CCNA

Course Overview

This CCNA course will help you to improve yourself about networking basics, switching & routing technologies, IPv4 and IPv6. If you are a beginner for networking technologies, our CCNA certification program is great for you! You will get the certification easily with this CCNA course and begin your career in networking industry.

Networkel’s CCNA course , which is prepared by a Cisco Networking Academy Instructor , covers ALL topics that you need to prepare for the 200-301 (New CCNA) certification exam. You can see the full list of the topics at the curriculum. Six main sections of the training are :

Audience Profile:

• Everybody who wants to prepare for CCNA 200-301 (New CCNA) exam
• Anyone who needs to build a career in networking industry
• Students that currently in college or university

Course Outcome:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the features and functions of the Cisco Internetwork Operating System (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

Course Content:

1.0 Network fundamentals

• Explain the role and function of network components
  • Routers
  • L2 and L3 switches
  • Next-generation firewalls and IPS
  • Access points
  • Controllers (Cisco DNA Center and WLC)
  • Endpoints
  • Servers

• Describe characteristics of network topology architectures
  • 2 tier
  • 3 tier
  • Spine-leaf
  • WAN
  • Small office/home office (SOHO)
  • On-premises and cloud

• Compare physical interface and cabling types
  • Single-mode fiber, multimode fiber, copper
  • Connections (Ethernet shared media and point-to-point)
  • Concepts of PoE
• Identify interface and cable issues (collisions, errors, mismatch duplex, and/or speed)

• Compare TCP to UDP

• Configure and verify IPv4 addressing and subnetting

• Describe the need for private IPv4 addressing

• Configure and verify IPv6 addressing and prefix

• Compare IPv6 address types
  • Global unicast
  • Unique local
  • Link local
  • Anycast
  • Multicast
  • Modified EUI 64

• Verify IP parameters for Client OS (Windows, Mac OS, Linux)

• Describe wireless principles
  • Nonoverlapping Wi-Fi channels
  • SSID
  • RF
  • Encryption

• Explain virtualization fundamentals (virtual machines)

• Describe switching concepts
  • MAC learning and aging
  • Frame switching
  • Frame flooding
  • MAC address table

2.0 Network Access :

• Configure and verify VLANs (normal range) spanning multiple switches
  • Access ports (data and voice)
  • Default VLAN
  • Connectivity

• Configure and verify interswitch connectivity
  • Trunk ports
  • 802.1Q
  • Native VLAN

• Configure and verify Layer 2 discovery protocols (Cisco Discovery Protocol and LLDP)

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

• Describe the need for and basic operations of Rapid PVST+ Spanning Tree Protocol and identify basic operations
  • Root port, root bridge (primary/secondary), and other port names
  • Port states (forwarding/blocking)
  • PortFast benefits
• Compare Cisco Wireless Architectures and AP modes
• Describe physical infrastructure connections of WLAN components (AP, WLC, access/trunk ports, and LAG)
• Describe AP and WLC management access connections (Telnet, SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, console, and TACACS+/RADIUS)
• Configure the components of a wireless LAN access for client connectivity using GUI only such as WLAN creation, security settings, QoS profiles, and advanced WLAN settings

3.0 IP Connectivity

• Interpret the components of routing table
  • Routing protocol code
  • Prefix
  • Network mask
  • Next hop
  • Administrative distance
  • Metric
  • Gateway of last resort

• Determine how a router makes a forwarding decision by default
  • Longest match
  • Administrative distance
  • Routing protocol metric

• Configure and verify IPv4 and IPv6 static routing
  • Default route
  • Network route
  • Host route
  • Floating static

• Configure and verify single area OSPFv2
  • Neighbor adjacencies
  • Point-to-point
  • Broadcast (DR/BDR selection)
  • Router ID

• Describe the purpose of first hop redundancy protocol

4.0 IP Services

• Configure and verify inside source NAT using static and pools
• Configure and verify NTP operating in a client and server mode
• Explain the role of DHCP and DNS within the network
• Explain the function of SNMP in network operations
• Describe the use of syslog features including facilities and levels
• Configure and verify DHCP client and relay
• Explain the forwarding per-hop behavior (PHB) for QoS such as classification, marking, queuing, congestion, policing, shaping
• Configure network devices for remote access using SSH
• Describe the capabilities and function of TFTP/FTP in the network

5.0 Security Fundamentals

• Define key security concepts (threats, vulnerabilities, exploits, and mitigation techniques)
• Describe security program elements (user awareness, training, and physical access control)
• Configure device access control using local passwords
• Describe security password policies elements, such as management, complexity, and password alternatives (multifactor authentication, certificates, and biometrics)
• Describe remote access and site-to-site VPNs
• Configure and verify access control lists
• Configure Layer 2 security features (DHCP snooping, dynamic ARP inspection, and port security)
• Differentiate authentication, authorization, and accounting concepts
• Describe wireless security protocols (WPA, WPA2, and WPA3)
• Configure WLAN using WPA2 PSK using the GUI

6.0 Automation and Programmability

• Explain how automation impacts network management
• Compare traditional networks with controller-based networking
• Describe controller-based and software defined architectures (overlay, underlay, and fabric)
• Compare traditional campus device management with Cisco DNA Center enabled device management
• Describe characteristics of REST-based APIs (CRUD, HTTP verbs, and data encoding)
• Recognize the capabilities of configuration management mechanisms Puppet, Chef, and Ansible
• Interpret JSON encoded data