
Explore mac addresses and mac address tables, including 48-bit hexadecimal hardware addresses, how layer 2 switches learn addresses, and aging, dynamic vs static entries, and cam table concepts.
Identify why HSRP can become active active and diagnose issues such as multicast hello blocking, authentication mismatches, and misconfigurations that disrupt failover.
Learn the concept and configurations of dynamic trunking protocol on Cisco switches, including dynamic auto and desirable modes, static trunks, no negotiation, and VLAN hopping considerations.
Explain etherchannel (link aggregation) by combining up to eight physical links into a single port channel, boosting bandwidth, availability, and load sharing in layer 2 or 3.
Configure and verify port aggregation with PAgP on Cisco switches, noting its proprietary nature, ensuring identical speed, duplex, and mode, with one side set to desirable and the other auto.
Configure layer 3 etherchannel by converting interfaces to routed mode with no switchport, group them into port channels, and assign IP addresses to the port-channel, then verify with ping.
Configure and verify local span on a switch to copy traffic from a source port to a destination port, enabling an analyzer such as Wireshark for traffic monitoring.
Learn how to configure erspan encapsulated remote span on select Cisco devices, including CSR routers and Catalyst switches, with monitor stations, session IDs, and traffic capture to a network analyzer.
Configure and verify spanning tree protocols (STP), including PVST and rapid PVST, adjust root bridge by priority or root primary, and manage port roles and costs.
Learn between routed and routing protocols, and how static, default, and dynamic routing use interior and exterior gateway protocols like OSPF, BGP path vector, RIP, and IS-IS to reach networks.
Explore OSPF, a link-state dynamic routing protocol that uses SPF with cost metrics, multicast hello addresses 224005 and 224006, IPv4/IPv6 support, equal-cost load balancing, trigger updates, and ABR-based area design.
Explore OSPF terminologies, including area and backbone (area zero), DR/BDR elections, ABR/SBR, router ID, link state, LSA, LSDB, internal vs non-backbone routers, and the requirement for area zero.
Understand how OSPF builds neighbor adjacencies through a sequence of states—from down to init, two-way, exstart, exchange, loading, and full—using hello packets, DDR election, and LSDB flooding.
Learn OSPF router types, including internal, backbone, area border, and autonomous system boundary routers; see how interfaces and areas define roles.
Explore how OSPF route summarization works at ABRs and ASBRs, leveraging area zero ranges to reduce routing entries, conserve CPU, bandwidth, and memory, and verify reachability across areas.
The ENCOR - Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies v1.0 course gives you the knowledge and skills needed to configure, troubleshoot, and manage enterprise wired and wireless networks. You’ll also learn to implement security principles within an enterprise network and how to overlay network design by using solutions such as SD-Access and SD-WAN. CCNP Enterprise training includes advanced routing, switching , troubleshooting , security, SDN etc. Educational training videos are supported with step-by-step configuration and troubleshooting examples so you can easily understand topics , get hands on experience and you can be a network professional.You will get important information about advanced routing, switching , tshoot , security , SDN etc. If you want to prepare for the CCNP Enterprise certification exams, this course will be a great step for you.The core exam is also the qualifying exam for CCIE Enterprise certification.This course gives you the knowledge and skills needed to configure, troubleshoot, and manage enterprise wired and wireless networks. You’ll also learn to implement security principles within an enterprise network and how to overlay network design by using solutions such as SD-Access and SD-WAN.
After taking this course, you should be able to:
Illustrate the hierarchical network design model and architecture using the access, distribution, and core layers
Compare and contrast the various hardware and software switching mechanisms and operation, while defining the Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM) and Content Addressable Memory (CAM), along with process switching, fast switching, and Cisco Express Forwarding concepts
Troubleshoot Layer 2 connectivity using VLANs and trunking
Implementation of redundant switched networks using Spanning Tree Protocol
Troubleshooting link aggregation using Etherchannel
Describe the features, metrics, and path selection concepts of Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
Implementation and optimization of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)v2 and OSPFv3, including adjacencies, packet types, and areas, summarization, and route filtering for IPv4 and IPv6
Implementing External Border Gateway Protocol (EBGP) interdomain routing, path selection, and single and dual-homed networking
Implementing network redundancy using protocols including Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP) and Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
Implementing internet connectivity within Enterprise using static and dynamic Network Address Translation (NAT)
Describe the virtualization technology of servers, switches, and the various network devices and components
Implementing overlay technologies such as Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF), Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE), VPN, and Location Identifier Separation Protocol (LISP)
Describe the components and concepts of wireless networking including Radio Frequency (RF) and antenna characteristics, and define the specific wireless standards
Describe the various wireless deployment models available, include autonomous Access Point (AP) deployments and cloud-based designs within the centralized Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) architecture
Describe wireless roaming and location services
Describe how APs communicate with WLCs to obtain software, configurations, and centralized management
Configure and verify Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP), WebAuth, and Pre-shared Key (PSK) wireless client authentication on a WLC
Troubleshoot wireless client connectivity issues using various available tools
Troubleshooting Enterprise networks using services such as Network Time Protocol (NTP), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Cisco Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS) IP Service Level Agreements (SLAs), NetFlow, and Cisco IOS Embedded Event Manager
Explain the use of available network analysis and troubleshooting tools, which include show and debug commands, as well as best practices in troubleshooting
Configure secure administrative access for Cisco IOS devices using the Command-Line Interface (CLI) access, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Access Control List (ACL), and Secure Shell (SSH), and explore device hardening concepts to secure devices from less secure applications, such as Telnet and HTTP
Implement scalable administration using Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) and the local database, while exploring the features and benefits
Describe the enterprise network security architecture, including the purpose and function of VPNs, content security, logging, endpoint security, personal firewalls, and other security features
Explain the purpose, function, features, and workflow of Cisco DNA Center™ Assurance for Intent-Based Networking, for network visibility, proactive monitoring, and application experience
Describe the components and features of the Cisco SD-Access solution, including the nodes, fabric control plane, and data plane, while illustrating the purpose and function of the Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) gateways
Define the components and features of Cisco SD-WAN solutions, including the orchestration plane, management plane, control plane, and data plane
Describe the concepts, purpose, and features of multicast protocols, including Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) v2/v3, Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) dense mode/sparse mode, and rendezvous points
Describe the concepts and features of Quality of Service (QoS), and describe the need within the enterprise network
Explain basic Python components and conditionals with script writing and analysis
Describe network programmability protocols such as Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) and RESTCONF
Describe APIs in Cisco DNA Center and vManage