CCNP Online Training Course Content

ROUTE
Introduction to Router and Routing Protocols:

  • Static Routing, Dynamic Routing, Default Routing
  • IP Addressing, Summarization (Auto and Manual)

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

  • EIGRP Features, EIGRP Update Process
  • Configuration and Verification of EIGRP Tables
  • EQUAL and UNEQUAL Metric Route Load Sharing
  • Summarization, EIGRP Metric Tuning
  • Manipulating Hello and Hold Timer, Static Neighbor configuration
  • Passive Interfaces, Authentication
  • Neighbor ship over WAN, EIGRP Stub features
  • Default Route with EIGRP
  • Route Filtering by using ACL, IP Prefix-list and Route-Map

OPEN SHORTEST PATH FIRST

  • OSPF Link State Features, Packet Types
  • OSPF Neighbors and Adjacencies on LAN and WAN
  • LSA TYPES, OSPF Metric Calculation and Tuning
  • OSPF Network Types (Point-to-Point, BMA, NBMA)
  • OSPF Configuration and Verification, Route Filtering
  • Route Summarization, Default Route in OSPF
  • Special Areas (Stub, Totally Stubby, NSSA, Totally NSSA)
  • OSPF Virtual Link with Authentication / No Authentication
  • Manipulating Hello and Dead Intervals

Route Redistribution

  • Redistribution Concepts and Process
  • Redistributing into EIGRP / OSPF / RIP

Advance Redistribution:

  • Redistribution with Route-Map / Distribute-list
  • Issues with Multiple Redistribution Points

BORDER GATEWAY PROTOCOL

  • Basics of Internet Routing and Addressing
  • Internet Route Aggregation, BGP ASNs (Public and Private ASNs)
  • Single Homed, Dual Homed, Single Multi homed, Dual Multi homed
  • Internal BGP: Next-hop Issue with IBGP, Split-Horizon, IBGP Mesh
  • Clearing BGP Peers (Inbound and Outbound Filtering)
  • IBGP Neighbors with Loopback Address
  • External BGP: ebgp Neighbors with Loopback Address
  • BGP Update Messages and BGP States
  • Effect of Auto Summarization in BGP
  • BGP Path Attributes: Weight, Local Preference, As-path Pre-pend
  • Origin Codes, Multi Exit Discriminator

BGP Route Filtering and BGP PATH Selection Process
SWITCH
Enterprise Campus Network Design

  • Hierarchical Network Design
  • Layer 2 Switch Operation
  • Multi Layer Switch Operation, Types of Multi Layer Switch
  • Switching Tables: CAM / TCAM
  • Ethernet Concepts: Ethernet / Fast Ethernet / Gigabit Ethernet
    • 10 Gigabit Ethernet / Metro Ethernet
  • Switch Port Cables and Connectors
  • Switch Port Configuration: Port Speed & Port Duplex Mode
  • VLAN and TRUNKS: VLAN Membership and Deployment
    • Trunk Encapsulation (ISL/Dot1q), DTP
  • VLAN Trunking Protocol: VTP Domain / Modes / Advertisement
    • VTP Version and VTP Pruning

Aggregating Switch Link

  • Switch Port Aggregating with Ether Channel
  • Ether Channel Load Balancing
  • Ether Channel Negotiation Protocol (PAgP, LACP)

Spanning Tree Protocol

  • STP Concept, BPDU (CBPDU, TCN BPDU)
  • STP States, STP Timers
  • Types of STP: CST/PVST /PVST+
  • STP Root Bridge Placement and Configuration
  • STP Customization, Modifying STP Timers
  • PORTFAST / UPLINKFAST / BACKBONEFAST
  • Protecting STP: ROOTGUARD / BPDUGUARD / LOOPGUARD/UDLD

Advance Spanning Tree Protocol

  • Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol:
    • BPDU & Convergence in RSTP
  • Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol:
    • MST Region, Instances with MST

MULTI LAYER SWITCH

  • Type of Interfaces in MLS
  • Inter VLAN Routing in MLS
  • Multi Layer Switching with CEF

Layer 3 High Availability

  • HSRP / VRRP / GLBP
  • Supervisor and Route Processor Redundancy
  • Configuring Redundancy Modes & Supervisor Synchronization

Non Stop Forwarding