Module 1 : Network Fundamentals

• Explain the role and  function of network components
• Describe characteristics of network topology architectures
• Compare physical interface and cabling types
• Identify interface and cable issues (collisions, errors, mismatch duplex, and/or speed)
• Compare TCP to UDP
• IP Addressing and Subnetting
• IPv6 Addressing types
• Describe Wireless Principles
• Describe Fundamentals of Virtualization
• Describe Concepts of Switching

Module 2 : Network Access

Configure and verify

• VLANs
• Interswitch Connectivity
• Layer 2 Discovery protocols such as CDP and LLDP
• Layer2 and Layer3 EtherChannel (LACP)
• Wireless LAN Components to connect clients using GUI only such as, security settings, building Wireless LAN, advanced Wireless LAN settings, and Quality of Service(QoS) profiles

Describe

• The purpose and basic Rapid PVST+ operations
• Physical infrastructure connections of WLAN components like AP, WLC, access/trunk ports, and LAG
• Describe Access Point and Wireless LAN Controller management using http, https, Telnet, SSH and console)

Module 3 : IP Connectivity

• Understand different components of routing table
• Understand default method of router of making a forwarding decision
• Configure and verify IPv4 and IPv6 static routing
• Configure and verify single area OSPFv2
• Explain why First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP) is used

Module 4 : IP Services

Configure and verify

• NAT using static and pools
• Network Time Protocol operating in a client and server mode
• Remote access using SSH for devices
• DHCP client and DHCP Relay

Explain

• DHCP and DNS role in the network
• SNMP function in network operations
• Per Hop Behaviour (PHB) forwarding for QoS, which includes shaping, congestion, policing, queuing, marking, congestion and classification

Describe

• The features of syslog including facilities and levels
• TFTP/FTP capabilities and function  in the network

Module 5 : Security Fundamentals

Configure and Verify

• Device access control using passwords created on Local device
• Access Control List (ACLs)
• Layer 2 security elements (DHCP snooping, Port Security, Dynamic ARP inspection)
• WLAN using WPA2 PSK using the GUI

Describe

• Security program aspects (user awareness, Physical access control, and Training)
• Elements of Security password policies elements, such as complexity, management, and password alternatives (biometrics, certificates, and multifactor authentication)
• Site-to-Site and Remote access VPNs
• Wireless security protocols such as WPA, WPA2, and WPA3
• Define essential security concepts (Vulnerabilities, threat, exploits, and Countermeasures)
• Distinguish Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) concepts

Module 6 : Automation and programmability

• Explain how automation affects network management
• Compare controller-based networking with traditional networks
• 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
• Interpret JSON encoded data