• 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

• Non-overlapping 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

• Configure and verify VLANs (normal range) spanning multiple switches

  • • Access ports (data and voice)
    • Default VLAN
    • Connectivity

  Configure and verify inter-switch 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)
  • Port Fast 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

• 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

• • 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

• 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

• Explain how automation impacts network management
• Compare traditional networks with controller-based networking
• Describe controller-based and software defined architectures (overlay, underlay, and fabric)
• Separation of control plane and data plane
• North-bound and south-bound APIs
• 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
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