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Cisco Certified Network Associate

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) training validates your ability to install, configure, operate and troubleshoot routed & switched networks. CCNA certified professionals can make connections to remote sites via a Wide Area Network (WAN), mitigate basic network security threats, and understand fundamental networking concepts and terminology.

CCNA certification is Cisco’s most popular certification, and one of the tech industry’s most sought-after career credentials. Becoming CCNA certified is a distinctive first step toward a rewarding career as a network administrator or engineer.

Cisco Certified Network Associate (200-125)

Network Fundamentals

  • Describe the effects of cloud resources on enterprise network architecture - Traffic path to internal and external cloud services, Virtual services, Basic virtual network infrastructure
  • Compare and contrast IPv6 address
    types - Global unicast, Unique local ,
    Link local, Multicast, Modified
    EUI 64, Auto configuration,
    Anycast
  • Describe the impact of infrastructure
    components in an enterprise -
    network Firewalls, Access
    points, Wireless
    controllers
  • Identify the appropriate IPv6 addressing scheme to satisfy addressing requirements in a LAN/WAN environment
  • Apply troubleshooting methodologies to resolve problems - Perform and document fault isolation, Resolve or escalate, Verify and monitor resolution
  • Select the appropriate cabling type based on implementation requirements
  • Compare and contrast IPv4 address types - Unicast, Broadcast, Multicast
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot IPv4 addressing and subnetting
  • Compare and contrast collapsed core and three-tier architectures
  • Configure and verify IPv6 Stateless Address Auto Configuration
  • Compare and contrast network topologies - Star, Mesh, Hybrid
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot IPv6 addressing
  • Describe the need for private IPv4 addressing
  • Compare and contrast OSI and TCP/IP models
  • Compare and contrast TCP and UDP protocols

LAN Switching Technologies

  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot interswitch connectivity - Trunk ports, Add and remove VLANs on a trunk, DTP, VTP (v1&v2), and 802.1Q, Native VLAN
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot VLANs (normal/extended range) spanning multiple switches - Access ports (data and voice), Default VLAN
  • Describe and verify switching concepts - MAC learning and aging, Frame
    switching, Frame flooding, MAC address
    table
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot STP protocols - STP mode (PVST+ and RPVST+), STP root bridge selection
  • Configure, verify and troubleshoot STP related optional features - PortFast, BPDU guard
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot (Layer 2/Layer 3) EtherChannel - Static, PAGP, LACP
  • Troubleshoot interface and cable issues (collisions, errors, duplex, speed)
  • Configure and verify Layer 2 protocols - Cisco Discovery Protocol, LLDP
  • Describe the benefits of switch stacking and chassis aggregation
  • Interpret Ethernet frame format

Routing Technologies

  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot single area and multi-area OSPFv3 for IPv6 (excluding authentication, filtering, manual summarization, redistribution, stub, virtual-link, and LSAs)
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot single area and multi-area OSPFv2 for IPv4 (excluding authentication, filtering, manual summarization, redistribution, stub, virtual-link, and LSAs)
  • Interpret the components of a routing table - Prefix, Network mask, Next hop, Routing protocol code, Administrative
    distance, Metric, Gateway of last
    resort
  • Describe the routing concepts - Packet handling along the path through a network, Forwarding decision based on route lookup, Frame rewrite
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot EIGRP for IPv4 (excluding authentication, filtering, manual summarization, redistribution,
    stub)
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot EIGRP for IPv6 (excluding authentication, filtering, manual summarization, redistribution,
    stub)
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot IPv4 and IPv6 static routing - Default route, Network route, Host route, Floating static
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot RIPv2 for IPv4 (excluding authentication, filtering, manual summarization, redistribution)
  • Describe how a routing table is populated by different routing information sources - Admin distance
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot inter-VLAN routing - Router on a stick, SVI
  • Compare and contrast distance vector and link state routing protocols
  • Compare and contrast interior and exterior routing protocols
  • Troubleshoot basic Layer 3 end-to-end connectivity issues
  • Compare and contrast static routing and dynamic routing

WAN Technologies

  • Configure and verify single-homed branch connectivity using eBGP IPv4 (limited to peering and route advertisement using Network command only)
  • Describe basic QoS concepts - Marking, Device trust, Prioritization - [i] Voice, [ii] Video, [iii] Data, Shaping, Policing, Congestion management
  • Describe WAN access connectivity options - MPLS, Metro Ethernet, Broadband PPPoE, Internet VPN (DMVPN, site-to-site VPN, client VPN)
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot PPPoE client-side interfaces using local authentication
  • Describe WAN topology options - Point-to-point, Hub and spoke, Full mesh, Single vs dual-homed
  • Configure and verify PPP and MLPPP
    on WAN interfaces using local
    authentication
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot GRE tunnel connectivity

Infrastructure Services

  • Configure and verify DHCP on a router (excluding static reservations) - Server, Relay, Client, TFTP,DNS,and gateway options
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot
    basic HSRP - Priority, Preemption,
    Version
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot
    inside source NAT - Static, Pool,
    PAT
  • Troubleshoot client- and router-based DHCP connectivity issues
  • Configure and verify NTP operating in a client/server mode
  • Troubleshoot client connectivity issues involving DNS
  • Describe DNS lookup operation

Infrastructure Security

  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot basic device hardening - Local authentication, Secure password, Access to device - [i] Source address, [ii] Telnet/SSH, Login banner
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot port security - Static, Dynamic, Sticky, Max MAC addresses, Violation actions, Err-disable recovery
  • Describe common access layer threat mitigation techniques - 802.1x, DHCP snooping, Nondefault native VLAN
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot IPv4 and IPv6 access list for traffic filtering - Standard, Extended, Named
  • Verify ACLs using the APIC-EM Path Trace ACL analysis tool
  • Describe device security using AAA with TACACS+ and RADIUS

Infrastructure Management

  • Configure and verify device management - Backup and restore device configuration, Using Cisco Discovery Protocol or LLDP for device, discovery, Licensing, Logging, Timezone, Loopback
  • Describe network programmability in enterprise network architecture - Function of a controller, Separation of control plane and data plane, Northbound and southbound APIs
  • Perform device maintenance - Cisco IOS upgrades and recovery (SCP, FTP, TFTP, and MD5 verify), Password recovery and configuration register, File system management
  • Use Cisco IOS tools to troubleshoot and resolve problems - Ping and traceroute with extended option, Terminal monitor, Log events, Local SPAN
  • Configure and verify device-monitoring protocols - SNMPv2, SNMPv3, Syslog
  • Troubleshoot network connectivity issues using ICMP echo-based IP SLA
  • Configure and verify initial device configuration