CCNA v3 Certification
CCNA Certification Introduction:
The CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) certification is the first in Cisc´s line of certifications that an aspiring networking professional must acquire in order to add value to their IT career. The CCNA certification validates a firm foundation of networking skills that include fundamentals like the OSI Reference Model, Networking Protocols, Layer 2 Switching Concepts and Protocols, Routing Concepts and Protocols, and Wide-Area Networking (WAN) Connectivity. Thus a person who is aiming to qualify for the CCNA certification should be proficient in their abilities to provide basic network installations and troubleshooting.
CCNA Training Details:
Skills and knowledge gained through the CCNA training are valuable in the networking field as the topics covered during the CCNA training program provide the basis for all networking topologies and protocols.
Over the last many years Dynamic Networking Institute has successfully trained several thousands of networking professionals who have qualified the CISCO CCNA certification exam.
The CCNA training covers all aspects of the 200-125 curriculum in detail. The course also provides practical hands-on training on Cisco Routers and Cisco Switches, as no WAN setup is complete without Leased line / Wireless / VSAT / DSL etc. Telecom devices like CSU/DSU, Telco MUX, are also covered in the Practical setup. The training for CCNA Certification is provided by Senior Network/WAN engineers who have several years of field experience. Students preparing for the CCNA certification have a choice of writing the CCNA exam as a single paper or as two papers together. The details of paper codes and their descriptions are mentioned in the table below.
CCNA Exams
Paper 1 -> 200-125 CCNA -> Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices: Accelerated (CCNAX) v3.0
Cisco Training – CCNA Course Contents
- Introduction to Wide Area Networks
- Internetwork Operating System (IOS)
- IP Routing (Static & Dynamic)
- LAN Switching
- IPv4 & IPv6
- STP, PVSTP & RSTP
- Virtual Private Network – VPN
- Redundancy Protocols
- Network monitoring tools
- NAT & PAT
- Cisco Express Forwarding
- Network Device Security
- WAN Technologies (Cloud, SDN, IoT)
- Troubleshooting
Cisco Training – CCNA v3 Course Details
Network Fundamentals
- Compare & contrast OSI & TCP/IP models
- Compare & contrast TCP & UDP protocols
- Impact of infrastructure components in a network
o Firewalls, Access points, Wireless controllers - Effects of cloud resources on network architecture
o Traffic path to internal and external cloud services
o Virtual services
o Basic virtual network infrastructure - Compare & contrast collapsed core and three-tier architecture
- Compare & contrast network topologies
o Star, Mesh, Hybrid - Select the appropriate cabling type (Straight & Cross)
- Apply troubleshooting methodologies to resolve problems
o Perform and document fault isolation
o Resolve or escalate
o Verify & monitor resolution - Configure, verify & troubleshoot IPv4 addressing & subnetting
- Compare & contrast IPv4 address types
o Unicast, Broadcast, Multicast - Describe the need for private IPv4 addressing
- Identify IPv6 addressing to use in LAN/WAN environment
- Configure, verify & troubleshoot IPv6 addressing
- Configure & verify IPv6 Stateless Address Auto Configuration
- Compare & contrast IPv6 address types
Global unicast, Unique local, Link local, Multicast, Modified EUI 64, Autoconfiguration, Anycast
LAN Switching Technologies
- Describe & verify switching concepts
o MAC learning & aging, Frame switching, Frame flooding, MAC address table - Interpret Ethernet frame format
- Troubleshoot interface & cable issues (collisions, errors, duplex, speed)
- Configure, verify, and troubleshoot VLANs (normal/extended range) spanning multiple switches
o Access ports (data & voice), Default VLAN - Configure, verify, and troubleshoot interswitch connectivity
o Trunk ports, Add & remove VLANs on a trunk
o DTP, VTP (v1&v2), and 802.1Q Native VLAN - Configure, verify, & troubleshoot STP protocols
o STP mode (PVST+ and RPVST+), STP root bridge selection - Configure, verify & troubleshoot STP related optional features
o PortFast, BPDU guard - Configure & verify Layer 2 protocols
o Cisco Discovery Protocol, LLDP - Configure, verify, & troubleshoot (Layer 2/Layer 3) EtherChannel
o Static, PAGP, LACP - Describe the benefits of switch stacking & chassis aggregation
LAN Switching Technologies
- Describe & verify switching concepts
o MAC learning & aging, Frame switching, Frame flooding, MAC address table - Interpret Ethernet frame format
- Troubleshoot interface & cable issues (collisions, errors, duplex, speed)
- Configure, verify, and troubleshoot VLANs (normal/extended range) spanning multiple switches
o Access ports (data & voice), Default VLAN - Configure, verify, and troubleshoot interswitch connectivity
o Trunk ports, Add & remove VLANs on a trunk
o DTP, VTP (v1&v2), and 802.1Q Native VLAN - Configure, verify, & troubleshoot STP protocols
o STP mode (PVST+ and RPVST+), STP root bridge selection - Configure, verify & troubleshoot STP related optional features
o PortFast, BPDU guard - Configure & verify Layer 2 protocols
o Cisco Discovery Protocol, LLDP - Configure, verify, & troubleshoot (Layer 2/Layer 3) EtherChannel
o Static, PAGP, LACP - Describe the benefits of switch stacking & chassis aggregation
WAN Technologies
- Configure & verify PPP and MLPPP on WAN interfaces using local authentication
- Configure, verify, & troubleshoot PPPoE client-side interfaces using local authentication
- Configure, verify, & troubleshoot GRE tunnel connectivity
- Describe WAN topology options
o Point-to-point, Hub and spoke, Full mesh, Single vs dual-homed - Describe WAN access connectivity options
o MPLS, Metro Ethernet, Broadband PPPoE, Internet VPN (DMVPN, site-to-site VPN, client VPN) - Configure and verify single-homed branch connectivity using eBGP IPv4 (limited to peering and route
advertisement using Network command only) - Describe basic QoS concepts
o Marking, Device trust, Prioritization, (Voice, Video & Data)
o Shaping, Policing, Congestion management
Infrastructure Services
- Describe DNS lookup operation
- Troubleshoot client connectivity issues involving DNS
- Configure and verify DHCP on a router (excluding static reservations)
o Server, Relay, Client, TFTP, DNS, & gateway options - Troubleshoot client- and router-based DHCP connectivity issues
- Configure, verify, and troubleshoot basic HSRP
o Priority, Pre-emption, Version - Describe common access layer threat mitigation techniques
o Using CDP or LLDP for device discovery
o Licensing, Logging, Time zone & Loopback - Configure and verify initial device configuration
- Perform device maintenance