Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA 200-301)

What is CCNA Certification?

 

The CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) certification is a widely recognized IT credential offered by Cisco Systems. It validates foundational knowledge and skills required for network professionals to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot small to medium-sized networks.

Key Features of CCNA Certification:

  1. Comprehensive Networking Knowledge:

    • Covers topics such as networking fundamentals, LAN/WAN technologies, IPv4 and IPv6 routing, switching concepts, wireless networking, and security.

  2. Hands-on Skills:

    • Practical skills in configuring routers, switches, and troubleshooting networking issues.

  3. Industry-Standard Recognition:

    • CCNA is respected globally and is often a prerequisite for many networking roles.

  4. Updated Content:

    • The certification aligns with the latest technological advancements, ensuring relevancy in the field of networking.

Why learn MikroTik?

Learning CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) is a strategic step for anyone aiming to build a career in IT and networking. This globally recognized certification provides a strong foundation in networking fundamentals, including routing, switching, IP addressing, and security, making it essential for beginners and professionals alike.

IITS - Why training?

  • Opportunity to learn under the supervision of skilled trainers
  • Job arrangement based on skill after completion of the course
  • Taking classes through a virtual platform

Course Curriculum

Module 01: Network Fundamentals

• Explain the role and function of network components
• Routers
• Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches
• PoE
• Describe characteristics of network topology architectures
• Two-tier
• Three-tier
• Spine-leaf
• WAN
• Small office/home office (SOHO)
• On-premise and cloud
• Compare physical interface and cabling types
• Single-mode fiber, multimode fiber, copper
• Connections (Ethernet shared media and point-to-point)
• Compare TCP to UDP
• Configure and verify IPv4 addressing and subnetting
• Describe the need for private IPv4 addressing
• Configure and verify IPv6 addressing and prefix
• Describe IPv6 address types
• Unicast (global, unique local, and link local)
• Anycast
• Multicast
• Describe switching concepts
• MAC learning and aging
• Frame switching
• Frame flooding
• MAC address table

Module 02: Network Access

• Configure and verify VLANs
• Access ports (data and voice)
• Default VLAN
• Configure and verify interswitch connectivity
• Trunk ports
• 802.1Q
• Native VLAN
• Configure and verify Layer 2 discovery protocols (Cisco Discovery Protocol and LLDP)
• EtherChannel (LACP)
• Interpret basic operations of Rapid PVST+ Spanning Tree Protocol
• Root port, root bridge (primary/secondary), and other port names
• Port states (forwarding/blocking)
• PortFast

Module 03: IP Connectivity

• Prefix
• Network mask
• Next hop
• Administrative distance
• Determine how a router makes a forwarding decision by default
• Longest prefix match
• Routing protocol metric
• Configure and verify IPv4 and IPv6 static routing
• Default route
• Floating static
• Configure and verify single area OSPFv2
• Neighbor adjacencies
• Point-to-point
• Broadcast (DR/BDR selection)
• Router ID

Module 04: IP Services

• Configure and verify inside source NAT
• Configure and verify NTP operating in a client and server mode
• Explain the role of DHCP and DNS within the network
• Explain the function of SNMP in network operations
• Configure and verify DHCP client and relay
• Configure network devices for remote access using SSH

Module 05: Security Fundamentals

• Configure and verify device access control using local passwords
• Describe security password policies elements, such as management,
• complexity, and password alternatives (multifactor authentication, certificates,and biometrics)
• Describe IPsec remote access and site-to-site VPNs
• Compare authentication, authorization, and accounting concepts

Module 06: Automation and Programmability

• Explain how automation impacts network management
• Compare traditional networks with controller-based networking
• Describe controller-based and software defined architectures (overlay, underlay, and fabric)
• Separation of control plane and data plane
• North-bound and south-bound APIs
• Compare traditional campus device management with Cisco DNA Center enabled device
• management
• Describe characteristics of REST-based APIs (CRUD, HTTP verbs, and data encoding)
• Recognize the capabilities of configuration management mechanisms Puppet, Chef, and
• Ansible
• Interpret JSON encoded data

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