CCNP Certification Course Description

CCNP Exam 642-901 BSCI: Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI)

Network Model
- IP Routing Protocols

EIGRP
- Introduction to EIGRP
- EIGRP Messages
- EIGRP Route Selection
- EIGRP Configuration
- Advanced EIGRP Configuration
- EIGRP Scalability

OSPF
- LSAs
- OSPF Operation
- Basic OSPF Configuration
- OSPF Network Types
- Advanced OSPF Configuration
- Configuring OSPF Authentication

IS-IS
- Configuring IS-IS
- Verifying and Troubleshooting IS-IS

Optimizing Routing
- Using Multiple Routing Protocols
- Tools for Controlling/Preventing Routing Updates
- DHCP

BGP
- Configuring BGP
- BGP Path Selection

IP Multicast
- Multicast MAC Address
- Multicast IP Addresses
- Multicast Distribution Trees
- Reverse Path Forwarding
- Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
- IGMP
- Verifying Multicast Routing

IPv6 Introduction
- IPv6 Routing Prefix
- Simplified Presentation of IPv6 Address
- IPv6 Header
- Advanced Features
- IPv6 Routing
- Integrating IPv4 and IPv6

CCNP Exam 642-812: Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN)

VLAN
- VLAN in Global Config Mode
- VLAN in Database Mode
- Assigning Ports to VLANs
- VLAN Trunking
- Configuring a Trunk Link
- Native VLAN with 802.1Q
- VLAN Mapping
- Verifying a Trunk Link
- 802.1Q Tunnels
- Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling (GBPT)
- Troubleshooting Trunking
- VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)
- VTP Switch Roles
- VTP Pruning
- Configuring VTP
- Monitoring VTP

Spanning Tree
- Spanning Tree Protocol
- STP Election
- Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs)
- BPDU Fields
- Designing for Spanning Tree
- Spanning Tree and PVST
- Configuring Spanning Tree
- Spanning Tree Enhancements
- Portfast, UplinkFast
- BackboneFast
- Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP)
- RSTP Port Roles
- BPDU Differences in RSTP
- RSTP Fast Convergence
- Multiple Spanning Tree (MST)
- EtherChannels
- Configuring an EtherChannel
- Verifying an EtherChannel
- Additional Spanning Tree Features
- BPDU Guard
- BPDU Filtering
- Root Guard
- Unidirectional Link Detection (UDLD)
- Loop Guard

InterVLAN Routing
- InterVLAN Routing Using Multilayer Switches
- Multilayer Switching

Layer 3 Redundancy
- Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
- GLBP

Wireless LANs
- WLAN Standards
- Wireless Security
- Cisco Wireless Network Components
- Configuring Wireless LAN Devices

VoIP in a Campus Network
- QoS for VoIP
- Configuring VoIP Support on a Switch

Campus Network Security
- MAC Address Flooding
- VLAN-Based Attacks
- Spoof Attacks
- Securing Spanning Tree
- Prevent Spanning Tree Loops
- Securing Your Switch

CCNP Exam 642-825: Secure Converged Wide Area Networks (ISCW)

Network Conceptual Models
- Intelligent Information Network
- Service-Oriented Network Architecture
- Cisco Enterprise Architecture

Providing SOHO/Teleworker Connectivity
- Broadband Cable
- Digital Subscriber Line
- Configuring DSL CPE

Frame Mode MPLS
- Cisco Express Forwarding
- MPLS Routers
- MPLS Labels
- Configuring Frame Mode MPLS
- MPLS VPNs

IPsec
- IPsec Headers
- Authentication Methods
- Encryption Methods
- Key Management
- Establishing an IPsec VPN
- Configuring a Site-to-Site VPN Using Cisco IOS Commands
- Configuring an IPsec Transform Set
- Configuring a Site-to-Site VPN Using SDM
- Monitoring and Troubleshooting IPsec VPNs
- Using GRE with IPsec
- Configuring a GRE Tunnel Using Cisco IOS Commands
- High-Availability VPNs
- Cisco Easy VPN
- Configuring the Cisco VPN Client

Cisco Device Hardening
- Mitigating Network Attacks
- Disabling Unused Cisco Router Network Services and Interfaces
- Securing Cisco Router Installations and Administrative Access
- Privilege Levels
- Configuring Banner Messages
- Role-Based CLI
- Cisco IOS Resilient Configuration
- Mitigating Threats and Attacks with Access Lists
- Securing Management and Reporting Features
- Configuring AAA on Cisco Routers

Cisco IOS Threat Defenses
- DMZ Design Review
- Firewall Technologies
- Cisco IOS Firewall
- Configuring Cisco IOS Firewalls
- Introducing Cisco IOS IPS

CCNP Exam 642-845: Optimizing Converged Cisco Networks (ONT)

Cisco VoIP
- Introduction
- Packetization
- Transmitting
- Bandwidth Requirements
- Implementing IP Telephony

QoS Overview
- Bandwidth
- Delay and Jitter
- Packet Loss Issues
- Defining QOS Requirements for Network Traffic
- QOS Models
- QoS Implementation Methods
- QoS Methods Comparison

QoS Details
- Classification and Marking
- Queuing Overview
- Legacy Queuing Techniques
- CBWFQ and LLQ
- Congestion Avoidance
- Traffic Policing and Shaping
- Link Efficiency Mechanisms
- QoS with VPNs
- Enterprise-Wide QoS Deployment

AutoQoS
- AutoQoS for Switches
- AutoQos for Routers
- AutoQoS Restrictions and Caveats
- Tuning AutoQoS

Wireless Scalability
- WLAN QoS
- LWAP
- 802.1x and WLAN Security
- Configuring WLAN Security on Controller
- WLAN Management