A Nice Little Draft

A Nice Little Draft

1. Network Principles

   • 10%
   • Network Theory
     • Describe basic software architecture differences between IOS and IOS XE
       • Control plane and Forwarding plane
       • Impact to troubleshooting and performances
       • Excluding specific platform's architecture
     • Identify Cisco express forwarding (CEF) concepts
       • RIB, FIB, LFIB, Adjacency table
       • Polarization concept and avoidance
       • Load balancing Hash
     • Explain IP operations
       • ICMP unreachable, redirect
       • IPv4 options, IPv6 extension headers
       • IPv4 and IPv6 fragmentation
       • TTL
       • IP MTU
     • Explain TCP Operations
       • IPv4 and IPv6 PMTU
       • MSS
       • Latency
       • Windowing
       • Bandwidth delay product
       • Global synchronization
       • Options
     • Explain UDP Operations
       • Starvation
       • RTP/RTCP concepts
       • Latency
     • Explain general network challenges
       • Unicast flooding
       • Out of order packets
       • Asymmetric routing
       • Impact of micro burst
   • Network implementation & operation: Evaluate proposed changes to a network
     • Changes to routing protocol parameters
     • Migrate parts of a network to IPv6
     • Routing protocol migration
     • Adding multicast support
     • Migrate spanning tree protocol
     • Evaluate impact of new traffic on existing QoS design
   • Network Troubleshooting
     • Use IOS troubleshooting tools
       • Embedded packet capture
       • Performance monitor
       • ping, traceroute with extended options
       • Debug, conditional debug
     • Apply troubleshooting methodologies
       • Diagnose the root cause of networking issue (analyze symptoms, identify and describe root cause)
       • Design & implement valid solutions according to constraints
       • Verify and monitor resolution
     • Interpret Packet Capture
       • Using Wireshark trace analyzer
       • Using IOS embedded packet capture

2. Layer 2 Technologies

   • LAN Switching Technologies
     • Implement & troubleshoot switch administration
       • Managing MAC address table
       • errdisable recovery
       • L2 MTU
     • Implement & troubleshoot Layer 2 protocols
       • CDP, LLDP
       • UDLD
     • Implement & troubleshoot VLAN
       • Access ports
       • VLAN database
       • Normal, extended VLAN, voice VLAN
     • Implement & troubleshoot trunking
       • VTPv1, VTPv2, VTPv3, VTP pruning
       • dot1Q
       • Native VLAN
       • Manual pruning
     • Implement & troubleshoot EtherChannel
       • LACP, PAgP, manual
       • Layer 2, Layer 3
       • Load-balancing
       • Etherchannel misconfiguration guard
     • Implement & troubleshoot spanning-tree
       • PVST+, RPVST+, MST
       • Switch priority, port priority, path cost, STP timers
       • port fast, BPDUguard, BPDUfilter
       • loopguard, rootguard
     • Implement & troubleshoot other LAN switching technologies
       • SPAN, RSPAN, ERSPAN
     • Describe chassis virtualization & aggregation technologies
       • Multichassis
       • VSS concepts
       • Alternatives to STP
       • Stackwise
       • Excluding specific platform implementation
     • Describe spanning-tree concepts
       • Compatibility between MST and RSTP
       • STP dispute, STP bridge assurance
   • Layer 2 Multicast
     • Implement & troubleshoot IGMP
       • IGMP v1, IGMP v2, IGMP v3
       • IGMP snooping
       • IGMP querier
       • IGMP filter
       • IGMP proxy
     • Explain MLD
     • Explain PIM snooping
   • Layer 2 WAN circuit technologies
     • Implement & troubleshoot HDLC
     • Implement & troubleshoot PPP
       • Authentication (PAP, CHAP)
       • PPPoE
       • MLPPP

3. Layer 3 Technologies

   • Adressing Technologies
   • Layer 3 Multicast
   • Fundamental routing concepts
   • RIP v2, v6
   • EIGRP IPv4, IPv6
   • OSPF v2, v3
   • BGP
   • ISIS

4. VPN Technologies

   • Tunneling
     • Implement & troubleshoot MPLS operations
       • Label stack, LSR, LSP
       • LDP
       • MPLS ping, MPLS traceroute
     • Implement & troubleshoot basic MPLS L3VPN
       • L3VPN, CE, PE, P
       • Extranet (route leaking)
     • Implement & troubleshoot encapsulation
       • GRE
       • Dynamic GRE
       • LISP encapsulation principles supporting EIGRP OTP
     • Implement & troubleshoot DMVPN (single hub)
       • NHRP
       • DMPVN with IPsec using pre-shared key
       • QoS profile
       • Pre-classify
     • Describe IPv6 tunneling techniques
       • 6in4, 6to5
       • ISATAP
       • 6RD
       • 6PE/6VPE
     • Describe basic L2VPN - wireline
       • L2TPv3 general principles
       • ATOM general principles
     • Describe basic L2VPN - LAN services
       • MPLS-VPLS general princples
       • OTV general princples

5. Infrastructure Security

6. Infrastructure Services

   • System management
   • QoS
   • Network services
   • Network optimization