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Cisco CCNP ENCOR (350-401) Cert Prep: 1 Architecture, Virtualization, and Infrastructure

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Overview

Prepare for the first three domains of the Cisco CCNP ENCOR exam: Architecture, Virtualization, and Infrastructure.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome to ENCOR, part 1
  • Using course resources
1. Enterprise Architecture
  • Enterprise architecture
  • Enterprise network design considerations
  • Tier 2 versus Tier 3 designs
  • On-premise versus cloud designs
  • Fabric Capacity planning
  • Redundant design
  • First hop redundancy protocols (FHRPs)
  • Stateful switchover (SSO)
  • Wireless LAN deployment options
  • Location services
  • Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN)
  • Overview of SD-WAN technology
  • SD-WAN implementation
  • Software-Defined Access (SD-Access)
  • Overview of SD-Access technology
  • SD-Access implementation
  • Quality of Service (QoS)
  • Review of QoS mechanisms
  • Applying QoS policies
  • Wireless QoS
  • Switching mechanisms
  • Process switching
  • Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF)
  • The CAM versus the TCAM
  • The FIB versus the RIB
  • Chapter one summary
2. Virtualization Technologies
  • Virtualization technologies
  • Device virtualization
  • Hypervisor type 1 and 2
  • Virtual machines
  • Virtual switches
  • Data path virtualization
  • Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)
  • The need to combine GRE and IPsec tunneling
  • Configuring GRE over IPsec tunnels
  • Network virtualization
  • Location ID Separation Protocol (LISP)
  • Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
  • Chapter two summary
3. Infrastructure Technologies
  • Infrastructure technologies
  • Layer 2 infrastructure technologies
  • Review of IEEE 802.1Q trunking
  • Troubleshooting 802.1Q trunks
  • VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) theory
  • VTP configuration
  • Review of EtherChannel operation
  • Troubleshooting EtherChannels
  • Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) theory
  • MSTP configuration
  • Review of Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
  • RSTP configuration
  • OSPF
  • OSPF compared to EIGRP
  • Review of OSPF neighbor formation
  • Review of OSPF network types
  • Multi-area OSPFv2 configuration
  • OSPF route filtering
  • OSPF route summarization
  • OSPFv3 traditional configuration
  • OSPFv3 address families configuration
  • BGP
  • Fundamental BGP concepts
  • BGP path selection criteria
  • Routing IPv4 with BGP, part 1
  • Routing IPv4 with BGP, part 2
  • Routing IPv6 with BGP over an IPv4 session configuration
  • Routing IPv6 with BGP over an IPv6 session configuration
  • Wireless technologies
  • Wireless communication theory
  • Access Point Modes
  • Antenna types
  • Access Point operation
  • Layer 2 versus Layer 3 roaming
  • WLAN troubleshooting
  • Network services
  • Review of Network Address Translation (NAT)
  • Static NAT configuration
  • Dynamic NAT configuration
  • Port Address Translation (PAT) configuration
  • Review of Network Time Protocol (NTP)
  • NTP security
  • HSRP configuration
  • VRRP configuration
  • Multicast operation
  • Chapter three summary

Taught by

Kevin Wallace

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