Description

The course has been updated to the version 3.0. Please see the Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices: Accelerated - Active Learning (CCNAX) course.

The Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices: Accelerated (CCNAX) v2.0 is a derivative works course consisting of Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices, Part 1 (ICND1) and Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices, Part 2 (ICND2) content in its entirety, but with the content merged into a single course. CCNAX v2.0 is an intense, boot camp style course. Overlapping content between ICND1 and ICND2 is eliminated and content is re-arranged for the purpose of the course flow.
This course teaches learners how to install, operate, configure, and verify a basic IPv4 and IPv6 network, including configuring a LAN switch, configuring an IP router, identifying basic security threats, understanding redundant topologies, troubleshooting common network issues, connecting to a WAN, configuring EIGRP and OSPF in both IPv4 and IPv6, understanding wide-area network (WAN) technologies, and becoming familiar with device management and Cisco licensing.

Objectives

  • Describe network fundamentals and build simple LANs
  • Establish Internet connectivity
  • Manage network device security
  • Describe IPv6 basics
  • Troubleshoot VLAN issues, explain how STP works, configure EtherChannel, and understand the idea behind Layer 3 redundancy
  • Troubleshoot IP connectivity
  • Define the characteristics, functions, and components of a WAN
  • Configure and troubleshoot EIGRP in an IPv4 environment, and configure EIGRP for IPv6
  • Configure, verify, and troubleshoot multiarea OSPF
  • Describe SNMP, Syslog, and NetFlow, and manage Cisco device configurations, IOS images, and licenses

Outline


Building a Simple Network
  • Exploring the Functions of Networking
  • Understanding the Host-to-Host Communications Model
  • Introducing LANs
  • Operating Cisco IOS Software
  • Starting a Switch
  • Understanding Ethernet and Switch Operation
  • Troubleshooting Common Switch Media Issues

Establishing Internet Connectivity
  • Understanding the TCP/IP Internet Layer
  • Understanding IP Addressing and Subnets
  • Understanding the TCP/IP Transport Layer
  • Exploring the Functions of Routing
  • Configuring a Cisco Router
  • Exploring the Packet Delivery Process
  • Enabling Static Routing
  • Managing Traffic Using ACLs
  • Enabling Internet Connectivity

Managing Network Device Security
  • Securing Administrative Access
  • Implementing Device Hardening
  • Implementing Traffic Filtering with ACLs

Introducing IPv6
  • Introducing Basic IPv6
  • Understanding IPv6
  • Configuring IPv6 Routing

Building a Medium-Sized Network
  • Implementing VLANs and Trunks
  • Routing Between VLANs
  • Using a Cisco Network Device as a DHCP Server
  • Troubleshooting VLAN Connectivity
  • Building Redundant Switched Topologies
  • Improving Redundant Switched Topologies with EtherChannel
  • Understanding Layer 3 Redundancy

Troubleshooting Basic Connectivity
  • Troubleshooting IPv4 Network Connectivity
  • Troubleshooting IPv6 Network Connectivity

Wide-Area Networks
  • Understanding WAN Technologies
  • Configuring Serial Encapsulation
  • Establishing a WAN Connection Using Frame Relay
  • Introducing VPN Solutions
  • Configuring GRE Tunnels

Implementing an EIGRP-Based Solution
  • Implementing EIGRP
  • Troubleshooting EIGRP
  • Implementing EIGRP for IPv6

Implementing a Scalable OSPF-Based Solution
  • Implementing OSPF
  • Multiarea OSPF IPv4 Implementation
  • Troubleshooting Multiarea OSPF
  • Examining OSPFv3

Network Device Management
  • Configuring Network Devices to Support Network Management Protocols
  • Managing Cisco Devices
  • Licensing

Prerequisite Knowledge

  • Basic computer literacy
  • Basic PC operating system navigation skills
  • Basic Internet usage skills
  • Basic IP address knowledge

Training Availability and Pricing

Associated certifications