CCNP

CCNP Overview

Manage, configure, and troubleshoot the networks of the large businesses on earth. By obtaining the CCNP Enterprise certification, you can demonstrate that you have the skills necessary to scale and maintain business networks in order to keep up with demand. Showcase your expertise in corporate infrastructure, virtualization, assurance, security, and automation on the ENCOR test, and in the concentration exam of your choosing, show off your specialized knowledge. You must pass both tests to become certified.

This new CCNP certification takes into account the increasing inter-connectivity of workers, hardware, and applications in the organization, enabling CCNP Enterprise certificate holders to compete in the rapidly evolving networking space. This credential is appropriate for IT professionals with 3-5 years of relevant experience who can independently manage Cisco network technologies.

Skills Measured by CCNP Certification

Here are the key skill sets validated by CCNP Enterprise certification. Cisco Certified Network Professionals can:

Implement and configure an EIGRP based solution.
Create a multi-area OSPF Network and configure OSPF routing.
Implement an eBGP based solution and configure eBGP routing
Setup an IPv6 based solution and document implementation results.
Implement and configure an IPv4 or IPv6 redistribution solution.
Create Layer 3 Path Control Solutions and broadband connections.
Determine the necessary resources and implement VLAN based solution.
Plan and implement a Security Extension of Layer 2 solutions.
Design and configure Switch based Layer 3 services.
Implement advanced VoIP, video, and wireless support solutions.
Implement High Availability and confirm using show & debug commands.
Maintain the network and develop a plan to monitor performance.
Troubleshoot Multi Protocol systems, such as EIGRP, NAT and OSPF.

CCNP / ENTERPRISE (IMPLEMENTING CISCO ENTERPRISE NETWORK CORE TECHNOLOGIES (350-401) COURSE OUTLINE

Section 1: Architecture

Explain the different design principles used in an enterprise network.
Enterprise network design such as Tier 2, Tier 3, and Fabric Capacity planning
High availability techniques such as redundancy, FHRP, and SSO
Analyze design principles of a WLAN deployment
Wireless deployment models (centralized, distributed, controller-less, controller based, cloud, remote branch)
Location services in a WLAN design
Differentiate between on-premises and cloud infrastructure deployments
Explain the working principles of the Cisco SD-WAN solution
SD-WAN control and data planes elements
Traditional WAN and SD-WAN solutions
Explain the working principles of the Cisco SD-Access solution
SD-Access control and data planes elements
Traditional campus interoperating with SD-Access
Describe concepts of wired and wireless QoS
QoS components
QoS policy
Differentiate hardware and software switching mechanisms
Process and CEF
MAC address table and TCAM
FIB vs. RIB

Section 2: Virtualization

Describe device virtualization technologies
Configure and verify data path virtualization technologies
VRF
GRE and IPsec tunneling
Describe network virtualization concepts
LISP
VXLAN

Section 3: Infrastructure

Layer 2
Troubleshoot static and dynamic 802.1q Trunking protocols
Troubleshoot static and dynamic EtherChannels
Configure and verify common Spanning Tree Protocols (RSTP and MST)
IP Services
Describe Network Time Protocol (NTP)
Configure and verify NAT/PAT
Configure first hop redundancy protocols, such as HSRP and VRRP
Describe multicast protocols, such as PIM and IGMP v2/v3
Layer 3
Compare routing concepts of EIGRP and OSPF (advanced distance vector vs. linked state, load balancing, path selection, path operations, metrics)
Configure and verify simple OSPF environments, including multiple normal areas, summarization, and filtering (neighbor adjacency, point-to-point and broadcast network types, and passive interface)
Configure and verify eBGP between directly connected neighbors (best path selection algorithm and neighbor relationships)

Section 4: Wireless

Describe Layer 1 concepts, such as RF power, RSSI, SNR, interference noise, band and channels, and wireless client devices capabilities
Describe AP modes and antenna types
Describe access point discovery and join process (discovery algorithms, WLC selection process)
Describe the main principles and use cases for Layer 2 and Layer 3 roaming
Troubleshoot WLAN configuration and wireless client connectivity issues

Section 4: Network Assurance

Diagnose network problems using tools such as debugs, conditional debugs, trace route, ping, SNMP, and syslog
Configure and verify device monitoring using syslog for remote logging
Configure and verify SPAN/RSPAN/ERSPAN 4.4 Configure and verify IPSLA
Describe Cisco DNA Center workflows to apply network configuration, monitoring, and management
Configure and verify NETCONF and RESTCONF

Section 5: Security

Configure and verify device access control
Lines and password protection
Authentication and authorization using AAA
Configure and verify infrastructure security features
ACLs
Configure and verify wireless security features
EAP
WebAuth ,PSK
Describe the components of network security design
Threat defense
Endpoint security
Next-generation firewall
TrustSec, MACsec
Network access control with 802.1X, MAB, and WebAuth

Section 6: Automation

Interpret basic Python components and scripts
Construct valid JSON encoded file
Describe the high-level principles and benefits of a data modeling language, such as YANG
Describe APIs for Cisco DNA Center and vManage
Interpret REST API response codes and results in payload using Cisco DNA Center and RESTCONF
Construct EEM applet to automate configuration, troubleshooting, or data collection
Compare agent vs. agentless orchestration tools, such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, and SaltStack

CCNP / IMPLEMENTING CISCO ENTERPRISE ADVANCED ROUTING AND SERVICES (300-410) COURSE OUTLINEn

Section 1: Layer 3 Technologies

Troubleshoot administrative distance (all routing protocols)
Troubleshoot route map for any routing protocol (attributes, tagging, filtering)
Troubleshoot loop prevention mechanisms (filtering, tagging, split horizon, route poisoning)
Troubleshoot redistribution between any routing protocols or routing sources
Troubleshoot manual and auto-summarization with any routing protocol
Configure and verify policy-based routing
Configure and verify VRF-Lite
Describe Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
Troubleshoot EIGRP (classic and named mode)
Address families (IPv4, IPv6)
Neighbor relationship and authentication
Loop-free path selections (RD, FD, FC, successor, feasible successor, stuck in active) Stubs
Load balancing (equal and unequal cost)
Metrics
Troubleshoot OSPF
Address families (IPv4, IPv6)
Neighbor relationship and authentication
Network types, area types, and router types
Point-to-point, multipoint, broadcast, nonbroadcast
Area type: backbone, normal, transit, stub, NSSA, totally stub
Internal router, backbone router, ABR, ASBR
Virtual link
Path preference
Troubleshoot BGP (Internal and External)
Address families (IPv4, IPv6)
Neighbor relationship and authentication (next-hop, mulithop, 4-byte AS, private AS, route refresh, synchronization, operation, peer group, states and timers)
Path preference (attributes and best-path)
Route reflector (excluding multiple route reflectors, confederations, dynamic peer)
Policies (inbound/outbound filtering, path manipulation)

Section 2: VPN Technologies

Describe MPLS operations (LSR, LDP, label switching, LSP)
Describe MPLS Layer 3 VPN
Configure and verify DMVPN (single hub)
GRE/mGRE
NHRP
IPsec
Dynamic neighbor
Spoke-to-spoke

Section 3: Infrastructure Security

Troubleshoot device security using IOS AAA (TACACS+, RADIUS, local database)
Troubleshoot router security features
IPv4 access control lists (standard, extended, time-based)
IPv6 traffic filter
Describe IPv6 First Hop security features (RA guard, DHCP guard, binding table, ND inspection/snooping, source guard)

Section 4: Infrastructure Services

Troubleshoot device management
Console and VTY
Telnet, HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, SCP
TFTP
Troubleshoot SNMP (v2c, v3)
Troubleshoot network problems using logging (local, syslog, debugs, conditional debugs, timestamps)
Troubleshoot IPv4 and IPv6 DHCP (DHCP client, IOS DHCP server, DHCP relay, DHCP options)
Troubleshoot network performance issues using IP SLA (jitter, tracking objects, delay, connectivity)

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