Cisco Certified Network Associate

Course details

Cisco’s CCNA certification is widely recognized as the entry level certification for Cisco technology networking skills. The CCNA certification validates an inpidual’s networking skills at the foundation level. Candidates who pass the CCNA exam receive a CCNA certificate from Cisco and may display the CCNA designation on their business cards. CCNA forms the associate level of the Cisco Career Certifications program. It is the entry level certification that supports all of the career tracks within Cisco Certifications.

This preparation course covers topics on Extending Switched Networks with VLANS, Determining IP Routes, Managing IP traffic with Access Lists, Establishing Point-to-Point connections, and Establishing Frame Relay Connections.

Programme Aims and Objectives

• Understand networking topology and Cisco networking technology
• Configure and manage Cisco routers, hubs and switches
• Learn to configure Virtual Private Networks and gateways
• Learn to configure devices remotely and interconnect networks
• Understand how IP routing works
• Learn about switching technologies
• Work with CISCO tools and simulators
• Gain the internationally recognised Cisco CCNA qualification

Programme Content

Operation of IP Data Networks

• Operation of IP Data Networks
• Recognize the purpose and functions of various network devices.
• Select the components required to meet a given network specification.
• Identify common applications and their impact on the network
• Describe the purpose and basic operation of the protocols in the OSI and TCP/IP models.
• Predict the data flow between two hosts across a network.
• Identify the appropriate media, cables, ports, and connectors to connect Cisco network devices to other network devices and hosts in a LAN

LAN Switching Technologies

• Determine the technology and media access control method for Ethernet networks
• Identify basic switching concepts and the operation of Cisco switches.
• Configure and verify initial switch configuration including remote access management.
• Verify network status and switch operation.
• Describe how VLANs create logically separate networks and the need for routing between them.
• Configure and verify VLANs

IP addressing (IPv4 / IPv6)

• Describe the operation and necessity of using private and public IP addresses for IPv4 addressing
• Identify the appropriate IPv6 addressing scheme to satisfy addressing requirements in a LAN/WAN environment.
• Identify the appropriate IPv4 addressing scheme using VLSM and summarization.
• Describe the technological requirements for running IPv6 in conjunction with IPv4.

IP Routing Technologies

• Describe basic routing concepts
• Describe the boot process of Cisco IOS routers
• Configure and verify utilizing the CLI to set basic Router configuration
• Configure and verify operation status of a device interface, both serial and ethernet
• Verify router configuration and network connectivity
• Configure and verify routing configuration for a static or default route given specific routing requirements
• Manage Cisco IOS Files
• Differentiate methods of routing and routing protocols
• Configure and verify dynamic routing protocols
• Configure and verify interVLAN routing (Router on a stick)

IP Services

• Configure and verify DHCP
• Describe the types, features, and applications of ACLs
• Configure and verify ACLs in a network environment
• Configure and verify NAT for given network requirements
• Configure and verify NTP as a client
• Recognize High availability (FHRP)
• Configure and verify Syslog
• Describe SNMP v2 & v3

Network Device Security

• Configure and verify network device security features such as
• Configure and verify Switch Port Security features such as
• Configure and verify ACLs to filter network traffic

Troubleshooting

• Identify and correct common network problems
• Utilize netflow data
• Troubleshoot and correct common problems associated with IP addressing and host configurations.
• Troubleshootand Resolve VLAN problems
• Troubleshoot and Resolve Spanning Tree operation issues
• Troubleshoot and Resolve routing issues