Cisco CCNP Enterprise - 350-401-ENCOR - FastTrack

Enterprise Network Design & Management: A Comprehensive Guide

This course provides a deep dive into modern enterprise network design, implementation, and management, covering key technologies and best practices.

Network Design Principles

• Enterprise Network Architecture: Understand core concepts of enterprise network design, including Tier 2 and Tier 3 architectures, and fabric capacity planning for scalability and performance.
• High Availability: Implement robust high availability techniques using redundancy, FHRP (First Hop Redundancy Protocol), and SSO (Session and Session Border Controller) to ensure network uptime.

WLAN Deployment & Management

• Wireless LAN (WLAN) Design: Analyze design principles for effective WLAN deployments.
• Wireless Deployment Models: Explore various wireless deployment models, including centralized, distributed, controller-less, controller-based, cloud, and remote branch architectures.
• Location Services: Implement location services within a WLAN design for enhanced security and analytics.

On-Premises vs. Cloud Infrastructure

• Infrastructure Deployment: Differentiate between on-premises and cloud infrastructure deployments, evaluating the pros and cons of each.

Cisco SD-WAN Solution

• SD-WAN Fundamentals: Explain the working principles of the Cisco SD-WAN solution, including the roles of the SD-WAN control plane and data plane.
• SD-WAN vs. Traditional WAN: Compare and contrast traditional WAN solutions with the benefits of SD-WAN.

Cisco SD-Access Solution

• SD-Access Architecture: Understand the working principles of the Cisco SD-Access solution, including the SD-Access control plane and data plane.
• SD-Access Interoperability: Explore how traditional campus networks can integrate with SD-Access.

Quality of Service (QoS)

• Wired & Wireless QoS: Master wired and wireless QoS concepts.
• QoS Components & Policies: Understand QoS components and how to create effective QoS policies for optimal network performance.

Switching Mechanisms

• Hardware vs. Software Switching: Differentiate between hardware and software switching mechanisms.
• Cisco Switching Processes: Learn about the process and CEF (Cisco Express Forwarding).
• MAC Address Tables & TCAM: Understand MAC address tables and TCAM (Ternary Content Addressable Memory).
• FIB vs. RIB: Differentiate between the FIB (Forwarding Information Base) and RIB (Routing Information Base).

Virtualization Technologies

• Device Virtualization: Describe device virtualization technologies, including Hypervisor Type 1 and Type 2, and Virtual Machines.
• Virtual Switching: Implement virtual switching solutions.
• Data Path Virtualization: Configure and verify data path virtualization technologies such as VRF (Virtual Routing and Forwarding), GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation), and IPsec tunneling.
• Network Virtualization Concepts: Explore advanced network virtualization concepts like LISP (Locator/ID Address Service) and VXLAN (Virtual Extensible LAN).

Layer 2 Networking

• Trunking Protocols: Troubleshoot static and dynamic 802.1q trunking protocols.
• EtherChannel Configuration: Troubleshoot static and dynamic EtherChannels.
• Spanning Tree Protocols: Configure and verify common Spanning Tree Protocols (RSTP and MST).

Layer 3 Networking

• Routing Protocols: Compare EIGRP (Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol) and OSPF (Open Shortest Path First), focusing on advanced concepts like distance vector vs. link state, load balancing, path selection, and path operations.
• OSPF Configuration: Configure and verify simple OSPF environments, including multiple normal areas, summarization, and filtering.
• eBGP Configuration: Configure and verify eBGP (External Border Gateway Protocol) between directly connected neighbors, understanding the best path selection algorithm and neighbor relationships.

Wireless Networking

• Layer 1 Concepts: Describe fundamental Layer 1 concepts, including RF power, RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator), SNR (Signal-to-Noise Ratio), interference noise, band and channels, and wireless client device capabilities.
• Access Point Modes & Antenna Types: Describe different AP modes and antenna types.