Cisco CCNA Routing & Switching

Course Details

The CCNA certification (Cisco Certified Network Associate) indicates a foundation in and apprentice knowledge of networking for the small office/home office (SOHO) market. CCNA certified professionals can install, configure, and operate LAN, WAN, and dial access services for small networks (100 nodes or fewer), including but not limited to use of these protocols: IP, IGRP, IPX, Serial, AppleTalk, Frame Relay, IP, RIP, VLANs, RIP, Ethernet, Access Lists.

CCNAs can effectively install, configure, and operate simple-routed LAN, routed WAN, and switched LAN networks. Examples of types of solutions that a CCNA will be able to offer based on a combination of training and real-world experience: Install and/or configure a network; Optimize WAN through Internet access solutions that reduce bandwidth and reduces WAN costs using features such as: Filtering with Access Lists, Bandwidth on Demand (BOD), Dial on demand routing (DDR); Provide remote access by integrating dial-up connectivity with traditional, remote LAN to LAN access, as well as supporting the higher levels of performance required for new applications such as Internet commerce, multimedia, etc.

This course includes the following features:

• Troubleshooting and operating switched LAN technologies
• Executing an IP addressing scheme
• The operation of data networks
• WAN and dial access services of medium-sized networks
• Training on seven network layers
• Executing routing switches

Who should complete this course?

• Network engineers
• System engineers
• Network administrators
• Field technicians
• Help desk support specialists
• Wireless network technicians

What You’ll Learn

• Use Cisco software to identify addresses, protocols, and connectivity status in a network containing multiple interconnected Cisco devices.
• Interconnect Cisco switches and routers according to a given network design specification.
• Configure Cisco switches and routers to support a specified list of protocols and technologies.
• Configure access lists to control access to network devices or segments and general network traffic.
• Verify that Cisco switches and routers, as well as their configured network services and protocols, operate as intended within a given network specification.
• Describe Quality of Service (QoS) concepts. This topic includes the theory of marking traffic, trusting certain devices (e.g. Cisco IP Phones), prioritizing some traffic types over others (e.g. preferring voice traffic over network gaming traffic), setting a speed limit on traffic using policing and shaping, and congestion management (i.e. using queuing technologies to allocate bandwidth amounts for different traffic classes).
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot EIGRP for IPv6 networks.The previous CCNA version only required that you be able to configure and verify EIGRP for IPv4 networks. However, this configuration is basic, and does not include authentication, filtering, manual summarization, route redistribution, or the stub feature.
• Describe how cloud resources impact an enterprise architecture. This topic includes a discussion of traffic paths to internal (e.g. enterprise) and external (e.g. cloud) resources, virtual services, and basic virtual network architecture.
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot EIGRP for IPv6 networks.The previous CCNA version only required that you be able to configure and verify EIGRP for IPv4 networks. However, this configuration is basic, and does not include authentication, filtering, manual summarization, route redistribution, or the stub feature.
• Others

Entry Requirements / Prerequisites

• Basic computer literacy
• Basic PC operating system navigation skills
• Basic Internet usage skills
• Basic address knowledge

Required Exams

In order to earn the official Cisco certification for CCNA, you must take one required exam.

• Accelerated Training Path: 200-125 CCNA v3.0
• OR
• Standard Training Path:100-105 ICND1 v3.0 AND 200-105 ICND2 v3.0

CCNA Routing and Switching Recertification

CCNA certifications are valid for three years. To recertify, pass ONE of the following before the certification expiration date:

• Pass any current CCNA Level 2 exam (ICND2, CCNA, IINS,IUWNE,ICOMM,SSPO,SPNGN2,DCICN,VIVND or DESGN), or
• Pass any current 642/300-XXX Professional level exam, or
• Pass any current Cisco Specialist exam (excluding Sales Specialist exams or MeetingPlace Specialist exams, Implementing Cisco TelePresence Installations (ITI) exams, Cisco Leading Virtual Classroom Instruction exams, or any 650 online exams), or
• Pass any current CCIE Written Exam, or
• Pass the current CCDE Written Exam OR current CCDE Practical Exam