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Explain the role and function of network components

• Routers
• Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches
• Next-generation firewalls and IPS
• Access points
• Controllers
• Endpoints
• Servers
• PoE

Describe characteristics of network topology architectures

• Two-tier
• Three-tier
• Spine-leaf 
• WAN 
• Small office/home office (SOHO) 
• On-premises and cloud

Compare physical interface and cabling types

• Single-mode fiber, multimode fiber, copper 
• Connections (Ethernet shared media and point-to-point
• Identify interface and cable issues (collisions, errors, mismatch duplex, and/or speed)
• Compare tcp to udp
• Configure and verify ipv4 addressing and subnetting 
• Describe private ipv4 addressing
• Configure and verify ipv6 addressing and prefix
• Describe ipv6 address types
• Unicast (global, unique local, and link local)
• Anycast
• Multicast
• Modified EUI 64
• Verify ip parameters for client os (windows, mac os, linux)

Describe wireless principles 

• Nonoverlapping Wi-Fi channels 
• SSID
• RF
• Encryption
• Explain virtualization fundamentals (server virtualization, containers, and vrfs)  

Describe switching concepts

• MAC learning and aging
• Frame switching
• Frame flooding
• MAC address table

Configure and verify vlans (normal range) spanning multiple switches 

•   Access ports (data and voice) 
•   Default VLAN 
•   InterVLAN connectivity 

Configure and verify interswitch connectivity 

•   Trunk ports 
•   802.1Q 
•   Native VLAN 

Configure and verify layer 2 discovery protocols (cisco discovery protocol and lldp) 

Configure and verify (layer 2/layer 3) etherchannel (lacp) 

Interpret basic operations of rapid pvst+ spanning tree protocol 

•   Root port, root bridge (primary/secondary), and other port names 
•   Port states and roles 
•   PortFast 
•   Root guard, loop guard, BPDU filter, and BPDU guard

Describe cisco wireless architectures and ap modes 

Describe physical infrastructure connections of wlan components (ap, wlc, access/trunk ports, and lag) 

Describe network device management access (telnet, ssh, http, https, console, tacacs+/radius, and cloud managed) 

Interpret the wireless lan gui configuration for client connectivity, such as wlan creation, security settings, qos pro files, and advanced settings

Interpret the components of routing table 

•   Routing protocol code 
•   Prefix 
•   Network mask 
•   Next hop
•   Administrative distance 
•   Metric 
•   Gateway of last resort 

Determine how a router makes a forwarding decision by default 

•   Longest prefix match 
•   Administrative distance 
•   Routing protocol metric 

Configure and verify ipv4 and ipv6 static routing

•   Default route 
•   Network route 
•   Host route 
•   Floating static 

Configure and verify single area ospfv2 

•   Neighbor adjacencies 
•   Point-to-point 
•   Broadcast (DR/BDR selection) 
•   Router ID 

Describe the purpose, functions, and concepts of first hop redundancy protocols

• Configure and verify inside source nat using static and pools.
• Configure and verify ntp operating in a client and server mode explain the role of dhcp and dns within the network.
• Explain the function of snmp in network operations.
• Describe the use of syslog features, including facilities and severity levels.
• Configure and verify dhcp client and relay.
• Explain the forwarding per-hop behavior (phb) for qos such as classification, marking, queuing, con gestion, policing, and shaping.
• Configure network devices for remote access using ssh describe the capabilities and functions of tftp/ftp in the network.

• Define key security concepts (threats, vulnerabilities, exploits, and mitigation techniques)
• Describe security program elements (user awareness, training, and physical access control)
• Configure and verify device access control using local passwords
• Describe security password policy elements, such as management, complexity, and password alternatives (multifactor authentication, certificates, and biometrics)
• Describe ipsec remote access and site-to-site vpns
• Configure and verify access control lists
• Configure and verify layer 2 security features (dhcp snooping, dynamic arp inspection, and port security)
• Compare authentication, authorization, and accounting concepts
• Describe wireless security protocols (wpa, wpa2, and wpa3)
• Configure and verify wlan within the gui using wpa2 psk

• Explain how automation impacts network management
• Compare traditional networks with controller-based networking 
• Describe controller-based, software defined architecture (overlay, underlay, and fabric) 
• Separation of control plane and data plane 
• Northbound and southbound apis 
• Explain ai (generative and predictive) and machine learning in network operations 
• Describe characteristics of rest-based apis (authentication types, crud, http verbs, and data encoding) 
• Recognize the capabilities of configuration management mechanisms such as ansible and terraform 
• Recognize components of json-encoded data.