CCNP Troubleshooting (300-135) Cert Prep

Prepare for the first three domains of the Cisco CCNP ENCOR (350-401) certification exam: Architecture, Virtualization, and Infrastructure.

Introduction

• Welcome to ENCOR: Part 1
• A look at the ENCOR (350-401) v1.1 exam
• Performing lab exercises

1. Enterprise Architecture

• Enterprise architecture
• Tier vs. 3-tier designs
• On-premises vs. cloud designs
• Redundant design
• First hop redundancy protocols (FHRPs)
• Stateful Switchover (SSO)
• Wireless LAN deployment options
• Location services
• Client density considerations
• Wireless network segmentation
• Overview of SD-WAN technology
• SD-WAN implementation
• Overview of SD-Access technology
• SD-Access implementation
• Review of QoS mechanisms
• Applying QoS policies
• Wireless QoS
• Process switching
• Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF)
• The CAM vs. the TCAM
• The FIB vs. the RIB

2. Virtualization Technologies

• Virtualization technologies
• Hypervisor types 1 and 2
• Virtual machines
• Virtual switches
• Virtual Route Forwarding (VRF)
• The need to combine GRE and IPsec tunneling
• Configuring GRE over IPsec tunnels
• Locator ID/Separation Protocol (LISP)
• Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)

3. Infrastructure Technologies

• Infrastructure technologies
• Review of IEEE 802.1q trunking
• Troubleshooting 802.1q trunks
• VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) theory
• VTP configuration
• Review of EtherChannel operation
• Troubleshooting EtherChannels
• Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) theory
• MST configuration
• Review of Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
• RSTP configuration
• BPDU guard
• Root guard
• OSPF compared to EIGRP
• Review of OSPF neighbor formation
• Review of OSPF network types
• OSPF LSA and area types
• Multi-Area OSPFv2 configuration
• OSPF route filtering
• OSPF route summarization
• OSPFv3 traditional configuration
• OSPFv3 address families configuration
• Fundamental BGP concepts
• BGP path selection criteria
• Routing IPv4 with BGP: Part 1
• Routing IPv4 with BGP: Part 2
• Routing IPv6 with BGP over an IPv4
• Routing IPv6 with BGP over an IPv6
• Wireless communication theory
• Access point modes
• Antenna types
• Access point operation
• Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 roaming
• WLAN troubleshooting
• Review of Network Address Translation (NAT)
• Static NAT configuration
• Dynamic NAT configuration
• Port Address Translation (PAT) configuration
• Review of Network Time Protocol (NTP)
• NTP security
• Understanding Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
• HSRP configuration
• VRRP configuration
• Multicast operation

Conclusion

• Next steps