Cisco Enterprise Networks (ENCOR and ENARSI)
Full course list: Cisco CCNP Enterprise
Course Exercise files
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Basic Networking and IP Fundamentals
Spanning Tree Protocols and EtherChannels
First Hop Redundancy Protocols
Troubleshooting OSPF and EIGRP for IPv4
Troubleshooting OSPF and EIGRP for IPv6
Troubleshooting BGP and GRE Tunnels
Objective Map
| Course | ENCOR | ENARSI |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Networking and IP Fundamentals | ||
| Implementing OSPF | 3.0 Infrastructure, 3.2 Layer 3, 3.2a Compare routing concepts of EIGRP and OSPF, 3.2b Configure and verify simple OSPF environments, including multiple normal areas, summarization, and filtering | 1.0 Layer 3 Technologies, 1.1 Troubleshoot administrative distance, 1.2 Troubleshoot route map for any routing protocol, 1.3 Troubleshoot loop prevention mechanisms, 1.4 Troubleshoot redistribution between any routing protocols or routing sources, 1.5 Troubleshoot manual and auto-summarization with any routing protocol, 1.10 Troubleshoot OSPF (v2/v3) |
| Implementing EIGRP | 3.2 Layer 3 | 1.0 Layer 3 Technologies, 1.1 Troubleshoot administrative distance, 1.2 Troubleshoot route map for any routing protocol, 1.3 Troubleshoot loop prevention mechanisms, 1.4 Troubleshoot redistribution between any routing protocols or routing sources, 1.5 Troubleshoot manual and auto-summarization with any routing protocol, 1.9 Troubleshoot EIGRP (classic and named mode) |
| VLANs and Trunking | 3.1 Layer 2 | |
| Spanning Tree Protocols and EtherChannels | 3.1 Layer 2 | |
| Infrastructure Security | 5.1 Configure and verify device access control | |
| First Hop Redundancy Protocols | 3.4 IP Services, 4.4 Configure and verify SPAN/RSPAN/ERSPAN | |
| BGP and Path Control | 1.7 Differentiate hardware and software switching mechanisms, 2.2 Configure and verify data path virtualization technologies, 3.2 Layer 3, 3.2.c Configure and verify eBGP between directly connected neighbors (best path selection algorithm and neighbor relationships), 4.5 Configure and verify IPSLA | 1.11 Troubleshoot BGP (Internal and External), 1.11.a Address families (IPv4, IPv6), 1.11.b Neighbor relationship and authentication (next-hop, mulithop, 4-byte AS, private AS, route refresh, synchronization, operation, peer group, states and timers), 1.11.c Path preference (attributes and best-path), 1.11.d Route reflector (excluding multiple route reflectors, confederations, dynamic peer), 1.11.e Policies (inbound/outbound filtering, path manipulation),4.5 Troubleshoot network performance issues using IP SLA (jitter, tracking objects, delay, connectivity) |
| NAT and Security | 3.4 IP Services, 4.1 Diagnose network problems using tools such as debugs, conditional debugs, trace route, ping, SNMP, and syslog, 4.2 Configure and verify device monitoring using syslog for remote logging, 4.3 Configure and verify NetFlow and Flexible NetFlow, 5.2 Configure and verify infrastructure security features, | 4.6 Troubleshoot NetFlow (v5, v9, flexible NetFlow) |
| 802.11 Wireless | 1.2 Analyze design principles of a WLAN deployment, 1.2.a Wireless deployment models (centralized, distributed, controller-less, controller based, cloud, remote branch), 1.2.b Location services in a WLAN design, 3.3 Wireless, 3.3.a Describe Layer 1 concepts, such as RF power, RSSI, SNR, interference noise, band and channels, and wireless client devices capabilities, 3.3.b Describe AP modes and antenna types, 3.3.c Describe access point discovery and join process (discovery algorithms, WLC selection process), 3.3.d Describe the main principles and use cases for Layer 2 and Layer 3 roaming, 3.3.e Troubleshoot WLAN configuration and wireless client connectivity issues | |
| Automation and SDN | 1.4 Explain the working principles of the Cisco SD-WAN solution, 1.4.a SD-WAN control and data planes elements, 1.4.b Traditional WAN and SD-WAN solutions, 1.5 Explain the working principles of the Cisco SD-Access solution, 1.5.a SD-Access control and data planes elements, 1.5.b Traditional campus interoperating with SD-Access, 2.2 Configure and verify data path virtualization technologies, 2.2.a VRF, 2.2.b GRE and IPsec tunneling, 2.3 Describe network virtualization concepts, 2.3.a LISP, 2.3.b VXLAN | |
| Design | 1.0 Architecture, 1.1 Explain the different design principles used in an enterprise network, 3.0 Infrastructure, 3.1 Layer 2, 3.4 IP Services | |
| Layer 2 Troubleshooting | 3.1 Layer 2, 4.1 Diagnose network problems using tools such as debugs, conditional debugs, trace route, ping, SNMP, and syslog | |
| Troubleshooting OSPF and EIGRP for IPv4 | 3.2 Layer 3, 4.1 Diagnose network problems using tools such as debugs, conditional debugs, trace route, ping, SNMP, and syslog | 1.0 Layer 3 Technologies, 1.1 Troubleshoot administrative distance, 1.2 Troubleshoot route map for any routing protocol, 1.3 Troubleshoot loop prevention mechanisms, 1.4 Troubleshoot redistribution between any routing protocols or routing sources, 1.5 Troubleshoot manual and auto-summarization with any routing protocol, 1.9 Troubleshoot EIGRP (classic and named mode), 1.10 Troubleshoot OSPF (v2/v3) |
| Troubleshooting BGP and GRE Tunnels | 3.2.c Configure and verify eBGP between directly connected neighbors (best path selection algorithm and neighbor relationships) | 1.11 Troubleshoot BGP (Internal and External), 1.11.a Address families (IPv4, IPv6), 1.11.b Neighbor relationship and authentication (next-hop, mulithop, 4-byte AS, private AS, route refresh, synchronization, operation, peer group, states and timers), 1.11.c Path preference (attributes and best-path), 1.11.d Route reflector (excluding multiple route reflectors, confederations, dynamic peer), 1.11.e Policies (inbound/outbound filtering, path manipulation) |