Cisco Courses

Describe network fundamentals and build simple LANs

Understand routing operations and configuration

Manage network device security

Expand small to medium-sized networks with WAN connectivity

Demonstrate IPv4 and IPv6 basics

Implement routing and switching protocols in data center environment

Implement overlay networks in data center

Introduce high-level Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) concepts and Cisco Virtual Machine manager (VMM) domain integration

Describe Cisco Cloud Service and deployment models

Implement Fibre Channel fabric

Implement Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) unified fabric

Implement security features in data center

Implement software management and infrastructure monitoring

Implement Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect and Server abstraction

Implement SAN connectivity for Cisco UCS

Describe Cisco HyperFlex infrastructure concepts and benefits

Implement Cisco automation and scripting tools in data center

Evaluate automation and orchestration technologies

Configure classic Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) and named EIGRP for IPv4 and IPv6

Optimize classic EIGRP and named EIGRP for IPv4 and IPv6

Troubleshoot classic EIGRP and named EIGRP for IPv4 and IPv6

Configure Open Shortest Path First version 2 (OSPFv2) and OSPFv3 in IPv4 and IPv6 environments

Optimize OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 behavior

Troubleshoot OSPFv2 for IPv4 and OSPFv3 for IPv4 and IPv6

Implement route redistribution using filtering mechanisms

Troubleshoot redistribution

Implement path control using policy-based routing (PBR) and IP service level agreement (SLA)

Configure Multiprotocol-Border Gateway Protocol (MP-BGP) in IPv4 and IPv6 environments

Optimize MP-BGP in IPv4 and IPv6 environments

Troubleshoot MP-BGP for IPv4 and IPv6

Describe the features of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)

Describe the major architectural components of an MPLS VPN

Identify the routing and packet forwarding functionalities for MPLS VPNs

Explain how packets are forwarded in an MPLS VPN environment

Implement Cisco IOS Dynamic Multipoint VPNs (DMVPNs)

Implement DHCP

Describe the tools available to secure the IPV6 first hop

Troubleshoot Cisco router security features

Troubleshoot infrastructure security and services

Explain how a SOC operates and describe the different types of services that are performed from a Tier 1 SOC analyst’s perspective

Explain Network Security Monitoring (NSM) tools that are available to the network security analyst

Explain the data that is available to the network security analyst

Describe the basic concepts and uses of cryptography

Describe security flaws in the TCP/IP protocol and how they can be used to attack networks and hosts

Understand common endpoint security technologies

Understand the kill chain and the diamond models for incident investigations, and the use of exploit kits by threat actors

Identify resources for hunting cyber threats

Explain the need for event data normalization and event correlation

Identify the common attack vectors

Identify malicious activities

Identify patterns of suspicious behaviors

Conduct security incident investigations

Explain the use of a typical playbook in the SOC

Explain the use of SOC metrics to measure the effectiveness of the SOC

Explain the use of a workflow management system and automation to improve the effectiveness of the SOC

Describe a typical incident response plan and the functions of a typical Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)

Explain the use of Vocabulary for Event Recording and Incident Sharing (VERIS) to document security incidents in a standard format

Design Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) internal routing for the enterprise network

Design Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) internal routing for the enterprise network

Design Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) internal routing for the enterprise network

Design a network based on customer requirements

Design Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing for the enterprise network

Describe the different types and uses of Multiprotocol BGP (MP-BGP) address families

Describe BGP load sharing

Design a BGP network based on customer requirements

Decide where the L2/L3 boundary will be in your Campus network and make design decisions

Describe Layer 2 design considerations for Enterprise Campus networks

Design a LAN network based on customer requirements

Describe Layer 3 design considerations in an Enterprise Campus network

Examine Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) fundamental concepts

Describe Cisco SD-Access Fabric Design

Design an SD-Access Campus Fabric based on customer requirements

Design service provider-managed VPNs

Design enterprise-managed VPNs

Design a resilient WAN

Design a resilient WAN network based on customer requirements

Examine the Cisco SD-WAN architecture

Describe Cisco SD-WAN deployment options

Design Cisco SD-WAN redundancy

Explain the basic principles of quality of service (QoS)

Design QoS for the WAN

Design QoS for enterprise network based on customer requirements

Explain the basic principles of multicast

Design rendezvous point distribution solutions

Describe high-level considerations when doing IP addressing design

Create an IPv6 addressing plan

Plan an IPv6 deployment in an existing enterprise IPv4 network

Describe the challenges that you might encounter when transitioning to IPv6

Design an IPv6 addressing plan based on customer requirements

Describe Network APIs and protocols

Describe Yet Another Next Generation (YANG), Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF), and Representational State Transfer Configuration Protocol (RESTCONF)

Define collaboration and describe the main purpose of key devices in a Cisco collaboration on-premise, hybrid, and cloud deployment model

Configure and modify required parameters in Cisco Unified CM including service activation, enterprise parameters, CM groups, time settings, and device pool

Deploy and troubleshoot IP phones via auto registration and manual configuration within Cisco Unified CM

Describe the call setup and teardown process for a SIP device including codec negotiation using Session Description Protocol (SDP) and media channel setup

Manage Cisco Unified CM user accounts (local and via Lightweight Directory Access Protocol [LDAP]) including the role/group, service profile, UC service, and credential policy

Configure dial plan elements within a single site Cisco Unified CM deployment including Route Groups, Local Route Group, Route Lists, Route Patterns, Translation Patterns, Transforms, SIP Trunks, and SIP Route Patterns

Configure Class of Control on Cisco Unified CM to control which devices and lines have access to services

Configure Cisco Unified CM for Cisco Jabber and implement common endpoint features including call park, softkeys, shared lines, and pickup groups

Deploy a simple SIP dial plan on a Cisco Integrated Services Router (Cisco ISR) gateway to enable access to the PSTN network

Manage Cisco UCM access to media resources available within Cisco UCM and Cisco ISR gateways

Describe tools for reporting and maintenance including Unified Reports, Cisco Real-Time Monitoring Tool (RTMT), Disaster Recovery System (DRS), and Call Detail Records (CDRs) within Cisco Unified CM

Describe additional considerations for deploying video endpoints in Cisco Unified CM

Describe the integration of Cisco Unity with Cisco Unified CM and the default call handler

Implement network settings to provide a secure wireless network infrastructure

Troubleshoot security issues as they relate to the wireless network infrastructure

Implement a secure wireless client and troubleshoot wireless client connectivity issues

Implement and troubleshoot quality of service (QoS) in wireless networks

Implement and troubleshoot advanced capabilities in wireless network services

Describe and implement foundational wireless theory

Describe and implement basic wireless security and client access

Describe and implement a Cisco wireless network architecture

Configure Cisco centralized wireless networks

Describe and implement WLAN maintenance and troubleshooting

Articulate the role network automation and programmability play in the context of end-to-end network management and operations

Define and differentiate between waterfall and agile software development methodologies

Interpret and troubleshoot Python scripts with fundamental programming constructs built for network automation use cases

Describe how DevOps principles, tools, and pipelines can be applied to network operations

Understand the role of network automation development environments and associated technologies such as Python virtual environments, Vagrant, and Docker

Understand and construct HTTP-based API calls to network devices

Articulate the differences among and common use cases for XML, JSON, YAML, and Protobuf

Construct and interpret Python scripts using the Python requests module to automate devices that have HTTP-based APIs

Understand the role YANG plays in network automation

Understand that a number of tools exist to simplify working with YANG models

Describe the functionality of RESTCONF and NETCONF and the differences between them

Construct Ansible playbooks to configure network devices and retrieve operational state data from them

Build Jinja2 templates and YAML data structures to generate desired state configurations

Describe the Cisco Collaboration solutions architecture

Compare the IP Phone signaling protocols of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), H323, Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP), and Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP)

Integrate and troubleshoot Cisco Unified Communications Manager with LDAP for user synchronization and user authentication

Implement Cisco Unified Communications Manager provisioning features

Describe the different codecs and how they are used to transform analogue voice into digital streams

Describe a dial plan, and explain call routing in Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Implement Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) access using MGCP gateways

Implement a Cisco gateway for PSTN access

Configure calling privileges in Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Implement toll fraud prevention

Implement globalized call routing within a Cisco Unified Communications Manager cluster

Implement and troubleshoot media resources in Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Describe Cisco Instant Messaging and Presence, including call flows and protocols

Describe and configure endpoints and commonly required features

Configure and troubleshoot Cisco Unity Connection integration

Configure and troubleshoot Cisco Unity Connection call handlers

Describe how Mobile Remote Access (MRA) is used to allow endpoints to work from outside the company

Analyze traffic patterns and quality issues in converged IP networks supporting voice, video, and data traffic

Define QoS and its models

Implement classification and marking

Configure classification and marking options on Cisco Catalyst switches

Describe the foundations of data center networking

Describe Cisco Nexus products and explain the basic Cisco NX-OS functionalities and tools

Describe Layer 3 first-hop redundancy

Describe Cisco Fabric Extender (FEX) connectivity

Describe Ethernet port channels and virtual port channels (vPCs)

Introduce switch virtualization, machine virtualization, and describe network virtualization

Compare storage connectivity options in the data center

Describe Fibre Channel communication between the initiator server and the target storage

Describe Fibre Channel zone types and their uses

Describe N-Port Virtualization (NPV) and N-Port Identifier Virtualization (NPIV)

Describe data center Ethernet enhancements that provide a lossless fabric

Describe Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)

Describe data center server connectivity

Describe Cisco UCS Manager

Describe the purpose and advantages of APIs

Describe Cisco ACI

Describe the basic concepts of cloud computing

Configure Cisco Unity Connection integration

Configure and troubleshoot Cisco Unity Connection and Cisco Unity Connection call handlers

Configure and troubleshoot Cisco Unity Express

Describe SSO for Cisco Unified Communications applications

Describe how Cisco Jabber and Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM&P are integrated with other Cisco or third-party applications

Customize the Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM&P and Cisco Jabber functionality

Configure and troubleshoot chat rooms and message archiving

Troubleshoot Cisco Jabber and Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM&P

Integrate Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced with Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM&P server

Configure call recording and monitoring

Choose the appropriate components and design a scalable, reliable, and intelligent data center

Design data center network connectivity, including Layer 2 switching and Layer 3 forwarding

Design virtual port channel (vPC), Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN), and Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) in customer scenarios

Describe management options in the LAN

Describe hardware virtualization and Fabric Extender (FEX) technologies, including data center infrastructure management and automation options

Design a data center storage network, including Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) options, Hyperconvergence, Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)

Describe the Cisco UCS C-Series and B-Series servers and distinguish among system-integrated stack solutions and management options for Cisco UCS domains

Design authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA), role-based access control (RBAC) and resource parameters for a Cisco UCS domain, including resource pools and policies

Describe information security concepts and strategies within the network

Describe common TCP/IP, network application, and endpoint attacks

Describe how various network security technologies work together to guard against attacks

Implement access control on Cisco ASA appliance and Cisco Firepower Next-Generation Firewall

Describe and implement basic email content security features and functions provided by Cisco Email Security Appliance

Describe and implement web content security features and functions provided by Cisco Web Security Appliance

Describe Cisco Umbrella security capabilities, deployment models, policy management, and Investigate console

Introduce VPNs and describe cryptography solutions and algorithms

Describe Cisco secure site-to-site connectivity solutions and explain how to deploy Cisco IOS Virtual Tunnel Interface (VTI)-based point-to-point IPsec VPNs, and point-to-point IPsec VPN on the Cisco ASA and Cisco Firepower Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)

Describe and deploy Cisco secure remote access connectivity solutions and describe how to configure 802.1x and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) authentication

Provide basic understanding of endpoint security and describe Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints architecture and basic features

Examine various defenses on Cisco devices that protect the control and management plane

Configure and verify Cisco IOS Software Layer 2 and Layer 3 data plane controls

Describe Cisco Stealthwatch Enterprise and Stealthwatch Cloud solutions

Describe basics of cloud computing and common cloud attacks and how to secure cloud environment

Describe network operations and attacks, basic cryptography concepts, and network infrastructure device operations

Describe basic Windows and Linux OS operations, common network applications and attacks, endpoint attacks, and network and endpoint security solutions

Describe security data collection and monitoring, and the common threat models that security operations organizations can reference when performing cybersecurity analysis

Describe Cisco ISE deployments, including core deployment components and how they interact to create a cohesive security architecture. Describe the advantages of such a deployment and how each Cisco ISE capability contributes to these advantages

Describe concepts and configure components related to 802.1x and MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB) authentication, identity management, and certificate services

Describe how Cisco ISE policy sets are used to implement authentication and authorization, and how to leverage this capability to meet the needs of your organization

Describe third-party Network Access Devices (NADs), Cisco TrustSec, and Easy Connect

Describe and configure web authentication, processes, operation, and guest services, including guest access components and various guest access scenarios

Describe and configure Cisco ISE profiling services, and understand how to monitor these services to enhance your situational awareness about network-connected endpoints. Describe best practices for deploying this profiler service in your specific environment

Describe BYOD challenges, solutions, processes, and portals. Configure a BYOD solution, and describe the relationship between BYOD processes and their related configuration components. Describe and configure various certificates related to a BYOD solution

Describe the value of the My Devices portal and how to configure this portal

Describe endpoint compliance, compliance components, posture agents, posture deployment and licensing, and the posture service in Cisco ISE

Describe and configure TACACS+ device administration using Cisco ISE, including command sets, profiles, and policy sets. Understand the role of TACACS+ within the authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) framework and the differences between the RADIUS and TACACS+ protocols

Migrate TACACS+ functionality from Cisco Secure Access Control Server (Cisco Secure ACS) to Cisco ISE, using a migration tool

Introduce site-to-site VPN options available on Cisco routers and firewalls

Introduce remote access VPN options available on Cisco routers and firewalls

Review site-to-site and remote access VPN design options

Review troubleshooting processes for various VPN options available on Cisco routers and firewalls

Describe network fundamentals and build simple LANs

Understand routing operations and configuration

Manage network device security

Expand small to medium-sized networks with WAN connectivity

Demonstrate IPv4 and IPv6 basics