CCNP ENCOR 350-401

This course covers everything in CCNP ENCOR 350-401. You will learn about a whole range of protocols and techniques we use on Cisco routers and switches.

Course Highlights

In this course you will learn:

  • VLANs and trunks.
  • The different spanning-tree versions like STP, RSTP, and MST.
  • How to configure Etherchannels / Link aggregation.
  • Routing protocols including EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP.
  • Cisco wireless.
  • Multicast protocols like PIM dense, sparrse, and sparse-dense mode.
  • Network designs and architectures like the campus design or leaf-spine architecture.
  • How to configure NAT/PAT and first hop redundancy protocols like HSRP, VRRP, or GLBP.
  • How to configure Quality of Service (QoS) topics like queuing, policing, and shaping.
  • How to monitor and troubleshoot your network.
  • How to secure your routers and switches.
  • How network automation impacts traditional network management.
  • Different virtualization technologies.
  • And many other topics…

Course Schedule

Unit 1: Switching

1.1: VLANs and Trunks

Introduction to VLANs
How to configure VLANs
802.1Q Encapsulation
How to configure Trunk
Cisco Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP)
Introduction to VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)
VTP Version 3
How to troubleshoot VLANs and Trunks
802.1Q Q-in-Q Tunneling

1.2: STP

Introduction to Spanning-Tree
Spanning-Tree Cost Calculation
Spanning-Tree Port States
Spanning-Tree Topology Change Notification (TCN)
Spanning-Tree Reconvergence
Troubleshooting Spanning-Tree

1.3: RSTP

Rapid Spanning-Tree (RSTP)
Rapid Spanning-Tree (RSTP) Configuration

1.4: MSTP

Multiple Spanning-Tree (MST)
MST and PVST+ Interoperability

1.5: STP Tuning

Spanning-Tree Portfast
Spanning-Tree Root Guard
Spanning-Tree BPDU Guard
Spanning-Tree BPDU Filter
Spanning-Tree UDLD and Loop Guard

1.6: Ether channel

Introduction to Ether channel
Troubleshooting Ether channel

Unit 2: Routing

2.1: IP Routing

Introduction to Routers and Routing
IP Routing Explained
Floating Static Route
IPv6 Static Route
Introduction to Administrative Distance (AD)
AD Configuration
Static Route Configuration
Prefix-List Configuration
Introduction to Route-Maps
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)

2.2: EIGRP

Introduction to EIGRP
EIGRP Configuration
EIGRP Packets
EIGRP Neighbor Adjacency
EIGRP Neighbor and Topology Table
EIGRP Authentication
EIGRP Static Neighbor
EIGRP Passive Interface
EIGRP Hold Time and Hello Packets
EIGRP Unequal Cost Load Balancing
EIGRP Variance
EIGRP K Values Formula
EIGRP K Value Configuration
EIGRP Wide Metrics
EIGRP Summarization

2.3: OSPF

Introduction to OSPF
OSPF Basic Configuration
OSPF Multi-area Configuration
OSPF Reference Bandwidth
OSPF LSA Types
OSPF Packets and Neighbor Discovery
OSPF Passive Interface
OSPF Hello and Dead Interval
OSPF DR/BDR Election
OSPF Router ID
OSPF Path Selection
OSPF Default Route
OSPF Summarization
OSPF Distribute-list Filtering
OSPF ABR Type 3 LSA Filtering
OSPF LSA Type 5 Filtering
OSPF LSA and LSDB Flooding
OSPF Network Type Broadcast
OSPF Network Type Non-Broadcast
OSPF Network Type Point-to-Point
OSPF Network Type Point-to-Multipoint
OSPF Network Type Point-to-Multipoint Non-Broadcast
OSPF Network Type Next Hop Differences

2.4: OSPFv3

OSPFv2 vs OSPFv3
OSPFv3 for IPv6 Configuration
OSPFv3 IPv6 Default Route
OSPFv3 Authentication and Encryption
OSPFv3 IPv6 Troubleshooting Neighbor Adjacencies
OSPFv3 for IPv4 Configuration

2.5: BGP

Introduction to BGP
External BGP (eBGP) Configuration
eBGP Multihop
How to read the BGP Table
BGP Network Advertisement
BGP Auto-Summary
Internal BGP (iBGP)
BGP Neighbor Adjacency States
BGP Messages
Troubleshooting BGP Neighbor Adjacency
Troubleshooting BGP Route Advertisement
BGP Attributes and Path Selection
BGP Attribute Weight Configuration
BGP Attribute Local Preference Configuration
BGP AS-Path Prepending
BGP Attribute Origin Code
BGP Attribute Metric (MED) Configuration
Multi-Protocol BGP (MP-BGP)
BGP Single/Dual Homed and Multi-homed Designs
BGP Extended Access-List Filtering (Distribute-List)
BGP AS Path Filtering
BGP Prevent Transit AS
BGP Route Refresh Capability
BGP Soft Reset
BGP Communities

2.6: VRF

VRF Lite Configuration

2.7: CEF

Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF)

Unit 3: Wireless

3.1: Deployment Models

Introduction to Wireless Networks
Cisco Wireless Network Architectures
Cisco WLC Deployment Models
Cisco Wireless AP Modes

3.2: Infrastructure

Introduction to Wireless LAN
Wireless LAN 802.11 Service Sets
Cisco WLC Basic Configuration

Unit 4: Multicast

Introduction to Multicast
Multicast IP Addresses
Multicast IP to MAC Address Mapping
IGMP Version 1
IGMP Version 2
IGMP Version 3
IGMP Snooping
Multicast Routing
Multicast PIM Dense Mode
Multicast PIM Sparse-Dense Mode
Multicast PIM Sparse Mode
Multicast PIM Auto-RP
Multicast PIM Bootstrap Router (BSR)
Multicast RPF (Reverse Path Forwarding)
Multicast PIM Assert (forwarder)
Multicast PIM Designated Router (DR)

Unit 5: Network Architecture

Cisco Campus Network Design
Spine and Leaf Topology
Cisco 6500 VSS Configuration
Cisco Stackwise

Unit 6: Services

6.1 NTP

Network Time Protocol (NTP)
NTPv4
Troubleshooting NTP

6.2 NAT/PAT

Introduction to NAT and PAT
Static NAT Configuration
IP NAT Inside Source vs Outside Source
Dynamic NAT Configuration
PAT Configuration
NAT Virtual Interface
NAT Port Forwarding

6.3 First Hop Redundancy Protocols

Introduction to Gateway Redundancy
Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP)
Troubleshooting HSRP
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
Troubleshooting VRRP
Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP)

6.4 Quality of Service (QoS)

Introduction to Quality of Service (QoS)
IntServ and RSVP
IP Precedence and DSCP Values
QoS Classification
QoS Marking
QoS Low Latency Queuing (LLQ)
QoS on LAN Switches
QoS Trust Boundary
Classification and Marking on Switches
Introduction to Shaping
Shaping Configuration
Introduction to Policing
Policing Configuration

Unit 7: Network Assurance

7.1 Troubleshooting Tools

Syslog
Debug
Traceroute
Ping
SPAN

7.2: Monitoring Tools

SNMP
NetFlow
IP SLA

7.3: Management Tools

Cisco DNA

Unit 8: Security

8.1: Device Access Control

Telnet Server and Client
SSH Configuration
AAA 802.1X Authentication
AAA Authentication
AAA Configuration on Switch
AAA Local Command Authorization

8.2: Infrastructure Security

Standard Access-List
Extended Access-List
VLAN Access-List (VACL)
Infrastructure Access-List
Time-based Access-List
Control Plane Policing (CoPP)
Management Plant Protection (MPP)

8.3 Wireless Security

Introduction to Wireless Security
Wireless Authentication Methods
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
Cisco WLC WPA2 PSK Authentication

8.4: Network Security Design Components

Router Security Policy
Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)
Introduction to Firewalls
Zone-Based Firewall (ZBFW)
Cloud Security Implications and Policy
MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB

8.5: Tunneling

Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
GRE Recursive Routing
Cisco IPSec Tunnel Mode Configuration
Encrypted GRE Tunnel with IPSec Configuration
IPSec Virtual Tunnel Interface (VTI)
Cisco Locator ID Separation Protocol (LISP)
Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
VXLAN Flood and Learn with Multicast

Unit 9: Automation

Introduction to Python
Introduction to REST API
Network Automation and Orchestration
Data Models and Structures
Device Programmability
Embedded Event Manager (EEM)
IP SLA EEM Script
Configuration Management Tools and Version Control Systems (VCS)

Unit 10: Virtualization

10.1: SDN

Introduction to Software Defined Networking (SDN)
Introduction to SDN OpenDaylight

10.2: Virtualization Technologies

Cloud Deployment Models
Containers and Virtual Machines (VM)
Virtualization Functions (NFVI, VNF)
Introduction to Cloud Computing
Cisco Switch Virtualization
EIGRP Over the Top (OTP)

Unit 11: Practice Exam

CCNP ENCOR 350-401 Practice Exam