CCNA Boot Camp

Course details

This course teaches learners how to install, operate, configure, and verify a basic IPv4 and IPv6 network, including configuring a LAN switch, configuring an IP router, identifying basic security threats, understanding redundant topologies, troubleshooting common network issues, connecting to a WAN, configuring EIGRP and OSPF in both IPv4 and IPv6, understanding wide-area network technologies, and becoming familiar with device management and Cisco licensing.

Target Audience

This course is designed for: Individuals seeking the Cisco CCNA® Routing and Switching certification. The course is also appropriate for pre-sales and post-sales network engineers involved in the installation and support of enterprise branch office networks.

Objectives

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Describe network fundamentals and build simple LANs
• Establish Internet connectivity
• Manage network device security
• Describe IPv6 basics
• Troubleshoot VLAN issues, explain how STP works, configure EtherChannel, and understand the idea
• behind Layer 3 redundancy
• Troubleshoot IP connectivity
• Define the characteristics, functions, and components of a WAN
• Configure and troubleshoot EIGRP in an IPv4 environment, and configure EIGRP for IPv6
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot multi-area OSPF
• Describe SNMP, syslog and NetFlow, and manage Cisco device configurations, IOS images, and licenses

Course Outline

Building a Simple Network

• Exploring the Functions of Networking
• Understanding the Host-to-Host Communications Model
• Introducing LANs
• Operating Cisco IOS Software
• Starting a Switch
• Understanding Ethernet and Switch Operation
• Troubleshooting Common Switch Media Issues

Establishing Internet Connectivity

• Understanding the TCP/IP Internet Layer
• Understanding IP Addressing and Subnets
• Understanding the TCP/IP Transport Layer
• Exploring the Functions of Routing
• Configuring a Cisco Router
• Exploring the Packet Delivery Process
• Enabling Static Routing
• Managing Traffic Using ACLs
• Enabling Internet Connectivity

Managing Network Device Security

• Securing Administrative Access
• Implementing Device Hardening
• Implementing Traffic Filtering with ACLs

Introducing IPv6

• Introducing Basic IPv6
• Understanding IPv6
• Configuring IPv6 Routing

Building a Medium-Sized Network

• Implementing VLANs and Trunks
• Routing Between VLANs
• Using a Cisco Network Device as a DHCP Server
• Troubleshooting VLAN Connectivity
• Building Redundant Switched Topologies
• Improving Redundant Switched Topologies with EtherChannel
• Understanding Layer 3 Redundancy

Troubleshooting Basic Connectivity

• Troubleshooting IPv4 Network Connectivity
• Troubleshooting IPv6 Network Connectivity

Wide Area Networks

• Understanding WAN Technologies
• Configuring Serial Encapsulation
• Establishing a WAN Connection Using Frame Relay
• Introducing VPN Solutions
• Configuring GRE Tunnels

Implementing an EIGRP-Based Solution

• Implementing EIGRP
• Troubleshooting EIGRP
• Implementing EIGRP for IPv6

Implementing a Scalable OSPF-Based Solution

• Implementing OSPF
• Multiarea OSPF IPv4 Implementation
• Troubleshooting Multiarea OSPF
• Examining OSPFv3

Network Device Management

• Configuring Network Devices to Support Network Management Protocols
• Managing Cisco Devices
• Licensing