ENCOR Cisco CCNP Enterprise 350-401 Exam Question Sim ENCOR

Implementing Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR 350-401): Master Enterprise Networking

Prepare for the CCNP Enterprise and CCIE Enterprise certifications with comprehensive training on Cisco ENCOR 350-401. This 120-minute exam assesses your expertise in implementing core enterprise network technologies, encompassing architecture, virtualization, infrastructure, network assurance, security, and automation.

Key Exam Topics:

1. Architecture:

• Enterprise Network Design: Understand and apply design principles for various network tiers (Tier 2, Tier 3) and fabric capacity planning.
• High Availability: Implement robust high availability techniques including redundancy, FHRP (First Hop Redundancy Protocols), and SSO (Seamless SSO).
• WLAN Deployment: Analyze design principles for WLAN deployments, covering models like centralized, distributed, controller-less, controller-based, cloud, and remote branch.
• Location Services: Implement location services within a WLAN design.
• On-Premises vs. Cloud: Differentiate between on-premises and cloud infrastructure deployments.
• Cisco SD-WAN: Explain the working principles of Cisco SD-WAN, including control and data plane elements, and compare it with traditional WAN solutions.
• Cisco SD-Access: Understand the working principles of Cisco SD-Access, including control and data plane elements, and its integration with traditional campus networks.
• QoS (Quality of Service): Describe concepts of wired and wireless QoS, including components and policy implementation.
• Switching Mechanisms: Differentiate between hardware and software switching mechanisms, including CEF (Cisco Express Forwarding), process, MAC address tables, and TCAM (Ternary Content Addressable Memory).

2. Virtualization:

• Device Virtualization: Describe device virtualization technologies, including hypervisor types (Type 1 & 2), virtual machines, and virtual switching.
• Data Path Virtualization: Configure and verify data path virtualization technologies like VRF (Virtual Routing and Forwarding), GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation), and IPsec tunneling.
• Network Virtualization: Describe network virtualization concepts such as LISP (Locator/ID Separation Protocol) and VXLAN (Virtual Extensible LAN).

3. Infrastructure:

• Layer 2 Networking: Troubleshoot static and dynamic 802.1q trunking protocols and EtherChannel configurations. Configure and verify Spanning Tree Protocols (RSTP & MST).
• Layer 3 Networking: Compare routing concepts of EIGRP and OSPF, including advanced distance vector vs. linked-state, load balancing, path selection, and metrics. Configure and verify OSPF environments (multiple areas, summarization, filtering) and eBGP (external BGP).
• Wireless Networking: Describe Layer 1 concepts (RF power, RSSI, SNR, interference), AP modes and antenna types, AP discovery and join processes, Layer 2 & 3 roaming principles, and troubleshoot WLAN connectivity issues.
• IP Services: Describe NTP (Network Time Protocol), configure NAT/PAT (Network Address Translation/Port Address Translation), configure first hop redundancy protocols (HSRP & VRRP), and understand multicast protocols (PIM & IGMP v2/v3).

4. Network Assurance:

• Network Troubleshooting: Diagnose network problems using tools like debugs, conditional debugs, traceroute, ping, SNMP, and syslog.
• Device Monitoring: Configure and verify device monitoring using syslog for remote logging.
• NetFlow & Flexible NetFlow: Configure and verify NetFlow and Flexible NetFlow.
• SPAN/RSPAN/ERSPAN: Configure and verify SPAN/RSPAN/ERSPAN for network monitoring.
• IPSLA (Integrated Performance Solution): Configure and verify IPSLA.
• Cisco DNA Center Workflows: Describe Cisco DNA Center workflows for network configuration, monitoring, and management.
• NETCONF & RESTCONF: Configure and verify NETCONF and RESTCONF.

5. Security:

• Device Access Control: Configure and verify device access control using lines, password protection, and AAA (Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting).
• Infrastructure Security: Configure and verify infrastructure security features like ACLs (Access Control Lists) and CoPP (Control Plane Policing).
• REST API Security: Describe REST API security.

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