Cisco Certifications Program

Outline for this course

Role and function of network components.

Characteristics of network topology architectures.

Configure and verify IPv4 addressing and subnetting.

Configure and verify VLANs spanning multiple switches.

Configure and verify interswitch connectivity.

Configure and verify (Layer 2/Layer 3) EtherChannel (LACP).

Operations of Rapid PVST+ Spanning Tree Protocol.

Physical infrastructure connections of WLAN components .

AP and WLC management access connections.

Configure and verify IPv4 and IPv6 static routing.

Configure and verify single area OSPFv2.

Describe the purpose of first hop redundancy protocol.

Configure and verify inside source NAT using static and pools.

Explain the role of DHCP and DNS within the network.

Configure network devices for remote access using SSH.

Capabilities and function of TFTP/FTP in the network.

Configure device access control using local passwords.

Describe remote access and site-to-site VPNs.

Configure and verify access control lists.

Differentiate authentication, authorization, and accounting concepts.

Configure WLAN using WPA2 PSK using the GUI.

Explain how automation impacts network management.

Controller-based and software defined architectures.

characteristics of REST-based APIs.

Recognize the capabilities of configuration management mechanisms.

Interpret JSON encoded data.