CCNA Course

 

CCNA Course Overview

The CCNA certification validates a firm foundation of networking skills that include fundamentals like the OSI Reference Model, Networking Protocols, Layer 2 Switching Concepts and Protocols, Routing Concepts and Protocols, and Wide-Area Networking (WAN) Connectivity. Thus a person who is aiming to qualify for the CCNA certification should be proficient in their abilities to provide basic network installations and troubleshooting.

The CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) certification is the first in Cisco´s line of certifications that an aspiring networking professional must acquire in order to add value to their IT career.

Beginners with recent graduation and experience in computer trouble shooting.

Networking basics skills required to learn the course. Need to understand computer terminologies.

You get opportunities as network admin, network analyst in IT companies like datawind, cyient, paxata, Invesco and more. 

The main concepts covered in course are Cisco Training – CCNA Course Contents, Network Fundamentals, LAN Switching Technologies, Routing Technologies, WAN Technologies, Infrastructure Services, Infrastructure Services, and Infrastructure Management

CCNA Course Syllabus

Cisco Training – CCNA Course Contents

  • Introduction to Wide Area Networks
  • Internetwork Operating System (IOS)
  • IP Routing (Static & Dynamic)
  • LAN Switching
  • IPv4 & IPv6
  • STP, PVSTP & RSTP
  • Virtual Private Network – VPN
  • Redundancy Protocols
  • Network monitoring tools
  • NAT & PAT
  • Cisco Express Forwarding
  • Network Device Security
  • WAN Technologies (Cloud, SDN, IoT)
  • Troubleshooting

 Network Fundamentals

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

 LAN Switching Technologies

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

 Routing Technologies

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

WAN Technologies

  • Configure & verify PPP and MLPPP on WAN interfaces using local authentication
  • Configure, verify, & troubleshoot PPPoE client-side interfaces using local authentication
  • Configure, verify, & troubleshoot GRE tunnel connectivity
  • Describe WAN topology options
  • Point-to-point, Hub and spoke, Full mesh, Single vs dual-homed
  • Describe WAN access connectivity options
  • MPLS, Metro Ethernet, Broadband PPPoE, Internet VPN (DMVPN, site-to-site VPN, client VPN)
  • 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, (Voice, Video & Data)
  • Shaping, Policing, Congestion management

Infrastructure Services

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

Infrastructure Services

  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot port security
  • Static, Dynamic, Sticky, Max MAC addresses, Violation actions & Err-disable recovery
  • Describe common access layer threat mitigation techniques
  • 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
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot basic device hardening
  • Local authentication, Secure password, Access to device (Source address & Telnet/SSH)
  • Login banner
  • Describe device security using AAA with TACACS+ and RADIUS

Infrastructure Management

  • Configure and verify device-monitoring protocols
  • SNMPv2, SNMPv3 & Syslog
  • Troubleshoot network connectivity issues using ICMP echo-based IP SLA
  • Configure and verify device management
  • Backup and restore device configuration
  • Using CDP or LLDP for device discovery
  • Licensing, Logging, Timezone & Loopback
  • Configure and verify initial device configuration
  • 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 & traceroute with extended option
  • Terminal monitor, Log events, Local SPAN
  • Describe network programmability in enterprise network architecture
  • Function of a controller
  • Separation of control plane and data plane
  • Northbound and southbound APIs