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<ul><li>Explain the role and function of network components</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Routers</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Next-generation firewalls and IPS</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Access points</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Controllers (Cisco DNA Center and WLC)</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Endpoints</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Servers</li><li class="ql-indent-1">PoE</li><li>Describe characteristics of network topology architectures</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Two-tier</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Three-tier</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Spine-leaf</li><li class="ql-indent-1">WAN</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Small office/home office (SOHO)</li><li class="ql-indent-1">On-premise and cloud</li><li>Compare physical interface and cabling types</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Single-mode fiber, multimode fiber, copper</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Connections (Ethernet shared media and point-to-point)</li><li>Identify interface and cable issues (collisions, errors, mismatch duplex, and/or speed)</li><li>Compare TCP to UDP</li><li>Configure and verify IPv4 addressing and subnetting</li><li>Describe private IPv4 addressing</li><li>Configure and verify IPv6 addressing and prefix</li><li>Describe IPv6 address types</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Unicast (global, unique local, and link local)</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Anycast</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Multicast</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Modified EUI 64</li><li>Verify IP parameters for Client OS (Windows, Mac OS, Linux)</li><li>Describe wireless principles</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Nonoverlapping Wi-Fi channels</li><li class="ql-indent-1">SSID</li><li class="ql-indent-1">RF</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Encryption</li><li>Explain virtualization fundamentals (server virtualization, containers, and VRFs)</li><li>Describe switching concepts</li><li class="ql-indent-1">MAC learning and aging</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Frame switching</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Frame flooding</li><li class="ql-indent-1">MAC address table</li></ul>

Network Fundamentals

<ul><li>Configure and verify VLANs (normal range) spanning multiple switches</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Access ports (data and voice)</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Default VLAN</li><li class="ql-indent-1">InterVLAN connectivity</li><li>Configure and verify interswitch connectivity</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Trunk ports</li><li class="ql-indent-1">802.1Q</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Native VLAN</li><li>Configure and verify Layer 2 discovery protocols (Cisco Discovery Protocol and LLDP)</li><li>Configure and verify (Layer 2/Layer 3) EtherChannel (LACP)</li><li>Interpret basic operations of Rapid PVST+ Spanning Tree Protocol</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Root port, root bridge (primary/secondary), and other port names</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Port states (forwarding/blocking)</li><li class="ql-indent-1">PortFast</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Root guard, loop guard, BPDU filter, and BPDU guard</li><li>Describe Cisco Wireless Architectures and AP modes</li><li>Describe physical infrastructure connections of WLAN components (AP, WLC, access/trunk ports, and LAG)</li><li>Describe network device management access (Telnet, SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, console, TACACS+/RADIUS, and cloud managed)</li><li>Interpret the wireless LAN GUI configuration for client connectivity, such as WLAN creation, security settings, QoS profiles, and advanced settings</li></ul>

Network Access

<ul><li>Interpret the components of routing table</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Routing protocol code</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Prefix</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Network mask</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Next hop</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Administrative distance</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Metric</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Gateway of last resort</li><li>Determine how a router makes a forwarding decision by default</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Longest prefix match</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Administrative distance</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Routing protocol metric</li><li>Configure and verify IPv4 and IPv6 static routing</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Default route</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Network route</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Host route</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Floating static</li><li>Configure and verify single area OSPFv2</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Neighbor adjacencies</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Point-to-point</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Broadcast (DR/BDR selection)</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Router ID</li><li>Describe the purpose, functions, and concepts of first hop redundancy protocols</li></ul>

IP Connectivity

<ul><li>Configure and verify inside source NAT using static and pools</li><li>Configure and verify NTP operating in a client and server mode</li><li>Explain the role of DHCP and DNS within the network</li><li>Explain the function of SNMP in network operations</li><li>Describe the use of syslog features including facilities and levels</li><li>Configure and verify DHCP client and relay</li><li>Explain the forwarding per-hop behavior (PHB) for QoS, such as classification, marking, queuing, congestion, policing, and shaping</li><li>Configure network devices for remote access using SSH</li><li>Describe the capabilities and functions of TFTP/FTP in the network</li></ul>

IP Services

<ul><li>Define key security concepts (threats, vulnerabilities, exploits, and mitigation techniques)</li><li>Describe security program elements (user awareness, training, and physical access control)</li><li>Configure and verify device access control using local passwords</li><li>Describe security password policies elements, such as management, complexity, and password alternatives (multifactor authentication, certificates, and biometrics)</li><li>Describe IPsec remote access and site-to-site VPNs</li><li>Configure and verify access control lists</li><li>Configure and verify Layer 2 security features (DHCP snooping, dynamic ARP inspection, and port security)</li><li>Compare authentication, authorization, and accounting concepts</li><li>Describe wireless security protocols (WPA, WPA2, and WPA3)</li><li>Configure and verify WLAN within the GUI using WPA2 PSK</li></ul>

Security Fundamentals

<ul><li>Explain how automation impacts network management</li><li>Compare traditional networks with controller-based networking</li><li>Describe controller-based, software defined architecture (overlay, underlay, and fabric)</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Separation of control plane and data plane</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Northbound and Southbound APIs</li><li>Explain AI (generative and predictive) and machine learning in network operations</li><li>Describe characteristics of REST-based APIs (authentication types, CRUD, HTTP verbs, and data encoding)</li><li>Recognize the capabilities of configuration management mechanisms, such as Ansible and Terraform</li><li>Recognize components of JSON-encoded data</li></ul>

Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (200-301 CCNA)

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Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (200-301 CCNA)

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Program Objectives

Program Modules

02Network Access

03IP Connectivity

04IP Services

05Security Fundamentals

06Automation and Programmibility

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