Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices: Accelerated

Accelerate your career as a Cisco Network Administrator with our comprehensive CCNAX course, designed to equip you with the skills to configure and manage Cisco devices while preparing you for the Cisco CCNA Routing and Switching certification exam.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Describe network fundamentals and build simple LANs

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Configure and troubleshoot EIGRP and OSPF for IPv4 and IPv6

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Implement device security and manage network devices

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Understand and configure IPv6 networks and routing

Format

  • Instructor-led
  • 5 days with lectures and hands-on labs.

Audience

  • Entry-level network engineer
  • Network administrator
  • Network support technician
  • Help desk technician

Description

CCNAX merges the complete ICND1 and ICND2 content into a single fast-paced course. This course teaches learners how to install, operate, configure, and verify basic IPv4 and IPv6 networking, including configuring a LAN switch, configuring a router, identifying basic security threats, understanding redundant topologies, troubleshooting common network issues, connecting to a WAN, configuring EIGRP and OSPF for both IPv4 and IPv6, understanding Wide Area Network technologies, and getting familiar with device management and Cisco licensing. The focus of this class is to give students the knowledge to effectively use Cisco gear in the work environment. The added benefit is students are more prepared to take the exam. The days are long but rewarding

  • Monday and Tuesday can go as long as 12 hours each day
  • Wednesday and Thursday usually are around 11 hours each day
  • Friday usually lasts about 8 hours
A rare opportunity –work with live Cisco gear in class at Interface! If you attend in Phoenix, you will be using real gear during lab time. Each in-class student uses 2 Cisco Catalyst 2950 Switches and a Cisco 2621 XM Router which is theirs for the week. When we say “hands-on”, we mean it. It’s much more than just typing words into a console. You’ll be able to cable up your own gear and see how the actual equipment responds to your commands. Remote students will be using the online lab environment. 50 hours of online access to the Cisco Learning Lab Environment All students will have full access to the Cisco Learning Lab environment to practice skills during class as well as after class is over. Students have 90 days to use the 50 hours of lab time. The time starts from the first login. In–house students typically choose not to access the online labs during class as the labs are performed on the real gear. Remote students typically do not use all 50 hours of lab time during class.

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Course Outline

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Module 1: Building a Simple Network

  1. Exploring the Functions of Networking

  2. Understanding the Host-to-Host Communications Model

  3. Introducing LANs

  4. Operating Cisco IOS Software

  5. Starting a Switch

  6. Understanding Ethernet and Switch Operation

  7. Troubleshooting Common Switch Media Issues

Module 2: Establishing Internet Connectivity

  1. Understanding the TCP/IP Internet Layer

  2. Understanding IP Addressing and Subnets

  3. Understanding the TCP/IP Transport Layer

  4. Exploring the Functions of Routing

  5. Configuring a Cisco Router

  6. Exploring the Packet Delivery Process

  7. Enabling Static Routing

  8. Managing Traffic Using ACLs

  9. Enabling Internet Connectivity

Module 3: Managing Network Device Security

  1. Securing Administrative Access

  2. Enhancing the Security of the Initial Configuration

  3. Implementing Device Hardening

  4. Implementing Traffic Filtering with ACLs

Module 4: Introducing IPv6

  1. Introducing Basic IPv6

  2. Understanding IPv6

  3. Configuring IPv6 Routing

Module 5: Building a Medium-Sized Network

  1. Implementing VLANs and Trunks

  2. Routing Between VLANs

  3. Using a Cisco Network Device as a DHCP Server

  4. Troubleshooting VLAN Connectivity

  5. Building Redundant Switched Topologies

  6. Improving Redundant Switched Topologies with EtherChannel

  7. Verify EtherChannel Redundancy

  8. Understanding Layer 3 Redundancy

Module 6: Troubleshooting Basic Connectivity

  1. Troubleshooting IPv4 Network Connectivity

  2. Troubleshooting IPv6 Network Connectivity

Module 7: Wide Area Networks

  1. Understanding WAN Technologies

  2. Configuring Serial Encapsulation

  3. Establishing a WAN Connection Using Frame Relay

  4. Introducing VPN Solutions

  5. Configuring GRE Tunnels

Module 8: Implementing an EIGRP-Based Solution

  1. Implementing EIGRP

  2. Troubleshooting EIGRP

  3. Implementing EIGRP for IPv6

Module 9: Implementing a Scalable OSPF-Based Solution

  1. Implementing OSPF

  2. Multiarea OSPF IPv4 Implementation

  3. Troubleshooting Multiarea OSPF

  4. Examining OSPFv3

Module 10: Network Device Management

  1. Configuring Network Devices to Support Network Management Protocols

  2. Managing Cisco Devices

  3. Licensing

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