CCNA - Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions v1.0

Section 1: Exploring the Functions of Networking

• Identify the components of a computer network and describe their basic characteristics
• Define a network and describe examples of networks
• Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)
• Components of a Network
• Characteristics of a Network
• Physical vs. Logical Topologies
• Compare and contrast logical and physical topologies
• Interpreting a Network Diagram
• Impact of User Applications on the Network

Section 2: Introducing the Host-To-Host Communications Model

• Host-To-Host Communications Overview
• ISO OSI Reference Model
• TCP/IP Protocol Suite
• Peer-To-Peer Communications
• Encapsulation and De-Encapsulation
• Describe the process of encapsulation and de-encapsulation
• TCP/IP Stack vs OSI Reference Model

Section 3: Operating Cisco IOS Software

• Cisco IOS Software Features and Functions
• Cisco IOS Software CLI Functions
• Cisco IOS Software Modes

Section 4: Introducing LANs

• Local Area Networks
• LAN Components
• Need for Switches
• Characteristics and Features of Switches

Section 5: Exploring the TCP/IP Link Layer

• Ethernet LAN Connection Media
• Ethernet Frame Structure
• Describe the fields of an Ethernet frame
• LAN Communication Types
• MAC Addresses
• Frame Switching
• Duplex Communication

Section 6: Starting a Switch

• Switch Installation
• Connecting to a Console Port
• Switch LED Indicators
• Basic show Commands and Information

Section 7: Introducing the TCP/IP Internet Layer, IPv4 Addressing, and Subnets

• Internet Protocol
• Decimal and Binary Number Systems
• Binary-to-Decimal Conversion
• Decimal-to-Binary Conversion
• IPv4 Address Representation
• IPv4 Header Fields
• IPv4 Address Classes
• Subnet Masks
• Subnets
• Implementing Subnetting: Borrowing Bits
• Implementing Subnetting: Determining the Addressing Scheme
• Benefits of VLSM and Implementing VLSM
• Private vs. Public IPv4 Addresses
• Reserved IPv4 Addresses
• Verifying IPv4 Address of a Host

Section 8: Explaining the TCP/IP Transport Layer and Application Layer

• TCP/IP Transport Layer Functions
• Reliable vs. Best-Effort Transport
• TCP Characteristics
• UDP Characteristics
• TCP/IP Application Layer
• Introducing HTTP
• Domain Name System
• Explaining DHCP for IPv4

Section 9: Exploring the Functions of Routing

• Role of a Router
• Router Components
• Router Functions
• Routing Table
• Path Determination

Section 10: Configuring a Cisco Router

• Initial Router Setup
• Configuring Router Interfaces
• Configuring IPv4 Addresses on Router Interfaces
• Checking Interface Configuration and Status
• Exploring Connected Devices
• Using Cisco Discovery Protocol
• Configure and Verify LLDP
• Implement an Initial Router Configuration

Section 11: Exploring the Packet Delivery Process

• Layer 2 Addressing
• Layer 3 Addressing
• Default Gateways
• Address Resolution Protocol
• Host-To-Host Packet Delivery

Section 12: Troubleshooting a Simple Network

• Troubleshooting Methods
• Troubleshooting Tools
• Troubleshooting Common Switch Media Issues
• Troubleshooting Common Switch Port Issues
• Identify common access port issues
• Troubleshooting Common Problems Associated with IPv4 Addressing

Section 13: Introducing Basic IPv6

• IPv4 Address Exhaustion Workarounds
• IPv6 Features
• IPv6 Addresses and Address Types
• Comparison of IPv4 and IPv6 Headers
• Internet Control Message Protocol Version 6
• Neighbor Discovery
• IPv6 Address Allocation
• Verification of End-To-End IPv6 Connectivity

Section 14: Configuring Static Routing

• Routing Operation
• When to Use Static Routing
• IPv4 Static Route Configuration
• Default Routes
• Verifying Static and Default Route Configuration
• Configuring IPv6 Static Routes
• Implement IPv4 Static Routing
• Implement IPv6 Static Routing

Section 15: Implementing VLANs and Trunks

• VLAN Introduction
• Creating a VLAN
• Assigning a Port to a VLAN
• Trunking with 802.1Q
• Configuring an 802.1Q Trunk
• VLAN Design Consideration
• Troubleshoot VLANs and Trunk

Section 16: Routing Between VLANs

• Purpose of Inter-VLAN Routing
• Options for Inter-VLAN Routing
• Implement Multiple VLANs and Basic Routing Between the VLANs

Section 17: Introducing OSPF

• Dynamic Routing Protocols
• Path Selection
• Link-State Routing Protocol Overview
• Link-State Routing Protocol Data Structures
• Introducing OSPF
• Establishing OSPF Neighbor Adjacencies
• OSPF Neighbor States
• SPF Algorithm
• Building a Link-State Database
• Routing for IPv6

Section 18: Building Redundant Switched Topologies

• Physical Redundancy in a LAN
• Issues in Redundant Topologies
• Spanning Tree Operation
• Types of Spanning Tree Protocols
• Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
• PortFast and BPDU Guard

Section 19: Improving Redundant Switched Topologies with EtherChannel

• EtherChannel Overview
• EtherChannel Configuration Options
• Configuring and Verifying EtherChannel
• Improve Redundant Switched Topologies with EtherChannel

Section 20: Exploring Layer 3 Redundancy

• Need for Default Gateway Redundancy
• Understanding FHRP
• Understanding HSRP

Section 21: Introducing WAN Technologies

• Introduction to WAN Technologies
• WAN Devices and Demarcation Point
• WAN Topology Options
• WAN Connectivity Options
• Virtual Private Networks
• Enterprise-Managed VPNs
• Provider-Managed VPNs

Section 22: Explaining Basics of ACL

• ACL Overview
• ACL Operation
• ACL Wildcard Masking
• Wildcard Mask Abbreviations
• Types of Basic ACLs
• Configuring Standard IPv4 ACLs
• Configuring Extended IPv4 ACLs
• Verifying and Modifying IPv4 ACLs
• Applying IPv4 ACLs to Filter Network Traffic
• Implement Numbered and Named IPv4 ACLs

Section 23: Enabling Internet Connectivity

• Configure internet access using DHCP clients and explain and configure NAT on Cisco routers
• Introducing Network Address Translation
• NAT Terminology and Translation Mechanisms
• Benefits and Drawbacks of NAT
• Static NAT and Port Forwarding
• Dynamic NAT
• Port Address Translation
• Configuring and Verifying Inside IPv4 NAT
• Implement PAT

Section 24: Introducing QoS

• Converged Networks
• Quality of Service Defined
• QoS Policy
• QoS Mechanisms
• QoS Models
• Deploying End-to-End QoS

Section 25: Explaining Wireless Fundamentals

• Wireless Technologies
• WLAN Architectures
• WLAN Components
• WiFi Channels
• AP and WLC Management

Section 26: Introducing Architectures and Virtualization

• Introduction to Network Design
• Enterprise Three-Tier Hierarchical Network Design
• Spine-Leaf Network Design
• Cisco Enterprise Architecture Model
• Cloud Computing Overview
• Device Architecture
• Virtualization Fundamentals

Section 27: Explaining the Evolution of Intelligent Networks

• Overview of Network Programmability in Enterprise Networks
• Software-Defined Networking
• Common Programmability Protocols and Methods
• Configuration Management Tools
• Introducing Cisco DNA Center
• Cisco SD-Access
• Introducing Cisco SD-WAN

Section 28: Introducing System Monitoring

• Introducing Syslog
• Syslog Message Format
• SNMP Overview
• Enabling Network Time Protocol
• Configure System Message Logging

Section 29: Managing Cisco Devices

• Cisco IOS Integrated File System and Devices
• Stages of the Router Power-On Boot Sequence
• Loading and Managing System Images Files
• Loading Cisco IOS Configuration Files
• Validating Cisco IOS Images Using MD5
• Managing Cisco IOS Images and Device Configuration Files

Section 30: Examining the Security Threat Landscape

• Security Threat Landscape Overview
• Malware
• Hacking Tools
• Denial of Service and Distributed Denial of Service
• Spoofing
• Reflection and Amplification Attacks
• Social Engineering
• Evolution of Phishing
• Password Attacks
• Reconnaissance Attacks
• Buffer Overflow Attacks
• Man-in-the-Middle Attacks
• Vectors of Data Loss and Exfiltration
• Other Considerations

Section 31: Implementing Threat Defense Technologies

• Information Security Overview
• Firewalls
• Intrusion Prevention Systems
• Introduction to Cryptographic Technologies
• Ipsec Security Services
• Secure Sockets Layer and Transport Layer Security
• Wireless Security Protocols
• Configure WPA2 PSK

Section 32: Securing Administrative Access

• Network Device Security Overview
• Securing Access to Privileged EXEC Mode
• Securing Console Access
• Securing Remote Access
• Configuring the Login Banner
• Limiting Remote Access with ACLs
• External Authentication Options
• Secure Device Administrative Access

Section 33: Implementing Device Hardening

• Securing Unused Ports
• Infrastructure ACL
• Disabling Unused Services
• Port Security Overview
• Mitigating VLAN Attacks
• DHCP Snooping
• Dynamic ARP Inspection
• Implement Device Hardening

• Identify the components of a computer network and describe their basic characteristics
• Describe the features and functions of the Cisco 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
• Identify and resolve common switched network issues and common problems associated with IPv4 addressing
• Describe IPv6 main features, addresses and configure and verify basic IPv6 connectivity
• Describe, implement and verify VLANs and trunks
• Describe the application and configuration of inter-VLAN routing
• Explain the basics of dynamic routing protocols and describe components and terms of OSPF
• Explain how STP and RSTP work
• Configure link aggregation using EtherChannel
• Describe the purpose of Layer 3 redundancy protocols
• Describe basic WAN and VPN concepts
• Describe the operation of ACLs and their applications in the network
• Configure internet access using DHCP clients and explain and configure NAT on Cisco routers
• Describe the basic QoS concepts
• Describe the concepts of wireless networks, which types of wireless networks can be built and how to use WLC
• Describe network and device architectures and introduce virtualization
• Introduce the concept of network programmability and SDN and describe the smart network management solutions like Cisco DNA Center, SD-Access and SD-WAN
• Describe the management of Cisco devices
• Describe the current security threat landscape
• Describe threat defense technologies
• Implement basic steps to harden network devices

• Discovery 1: Get Started with Cisco CLI
• Discovery 2: Observe How a Switch Operates
• Discovery 3: Perform Basic Switch Configuration
• Discovery 4: Inspect TCP/IP Applications
• Discovery 5: Configure an Interface on a Cisco Router
• Discovery 6: Configure and Verify Layer 2 Discovery Protocols
• Discovery 7: Configure Default Gateway
• Discovery 8: Explore Packet Forwarding
• Discovery 9: Troubleshoot Switch Media and Port Issues
• Discovery 10: Troubleshoot Port Duplex Issues
• Discovery 11: Configure Basic IPv6 Connectivity
• Discovery 12: Configure and Verify IPv4 Static Routes
• Discovery 13: Configure IPv6 Static Routes
• Discovery 14: Configure VLAN and Trunk
• Discovery 15: Configure a Router on a Stick
• Discovery 16: Configure and Verify Single-Area OSPF
• Discovery 17: Configure and Verify EtherChannel
• Discovery 18: Configure and Verify IPv4 ACLs
• Discovery 19: Configure a Provider-Assigned IPv4 Address
• Discovery 20: Configure Static NAT
• Discovery 21: Configure Dynamic NAT and PAT
• Discovery 22: Log into the WLC
• Discovery 23: Monitor the WLC
• Discovery 24: Configure a Dynamic (VLAN) Interface
• Discovery 25: Configure a DHCP Scope
• Discovery 26: Configure a WLAN
• Discovery 27: Define a RADIUS Server
• Discovery 28: Explore Management Options
• Discovery 29: Explore the Cisco DNA Center
• Discovery 30: Configure and Verify NTP
• Discovery 31: Create the Cisco IOS Image Backup
• Discovery 32: Upgrade Cisco IOS Image
• Discovery 33: Configure WLAN Using WPA2 PSK Using the GUI
• Discovery 34: Secure Console and Remote Access
• Discovery 35: Enable and Limit Remote Access Connectivity
• Discovery 36: Configure and Verify Port Security

• FASTLab 1: Implement the Initial Switch Configuration
• FASTLab 2: Implement an Initial Router Configuration
• FASTLab 3: Implement IPv4 Static Routing
• FASTLab 4: Implement IPv6 Static Routing
• FASTLab 5: Troubleshoot VLANs and Trunk
• FASTLab 6: Implement Multiple VLANs and Basic Routing Between the VLANs
• FASTLab 7: Improve Redundant Switched Topologies with EtherChannel
• FASTLab 8: Implement Numbered and Named IPv4 ACLs
• FASTLab 9: Implement PAT
• FASTLab 10: Configure System Message Logging
• FASTLab 11: Secure Device Administrative Access
• FASTLab 12: Implement Device Hardening

The knowledge and skills that students are expected to have before attending this course are:

• Basic computer literacy
• Basic PC operating system navigation skills
• Basic internet usage skills
• Basic IP address knowledge

Target candidates for this course include individuals seeking the CCNA – Cisco Certified Network Associate certification. The course is also appropriate for support technicians who are involved in the basic installation, operation, and verification of Cisco networks. Key job roles include entry-level network engineer, network administrator, network support technician, and help desk technician.

You should consider this course if you wish to perform the following job tasks:

• Configure: Implement the identified solution by applying the planned implementation processes using Cisco IOS commands and applications in the correct order to the selected devices and portions of the network.
• Verify: Use the appropriate show commands and applications to ensure that the solution was correctly implemented and is performing as desired.