Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise

Network Core Technologies (ENCOR)

How you'll benefit

This training will help you:

• Configure, troubleshoot and manage enterprise wired and wireless

networks
• Implement security principles within an enterprise network

Who should enroll

• Mid-level network engineers
• Network administrators
• Network support technicians
• Help desk technicians

Technology Areas
• Enterprise networking
• Routing and switching

Training overview
Objectives
• After taking this training, you should be able to:
• Troubleshoot Layer 2 connectivity using VLANs and trunking
• Implementation of redundant switched networks using Spanning Tree
Protocol
• Troubleshooting link aggregation using Etherchannel
• Describe the features, metrics, and path selection concepts of Enhanced
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
• Implementation and optimization of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)v2 and
OSPFv3, including adjacencies, packet types, and areas, summarization,
and route filtering for IPv4 and IPv6
• Implementing External Border Gateway Protocol (EBGP) interdomain
routing, path selection, and single and dual-homed networking
• Implementing network redundancy using protocols including Hot Standby
Routing Protocol (HSRP) and Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
• Implementing internet connectivity within Enterprise using static and
dynamic Network Address Translation (NAT)
• Describe the virtualization technology of servers, switches, and the various
network devices and components
• Implementing overlay technologies such as Virtual Routing and Forwarding
(VRF), Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE), VPN, and Location Identifier
Separation Protocol (LISP)
• Describe the components and concepts of wireless networking including
Radio Frequency (RF) and antenna characteristics, and define the specific
wireless standards
• Describe the various wireless deployment models available, include
autonomous Access Point (AP) deployments and cloud-based designs
within the centralized Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) architecture
• Describe wireless roaming and location services
• Describe how APs communicate with WLCs to obtain software,
configurations, and centralized management
• Configure and verify Pre-Shared Key (PSK) wireless client authentication on
a WLC
• Troubleshoot wireless client connectivity issues using various available
tools
 • Troubleshooting Enterprise networks using services such as Network Time
Protocol (NTP), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Cisco
Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS®) IP Service Level Agreements
(SLAs), NetFlow, and Cisco IOS Embedded Event Manager
• Explain the use of available network analysis and troubleshooting tools,
which include show and debug commands, as well as best practices in
troubleshooting
• Configure secure administrative access for Cisco IOS devices using the
Command-Line Interface (CLI) access, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC),
Access Control List (ACL), and Secure Shell (SSH), and explore device
hardening concepts to secure devices from less secure applications, such as
Telnet and HTTP
• Implement scalable administration using Authentication, Authorization,
and Accounting (AAA) and the local database, while exploring the features
and benefits
• Describe the enterprise network security architecture, including the
purpose and function of VPNs, Describe the components and features of
the Cisco SD-Access solution, including the nodes, fabric control plane, and
data plane, while illustrating the purpose and function of the Virtual
Extensible LAN (VXLAN) gateways
• Define the components and features of Cisco SD-WAN solutions, including
the orchestration plane, management plane, control plane, and data plane
• Describe the concepts, purpose, and features of multicast protocols,
including Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) v2/v3, Protocol-
Independent Multicast (PIM) dense mode/sparse mode, and rendezvous
points
• Describe the concepts and features of Quality of Service (QoS), and
describe the need within the enterprise network
• Describe network programmability protocols such as Network
Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) and RESTCONF

Prerequisites
Knowledge and skills you should have before attending this training:
 • Implementation of Enterprise LAN networks
• Basic understanding of Enterprise routing and wireless connectivity

Lab Outline
• Troubleshoot VLAN and Trunk Issues
• Tuning Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) and Configuring Rapid Spanning Tree
Protocol (RSTP)
• Configure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
• Troubleshoot EtherChannel
• Implement Multi-area OSPF
• Implement OSPF Tuning
• Apply OSPF Optimization
• Implement OSPFv3
• Configure and Verify Single-Homed EBGP
• Implementing Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP)
• Configure Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
• Implement NAT
• Configure and Verify Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)
• Configure and Verify a Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) Tunnel
• Configure Static Virtual Tunnel Interface (VTI) Point-to-Point Tunnels
• Configure Wireless connectivity
• Troubleshoot Wireless Client Connectivity Issues
• Configure Syslog
• Configure and Verify Flexible NetFlow
• Troubleshoot Connectivity and Analyze Traffic with Ping, Traceroute, and
Debug
• Configure and Verify Cisco IP SLAs
• Configure Standard and Extended ACLs
• Configure Control Plane Policing
• Implement Local and Server-Based AAA
• Demonstrate usage of NETCONF and RESTCONF