CCNP R&S



Module 1:

Network Principles

Identify CEF (Cisco Express Forwarding) concepts, FIB,Adjacency table
Explain general network challenges,Asymmetric routing
IPv4 fragmentation,Explain TCP operations,MSS,MTU,Windowing
Bandwidth-delay product,Global synchronization
Recognize proposed changes to the network
Changes to routing protocol parameters,Migrate parts of the network to IPv6

Module 2:

Layer 2 Technologies

Configure and verify PPP,Authentication (PAP, CHAP)
PPPoE (client side only) ,Explain Frame Relay,Point-to-point and Multipoint

Module 3:

Layer 3 Technologies

Identify, configure, and verify IPv4 addressing and subnetting
Address types (Unicast, broadcast, multicast, and VLSM)
ARP,DHCP relay and server,DHCP protocol operations
Configure and verify static routing,Configure and verify default routing
Evaluate routing protocol types,Distance vector,Link state,Path vector
Describe administrative distance,Troubleshoot passive interfaces
Configure and verify VRF lite,Configure and verify filtering with any protocol
Configure and verify redistribution between any routing protocols or routing sources
Configure and verify manual and auto summarization with any routing protocol
Configure and verify policy-based routing,Explain ROUTE maps
Identify suboptimal routing,Route tagging and filtering
Configure and verify loop prevention mechanisms
Split-horizon,Route poisoning,Configure and verify RIPv2,Describe RIPng
Describe EIGRP packet types,Configure and verify EIGRP stubs
Configure and verify EIGRP neighbor relationship and authentication
Configure and verify EIGRP load balancing,equal cost,Unequal cost
Describe and optimize EIGRP metrics,Configure and verify EIGRP for IPv6
Describe OSPF packet types
Configure and verify OSPF neighbor relationship and authentication
Configure and verify network types, area types, and router types
Point-to-point, multipoint, broadcast, no broadcast
LSA types, area type: backbone, normal, transit, stub, NSSA, totally stub
Internal router, backbone router, ABR, ASBR,Virtual link
Configure and verify OSPF path preference,Configure and verify OSPF operations
Configure and verify OSPF for IPv6
Describe, configure, and verify BGP peer relationships and authentication
Peer group,Active, passive,States and timers
Configure and verify eBGP (IPv4 and IPv6 address families) 4-byte AS number,Private AS
Explain BGP attributes and best-path selection

Module 4:

VPN Technologies

Configure and verify GRE
Describe DMVPN (single hub)
Describe Easy Virtual Networking (EVN)

Module 5:

Infrastructure Security

Describe IOS AAA using local database
Describe device security using IOS AAA with TACACS+ and RADIUS
AAA with TACACS+ and RADIUS,Local privilege authorization fallback
Configure and verify device access control
Lines (VTY, AUX, console),Password encryption,Management plane protection
Configure and verify router security features
IPv4 access control lists (standard, extended, time-based)
IPv6 traffic filter,Unicast reverse path forwarding

Module 6:

Infrastructure Services

Configure and verify device management,Console and VTY
Telnet, HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, SCP,Configure and verify SNMP V2, V3
Configure and verify logging,Local logging, syslog, debugs, conditional debugs,Timestamps
Configure and verify Network Time Protocol (NTP),NTP master, client, NTP authentication
Configure and verify IPv4 and IPv6 DHCP,DHCP client, IOS DHCP server, DHCP relay
Configure and verify IPv4 Network Address Translation (NAT) ,Static NAT, dynamic NAT, PAT
Describe SLA architecture,Configure and verify IP SLA,ICMP
Configure and verify tracking objects,Tracking objects
Configure and verify Cisco Net Flow,NetFlow v5, v9,Export (configuration only)