CCNA: A fundamental certification for your IT career
Whether you want to start an IT career or upgrade your skills, the CCNA is THE essential training in preparation for a career in IT.
To advance in a technological career in this ever-changing landscape, you need to know the latest networking technologies as well as security, automation and programmability.
This is what the new CCNA certification is all about. Certification now covers a wide range of fundamentals for all IT careers.
Objectives
After completing the course, you will be able to :
-Identify the components of a computer network and describe their basic characteristics
-Understand the host-to-host communication model
-Describe the features and functions of Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS®) software
-Describe local area networks and the role of switches in local area networks
-Describe Ethernet as the network access layer of TCP/IP and describe the operation of the switches
-Install a switch and perform initial configuration
-Describe the Internet TCP / IP layer, IPv4, its addressing scheme and subnetwork
-Describe the TCP/IP transport layer and the application layer
-Explore routing functions
-Implement the basic configuration on a Cisco router
-Explain host-to-host communications over switches and routers
-Identify and resolve common switched network and IPv4 addressing issues
-Describe key IPv6 addresses and features, and configure and verify basic IPv6 connectivity
-Describe the operation, advantages 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 the components and terms of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
-Explain how the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) and the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) work.
-Configure link aggregation using EtherChannel
-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 the basic concepts of Quality of Service (QoS)
-Describe the concepts of wireless networks, what types of wireless networks can be built and how to use Wireless Local Area Network (WLC) controllers
-Describe network and device architectures and introduce virtualization
Who is this course for?
This course is designed for :
-Beginner Network Engineer
-Network Administrator
-Network support technician
-Help Desk Technician
-Anyone seeking CCNA certification
The course also provides basic knowledge for all support technicians involved in the basic installation, operation, and verification of Cisco networks.
Prerequisite
There are no formal prerequisites for CCNA certification, but you must have an understanding of the exam topics before taking the certification.
Before taking this course, you must have :
-Basic computer skills
-Basic navigation skills in the PC operating system
-Basic Internet skills
-Basic knowledge of the IP address
Course outline
-Explore networking features
-Presentation of the host-to-host communication model
-Using Cisco IOS software
-Presentation of local networks
-Explore the TCP / IP link layer
-Starting a switch
-Presentation of the TCP/IP Internet layer, IPv4 addressing and subnets
-Explanation of the TCP/IP transport layer and the application layer
-Explore the functions of routing
-Configuring a Cisco router
-Explore the package delivery process
-Troubleshooting a simple network
-Introduction to basic IPv6
-Static Routing Configuration
-VLAN and trunk implementation
-Routing between VLANs
-Presentation of OSPF
-Creation of redundant switched topologies
-Improved redundant switched topologies with EtherChannel
-Exploring Layer 3 Redundancy
-Presentation of WAN technologies
-Explain the basics of LFA
-Activation of Internet connectivity
-Presentation of the QoS
-Explain the fundamentals of wireless
-Presentation of architectures and virtualization
-Explain the evolution of smart grids
-Presentation of system monitoring
-Manage Cisco devices
-Review of the Security Threat Landscape
Certification
This course helps you prepare to write the CCNA 200-301 exam . Upon successful completion of this exam, you receive CCNA certification.
The CCNA 200-301 certifies your knowledge and skills related to network fundamentals, network access, IP connectivity, IP services, security fundamentals, automation, and programmability.