Basic Concepts on Networking

• Compare and contrast OSI and TCP/IP models
• Compare and contrast TCP and UDP protocols
• Describe the impact of infrastructure components in an enterprise network
• Firewalls
• Access points
• Wireless controller
• Describe the effects of cloud resource son enterprise network architecture
• Traffic path to internal and external cloud services
• Virtual services
• Basic virtual network infrastructure
• Compare and contrast collapsed core and three-tier architectures
• Compare and contrast network topologies
• Star, Mesh, Hybrid
• Select the appropriate cabling type based on implementation requirements
• Apply troubleshooting methodologies to resolve problems
• Performand document fault isolation
• Resolveor escalate
• Verify and monitor resolution
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot IPv4addressing and subnetting
• Compare andcontrastIPv4  address types
• Unicast
• Broadcast
• Multicast
• Describe the need forprivateIPv4addressing
• IdentifytheappropriateIPv6addressingschemetosatisfyaddressing requirements in a LAN/WAN environment
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot IPv6addressing
• ConfigureandverifyIPv6Stateless Address Auto Configuration
• Compare andcontrastIPv6 address types
• Global unicast
• Unique local
• Link local
• Multicast
• ModifiedEUI64
• Auto configuration
• Any cast

LAN Switching Technologies

• Describe and verify switching concepts
• MAC learning and aging
• Frames witching
• Frame flooding
• MAC addresstable
• Interpret Ethernet frame format
• Troubleshoot interface and cable issues(collisions, errors, duplex, speed)
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot VLANs(normal/extended range)spanning multiple switches
• Access ports(data and voice)
• Default VLAN
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot inter switch connectivity
• Trunk ports
• Add and remove VLAN sona trunk
• DTP,VTP(v1&v2), and802.1Q
• Native VLAN
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot STP protocols
• STP mode(PVST+ and RPVST+)
• STP root bridge selection
• Configure,verify and troubleshoot STP related optional features
• Port Fast
• BPDU guard
• ConfigureandverifyLayer2protocols
• Cisco Discovery Protocol
• LLDP
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot(Layer2/Layer3)Ether Channel
• Static PAGP LACP
• Describe the benefits of switch stacking and 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
• Describe how a routing table is populated by different routing information sources
• Admin distance
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot inter-VLAN routing
• Router on a stick
• SVI
• Compare and contrast static routing and dynamic routing
• Compare and contrast distance vector and link state routing protocols
• Compare and contrast interior and exterior routing protocols
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot IPv4 and IPv6staticrouting
• Default route
• Network route
• Host route
• Floating static
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot single area andmulti-areaOSPFv2forIPv4(excluding authentication, filtering,manualsummarization,redistribution,stub,virtual-link,and LSAs)
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot single area andmulti-areaOSPFv3forIPv6(excluding authentication,filtering,manualsummarization,redistribution,stub,virtual-link,and LSAs)
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot EIGRPforIPv4 (excludingauthentication,filtering,manualsummarization,redistribution,stub)
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot EIGRPforIPv6 (excludingauthentication,filtering,manualsummarization,redistribution,stub)
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot RIPv2forIPv4(excludingauthentication,filtering,manualsummarization,redistribution)
• TroubleshootbasicLayer3 end-to-end connectivity issues

WAN Technologies

• 4.1 Configure and verify PPP and MLPPP on WAN interfaces using local authentication
• 4.2          Configure,verify,and troubleshoot PPPoE client-side interfaces using local authentication
• 4.3          Configure,verify,and troubleshoot GRE tunnel connectivity
• Describe WAN topology options
• Point-to-point
• Hub and spoke
• Full mesh
• Single vs dual-homed
• Describe WANaccess connectivity options
• MPLS
• Metro Ethernet
• Broadband PPPoE
• InternetVPN(DMVPN,site-to-siteVPN,clientVPN)
• Configure and verify single-homed branch connectivity using eBGPIPv4(limited to peering and route advertisement using Network command only)
• Describe basic QoS concepts
• Marking
• Device trust
• Prioritization
• Shaping
• Policing
• Congestion management
• Infrastructure Services
• 6 Describe DNS look up operation Troubleshoot client connectivity issues involving DNS
• Configure and verify DHCP on a router(excluding static reservations)
• Server
• Relay
• Client
• TFTP,DNS,and gateway options
• Troubleshoot client-and router-based DHCP connectivity issues
• Configure,verify,and troubleshoot basicHSRP
• Priority
• Preemption
• Version
• Configure,verify,and troubleshoot insidesourceNAT
• Static
• Pool
• PAT
• Configure and verify NTP operatingina client/server mode
• Infrastructure Security
• Configure,verify,and troubleshoot port security
• Static
• Dynamic
• Sticky
• MaxMAC addresses
• Violation actions
• Err-disable recovery
• Describe common access layer thre at mitigation techniques
• 802.1x
• DHCP snooping
• Non default nativeVLAN
• Configure,verify,and troubleshoot IPv4 and IPv6accesslistfortrafficfiltering
• 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
• 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 IPSLA
• Configure and verify device management
• Backup and restored evice configuration
• Using Discovery Proto color LLDP for device discovery
• Licensing
• Logging
• Time zone
• Loopback
• Configure and verify initial device configuration
• Perform device maintenance
• Cisco IOS upgrade sand recovery(SCP, FTP,TFTP, andMD5verify)
• Password recovery and configuration register
• File system management
• Use CiscoIOS tools to troubleshoot and resolve problems
• Ping and trace route with extended option
• Terminal monitor
• Log events
• Local SPAN
• Describe network program ability in enterprise network architecture
• Function of a controller
• Separation of control plane and data plane
• Northbound and southbound APIs