CCNA SYLLABUS

CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) Syllabus

 

Topics:

 

1             Internetworking                                                                                       

2             Introduction to TCP/IP                                                                           

3             Subnetting, Variable Length Subnet Masks (VLSMs), and  Troubleshooting TCP/IP                                                          

4             Cisco’s Internetworking Operating System (IOS) and Security Device Manager (SDM)                                              

5             Managing a Cisco Internetwork                                                            

6             IP Routing                                                                                          

7             Enhanced IGRP (EIGRP) and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)                                                                         

8             Layer 2 Switching and Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)                             

9             Virtual LANs (VLANs)                                                                         

10            Security 609

11            Network Address Translation (NAT)                                                      

12            Cisco’s Wireless Technologies                                                            

13            Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)                                                         

14            Wide Area Networks                                                                           

                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                                                                

 

Details of topics

 

                                                                                                                                                            

                   1           Internetworking                                                                     

Internetworking Basics                                                                                 

Internetworking Models                                                                             

The Layered Approach                                                                      

Advantages of Reference Models                                                    

The OSI Reference Model                                                                          

The Application Layer                                                                        

The Presentation Layer                                                                      

The Session Layer                                                                               

The Transport Layer                                                                           

The Network Layer                                                                              

The Data Link Layer                                                                            

The Physical Layer                                                                              

Ethernet Networking                                                                                   

Half- and Full-Duplex Ethernet                                                          

Ethernet at the Data Link Layer                                                         

Ethernet at the Physical Layer                                                           

Ethernet Cabling                                                                                          

Straight-Through Cable                                                                      

Crossover Cable                                                                                  

Rolled Cable                                                                                         

Data Encapsulation                                                                                     

The Cisco Three-Layer Hierarchical Model                                            

The Core Layer                                                                                    

The Distribution Layer                                                                       

The Access Layer                                                                               

                                                                                                                        

 

                   2           Introduction to TCP/IP                                                         

TCP/IP and the DoD Model                                                                       

The Process/Application Layer Protocols                                      

The Host-to-Host Layer Protocols                                                   

The Internet Layer Protocols                                                             

IP Addressing                                                                                              

IP Terminology                                                                                    

The Hierarchical IP Addressing Scheme                                         

Private IP Addresses                                                                          

Broadcast Addresses                                                                               

                                                                                                                            

 

 

 

 

3                 Subnetting, Variable Length Subnet Masks

(VLSMs), and Troubleshooting TCP/IP                                

Subnetting Basics                                                                                     

IP Subnet-Zero                                                                                  

How to Create Subnets                                                                    

Subnet Masks                                                                                    

Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)                                        

Subnetting Class C Addresses                                                       

Subnetting Class B Addresses                                                       

Subnetting Class A Addresses                                                      

Variable Length Subnet Masks (VLSMs)                                              

VLSM Design                                                                                    

Implementing VLSM Networks                                                       

Summarization                                                                                            

Troubleshooting IP Addressing                                                             

Determining IP Address Problems                                                 

 

4                 Cisco’s Internetworking Operating System (IOS)

and Security Device Manager (SDM)                                  

The IOS User Interface                                                                             

Cisco Router IOS                                                                               

Connecting to a Cisco Router                                                         

Bringing Up a Router                                                                        

Command-Line Interface (CLI)                                                                

Entering the CLI from a Non-ISR Router                                       

Overview of Router Modes                                                             

CLI Prompts                                                                                       

Editing and Help Features                                                               

Gathering Basic Routing Information                                            

Router and Switch Administrative Configurations                              

Hostnames                                                                                         

Banners                                                                                               

Setting Passwords                                                                            

Encrypting Your Passwords                                                            

Descriptions                                                                                       

Router Interfaces                                                                                       

Bringing Up an Interface                                                                  

Viewing, Saving, and Erasing Configurations                                      

Deleting the Configuration and Reloading the Router                

Verifying Your Configuration                                                          

Cisco’s Security Device Manager (SDM)

 

 

5                 Managing a Cisco Internetwork                                                       

The Internal Components of a Cisco Router                                        

The Router Boot Sequence                                                                     

Managing Configuration Register                                                          

Understanding the Configuration Register Bits                           

Checking the Current Configuration Register Value                   

Changing the Configuration Register                                            

Recovering Passwords                                                                     

Boot System Commands                                                                  

Backing Up and Restoring the Cisco IOS                                             

Verifying Flash Memory                                                                  

Backing Up the Cisco IOS                                                               

Restoring or Upgrading the Cisco Router IOS                             

Using the Cisco IOS File System (Cisco IFS)                               

Using the SDM to Manage the Flash Memory                            

Backing Up and Restoring the Cisco Configuration                           

Backing Up the Cisco Router Configuration                                

Restoring the Cisco Router Configuration                                    

Erasing the Configuration                                                                

Using the Cisco IOS File System to Manage Your

Router’s Configuration (Cisco IFS)                                            

Using the SDM to Back Up/Restore and Edit

the Router’s Configuration                                                          

Using Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)                                                 

Getting CDP Timers and Holdtime Information                            

Gathering Neighbor Information                                                     

Gathering Interface Traffic Information                                         

Gathering Port and Interface Information                                      

Documenting a Network Topology Using CDP                           

Using Telnet                                                                                              

Telnetting into Multiple Devices Simultaneously                       

Checking Telnet Connections                                                         

Checking Telnet Users                                                                     

Closing Telnet Sessions                                                                  

Using SDM to Telnet into Your Router                                         

Resolving Hostnames                                                                              

Building a Host Table                                                                       

Using DNS to Resolve Names                                                        

Checking Network Connectivity and Troubleshooting                      

Using the ping Command                                                                

Using the traceroute Command                                                     

Debugging                                                                                         

Using the show processes Command                                             

 

6                 IP Routing                                                                                     

Routing Basics                                                                                          

The IP Routing Process                                                                           

Testing Your IP Routing Understanding                                      

Configuring IP Routing                                                                    

Configuring IP Routing in Our Network                                                

Static Routing                                                                                    

Default Routing                                                                                 

Dynamic Routing                                                                                      

Routing Protocol Basics                                                                  

Distance-Vector Routing Protocols                                                       

Routing Loops                                                                                                             

Routing Information Protocol (RIP)                                                       

RIP Timers                                                                                          

Configuring RIP Routing                                                                 

Verifying the RIP Routing Tables                                                   

Configuring RIP Routing Example 2                                               

Holding Down RIP Propagations                                                   

RIP Version 2 (RIPv2)                                                                       

Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP)                                            

Verifying Your Configurations                                                                

The show ip protocols Command                                                  

The debug ip rip Command                                                            

Enabling RIPv2 on Our Internetwork                                             

 

7                 Enhanced IGRP (EIGRP) and Open Shortest

Path First (OSPF)                                                             

EIGRP Features and Operation                                                               

Protocol-Dependent Modules                                                        

Neighbor Discovery                                                                         

Reliable Transport Protocol (RTP)                                                 

Diffusing Update Algorithm (DUAL)                                            

Using EIGRP to Support Large Networks                                             

Multiple ASes                                                                                    

VLSM Support and Summarization                                                

Route Discovery and Maintenance                                               

Configuring EIGRP                                                                                    

Corp                                                                                                     

R1                                                                                                         

R2                                                                                                         

R3                                                                                                         

Redistributing to the 871W Router from R3                                  

Configuring Discontiguous Networks                                           

Load Balancing with EIGRP                                                                     

Verifying EIGRP                                                                                         

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Basics                                               

OSPF Terminology                                                                            

SPF Tree Calculation                                                                        

Configuring OSPF                                                                                     

Enabling OSPF                                                                                   

Configuring OSPF Areas                                                                 

Configuring Our Network with OSPF                                             

Verifying OSPF Configuration                                                                

The show ip ospf Command                                                            

The show ip ospf database Command                                           

The show ip ospf interface Command                                           

The show ip ospf neighbor Command                                           

The show ip protocols Command                                                  

Debugging OSPF                                                                              

OSPF DR and BDR Elections                                                                  

Neighbors                                                                                           

Adjacencies                                                                                       

DR and BDR Elections                                                                                                            

OSPF and Loopback Interfaces                                                              

Configuring Loopback Interfaces                                                   

OSPF Interface Priorities

Troubleshooting OSPF                                                                            

Configuring EIGRP and OSPF Summary Routes

 

8                 Layer 2 Switching and Spanning Tree

Protocol (STP)                                                                  

Before Layer 2 Switching                                                                         

Switching Services                                                                                    

Limitations of Layer 2 Switching                                                    

Bridging vs. LAN Switching                                                           

Three Switch Functions at Layer 2                                                 

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)                                                                

Spanning Tree Terms                                                                       

Spanning Tree Operations                                                               

Configuring Catalyst Switches                                                               

Catalyst Switch Configuration                                                        

Verifying Cisco Catalyst Switches                                                 

Cisco Network Assistant                                                                 

 

9                 Virtual LANs (VLANs)                                                                    

VLAN Basics                                                                                             

Broadcast Control                                                                             

Security                                                                                               

Flexibility and Scalability                                                                 

VLAN Memberships                                                                                 

Static VLANs                                                                                     

Dynamic VLANs

Identifying VLANs                                                                                   

Frame Tagging                                                                                   

VLAN Identification Methods                                                        

VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)                                                             

VTP Modes of Operation                                                                 

VTP Pruning                                                                                       

Routing between VLANs                                                                         

Configuring VLANs                                                                                  

Assigning Switch Ports to VLANs                                                

Configuring Trunk Ports                                                                  

Configuring Inter-VLAN Routing                                                   

Configuring VTP                                                                                       

Troubleshooting VTP                                                                       

Telephony: Configuring Voice VLANs                                                 

Configuring the Voice VLAN                                                          

Configuring IP Phone Voice Traffic                                               

Using the CNA to Configure VLANs and

Inter-VLAN Routing                                                                             

 

 

10             Security  

Perimeter, Firewall, and Internal Routers                                               

Recognizing Security Threats                                                                 

Mitigating Security Threats                                                                    

Cisco’s IOS Firewall                                                                          

Introduction to Access Lists                                                                  

Mitigating Security Issues with ACLs                                          

Standard Access Lists                                                                             

Wildcard Masking                                                                            

Standard Access List Example                                                        

Controlling VTY (Telnet) Access                                                   

Extended Access Lists                                                                             

Extended Access List Example 1                                                     

Extended Access List Example 2                                                     

Advanced Access Lists                                                                           

Named ACLs                                                                                      

Switch Port ACLs                                                                              

Lock and Key (Dynamic ACLs)                                                      

Reflexive ACLs                                                                                  

Time-Based ACLs

Remarks                                                                                              

Context-Based Access Control (Cisco IOS Firewall)                   

Authentication Proxy                                                                       

Monitoring Access Lists                                                                         

Configuring Access Lists Using SDM                                                  

Creating ACLs with SDM                                                                

Creating Firewalls with SDM                                                           

 

11             Network Address Translation (NAT)                                                   

When Do We Use NAT?                                                                         

Types of Network Address Translation                                                

NAT Names                                                                                               

How NAT Works                                                                                      

Static NAT Configuration                                                                

Dynamic NAT Configuration                                                          

PAT (Overloading) Configuration                                                  

Simple Verification of NAT                                                              

Testing and Troubleshooting NAT                                                       

Configuring NAT on Our Internetwork                                                 

Configuring NAT Using SDM                                                          

 

12             Cisco’s Wireless Technologies                                                          

Introduction to Wireless Technology                                                   

The 802.11 Standards                                                                       

Comparing 802.11                                                                              

Cisco’s Unified Wireless Solution                                                         

Split-MAC Architecture                                                                   

MESH and LWAPP                                                                          

AWPP                                                                                                 

Wireless Security                                                                              

Configuring Our Wireless Internetwork                                                

 

 

                 13            Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)                                       

Why Do We Need IPv6?                                                                         

The Benefits and Uses of IPv6                                                               

IPv6 Addressing and Expressions                                                         

Shortened Expression                                                                       

Address Types                                                                                  

Special Addresses                                                                            

How IPv6 Works in an Internetwork                                                      

Autoconfiguration                                                                            

Configuring Cisco Routers with IPv6                                            

DHCPv6                                                                                              

ICMPv6                                                                                               

IPv6 Routing Protocols                                                                            

RIPng                                                                                                  

EIGRPv6                                                                                              

OSPFv3                                                                                               

Migrating to IPv6                                                                                      

Dual Stacking                                                                                     

6to4 Tunneling                                                                                  

NAT-PT                                                                                              

Configuring IPv6 on Our Internetwork                                                  

Configuring RIPng                                                                            

Configuring OSPFv3                                                                         

                 14            Wide Area Networks                                                         

Introduction to Wide Area Networks                                                    

Defining WAN Terms                                                                      

WAN Connection Types                                                                 

WAN Support                                                                                   

Cable and DSL                                                                                           

Cable                                                                                                   

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)                                                          

Cabling the Serial Wide Area Network                                                  

Serial Transmission                                                                           

Data Terminal Equipment and Data Communication

Equipment                                                                                      

High-Level Data-Link Control (HDLC) Protocol                                  

Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)                                                                  

Link Control Protocol (LCP) Configuration Options                   

PPP Session Establishment                                                             

PPP Authentication Methods                                                         

Configuring PPP on Cisco Routers                                                

Configuring PPP Authentication                                                    

Verifying PPP Encapsulation                                                           

PPPoE Configuration                                                                        

Frame Relay                                                                                                

Introduction to Frame Relay Technology                                     

Frame Relay Implementation and Monitoring                              

Using SDM for WAN Connections                                                       

Configuring PPP with Authentication Using SDM                     

Configuring PPPoE with SDM                                                        

Configuring Frame Relay with SDM                                              

Virtual Private Networks                                                                          

Introduction to Cisco IOS IPSec                                                     

IPSec Transforms                                                                              

Configuring VPNs/IPSec Using the SDM                                         

 

 

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