CCNA

Overview

The Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA) v1.0 course gives you a broad range of fundamental knowledge for all IT careers. Through a combination of lecture, hands-on labs, and self-study, you will learn how to install, operate, configure, and verify basic IPv4 and IPv6 networks. The course covers configuring network components such as switches, routers, and wireless LAN controllers; managing network devices; and identifying basic security threats. The course also gives you a foundation in network programmability, automation, and software-defined networking.

This course helps you prepare to take the 200-301 Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) exam. By passing this one exam, you earn CCNA certification.

Course Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

• Identify the components of a computer network and describe their basic characteristics.

• Understand the model of host-to-host communication.

• Describe the features and functions of the Cisco Internetwork Operating System (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 and addresses, and configure and verify basic IPv6connectivity.

• Describe the operation, benefits, and limitations of static routing.

• Describe, implement, and verify Virtual Local Area Networks (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 Open Shortest Path First (OSPF).

• Explain how Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)work.

• Configure link aggregation using Ether Channel.

• Describe the purpose of Layer 3 redundancy protocols.

• Describe basic WAN and VPN concepts.

• Describe the operation of Access Control Lists (ACLs) and their applications in the network.

• Configure Internet access using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) clients and explain and configure Network Address Translation (NAT) on Cisco routers.

• Describe basic Quality of Service (QoS)concepts.

• Describe the concepts of wireless networks, which types of wireless networks can be built, and how to use Wireless LAN Controllers(WLCs).

• Describe network and device architectures and introduce virtualization.

• Introduce the concept of network programmability and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and describe smart network management solutions such as Cisco DNA Center, Software-Defined Access (SD-Access), and Software-Defined Wide Area Network(SD-WAN).

• Configure basic IOS system monitoring tools.

• Describe the management of Cisco devices.

• Describe the current security threat landscape.

• Describe threat defence technologies.

• Implement a basic security configuration of the device management plane.

• Implement basic steps to harden network devices.