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CCNA Certification Study Guide, Volume 2 (200-301)

(200-301-VOL2.AE1) / ISBN : 978-1-64459-262-5
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About This Course

Get certified for the Cisco CCNA certification exam with the CCNA Certification Study Guide, Volume 2 (200-301) course and lab. The CCNA course and lab cover the CCNA 200-301 exam objectives and provides an understanding of the topics such as access points, controllers (Cisco DNA Center and WLC), endpoints, servers, virtualization fundamentals, Cisco Wireless Architectures, and AP modes, and more.

Skills You’ll Get

A candidate's knowledge and skills required to install, configure, and manage a small to medium-sized network are validated by the Cisco CCNA certification. This certification gives a solid foundation in networking, security, and automation fundamentals. All support technicians involved in the installation, operation, and verification of Cisco networks should take the CCNA 200-301 exam.

Get the support you need. Enroll in our Instructor-Led Course.

Interactive Lessons

25+ Interactive Lessons | 118+ Exercises | 266+ Quizzes | 546+ Flashcards | 546+ Glossary of terms

Gamified TestPrep

49+ Pre Assessment Questions | 2+ Full Length Tests | 99+ Post Assessment Questions | 198+ Practice Test Questions

Hands-On Labs

33+ LiveLab | 34+ Video tutorials | 46+ Minutes

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1

Introduction

  • Cisco’s Network Certifications
  • What Does This Course Cover?
  • CCNA Exam Overview
  • CCNA Certification Exam 200-301 Objectives
2

Network Fundamentals

  • Network Components
  • Next-Generation Firewalls and IPS
  • Network Topology Architectures
  • Physical Interfaces and Cables
  • Ethernet Cabling
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
3

TCP/IP

  • Introducing TCP/IP
  • TCP/IP and the DoD Model
  • IP Addressing
  • IPv4 Address Types
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
4

Easy Subnetting

  • Subnetting Basics
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
5

Troubleshooting IP Addressing

  • Cisco’s Way of Troubleshooting IP
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
6

IP Routing

  • Routing Basics
  • The IP Routing Process
  • Configuring IP Routing
  • Configuring IP Routing in Our Network
  • Dynamic Routing
  • Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
7

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

  • Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Basics
  • Configuring OSPF
  • OSPF and Loopback Interfaces
  • Verifying OSPF Configuration
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
8

Layer 2 Switching

  • Switching Services
  • Configuring Catalyst Switches
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
9

VLANs and Inter-VLAN Routing

  • VLAN Basics
  • Identifying VLANs
  • Routing Between VLANs
  • Configuring VLANs
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
10

Enhanced Switched Technologies

  • Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
  • Types of Spanning-Tree Protocols
  • Modifying and Verifying the Bridge ID
  • Spanning-Tree Failure Consequences
  • PortFast and BPDU Guard
  • EtherChannel
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
11

Access Lists

  • Perimeter, Firewall, and Internal Routers
  • Introduction to Access Lists
  • Standard Access Lists
  • Extended Access Lists
  • Monitoring Access Lists
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
12

Network Address Translation (NAT)

  • When Do We Use NAT?
  • Types of Network Address Translation
  • NAT Names
  • How NAT Works
  • Testing and Troubleshooting NAT
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
13

IP Services

  • Exploring Connected Devices Using CDP and LLDP
  • Network Time Protocol (NTP)
  • SNMP
  • Syslog
  • Secure Shell (SSH)
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
14

Security

  • Network Security Threats
  • Three Primary Network Attacks
  • Network Attacks
  • Security Program Elements
  • Layer 2 Security Features
  • Authentication Methods
  • Managing User Accounts
  • Security Password Policy Elements
  • User-Authentication Methods
  • Setting Passwords
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
15

First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP)

  • Client Redundancy Issues
  • Introducing First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP)
  • Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
16

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

  • Virtual Private Networks
  • GRE Tunnels
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
17

Quality of Service (QoS)

  • Quality of Service
  • Trust Boundary
  • QoS Mechanisms
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
18

Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)

  • Why Do We Need IPv6?
  • The Benefits and Uses of IPv6
  • IPv6 Addressing and Expressions
  • How IPv6 Works in an Internetwork
  • IPv6 Routing Protocols
  • Configuring IPv6 on Our Internetwork
  • Configuring Routing on Our Internetwork
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
19

Troubleshooting IP, IPv6, and VLANs

  • Endpoints
  • Servers
  • IP Config
  • Troubleshooting IP Network Connectivity
  • Troubleshooting IPv6 Network Connectivity
  • Troubleshooting VLAN Connectivity
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
20

Wireless Technologies

  • Wireless Networks
  • Basic Wireless Devices
  • Wireless Principles
  • Nonoverlapping Wi-Fi channels
  • Radio Frequency (RF)
  • Wireless Security
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
21

Configuring Wireless Technologies

  • WLAN Deployment Models
  • Setting Up a Wireless LAN Controller (WLC)
  • Joining Access Points (APs)
  • Wireless LAN Controllers (WLC)
  • WLC Port Types
  • WLC Interface Types
  • AP Modes
  • AP and WLC Management Access Connections
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
22

Virtualization, Automation, and Programmability

  • Virtual Machine Fundamentals
  • Virtualization Components
  • Virtualization Features
  • Virtualization Types
  • Virtualization Solutions
  • Automation Components
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
23

SDN Controllers

  • Traditional Network Monitoring Systems (NMS)
  • Traditional Network Configuration Managers (NCMs)
  • Traditional Networking
  • Introduction to SDN
  • Separating the Control Plane
  • Controller-Based Architectures
  • SDN Network Components
  • DNA Center Overview
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
24

Configuration Management

  • Team Silos
  • DevOps
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Ansible
  • Ansible Tower/AWX
  • Puppet
  • Chef
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials
A

Appendix A: Additional Content

3

TCP/IP

  • Showing Cisco IOS File Systems Configuration on a Router
4

Easy Subnetting

  • Configuring a CIDR-Based IP Network
5

Troubleshooting IP Addressing

  • Viewing the IP Address, Mask, and Default Router Settings on Windows
  • Viewing the IP Address, Mask, and Default Router Settings on Linux
6

IP Routing

  • Using the show ip route Command
7

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

  • Configuring OSPF
8

Layer 2 Switching

  • Using the show Command
  • Implementing Port Security
9

VLANs and Inter-VLAN Routing

  • Configuring Interfaces as Trunk Ports
  • Creating a New VLAN and Placing Switch Ports into that VLAN
10

Enhanced Switched Technologies

  • Configuring Port Fast and Rapid Spanning Tree
11

Access Lists

  • Creating and Applying an ACL at the CLI Using Named Access List Configuration
  • Adding to and Displaying a Numbered ACL Configuration
12

Network Address Translation (NAT)

  • Configuring Network Address Translation
13

IP Services

  • Setting the Date, Time, Timezone, and Daylight Savings Time
  • Seeing Severity 3 and 5 Messages at the Console and Severity 3 Only in the Buffer
  • Configuring Syslog and Viewing Settings on a Router
  • Disabling the Timestamp and Enabling a Sequence Number in Log Messages
14

Security

  • Using dig for Passive Reconnaissance
  • Using nslookup for Passive Reconnaissance
  • Performing ARP Spoofing
  • Spoofing MAC Address
  • Configuring DHCP Snooping
  • Encrypting IOS Passwords with the service password-encryption Command
  • Encoding a Password as Type 5 (MD5)
15

First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP)

  • Configuring HSRP
16

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

  • Configuring GRE Tunnels
18

Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)

  • Enabling IPv6 Routing and Routing Protocols
  • Configuring Static Routing
19

Troubleshooting IP, IPv6, and VLANs

  • Configuring VLANs
23

SDN Controllers

  • Configuring SNMPv3
24

Configuration Management

  • Creating and Running a Playbook
  • Creating an ansible.cfg File

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There is no formal requirements for taking the new exam. However, Cisco recommends that the candidate should have:

  •  An understanding of all exam topics
  • Good grasps of network fundamentals
  • One or more years of experience with computer networking and Cisco equipments

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The exam contains 100-120 questions.

120 minutes

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  • Candidates who fail an Associate, Professional, or Specialist exam must wait a period of five (5) calendar days, beginning the day after the failed attempt, before they may retest for the same exam.
  • Candidates who fail any Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIE) certification or Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE) written exam must wait for a period of 15 calendar days, beginning the day after the failed attempt, before retaking the same exam.
  • Once passed, a candidate must wait a minimum of 180 days before taking the same exam with an identical exam number.
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