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Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services v1.0 (ENARSI 300-410) is a 90-minute exam associated with the CCNP Enterprise Certification. This exam certifies a candidate's knowledge for implementation and troubleshooting of advanced routing technologies and services including Layer 3, VPN services, infrastructure security, infrastructure services, and infrastructure automation. The course, Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services, helps candidates to prepare for this exam.

Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Solutions v1.0 (ENSDWI 300-415) is a 90-minute exam associated with the CCNP Enterprise Certification. This exam certifies a candidate's knowledge of Cisco’s SD-WAN solution including SD-WAN architecture, controller deployment, edge router deployment, policies, security, quality or service, multicast and management and operations. The course, Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Solutions, helps candidates to prepare for this exam.

Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks v1.0 (ENSLD 300-420) is a 90-minute exam associated with the CCNP Enterprise Certification. This exam certifies a candidate's knowledge of enterprise design including advanced addressing and routing solutions, advanced enterprise campus networks, WAN, security services, network services, and SDA. The course, Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks, helps candidates to prepare for this exam.

Designing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks v1.0 (ENWLSD 300-425) is a 90-minute exam associated with the CCNP Enterprise Certification. This exam certifies a candidate's knowledge of wireless network design including site surveys, wired and wireless infrastructure, mobility and WLAN high availability. The course, Designing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks, helps candidates to prepare for this exam.

Implementing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks v1.0 (ENWLSI 300-430) is a 90-minute exam associated with the CCNP Enterprise Certification. This exam certifies a candidate's knowledge of wireless network implementation including FlexConnect, QoS, Multicast, advanced location services, security for client connectivity, monitoring and device hardening. The course, Implementing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks, helps candidates to prepare for this exam.

Automating and Programming Cisco Enterprise Solutions v1.0 (ENAUTO 300-435) is a 90-minute exam associated with the CCNP Enterprise Certification and DevNet Professional Certification. This exam tests a candidate's knowledge of implementing Enterprise automated solutions, including programming concepts, Python programming, APIs, controllers and automation tools. The course, Implementing Cisco Enterprise Automation Solutions, helps candidates to prepare for this exam.

Implementing Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies v1.0 (ENCOR 350-401) is a 120-minute exam associated with the CCNP and CCIE Enterprise Certifications. This exam tests a candidate's knowledge of implementing core enterprise network technologies including dual stack (IPv4 and IPv6) architecture, virtualization, infrastructure, network assurance, security and automation. The course, Implementing Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies, helps candidates to prepare for this exam.

The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. To better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes, the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.

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Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services Certification Objective

Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services ENARSI 300-410

Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Solutions ENSDWI 300-415

Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks ENSLD 300-420

Designing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks ENWLSD 300-425

Implementing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks ENWLSI 300-430

Automating and Programming Cisco Enterprise Solutions ENAUTO 300-435

Implementing Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies ENCOR 350-401

CISCO CCNP Enterprise Certification Prep Training Courses

Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services ENARSI 300-410

Layer 3 Technologies

Troubleshoot administrative distance (all routing protocols)

Troubleshoot route map for any routing protocol (attributes, tagging, filtering)

Troubleshoot loop prevention mechanisms (filtering, tagging, split horizon, route poisoning)

Troubleshoot redistribution between any routing protocols or routing sources

Troubleshoot manual and auto-summarization with any routing protocol

Configure and verify policy-based routing

Configure and verify VRF-Lite

Describe Bidirectional Forwarding Detection

Troubleshoot EIGRP (classic and named mode)

1. Address families (IPv4, IPv6)
2. Neighbor relationship and authentication
3. Loop-free path selections (RD, FD, FC, successor, feasible successor, stuck in active)
4. Stubs
5. Load balancing (equal and unequal cost)
6. Metrics

Troubleshoot OSPF (v2/v3)

1. Address families (IPv4, IPv6)
2. Neighbor relationship and authentication
3. Network types, area types, and router types
   1. Point-to-point, multipoint, broadcast, nonbroadcast
   2. Area type: backbone, normal, transit, stub, NSSA, totally stub
   3. Internal router, backbone router, ABR, ASBR
   4. Virtual link
4. Path preference

Troubleshoot BGP (Internal and External)

1. Address families (IPv4, IPv6)
2. Neighbor relationship and authentication (next-hop, mulithop, 4-byte AS, private AS, route refresh, synchronization, operation, peer group, states and timers)
3. Path preference (attributes and best-path)
4. Route reflector (excluding multiple route reflectors, confederations, dynamic peer)
5. Policies (inbound/outbound filtering, path manipulation)

VPN Technologies

Describe MPLS operations (LSR, LDP, label switching, LSP)

Describe MPLS Layer 3 VPN

Configure and verify DMVPN (single hub)

1. GRE/mGRE
2. NHRP
3. IPsec
4. Dynamic neighbor
5. Spoke-to-spoke

Infrastructure Security

Troubleshoot device security using IOS AAA (TACACS+, RADIUS, local database)

Troubleshoot router security features

1. IPv4 access control lists (standard, extended, time-based)
2. IPv6 traffic filter
3. Unicast reverse path forwarding (uRPF)

Troubleshoot control plane policing (CoPP) (Telnet, SSH, HTTP(S), SNMP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP)

Describe IPv6 First Hop security features (RA guard, DHCP guard, binding table, ND inspection/snooping, source guard)

Infrastructure Services

Troubleshoot device management

1. Console and VTY
2. Telnet, HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, SCP
3. (T)FTP

Troubleshoot SNMP (v2c, v3)

Troubleshoot network problems using logging (local, syslog, debugs, conditional debugs, timestamps)

Troubleshoot IPv4 and IPv6 DHCP (DHCP client, IOS DHCP server, DHCP relay, DHCP options)

Troubleshoot network performance issues using IP SLA (jitter, tracking objects, delay, connectivity)

Troubleshoot NetFlow (v5, v9, flexible NetFlow)

Troubleshoot network problems using Cisco DNA Center assurance (connectivity, monitoring, device health, network health)

Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Solutions ENSDWI 300-415

Architecture

Describe Cisco SD-WAN Architecture and Components

1. Orchestration plane (vBond, NAT)
2. Management plane (vManage)
3. Control plane (vSmart, OMP)
4. Data plane (vEdge)
   1. TLOC
   2. IPsec
   3. vRoute
   4. BFD
5. Describe WAN Edge platform types, capabilities (vEdges, cEdges)

Controller Deployment

Describe controller cloud deployment

Describe Controller on-Prem Deployment

1. Hosting platform (KVM/Hypervisor)
2. Installing controllers
3. Scalability and redundancy

Configure and verify certificates and whitelisting

Troubleshoot control-plane connectivity between controllers

Router Deployment

Describe WAN Edge deployment

1. On-boarding
2. Orchestration with zero-touch provisioning/plug-and-play
3. Single/multi data center/regional hub deployments

Configure and verify SD-WAN data plane

1. Circuit termination/TLOC-extension
2. Underlay-overlay connectivity

Configure and verify OMP

Configure and verify TLOCs

Configure and verify CLI and vManage feature configuration templates

1. VRRP
2. OSPF
3. BGP

Policies

Configure and verify control policies

Configure and verify data policies

Configure and verify end-to-end segmentation

1. VPN segmentation
2. Topologies

Configure and verify SD-WAN application-aware routing

Configure and verify direct Internet access

Security and Quality of Service

Configure and verify service insertion

Describe application-aware firewall

Configure and verify QoS treatment on WAN edge routers

1. Scheduling
2. Queuing
3. Shaping
4. Policing

Management and Operations

1. Describe monitoring and reporting from vManage
2. Configure and verify monitoring and reporting
3. Describe REST API monitoring
4. Describe software upgrade from vManage

Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks ENSLD 300-420

Advanced Addressing and Routing Solutions

Create structured addressing plans for IPv4 and IPv6

Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for IS-IS

Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for EIGRP

Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for OSPF

Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for BGP

1. Address families
2. Basic route filtering
3. Attributes for path preference
4. Route reflectors
5. Load sharing

Determine IPv6 migration strategies

1. Overlay (tunneling)
2. Native (dual-stacking)
3. Boundaries (IPv4/IPv6 translations)

Advanced Enterprise Campus Networks

Design campus networks for high availability

1. First Hop Redundancy Protocols
2. Platform abstraction techniques
3. Graceful restart
4. BFD

Design campus Layer 2 infrastructures

1. STP scalability
2. Fast convergence
3. Loop-free technologies
4. PoE and WoL

Design multicampus Layer 3 infrastructures

1. Convergence
2. Load sharing
3. Route summarization
4. Route filtering
5. VRFs
6. Optimal topologies
7. Redistribution

Describe SD-Access Architecture (underlay, overlay, control and data plane, automation, wireless, and security)

Describe SD-Access fabric design considerations for wired and wireless access (overlay, fabric design, control plan design, border design, segmentation, virtual networks, scalability, over the top and fabric for wireless, multicast)

WAN for Enterprise Networks

Compare WAN connectivity options

1. Layer 2 VPN
2. MPLS Layer 3 VPN
3. Metro Ethernet
4. DWDM
5. 4G/5G
6. SD-WAN customer edge

Design site-to-site VPN

1. Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN)
2. Layer 2 VPN
3. MPLS Layer 3 VPN
4. IPsec
5. Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
6. Group Encrypted Transport VPN (GET VPN)

Design high availability for enterprise WAN

1. Single-homed
2. Multihomed
3. Backup connectivity
4. Failover

Describe Cisco SD-WAN Architecture (orchestration plane, management plane, control plane, data plane, on-boarding and provisioning, security)

Describe Cisco SD-WAN design considerations (control plane design, overlay design, LAN design, high availability, redundancy, scalability, security design, QoS and multicast over SD-WAN fabric)

Network Services

Select appropriate QoS strategies to meet customer requirements (DiffServ, IntServ)

Design end-to-end QoS policies

1. Classification and marking
2. Shaping
3. Policing
4. Queuing

Design network management techniques

1. In-band vs. out-of-band
2. Segmented management networks
3. Prioritizing network management traffic

Describe multicast routing concepts (source trees, shared trees, RPF, rendezvous points)

Design multicast services (SSM, PIM bidirectional, MSDP)

Automation

Choose the correct YANG data model set based on requirements

Differentiate between IETF, Openconfig, and Cisco native YANG models

Differentiate between NETCONF and RESTCONF

Describe the impact of model-driven telemetry on the network

1. Periodic publication
2. On-change publication

Compare dial-in and dial-out approaches to model-driven telemetry

Designing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks ENWLSD 300-425

Wireless Site Survey

Collect design requirements and evaluate constraints

1. Client density
2. Real time applications
3. AP type
4. Deployment type (data, location, voice, video)
5. Security

Describe material attenuation and its effect on wireless design

Perform and analyze a Layer 1 site survey

Perform a pre-deployment site survey

Perform a post deployment site survey

Perform a predictive site survey

Utilize planning tools and evaluate key network metrics (Ekahau, AirMagnet, PI, Chanalyzer, Spectrum Analyzer)

Wired and Wireless Infrastructure

Determine physical infrastructure requirements such as AP power, cabling, switch port capacity, mounting, and grounding

Determine logical infrastructure requirements such as WLC/AP licensing requirements based on the type of wireless architecture

Design radio management

1. RRM
2. RF profiles
3. RxSOP

Apply design requirements for these types of wireless networks

1. Data
2. Voice and video
3. Location
4. Hyperlocation

Design high-density wireless networks and their associated components (campus, lecture halls, conference rooms)

Design wireless bridging (mesh)

1. Modes of operation
2. Ethernet bridging
3. WGB and roaming

Mobility

Design mobility groups based on mobility roles

Optimize client roaming

Validate mobility tunneling for data and control path

WLAN High Availability

Design high availability for controllers

1. Network availability through LAG
2. Stateful Switchover (SSO)
3. Anchor controller priority and redundancy

Design high availability for APs

1. AP prioritization
2. Fall-back (assigning primary, secondary, and tertiary)

Implementing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks ENWLSI 300-430

FlexConnect

Deploy FlexConnect components such as switching and operating modes

Deploy FlexConnect capabilities

1. FlexConnect groups and roaming
2. Split tunneling and fault tolerance
3. VLAN-based central switching and Flex ACL
4. Smart AP image upgrade

Implement Office Extend

QoS on a Wireless Network

Implement QoS schemes based on requirements including wired to wireless mapping

Implement QoS for wireless clients

Implement AVC including Fastlane (only on WLC)

Multicast

Implement multicast components

Describe how multicast can affect wireless networks

Implement multicast on a WLAN

Implement mDNS

Implement Multicast Direct

Location Services

Deploy MSE and CMX on a wireless network

Implement location services

1. client tracking
2. RFID tags (tracking only)
3. Interferers
4. Rogue APs
5. Clients

Advanced Location Services

Implement CMX components

1. Detect and locate
2. Analytics
3. Presence services

Implement location-aware guest services using custom portal and Facebook Wi-Fi

Troubleshoot location accuracy using Cisco Hyperlocation

Troubleshoot CMX high availability

Implement wIPS using MSE

Security for Wireless Client Connectivity

Configure client profiling on WLC and ISE

Implement BYOD and guest

1. CWA using ISE (including self-registration portal)
2. LWA using ISE or WLC
3. Native supplicant provisioning using ISE
4. Certificate provisioning on the controller

Implement 802.1X and AAA on different wireless architectures and ISE

Implement Identity-Based Networking on different wireless architectures (VLANs, QoS, ACLs)

Monitoring

Utilize reports on PI and Cisco DNA center

Manage alarms and rogues (APs and clients)

1. WLC
2. PI
3. Cisco DNA center

Manage RF interferers

1. WLC
2. PI
3. Cisco DNA center

Troubleshoot client connectivity

1. WLC
2. ISE
3. PI
4. Cisco DNA center

Device Hardening

Implement device access controls (including RADIUS and TACACS+)

Implement access point authentication (including 802.1X)

Implement CPU ACLs on the controller

Automating and Programming Cisco Enterprise Solutions ENAUTO 300-435

Network Programmability Foundation

Utilize common version control operations with git (add, clone, push, commit, diff, branching, and merging conflict)

Describe characteristics of API styles (REST and RPC)

Describe the challenges encountered and patterns used when consuming APIs synchronously and asynchronously

Interpret Python scripts containing data types, functions, classes, conditions, and looping

Describe the benefits of Python virtual environments

Explain the benefits of using network configuration tools such as Ansible and Puppet for automating IOS XE or IOS XR platforms

Automation APIs and Protocols

Describe the characteristics and use of YANG Data Models (OpenConfig, IETF, and Vendor)

Describe common HTTP authentication mechanisms (basic, token, and oauth)

Compare common data types (JSON, XML, YAML, plain text, gRPC, and protobuf)

Identify the JSON instance based on a YANG model

Identify the XML instance based on a YANG model

Interpret a YANG module tree generated by pyang

Implement configuration and operation management using RESTCONF protocol

Implement configuration and operation management using NETCONF protocol

Compare the NETCONF datastores

Network Device Programmability

Deploy device configuration and validate operational state using ncclient

Construct a Python script using NETCONF with YDK

Deploy device configuration and validate operational state using NetMiko

Deploy device configuration and validate operational state using Ansible playbooks

Compare gNMI with NETCONF

Construct a Python script using RESTCONF with JSON

Construct Xpath notation for a given node or instance of a node

Diagnose model-driven dial-in/-out telemetry streams with gRPC for a Cisco IOS XR

Cisco DNA Center

Describe ETSI NFV

Describe NSO architecture

Identify the benefits of NSO

Construct a Python script to configure a device using NSO RESTCONF API

Describe the management and automation of Cisco ESC components

Implement XR traffic controller (including topology information transfer to XTC)

Identify the uses of Cisco WAE

Construct a service template using NSO

Deploy a service package using NSO

Cisco SD-WAN

Describe ETSI NFV

Describe NSO architecture

Identify the benefits of NSO

Construct a Python script to configure a device using NSO RESTCONF API

Describe the management and automation of Cisco ESC components

Implement XR traffic controller (including topology information transfer to XTC)

Identify the uses of Cisco WAE

Construct a service template using NSO

Deploy a service package using NSO

Cisco Meraki

Describe ETSI NFV

Describe NSO architecture

Identify the benefits of NSO

Construct a Python script to configure a device using NSO RESTCONF API

Describe the management and automation of Cisco ESC components

Implement XR traffic controller (including topology information transfer to XTC)

Identify the uses of Cisco WAE

Construct a service template using NSO

Deploy a service package using NSO

Implementing Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies v1.0 ENCOR 350-401

Architecture

Explain the different design principles used in an enterprise network

1. Enterprise network design such as Tier 2, Tier 3, and Fabric Capacity planning
2. High availability techniques such as redundancy, FHRP, and SSO

Analyze design principles of a WLAN deployment

1. Wireless deployment models (centralized, distributed, controller-less, controller based, cloud, remote branch)
2. Location services in a WLAN design

Differentiate between on-premises and cloud infrastructure deployments

Explain the working principles of the Cisco SD-WAN solution

1. SD-WAN control and data planes elements
2. Traditional WAN and SD-WAN solutions

Explain the working principles of the Cisco SD-Access solution

1. SD-Access control and data planes elements
2. Traditional campus interoperating with SD-Access

Describe concepts of wired and wireless QoS

1. QoS components
2. QoS policy

Differentiate hardware and software switching mechanisms

1. Process and CEF
2. MAC address table and TCAM
3. FIB vs. RIB

Virtualization

Describe device virtualization technologies

1. Hypervisor type 1 and 2
2. Virtual machine
3. Virtual switching

Configure and verify data path virtualization technologies

1. VRF
2. GRE and IPsec tunneling

Describe network virtualization concepts

1. LISP
2. VXLAN

Infrastructure

Layer 2

1. Troubleshoot static and dynamic 802.1q trunking protocols
2. Troubleshoot static and dynamic EtherChannels
3. Configure and verify common Spanning Tree Protocols (RSTP and MST)

Layer 3

1. Compare routing concepts of EIGRP and OSPF (advanced distance vector vs. linked state, load balancing, path selection, path operations, metrics)
2. Configure and verify simple OSPF environments, including multiple normal areas, summarization, and filtering (neighbor adjacency, point-to-point and broadcast network types, and passive interface)
3. Configure and verify eBGP between directly connected neighbors (best path selection algorithm and neighbor relationships)

Wireless

1. Describe Layer 1 concepts, such as RF power, RSSI, SNR, interference noise, band and channels, and wireless client devices capabilities
2. Describe AP modes and antenna types
3. Describe access point discovery and join process (discovery algorithms, WLC selection process)
4. Describe the main principles and use cases for Layer 2 and Layer 3 roaming
5. Troubleshoot WLAN configuration and wireless client connectivity issues

IP Services

1. Describe Network Time Protocol (NTP)
2. Configure and verify NAT/PAT
3. Configure first hop redundancy protocols, such as HSRP and VRRP
4. Describe multicast protocols, such as PIM and IGMP v2/v3

Network Assurance

Diagnose network problems using tools such as debugs, conditional debugs, trace route, ping, SNMP, and syslog

Configure and verify device monitoring using syslog for remote logging

Configure and verify NetFlow and Flexible NetFlow

Configure and verify SPAN/RSPAN/ERSPAN

Configure and verify IPSLA

Describe Cisco DNA Center workflows to apply network configuration, monitoring, and management

Configure and verify NETCONF and RESTCONF

Security

Configure and verify device access control

1. Lines and password protection
2. Authentication and authorization using AAA

Configure and verify infrastructure security features

1. ACLs
2. CoPP

Describe REST API security

Configure and verify wireless security features

1. EAP
2. WebAuth
3. PSK

Describe the components of network security design

1. Threat defense
2. Endpoint security
3. Next-generation firewall
4. TrustSec, MACsec
5. Network access control with 802.1X, MAB, and WebAuth

Automation

Interpret basic Python components and scripts

Construct valid JSON encoded file

Describe the high-level principles and benefits of a data modeling language, such as YANG

Describe APIs for Cisco DNA Center and vManage

Interpret REST API response codes and results in payload using Cisco DNA Center and RESTCONF

Construct EEM applet to automate configuration, troubleshooting, or data collection

Compare agent vs. agentless orchestration tools, such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, and SaltStack

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Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services v1.0 (ENARSI 300-410) is a 90-minute exam associated with the CCNP Enterprise Certification.

Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Solutions v1.0 (ENSDWI 300-415) is a 90-minute exam associated with the CCNP Enterprise Certification.

Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks v1.0 (ENSLD 300-420) is a 90-minute exam associated with the CCNP Enterprise Certification.

Designing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks v1.0 (ENWLSD 300-425) is a 90-minute exam associated with the CCNP Enterprise Certification.

Implementing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks v1.0 (ENWLSI 300-430) is a 90-minute exam associated with the CCNP Enterprise Certification.

Automating and Programming Cisco Enterprise Solutions v1.0 (ENAUTO 300-435) is a 90-minute exam associated with the CCNP Enterprise Certification and DevNet Professional Certification.

Implementing Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies v1.0 (ENCOR 350-401) is a 120-minute exam associated with the CCNP and CCIE Enterprise Certifications.

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