CCDA?? Boot Camp Training Class

1. Applying Design Principles in Network Deployment

• Identifying Organizational Network Policies and Procedures


• Network Design Methodology


• Examining Customer Requirements


• Characterizing the Existing Network


• Implementing the Design Methodology

2. Structuring and Modularizing the Network

• Designing the Network Hierarchy


• Using a Modular Approach in Network Design


• Evaluating Network Services and Solutions Within Modular Network

3. Basic Campus Switching Design Considerations

• Campus Design Methodology


• Campus Design Models


• Simulation Using Specially Configured OPNET Simulation Software


• Shared vs. Switched LAN


• Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 Switching

4. Designing WAN Networks

• Enterprise Edge WAN Design Methodology


• Selecting Wide Area Network Technology

5. Designing IP Addressing in the Network

• Designing IP Addressing


• Introduction to IPv6

6. Selecting Routing Protocols for a Network

• Evaluating Routing


• Protocol Selection Criteria for a Network


• Assessing Routing Protocol Features


• Designing a Routing Protocol Deployment


• Simulation Using Specially Configured OPNET Simulation Software


• Routing Protocol Convergence

7. Evaluating Security Solutions for the Network

• Identifying Attacks and Selecting Countermeasures


• Identifying Security Mechanisms for a Defined Security Policy


• Selecting Security Solutions Within Network Modules

8. Designing Networks for Voice Transport

• Traditional Voice Architectures and Features


• Integrating Voice Architectures


• Identify the Requirements of Voice Technologies


• Planning Capacity Using Voice Traffic Engineering Concepts


• Simulation Using Specially Configured OPNET Simulation Software


• Voice Transport Across WAN Network

9. Applying Basic Network Management Design Concepts

• SNMP


• NetFlow Accounting


• Syslog Accounting


• Functional Areas of Network Management


• Fault Management


• Configuration Management


• Accounting Management


• Performance Management


• Security Management


• Managing Service Levels


• SLA, SLM, and SAA

CCDA Casework

All of the CCDA case studies focus on the network design issues of a fictional company: DJMP. You will work in teams to solve the case studies and create and maintain a master design document throughout the week.

Our case studies feature the liberal use of the OPNET guru simulation tool to expose you to real world network design techniques including state-of-the-art design software.

Case 1: Network Upgrade

Learn to document customer requirements and the existing network, identify
missing information, and outline a major network design. The simulation tool
will be used to analyze adding new applications, comparing before and after, and
comparing with other alternatives added (such as more bandwidth).

Case 2: Enterprise Campus Design

Utilize the Cisco concept of enterprise network modules to propose a redundant campus design for DJMP. OPNET will be used to test shared vs. switched Ethernet, comparing server response times. Also, Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 switching applied to access, distribution, and core modules is compared in various combinations.

Case 3: WAN Upgrade and Backup

Select the most optimal WAN transport for DJMP. Develop a WAN backup strategy. Finally, add international offices to the network design.

Case 4: Network Addressing Plan

Develop a method for planning the IP address space and apply it based on DJMP's needs. Consider IP subnetting, VLSM, and summarization techniques and incorporate them into the network design document.

Case 5: Routing Protocol Selection

Select the most appropriate routing protocol for DJMP and consider deployment issues. Analyze network convergence based on multiple scenarios of Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching, and simulate link and node failures and analyze the result.

Case 6: Voice Transport Over an IP Network

Consider the effect of transporting voice across the DJMP data network. Simulate multiple scenarios to test the effect on bandwidth for data-only and voice-only traffic. Also, test the effects of adding QoS. Finally, simulate combined voice and data traffic to fully understand the impact to DJMP's network design.

Mastery Case: Chapter 10

The mastery case can be completed by each team on Friday or used as a take-home assignment. This case allows the teams to complete a design for another company, MCMB, for all enterprise network modules based on principles learned in class.

Network engineers, systems administrators, and network designers who want CCDA?? certification; IT