describe the centralized deployment of Cisco WLC

-Describe FlexConnect deployment

-Cloud Deployment and its Effect on Enterprise Networks

-Describe the Meraki solution managed in the cloud

-Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Controller Deployment Options

-Describe Cisco Mobility Express

Understanding wireless roaming and location-based services

-Presentation

-Groups and areas of mobility

-Types of mobility

-Describe localization services

Understand how the access point works

-Universal AP Priming

-Explore the controller discovery process

-Understand redundancy and high availability of APs

-Explore AP modes

Understanding Wireless Client Authentication

-Authentication methods

-Pre-Shared Key (PSK) Authentication

-802.1X authentication

-PKI authentication and 802.1X certificate

-Introduction to Extensible Authetication Protocol

-EAP-Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS)

-Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol

-EAP-FAST

-Guest Access with Web Authentication

Troubleshooting Wireless Client Connectivity

-Presentation of the tools

-Sprectra analysis

-Wi-Fi Scanning

-Package analysis

-Cisco AIreOS GUI and CLI Tools

-Cisco Wireless Config Analyzer Express

-Overview of common wireless client connectivity issues

-Customer Connectivity to AP

-WLAN configuration

-Configuration of the infrastructure

Introduction to Multicast protocols (Self-study)

-Multicast Presentation

-Internet Group Management Protocol

-Multicast distribution shafts

-IP Multicasting Routing

-Rendezvous Point

Introduction to QoS (Self-study)

-Understand the impact of user applications on the network

-The needs of Quality of Service (QoS)

-Describe QoS mechanisms

Implement network services

-Understanding the Network Time Protocol

-Logging Services

-Simple Network Management Protocol

-Introduction to the NetFlow protocol

-Flexible NetFlow

-Understanding Cisco IOS Embedded Event Manager

Use network analysis tools

-Troubleshooting Concepts

Network Troubleshooting Procedures: Overview

-Network Troubleshooting Procedures: Case Study

-Hardware diagnostics

-Show Orders

-Cisco IOS IP SLAs

-Presentation of the Switched Port Analyzer(SPAN)

-Remote SPAN (RSPAN)

-Encapsulated Remote Switched Port Analyzer(ERSAPN)

-Overview Cisco Packet Capture Tools

Implement a secure infrastructure

-Presentation of LFAs

-Types of LCAs

-Using ACLs to filter traffic

-Configuration of named and numbered LCDs

-Presentation of the Control Plane

Implementation of secure access control

-Securing access to equipment

-Presentation of the AAA

-Benefits of using AAA

-authentication options

-RADIUS andTACACACS+

-AAA Configuration

-RADIUS configuration for console and remote accesses

-TACACS+ configuration for console and remote accesses

-Authorization configuration and accounting

Understanding the security architecture of enterprise networks (Self-study)

-Threatscape

-Intrusion detection systems

-Virtual Private Networks

-Logging

-Endpoint Security

-Personal Firewalls

-Antivirus and Antispyware

-Cisco AMP for terminals

-Firewall Concpets

-TrustSec

-MACsec

-Identity Management

-802.1X for authentication of wired and wireless clients

-MAC Authentication Bypass

-Web Authentication

Discovery of Automation and Assurance using the Cisco DNA Center (Self-study)

-Need for digital transformation

-Cisco Digital Network Architecture

-Cisco Intent-Based Networking

-Cisco DNA Center

-Cisco DNA Assurance

-Cisco DNA Center Automation Workflow

-Cisco DNA Assurance Workflow

Discovery of the Cisco SD-Access solution (Self-study)

-Need Cisco SD-Access

-Presentation of Software-Defined Access

-Cisco SD-Access Fabric Control Plane based on LISP

-Cisco SD-Access Fabric Control Plance based on VXLAN

-Cisco SD-Access Fabric Control Plance based on Cisco TrustSec

-Cisco SD-Access Fabric Components

-Roles of Cisco ISE and Cisco DNA Center in SD-Access

-Cisco SD-Access Wireless integration

Understand the operating principles of the Cisco SD-WAN solution (Self-study)

-The needs of Software Definer Networking on the WAN

-SD-WAN components

-SD-WAN Orchestration Plane

-SD-WAN Management Plane

-SD-WAN Control Plane

-SD-WAN Data Plane

-SD-WAN Automation and Analytics

Understand the basics of Python programming (Self-study)

-Describe the Python's concpets

-String type data

-Data of type Numbers

-Boolean type data

-Writing and executing scripts

-Code analysis

Introduction to Programmability Protocols (Self-study)

-Evolution of management and programmability

-data models

-The Model Driven Programmability stack

-Description of YANG

-REST

NETCONF

-Description of NETCONF

-Description of the RESTCONF protocol

-Cisco IOS XE and IOS XR Systems Overview

Introducing APIs in Cisco DNA Center and vManage (Self-study)

-Programming interface

-REST API: response code and results

-REST API : security

-API in DNA-Center

REST API in vManage

PART 2: ENARSI (Implement Cisco Advanced Routing and Network Services)

Layer 3 Technologies

-Implementation, optimization & troubleshooting of routing protocols:

◦EIGRP :

▪Address families for IPv4 and IPv6

▪Agrégation automatic & manual

▪Fonctionnalité " stub "

▪Partage from load to metric equal & unequal

◦OSPF :

▪Address families for IPv4 and IPv6

▪Type networks (broadcast, multi-point, p2p)

▪Type of areas (stub, totally-stubby, NSSA, totally-NSSA)

▪Types of routers (backbone, ABR, ASBR)

▪Agrégation

▪Liens virtual

◦BGP & MP-BGP :

▪Address families for IPv4 and IPv6

▪Agrégation

▪Peer groups

▪Route reflectors

▪Filtrage & " Path control "

-Redistribution configuration & troubleshooting :

◦Avec a distribution list

◦Avec a "Route-map".

-PBR configuration, Policy Based Routing

-VRF-Lite Configuration, "Virtual Routing and Forwarding".

-Introduction to BFD, "Bidirectional Forwarding Detection".

To be continued...