Cisco CCNP ENCOR (350-401) Cert Prep: 1 Architecture, Virtualization, and Infrastructure

Prepare for the first three domains of the Cisco CCNP ENCOR exam: Architecture, Virtualization, and Infrastructure.

Introduction

• Welcome to ENCOR, part 1
• Using course resources

1. Enterprise Architecture

• Enterprise architecture
• Enterprise network design considerations
• Tier 2 versus Tier 3 designs
• On-premise versus cloud designs
• Fabric Capacity planning
• Redundant design
• First hop redundancy protocols (FHRPs)
• Stateful switchover (SSO)
• Wireless LAN deployment options
• Location services
• Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN)
• Overview of SD-WAN technology
• SD-WAN implementation
• Software-Defined Access (SD-Access)
• Overview of SD-Access technology
• SD-Access implementation
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• Review of QoS mechanisms
• Applying QoS policies
• Wireless QoS
• Switching mechanisms
• Process switching
• Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF)
• The CAM versus the TCAM
• The FIB versus the RIB
• Chapter one summary

2. Virtualization Technologies

• Virtualization technologies
• Device virtualization
• Hypervisor type 1 and 2
• Virtual machines
• Virtual switches
• Data path virtualization
• Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)
• The need to combine GRE and IPsec tunneling
• Configuring GRE over IPsec tunnels
• Network virtualization
• Location ID Separation Protocol (LISP)
• Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
• Chapter two summary

3. Infrastructure Technologies

• Infrastructure technologies
• Layer 2 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 Protocol (MSTP) theory
• MSTP configuration
• Review of Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
• RSTP configuration
• OSPF
• OSPF compared to EIGRP
• Review of OSPF neighbor formation
• Review of OSPF network types
• Multi-area OSPFv2 configuration
• OSPF route filtering
• OSPF route summarization
• OSPFv3 traditional configuration
• OSPFv3 address families configuration
• BGP
• 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 session configuration
• Routing IPv6 with BGP over an IPv6 session configuration
• Wireless technologies
• Wireless communication theory
• Access Point Modes
• Antenna types
• Access Point operation
• Layer 2 versus Layer 3 roaming
• WLAN troubleshooting
• Network services
• 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
• HSRP configuration
• VRRP configuration
• Multicast operation
• Chapter three summary