Course Description
This course is delivered in an alternative schedule model of shorter class sessions over a longer period of time. This course gives you a broad range of fundamental knowledge for all IT careers. You will learn how to install, operate, configure, and verif
COURSE OBJECTIVES:After taking this course, you should be able to:
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 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, addresses and configure and verify basic IPv6 connectivity
Describe the operation, benefits, and limitations of static routing
Describe, implement and verify 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 OSPF
Explain how STP and 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 ACLs and their applications in the network
Configure internet access using DHCP clients and explain and configure NAT on Cisco routers
Describe the basic QoS concepts
Describe the concepts of wireless networks, which types of wireless networks can be built and how to use WLC
Describe network and device architectures and introduce virtualization
Introduce the concept of network programmability and SDN and describe the smart network management solutions like Cisco DNA Center, SD-Access and 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
Agenda
Exploring the Functions of Networking
- What is a computer network?
- Components of a network
- Characteristics of a network
- Physical vs. Logical Topologies
- Interpreting a network diagram
- Impact of user applications on the network
Introducing the Host-To-Host Communications Model
- Host-to-host communications overview
- ISO OSI reference model
- TCP/IP protocol Suite
- Peer-to-peer communications
- Encapsulation and de-encapsulation
- TCP/IP stack vs OSI reference model
Operating Cisco IOS Software
- Cisco IOS software features and functions
- Cisco IOS software CLI functions
- Cisco IOS software models
- Discovery 1: Get started with Cisco CLI
Introducing LANs
- Local area networks
- LAN components
- Need for switches
- Characteristics and features of switches
Exploring the TCP/IP Link Layer
- Ehernet LAN connection media
- Ethernet frame structure
- LAN communication types
- MAC addresses
- Frame switching
- Discovery 2: Observe how a switch operate
- Duplex communication
Starting a Switch
- Switch installation
- Connecting to a console port
- Switch LED indicators
- Basic show commands and information
- Discovery 3: Perform basic switch configuration
- Implement the initial switch configuration
Introducing the TCP/IP Internet Layer, IPv4 Addressing, and Subnets
- Internet protocol
- Decimal and binary number systems
- Binary-to-decimal conversion
- Decimal-to-binary conversion
- IPv4 address representation
- IPv4 header fields
- IPv4 address classes
- Subnet masks
- Subnets
- Implementing subnetting: Bowwing bits
- Implementing subnetting: Determining the addressing scheme
- Benefits of VLSM and Implementing VLSM
- Private vs. Public IPv4 addresses
- Reserved IPv4 addresses
- Verifying IPv4 address of a host
Explaining the TCP/IP Transport Layer and Application Layer
- TCP/IP transport layer functions
- Reliable vs. Best-effort transport
- TCP characteristics
- UDP characteristics
- TCP/IP application layer
- Introducing HTTP
- Domain name system
- Explaining DHCP for IPv4
- Discovery 4: Inspect TCP/IP applications
Exploring the Functions of Routing
- Role of a router
- Router components
- Router functions
- Routing table
- Path determination
Configuring a Cisco Router
- Initial router setup
- Configuring router interfaces
- Configuring IPv4 addresses on router interfaces
- Checking interface configuration and status
- Discovery 5: Configure an interface on a Cisco router
- Exploring connected devices
- Using Cisco Discovery Protocol
- Configure and verify LLDP
- Disconvery 6: Configure and verify layer 2 discovery protocols
- Implement an initial router configuration
Exploring the Packet Delivery Process
- Layer 2 addressing
- Layer 3 addressing
- Default gateways
- Address resolution protocol
- Discover 7: Configure default gateway
- Host-to-host packet delivery
- Discovery 8: Explore packet forwarding
Troubleshooting a Simple Network
- Troubleshooting methods
- Troubleshooting tools
- Troubleshooting common switch media issues
- Troubleshooting common switch port issues
- Discovery 9: Troubleshoot switch media and port issues
- Discovery 10: Troubleshoot port duplex issues
- Troubleshooting common problems associated with IPv4 addressing
Introducing Basic IPv6
- IPv4 address exhaustion workarounds
- IPv6 features
- IPv6 addresses and address types
- Comparison of IPv4 and IPv6 header
- Internet control message protocol version 6
- Neighbor discovery
- IPv6 address allocation
- Discovery 11: Configure basic IPv6 conncetivity
- Verification of end-to-end IPv6 connectivity
Configuring Static Routing
- Routing Operation
- Static and dynamic routing comparison
- When to use static routing
- IPv4 static route configuration
- Default routes
- Verifying static and default route configuration
- Discovery 12: Configure and verify IPv4 static routes
- Configuring IPv6 static routes
- Discovery 13: Configure IPv6 static routes
- Implement IPv4 static routing
- Implement IPv6 static routing
Implementing VLANs and Trunks
- VLAN Introduction
- Creating a VLAN
- Assigning a port to a VLAN
- Trunking with 802.1Q
- Configuring an 802.1Q trunk
- Discovery 14: Configure VLAN and trunk
- VLAN design considerations
- Troubleshoot VLANs and trunk
Routing Between VLANs
- Purpose of Inter-VLAN routing
- Options for the Inter-VLAN routing
- Discovery 15: Configure a router on a stick
- Implement multiple VLANs and basic routing between the VLANs
Introducing OSPF
- Dynamic routing protocols
- Path selection
- Link-State routing protocol overview
- Link-State routing protocol data structures
- Introducing OSPF
- Establishing OSPF neighbor adjacencies
- OSPF neighbor states
- SPF algorithm
- Building a Link-State database
- Discovery 16: Configure and verify single-area OSPF
- Routing for IPv6
Building Redundant Switched Topologies (Self-study)
- Physical redundancy in a LAN
- Issues in redundant topologies
- Spanning tree operation
- Types of spanning tree protocols
- PortFast and BPDU guard
- Rapid spanning tree protocol
Improving Redundant Switched Topologies with EtherChannel
- EtherChannel overview
- EtherChannel configuration options
- Configuring and verifying EtherChannel
- Discovery 17: Configure and verify EtherChannel
- Improve redundant switched topologies with EtherChannel
Exploring Layer 3 Redundancy (Self-study)
- Need for default gateway redundancy
- Understanding FHRP
- Understanding HSRP
Introducing WAN Technologies (Self-study)
- Introduction to WAN technologies
- WAN devices and demarcation point
- WAN topology options
- WAN connectivity options
- Virtual private networks
- Enterprise-manged VPNs
- Provider-managed VPNs
Explaining Basics of ACL
- ACL overview
- ACL operation
- ACL wildcard masking
- Wildcard mask abbreviations
- Types of basic ACLs
- Configuring standard IPv4 ACLs
- Configuring extended IPv4 ACLs
- Verifying and modifying IPv4 ACLs
- Applying IPv4 ACLs to filter network traffic
- Discovery 18: Configure and verify IPv4 ACLs
- Implement numbered and named IPv4 ACLs
Enabling Internet Connectivity
- Discovery 19: Configure a provider-assigned IPv4 address
- Introducing network address translation
- NAT terminology and translation mechanisms
- Benefits and drawbacks of NAT
- Static NAT and port forwarding
- Dynamic NAT
- Port address translation
- Configuring and verifying inside IPv4 NAT
- Discovery 20: Configure static NAT
- Discovery 21: Configure dynamic NAT and PAT
- Implement PAT
Introducing QoS (Self-study)
- Converged networks
Audience
This course is designed for anyone seeking CCNA certification. The course also provides foundational knowledge for all support technicians involved in the basic installation, operation, and verification of Cisco networks.
The job roles best suited to the material in this course are:
Entry-level network engineer
Network administrator
Network support technician
Help desk technician