CCNA
CCNA Training Institute in Surat
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Routing and Switching Certification is a Certification recognized by Cisco. It is highly recommended for Networking Professionals who aspire to grow in their career.
CCNA Certification demonstrates your calibre to plan, implement, verify and troubleshoot local and wide area enterprise networks. It also shows that you have the capability to work as a team with specialists on advanced security, voice, wireless and video solutions. The rigorous training of this Certification provides the right working knowledge to professionals that will help them showcase the required skills in enterprise network. CCNA Certification helps you to advance your skills and work on complicated network solutions – physical as well as virtual networks.
1. Knowledge : you’ll increase your knowledge in Cisco networking and widen your understanding of the concept on how it works. This will basically provide you in depth knowledge that you can use in your career. When you became CCNA certified, you’ll understand the concept, basic and fundamentals of networking. This alone can open doors of opportunities in your career in networking. Even a fresh graduate but CCNA certified is more likely to hire than an average I.T guy with no certification. That’s how it works now.
2. Salary increase: One of the benefit of being CCNA certified is salary increase. Either on the same company you’re at or in the next company you’re going into. Once you’re CCNA certified, you can raise and negotiate a higher salary than a usual I.T guy applying on the same position. Being CCNA certified basically proves that you understand the basic and fundamentals of networking which most of the company look for. Company is already aware that certified I.T individual are in a”higher bracket” than those who are not.
3. Promotion : Aside from salary increase, you can easily get promoted once you became CCNA certified. This is because in some position, certifications are really needed and even required before climbing off the ladder. I know some I.T persons who can’t get promoted because they don’t have certifications and some who’s taking certification because their company require the certification to get ahead on the job. Being CCNA certified can really speed up your career and take one step forward.
4. Employer benefits : Another good benefits of being CCNA certified or any other Cisco certifications is that you’ll be treasure by your employer. Why? Because they will get “huge” discounts on Cisco products if they have Cisco certified employees. How good is that? You’ll be chase by companies using Cisco devices and offer you the job in front you. And mind you, companies using Cisco products are those large companies who can afford the technology. See? Once you are CCNA certified, you have the chance to work with the advance and biggest company in the world
5. Stepping stone : Once you became CCNA certified, this will serve as your stepping stone in the networking world. More advancement of career and knowledge are available and will open for you. You are starting with the basic and by being CCNA certified, you will open more doors of learning and opportunities in your I.T career.You’ll have the chance to specialize in Cisco career you want to get more specific knowledge and focus on the future job role you want. This will be the great start of your great career.
6. Career growth : Whether you’re just starting up or shifting career, networking industry has offer wide areas for career growth. Day after day technology advances including those for businesses and governments that needs qualified individual in handling their network operation and security. Networking industry has more way to go.
7. Satisfaction :Of course, being CCNA certified will give you satisfaction and appreciation of your I.T career. You’ll become more inspired to learn more and to do more. This will push to study more and step up to advance your career.
8. Respect : Getting a CCNA certificates commands a certain amount of respect from your colleagues and employer. Some of your colleagues would have also tried to get certified, but could not get certified. So, this achievement of yours deserves a back-patting
Network Fundamentals
- Explain the role and function of network components
- Routers
- L2 and L3 switches
- Next-generation firewalls and IPS
- Access points
- Controllers (Cisco DNA Center and WLC)
- Endpoints
- Servers
- Describe characteristics of network topology architectures
- 2 tier
- 3 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)
- Concepts of PoE
- Identify interface and cable issues (collisions, errors, mismatch duplex, and/or speed)
- Compare TCP to UDP
- Configure and verify IPv4 addressing and subnetting
- Describe the need for private IPv4 addressing
- Explain the role and function of network components
- Configure and verify IPv6 addressing and prefix
- Compare IPv6 address types
- Global unicast
- Unique local
- 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 (virtual machines)
- Describe switching concepts
- MAC learning and aging
- Frame switching
- Frame flooding
- MAC address table
Network Access
- Configure and verify VLANs (normal range) spanning multiple switches
- Access ports (data and voice)
- Default VLAN
- Connectivity
- Configure and verify interswitch connectivity
- Trunk ports
- 1Q
- Native VLAN
- Configure and verify Layer 2 discovery protocols (Cisco Discovery Protocol and LLDP)
- Configure and verify (Layer 2/Layer 3) EtherChannel (LACP)
- Describe the need for and basic operations of Rapid PVST+ Spanning Tree Protocol and identify basic operations
- Root port, root bridge (primary/secondary), and other port names
- Port states (forwarding/blocking)
- PortFast benefits
- Compare Cisco Wireless Architectures and AP modes
- Describe physical infrastructure connections of WLAN components (AP, WLC, access/trunk ports, and LAG)
- Describe AP and WLC management access connections (Telnet, SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, console, and TACACS+/RADIUS)
- Configure the components of a wireless LAN access for client connectivity using GUI only such as WLAN creation, security settings, QoS profiles, and advanced WLAN settings
IP Connectivity
- 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 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 of first hop redundancy protocol
IP Services
- 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 levels
- Configure and verify DHCP client and relay
- Explain the forwarding per-hop behavior (PHB) for QoS such as classification, marking, queuing, congestion, policing, shaping
- Configure network devices for remote access using SSH
- Describe the capabilities and function of TFTP/FTP in the network
Security Fundamentals
- Define key security concepts (threats, vulnerabilities, exploits, and mitigation techniques)
- Describe security program elements (user awareness, training, and physical access control)
- Configure device access control using local passwords
- Describe security password policies elements, such as management, complexity, and password alternatives (multifactor authentication, certificates, and biometrics)
- Describe remote access and site-to-site VPNs
- Configure and verify access control lists
- Configure Layer 2 security features (DHCP snooping, dynamic ARP inspection, and port security)
- Differentiate authentication, authorization, and accounting concepts
- Describe wireless security protocols (WPA, WPA2, and WPA3)
- Configure WLAN using WPA2 PSK using the GUI
Automation and Programmability
- Explain how automation impacts network management
- Compare traditional networks with controller-based networking
- Describe controller-based and software defined architectures (overlay, underlay, and fabric)
- Separation of control plane and data plane
- North-bound and south-bound APIs
- Compare traditional campus device management with Cisco DNA Center enabled device management
- Describe characteristics of REST-based APIs (CRUD, HTTP verbs, and data encoding)
- Recognize the capabilities of configuration management mechanisms Puppet, Chef, and Ansible
- nterpret JSON encoded data
Apart from Techradix’s Certification, also get prepared for globally recognized certifications like:
200-301 CCNA Exam: Cisco Certified Network Associate
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