CCNP Training Course

  Module-1 Implementing Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies v1.0 (350-401)
Part-1 Architecture 
·       Lecture-1 Explain the different design principles used in an enterprise network

·       Enterprise network design such as Tier 2, Tier 3, and Fabric Capacity planning

·       High availability techniques such as redundancy, FHRP, and SSO

·       Analyze design principles of a WLAN deployment

·       Lecture-2 Analyze design principles of a WLAN deployment

·       Wireless deployment models (centralized, distributed, controller-less, controller based, cloud, remote branch)

·       Location services in a WLAN design

·       Differentiate between on-premises and cloud infrastructure deployments

·       Lecture-3 Explain the working principles of the Cisco SD-WAN solution

·       SD-WAN control and data planes elements

·       Traditional WAN and SD-WAN solutions

·       Lecture-4 Explain the working principles of the Cisco SD-Access solution

·       SD-Access control and data planes elements

·       Traditional campus interoperating with SD-Access

·       Lecture-5 Describe concepts of wired and wireless QoS

·       QoS components

·       QoS policy

·       Lecture-6 Differentiate hardware and software switching mechanisms

·       Process and CEF

·       MAC address table and TCAM

·       FIB vs. RIB

Part-2 Virtualization 
·       Lecture-7 Describe device virtualization technologies

·       Hypervisor type 1 and 2

·       Virtual machine

·       Virtual switching

·       Lecture-8 Configure and verify data path virtualization technologies

·       VRF

·       GRE and IPsec tunneling

·       Lecture-9 Describe network virtualization concepts

·       LISP

·       VXLAN

Part-3 Infrastructure 
·       Lecture-10 Layer 2

·       Troubleshoot static and dynamic 802.1q trunking protocols

·       Troubleshoot static and dynamic EtherChannels

·       Configure and verify common Spanning Tree Protocols (RSTP and MST)

·       Lecture-11 Layer 3

·       Compare routing concepts of EIGRP and OSPF (advanced distance vector vs. linked state, load balancing, path selection, path operations, metrics)

·       Configure and verify simple OSPF environments, including multiple normal areas, summarization, and filtering (neighbor adjacency, point-to-point and broadcast network types, and passive interface)

·       Configure and verify eBGP between directly connected neighbors (best path selection algorithm and neighbor relationships)

·       Lecture-12 Wireless

·       Describe Layer 1 concepts, such as RF power, RSSI, SNR, interference noise,band and channels, and wireless client devices capabilities

·       Describe AP modes and antenna types

·       Describe access point discovery and join process (discovery algorithms, WLC selection process)

·       Describe the main principles and use cases for Layer 2 and Layer 3 roaming

·       Troubleshoot WLAN configuration and wireless client connectivity issues

·       Lecture-13 IPsa Services

·       Describe Network Time Protocol (NTP)

·       Configure and verify NAT/PAT

·       Configure first hop redundancy protocols, such as HSRP and VRRP

·       Describe multicast protocols, such as PIM and IGMP v2/v3

Part-4 Network Insurance 
·       Lecture-14 Diagnose network problems using tools such as debugs, conditional debugs, trace route,ping, SNMP, and syslog

·       Lecture-15 Configure and verify device monitoring using syslog for remote logging

·       Lecture-16 Configure and verify NetFlow and Flexible NetFlow

·       Lecture-17 Configure and verify SPAN/RSPAN/ERSPAN

·       Lecture-18 Configure and verify IPSLA

·       Lecture-19 Describe Cisco DNA Center workflows to apply network configuration, monitoring, and management

·       Lecture-20 Configure and verify NETCONF and RESTCONF

Part-5 Security 
·       Lecture-21 Configure and verify device access control

·       Lines and password protection

·       Authentication and authorization using AAA

·       Lecture-22 Configure and verify infrastructure security features

·       ACLs

·       CoPP

·       Describe REST API security

·       Lecture-23 Configure and verify wireless security features

·       EAP

·       WebAuth

·       PSK

·       Lecture-24 Describe the components of network security design

·       Threat defense

·       Endpoint security

·       Next-generation firewall

·       TrustSec, MACsec

·       Network access control with 802.1X, MAB, and WebAuth

Part-6 Automation 
·       Lecture-25 Construct valid JSON encoded file

·       Lecture-26 Describe the high-level principles and benefits of a data modeling language, such as YANG

·       Lecture-27 Describe APIs for Cisco DNA Center and vManage

·       Lecture-28 Interpret REST API response codes and results in payload using Cisco DNA Center and RESTCONF

·       Lecture-29 Construct EEM applet to automate configuration, troubleshooting, or data collection

·       Lecture-30 Compare agent vs. agentless orchestration tools, such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, and SaltStack

  Module-2 Choose any One Specialisation
Any one Specialisation 
·      Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services v1.0 (300-410)           

·      Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Solutions v1.0 (300-415)

·      Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks v1.0 (300-420)     

·      Designing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks v1.0 (300-425)   

·      Implementing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks v1.0 (300-430)         

·      Automating and Programming Cisco Enterprise Solutions v1.0 (300-435)


Specialisation 1 Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing & Services v1.0 (300-410)
Part-1 Layer 3 technologies 
·       Lecture-1 Troubleshoot administrative distance (all routing protocols)

·       Lecture-2 Troubleshoot route map for any routing protocol (attributes, tagging, filtering)

·       Lecture-3 Troubleshoot loop prevention mechanisms (filtering, tagging, split horizon, route poisoning)

·       Lecture-4 Troubleshoot redistribution between any routing protocols or routing sources

·       Lecture-5 Troubleshoot manual and auto-summarization with any routing protocol

·       Lecture-6 Configure and verify policy-based routing

·       Lecture-7 Configure and verify VRF-Lite

·       Lecture-8 Describe Bidirectional Forwarding Detection

·       Lecture-9 Troubleshoot EIGRP (classic and named mode)

·       Address families (IPv4, IPv6)

·       Neighbor relationship and authentication

·       Loop-free path selections (RD, FD, FC, successor, feasible successor, stuck in active)

·       Stubs

·       Load balancing (equal and unequal cost)

·       Metrics

·       Lecture-10 Troubleshoot OSPF (v2/v3)

·       Address families (IPv4, IPv6)

·       Neighbor relationship and authentication

·       Network types, area types, and router types

·       Point-to-point, multipoint, broadcast, nonbroadcast

·       Area type: backbone, normal, transit, stub, NSSA, totally stub

·       Internal router, backbone router, ABR, ASBR

·       Virtual link

·       Path preference

·       Lecture-11 Troubleshoot BGP (Internal and External)

·       Address families (IPv4, IPv6)

·       Neighbor relationship and authentication (next-hop, mulithop, 4-byte AS, private AS, route refresh, synchronization, operation, peer group, states and timers)

·       Path preference (attributes and best-path)

·       Route reflector (excluding multiple route reflectors, confederations, dynamic peer)

·       Policies (inbound/outbound filtering, path manipulation)

Part-2 VPN Technologies 
·       Lecture-12 Describe MPLS operations (LSR, LDP, label switching, LSP)

·       Lecture-13 Describe MPLS Layer 3 VPN

·       Lecture-14 Configure and verify DMVPN (single hub)

·       GRE/mGRE

·       NHRP

·       IPsec

·       Dynamic neighbor

·       Spoke-to-spoke

Part-3 Infrastructure Services 
·       Lecture-15 Troubleshoot device management

·       Console and VTY

·       Telnet, HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, SCP

·       (T)FTP

·       Lecture-16 Troubleshoot SNMP (v2c, v3)

·       Lecture-17 Troubleshoot network problems using logging (local, syslog, debugs, conditional debugs, timestamps)

·       Lecture-18 Troubleshoot IPv4 and IPv6 DHCP (DHCP client, IOS DHCP server, DHCP relay, DHCP options)

·       Lecture-19 Troubleshoot network performance issues using IP SLA (jitter, tracking objects, delay, connectivity)

·       Lecture-201Troubleshoot NetFlow (v5, v9, flexible NetFlow)

·       Lecture-21 Troubleshoot network problems using Cisco DNA Center assurance (connectivity,monitoring, device health, network health)
Specialisation 2 Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Solutions v1.0 (300-415)
Part-1 Infrastructure Services 
·       Lecture-1 Describe Cisco SD-WAN Architecture and Components

·       Orchestration plane (vBond, NAT)

·       Management plane (vManage)

·       Control plane (vSmart, OMP)

·       Data plane (vEdge)

·       TLOC

·       IPsec

·       vRoute

·       BFD

·       Lecture-2 Describe WAN Edge platform types, capabilities (vEdges, cEdges)

Part-2 Controller Deployment 
·       Lecture-3 Describe controller cloud deployment

·       Lecture-4 Describe Controller on-Prem Deployment

·       Hosting platform (KVM/Hypervisor)

·       Installing controllers

·       Scalability and redundancy

·       Lecture-5 Configure and verify certificates and whitelisting

·       Lecture-6 Troubleshoot control-plane connectivity between controllers

Part-3 Router Deployment 
·       Lecture- 7 Describe WAN Edge deployment

·       On-boarding

·       Orchestration with zero-touch provisioning/plug-and-play

·       Single/multi data center/regional hub deployments

·       Lecture-8 Configure and verify SD-WAN data plane

·       Circuit termination/TLOC-extension

·       Underlay-overlay connectivity

·       Lecture-9 Configure and verify OMP

·       Lecture-10 Configure and verify TLOCs

·       Lecture-11 Configure and verify CLI and vManage feature configuration templates

·       VRRP

·       OSPF

·       BGP

Part-4 Policies 
·       Lecture-12 Configure and verify control policies

·       Lecture-13 Configure and verify data policies

·       Configure and verify end-to-end segmentation

·       VPN segmentation

·       Topologies

·       Lecture-14 Configure and verify SD-WAN application-aware routing

·       Lecture-15 Configure and verify direct Internet access

Part-5 Security and Quality of Service 
·       Lecture-16 Configure and verify service insertion

·       Lecture-17 Describe application-aware firewall

·       Lecture-18 Configure and verify QoS treatment on WAN edge routers

·       Scheduling

·       Queuing

·       Shaping

·       Policing

Part-6 Management and Operations 
·       Lecture-19 Describe monitoring and reporting from vManage

·       Lecture-20 Configure and verify monitoring and reporting

·       Lecture-21 Describe REST API monitoring

·       Lecture-22 Describe software upgrade from vManage


Specialisation-3 Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks v1.0 (300-420)
Part-1 Advanced Addressing and Routing Solutions 
·       Lecture-1 Create structured addressing plans for IPv4 and IPv6

·       Lecture-2 Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for IS-IS

·       Lecture-3 Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for EIGRP

·       Lecture-4 Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for OSPF

·       Lecture-5 Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for BGP

·       Address families

·       Basic route filtering

·       Attributes for path preference

·       Route reflectors

·       Load sharing

·       Lecture-6 Determine IPv6 migration strategies

·       Overlay (tunneling)

·       Native (dual-stacking)

·       Boundaries (IPv4/IPv6 translations)

Part-2 Advanced Enterprise Campus Networks 
·       Lecture-7 Design campus networks for high availability

·       First Hop Redundancy Protocols

·       Platform abstraction techniques

·       Graceful restart

·       BFD

·       Lecture-8 Design campus Layer 2 infrastructures

·       STP scalability

·       Fast convergence

·       Loop-free technologies

·       PoE and WoL

·       Lecture-9 Design multicampus Layer 3 infrastructures

·       Convergence

·       Load sharing

·       Route summarization

·       Route filtering

·       VRFs

·       Optimal topologies

·       Redistribution

·       Lecture-10 Describe SD-Access Architecture (underlay, overlay, control and data plane, automation, wireless, and security)

·       Lecture-11 Describe SD-Access fabric design considerations for wired and wireless access (overlay, fabric design, control plan design, border design, segmentation, virtual networks, scalability, over the top and fabric for wireless, multicast)

Part-3 WAN for Enterprise Networks 
·       Lecture- 12 Compare WAN connectivity options

·       Layer 2 VPN

·       MPLS Layer 3 VPN

·       Metro Ethernet

·       DWDM

·       4G/5G

·       SD-WAN customer edge

·       Lecture-13 Design site-to-site VPN

·       Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN)

·       Layer 2 VPN

·       MPLS Layer 3 VPN

·       IPsec

·       Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)

·       Group Encrypted Transport VPN (GET VPN)

·       Lecture-14 Design high availability for enterprise WAN

·       Single-homed

·       Multihomed

·       Backup connectivity

·       Failover

·       Lecture-15 Describe Cisco SD-WAN Architecture (orchestration plane, management plane, control plane, data plane, on-boarding and provisioning, security)

·       Lecture-16 Describe Cisco SD-WAN design considerations (control plane design, overlay design, LAN design, high availability, redundancy, scalability, security design, QoS and multicast over SD-WAN fabric)

Part-4 Network Services 
·       Lecture-17 Select appropriate QoS strategies to meet customer requirements (DiffServ, IntServ)

·       Lecture-18 Design end-to-end QoS policies

·       Classification and marking

·       Shaping

·       Policing

·       Queuing

·       Lecture-19 Design network management techniques

·       In-band vs. out-of-band

·       Segmented management networks

·       Prioritizing network management traffic

·       Describe multicast routing concepts (source trees, shared trees, RPF, rendezvous points)

·       Design multicast services (SSM, PIM bidirectional, MSDP)

Part-5 Automation 
·       Lecture-20 Choose the correct YANG data model set based on requirements

·       Lecture-21 Differentiate between IETF, Openconfig, and Cisco native YANG models

·       Lecture-22 Differentiate between NETCONF and RESTCONF

·       Lecture-23 Describe the impact of model-driven telemetry on the network

·       Periodic publication

·       On-change publication

·       Lecture-24 Compare dial-in and dial-out approaches to model-driven telemetry


Specialisation 4 Designing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks v1.0 (300-425)
Part-1 Wireless Site Survey 
·       Lecture-1 Collect design requirements and evaluate constraints

·       Client density

·       Real time applications

·       AP type

·       Deployment type (data, location, voice, video)

·       Security

·       Lecture-2 Describe material attenuation and its effect on wireless design

·       Lecture-3 Perform and analyze a Layer 1 site survey

·       Lecture-4 Perform a pre-deployment site survey

·       Lecture-5 Perform a post deployment site survey

·       Lecture-6 Perform a predictive site survey

·       Lecture-7 Utilize planning tools and evaluate key network metrics (Ekahau, AirMagnet, PI, Chanalyzer, Spectrum Analyzer)

Part-2 Wired and Wireless Infrastructure 
·       Lecture-8 Determine physical infrastructure requirements such as AP power, cabling, switch port capacity, mounting, and grounding

·       Lecture-9 Determine logical infrastructure requirements such as WLC/AP licensing requirements based on the type of wireless architecture

·       Lecture-10 Design radio management

·       RRM

·       RF profiles

·       RxSOP

·       Lecture-11 Apply design requirements for these types of wireless networks

·       Data

·       Voice and video

·       Location

·       Hyperlocation

·       Lecture-12 Design high-density wireless networks and their associated components (campus,lecture halls, conference rooms)

·       Lecture-13 Design wireless bridging (mesh)

·       Modes of operation

·       Ethernet bridging

·       WGB and roaming

·       Lecture-14 Mobility

·       Design mobility groups based on mobility roles

·       Optimize client roaming

·       Validate mobility tunneling for data and control path

Part-3 Mobility 
·       Lecture-15 Design high availability for controllers

·       Network availability through LAG

·       Stateful Switchover (SSO)

·       Anchor controller priority and redundancy

·       Lecture-16 Design high availability for APs

·       AP prioritization

·       Fall-back (assigning primary, secondary, and tertiary)


Specialisation 5 Implementing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks v1.0 (300-430)
Part-1 Flex Connect 
·       Lecture-1 Deploy FlexConnect components such as switching and operating modes

·       Lecture-2 Deploy FlexConnect capabilities

·       FlexConnect groups and roaming

·       Split tunneling and fault tolerance

·       VLAN-based central switching and Flex ACL

·       Smart AP image upgrade

·       Lecture-3 Implement Office Extend

Part-2 QoS on a Wireless Network 
·       Lecture-4 Implement QoS schemes based on requirements including wired to wireless mapping

·       Lecture-5 Implement QoS for wireless clients

·       Lecture-6 Implement AVC including Fastlane (only on WLC)

Part-3 Multicast 
·       Lecture-7 Implement multicast components

·       Lecture-8 Describe how multicast can affect wireless networks

·       Lecture-9 Implement multicast on a WLAN

·       Lecture-10 Implement mDNS

·       Lecture-11 Implement Multicast Direct

Part-4 Location Services 
·       Lecture-12 Deploy MSE and CMX on a wireless network

·       Lecture-13 Implement location services

·       client tracking

·       RFID tags (tracking only)

·       Interferers

·       Rogue Aps

·       Clients

Part-5 Advanced Location Services 
·       Lecture-14 Implement CMX components

·       Detect and locate

·       Analytics

·       Presence services

·       Lecture-15 Implement location-aware guest services using custom portal and Facebook Wi-Fi

·       Lecture-16 Troubleshoot location accuracy using Cisco Hyperlocation

·       Lecture-17 Troubleshoot CMX high availability

·       Lecture-15 Implement wIPS using MSE

Part-6 Security for Wireless Client Connectivity 
·       Lecture-16 Configure client profiling on WLC and ISE

·       Lecture-17 Implement BYOD and guest

·       CWA using ISE (including self-registration portal)

·       LWA using ISE or WLC

·       Native supplicant provisioning using ISE

·       Certificate provisioning on the controller

·       Lecture-18 Implement 802.1X and AAA on different wireless architectures and ISE

·       Lecture-19 Implement Identity-Based Networking on different wireless architectures (VLANs, QoS,ACLs)

Part-7 Monitoring 
·       Lecture-20 Utilize reports on PI and Cisco DNA center

·       Lecture-21 Manage alarms and rogues (APs and clients)

·       WLC

·       PI

·       Cisco DNA center

·       Lecture-22 Manage RF interferers

·       WLC

·       PI

·       Cisco DNA center

·       Lecture-23 Troubleshoot client connectivity

·       WLC

·       ISE

·       PI

·       Cisco DNA center

Part-8 Device Hardening 
·       Lecture-24 Implement device access controls (including RADIUS and TACACS+)

·       Lecture-25 Implement access point authentication (including 802.1X)

·       Lecture-26 Implement CPU ACLs on the controller


Specialisation 6 Automating and Programming Cisco Enterprise Solutions v1.0 (300-435)
Part-1 Network Programmability Foundation 
·       Lecture-1 Utilize common version control operations with git (add, clone, push, commit, diff, branching, merging conflict)

·       Lecture-2 Describe characteristics of API styles (REST and RPC)

·       Lecture-3 Describe the challenges encountered and patterns used when consuming APIs synchronously and asynchronously

·       Lecture-4 Interpret Python scripts containing data types, functions, classes, conditions, and looping

·       Lecture-5 Describe the benefits of Python virtual environments

·       Lecture-6 Explain the benefits of using network configuration tools such as Ansible and Puppet for automating IOS XE platforms

Part-2 Automate APIs and Protocols 
·       Lecture-7 Identify the JSON instance based on a YANG model

·       Lecture-8 Identify the XML instance based on a YANG model

·       Lecture-9 Interpret a YANG module tree generated per RFC8340

·       Lecture-10 Compare functionality, benefits, and uses of OpenConfig, IETF, and native YANG models

·       Lecture-11 Compare functionality, benefits, and uses of NETCONF and RESTCONF

Part-3 Network Device Programmability 
·       Lecture-12 Implement device management and monitoring using NetMiko

·       Lecture-13 Construct a Python script using ncclient that uses NETCONF to manage and monitor an IOS XE device

·       Lecture-14 Configure device using RESTCONF API utilizing Python requests library

·       Lecture-15 Utilize Ansible to configure an IOS XE device

·       Lecture-16 Configure a subscription for model driven telemetry on an IOS XE device (CLI, NETCONF, and RESTCONF)

·       Lecture-17 Compare publication and subscription telemetry models

·       Periodic / cadence

·       On-change

·       Lecture-18 Describe the benefits and usage of telemetry data in troubleshooting the network

·       Lecture-19 Describe Day 0 provisioning methods

·       iPXE

·       PnP

·       ZTP

Part-4 Cisco DNA Center 
·       Lecture-20 Compare traditional versus software-defined networks

·       Lecture-21 Describe the features and capabilities of Cisco DNA Center

·       Network assurance APIs

·       Intent APIs

·       Multivendor support (3rd party SDKs)

·       Events and notifications

·       Lecture-22 Implement Cisco DNA Center event outbound webhooks

·       Lecture-23 Implement API requests for Cisco DNA Center to accomplish network management tasks

·       Intent APIs

·       Command Runner APIs

·       Site APIs

·       Lecture-24 Implement API requests for Cisco DNA Center to accomplish network management tasks using these APIs

·       Network discovery and device APIs

·       Template APIs (Apply a template)

·       Lecture-25 Troubleshoot Cisco DNA Center automation process using Intent APIs

Part-5 Cisco SD-WAN 
·       Lecture-26 Describe features and capabilities of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Certificate Management APIs

·       Lecture-27 Implement a Python script to perform API requests for Cisco SD-WAN vManage Device Inventory APIs to retrieve and display data

·       Lecture-28 Construct API requests for Cisco SD-WAN vManage Administration APIs

·       Lecture-29 Implement a Python script to perform API requests for Cisco SD-WAN vManage Configuration APIs to modify Cisco SD-WAN fabric configuration

·       Lecture-30 Construct API requests for Cisco SD-WAN vManage Monitoring APIs (Including real-time)

·       Lecture-31 Troubleshoot a Cisco SD-WAN deployment using vManage APIs

Part-6 Cisco Meraki 
·       Lecture-32Describe features and capabilities of Cisco Meraki

·       Location Scanning APIs

·       MV Sense APIs

·       External Captive Portal APIs

·       WebHook Alert APIs

·       Lecture-33 Create a network using Cisco Meraki APIs

·       Lecture-34 Configure a network using Cisco Meraki APIs

·       Lecture-35 Implement a Python script for Cisco Meraki Alert WebHooks