CCNA

Program Description

This course provides a broad variety of foundational knowledge for all IT vocations. You will learn how to set up, operate, configure, and test a simple IPv4 and IPv6 network. The course covers setting network components such as switches, routers, and Wireless LAN Controllers; controlling network devices; and recognizing fundamental security concerns. The course also provides you with a foundation in network programmability, automation, and software-defined networking.

The CCNA certification validates your skills and knowledge in network fundamentals, network access, IP connectivity, IP services, security fundamentals, and automation and programmability.

To earn your CompTIA Network+ certification, you’ll need to pass one certification exam:

• EXAM CODE 200-301 CCNA

Program Outcome

At course completion, students will be knowledgeable in:

• 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
• Describe SNMP, syslog and NetFlow, and manage Cisco device configurations, IOS images, and licenses

1.0 INTRODUCTION TO ROUTING AND SWITCHING PRO

1.1 Introduction

2.0: NETWORKING CONCEPTS

2.1 TCP/IP Networking Model
2.2 OSI Networking Model
2.3 Networking Basics
2.4 Data Encapsulation and Communications
2.5 Ethernet
2.6 Network Devices

3.0: CISCO DEVICES

3.1 Cisco Device Connection
3.2 Command Line Interface (CLI)
3.3 IOS Licensing
3.4 Device Settings
3.5 Device Passwords
3.6 Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)

4.0: IP ADDRESSING

4.1 IPv4 Addressing Overview
4.2 Subnets
4.3 Subnet Planning and Design
4.4 Route Summarization
4.5 IPv6 Addressing Overview
4.6 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
4.7 The Domain Name System (DNS)

5.0: SWITCHING

5.1 Layer 2 Switching Overview
5.2 Switch Interface Configuration

6.0: IPV4 ROUTING

6.1 Static Routing
6.2 IPv4 Routing
6.3 Dynamic Routing
6.4 IPv4 Routing Troubleshooting
6.5 Network Communications Troubleshooting

7.0: IPV4 ROUTING PROTOCOLS

7.1 Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Overview
7.2 OSPF for IPv4
7.3 OSPF Configuration
7.4 OSPF LSA Types and Databases
7.5 Adjacency Troubleshooting
7.6 EIGRP for IPv4 Routing
7.7 EIGRP for IPv4 Configuration

8.0: IPV6 ROUTING

8.1 IPv6 Routing Overview
8.2 OSPFv3
8.3 EIGRPv6

9.0: WIRELESS NETWORKS

9.1 Wireless Concepts
9.2 Wireless Standards
9.3 Wireless Network Design
9.4 Wireless Configuration
9.5 Wireless Network Implementation
9.6 SOHO Configuration
9.7 Wireless Security
9.8 Wireless Troubleshooting

10.0: WAN IMPLEMENTATION

10.1 WAN Types
10.2 Leased Line WAN Links
10.3 Network Address Translation (NAT)
10.4 WAN Troubleshooting

11.0: ADVANCED SWITCHING

11.1 Trunking
11.2 Virtual LANs (VLANs)
11.3 Spanning Tree
11.4 Spanning Tree Configuration
11.5 Router-on-a-Stick InterVLAN Routing
11.6 Switch InterVLAN Routing
11.7 Switch Troubleshooting

12.0: ACCESS CONTROL LISTS

12.1 Access Control Lists (ACLs)
12.2 IPv6 and Extended ACLs

13.0: NETWORK MANAGEMENT

13.1 Network Time Protocol (NTP)
13.2 System Message Log
13.3 NetFlow
13.4 Simple Network Management Protocol
13.5 Quality of Service (QoS)
13.6 Enterprise Networking
13.7 Cloud Resources
13.8 Virtual Private Networks and Remote Switch Access
13.9 Network Automation
13.10 Default Gateway Redundancy

14.0: NETWORK SECURITY

14.1 Network Threats
14.2 Network Security Best Practices
14.3 Switch Security
14.4 Malware
14.5 Combat Malware
14.6 Sniffing
14.7 Session Hijacking
14.8 Denial of Service

15.0: CRYPTOGRAPHY

15.1 Cryptography
15.2 Cryptanalysis and Cryptographic Attack