Cisco Related Network Design Concepts Exam Preparation

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Description

This Cisco online training course provides a basic foundation of network design of Cisco converged networks based on Cisco's Service-Oriented Network Architecture and is intended as a supplemental study guide for the 640-863 DESGN certification exam. Certified professionals design routed and switched network infrastructures and services involving LAN, WAN, and broadband access.

Objectives

As a result of taking this Cisco online training, you will be able to:

• Apply best practices based on Cisco's Service oriented Network Architecture model
• Design scalable, secure routed and switched enterprise LAN, WAN, broadband and wireless networks
• Select appropriate Cisco equipment based on the requirements of the design

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Cisco Related Network Design Concepts Exam Preparation Outline

Module 00: Course Introduction

Module 01: Cisco's Intelligent Information Network

• Introduction to Cisco's service oriented network architecture
• How Cisco integrates Network and Applications using their Intelligent Information Network
• Prepare, Plan, Design, Implement, Operate and Optimize (PPDIOO)

Module 02: The Top-down Approach and Network Analysis

• Determine organizational and technical goals and constraints using a "Top-Down" approach.
• Steps and documentation to gather customer input and existing network infrastructure
• Tools and techniques for assessing, testing and analyzing the existing network

Module 03: Documentation and Testing

• The Design Document
• Cisco and 3rd party Network Management tools and protocols

Module 04: Network Hierarchy and Enterprise Architecture

• The Three-layer Hierarchical Network Model (Access, Distribution and Core)
• The six modules of Enterprise Architecture
• Ways to build redundancy into the network

Module 05: Physical Design Considerations

• Campus design considerations based on:
• Network applications
• Environmental/physical network characteristics/media type
• Infrastructure devices

Module 06: Switching and Traffic Management

• Selecting switch type
• QoS and traffic management
• Best practice switching strategies at each layer of Enterprise Hierarchy

Module 07: WAN, VPN and Bandwidth Management

• WAN topologies and transport options
• Bandwidth management and QoS techniques
• VPN technologies and applications

Module 08: Equipment Selection, Remote and Branch Architecture

• Router and Switch Types and IOS versions
• Remote and Branch Architecture
• Business and Technology design objectives and planning strategies

Module 09: IPv4 - Managing Limited Address Space

• IP Version 4 overview
• Private addressing and NAT
• Subnetting, VLSM and CIDR

Module 10: Dynamic Addressing and IPv6 Overview

• IP address assignment strategies (Static vs. Dynamic)
• DHCP, DNS and ARP
• IP version 6 overview and transition strategies

Module 11: Routing Protocol Selection

• Routing Protocol design basics:
• Static vs. dynamic routing protocols
• Distance-vector vs. Link-state protocols
• RIPv2 and EIGRP overview

Module 12: OSPF and BGP

• Link-State protocols: OSPF and IS-IS
• BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)
• Route Manipulation and Redistribution

Module 13: Network Security Policies and Management

• Network Security Policies and Lifecycle
• Assessing Security Threats
• Trust, Identity and Access Management

Module 14: The Cisco Self-Defending Network

• The Cisco Self-Defending Network
• Hardware and technologies to support security
• Security management and design

Module 15: Voice Technology Overview

• Traditional Voice Architecture and the PSTN network:
• Analog vs. digital,
• PBX and trunk types
• Multiservice Networks: Packet Voice Technologies

Module 16: IP Telephony (VoIP)

• Voice over IP (VoIP/IPT) protocols
• QoS (Quality of Service) mechanisms
• Cisco IPT design strategies and deployment

Module 17: Wireless LAN

• WLAN (Wireless LAN) standards, radio frequencies and security options
• Introduction to the Cisco Unified Wireless Network architecture
• Cisco WLAN Controllers

Module 18: Wireless Access Points, Mobility and Management

• Wireless Access Points
• Roaming, Mobility and Guest Services
• Radio Management, site surveys and redundancy

Module 19: Course Summary & Evaluation

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Prerequisites

CCNA-level knowledge is required to successfully understand the concepts presented in this Cisco course and to prepare for the exam.

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Certification

Cisco Related Network Design Concepts Exam Preparation online training course is designed to help you prepare for Cisco's exam 640-683. When you pass exam 640-683, you will have a foundation or apprentice knowledge of network design for the Cisco converged networks and become a CCDA certified professional.

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