Cisco CCNP Enterprise

STP fundamentals

STP algorithm explanation

STP topology convergence

RSTP port states, roles and types

STP topology tuning (bridge and port priority)

Protection of STP protocol (Root guard, BPDU guard, Loop guard, BPDU Filter)

STP PortFast feature

Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol instances

MST configuration and verification

MST protocol tuning

VTP – VLAN Trunking Protocol overview

Explanation of DTP – Dynamic Trunk Protocol

Dynamic link aggregation protocols (PAgP, LACP)

Etherchannel configuration

Packet forwarding architectures

Data structures and routing table

IP routing overview (static and dynamic)

Best path selection (prefix length, AD, metric)

IPv4 and IPv6 addressing review

DHCP operations

Stateful and Stateless DHCPv6

Static route types (default, floating)

IPv6 static routing

Troubleshooting IPv4 and IPv6 static routing

Metric calculation and wide metrics

EIGRP configuration modes (classic and named)

Router-ID and passive interface

Authentication configuration for EIGRP neighborship

Details of EIGRP neighbor topology (successor, feasible successor)

EIGRP convergence

Route summarization

EIGRP stub router

Route filtering configuration

Split-horizon rule in EIGRP implementation

EIGRPv6 fundamentals

EIGRPv6 configuration modes (classic and named)

EIGRPv6 configuration and verification

Troubleshooting EIGRPv6 neighborship and routes

Verifying EIGRP neighborship

Troubleshooting EIGRP neighbor adjacencies

Troubleshooting EIGRP routes

Discontiguous networks in EIGRP protocol

OSPF neighborship

OSPF configuration and verification

Default route advertisement in OSPF

OSPF network types (point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, broadcast)

OSPF neighbor authentication

OSPF LSA types

OSPF path selection algorithm (Djikstra algorithm)

OSPF area types (stub and NSSA)

Route summarization and filtering

Troubleshooting OSPF Neighbor adjacencies

Troubleshooting OSPF routes

Discontiguous ares in OSPF protocol

Fundamentals of OSPFv3 protocol

OSPFv3 LSA flooding

OSPFv3 configuration and verification

Troubleshooting OSPFv3 for IPv6

Troubleshooting OSPFv3 address families

BGP neighbor states

Basic BGP configuration

BGP session types (iBGP, eBGP)

Multiprotocol BGP for IPv6

BGP route summarization and filtering

BGP communities

Conditional route matching with ACL and prefix-lists

Complex route matching with Route Maps

Understanding BGP Patch Selection

BGP Best Path attributes

Troubleshooting BGP Path Selection

Troubleshooting BGP neighborship

Troubleshooting BGP routes

Troubleshooting BGP best path selection

Conditional matching with ACLs and Prefix-lists

Conditional matching with Route-Maps

Policy based routing (PBR)

IPv4 ACL fundamentals

IPv4 ACL for route filtering

IPv6 ACL fundamentals

IPv6 ACL for route filtering

Fundamentals of route redistribution

Protocol specific route redistribution (EIGRP, OSPF, BGP)

Advanced route redistribution issues

Troubleshooting IPv4 and IPv6 route redistribution

Advanced redistribution issues

Suboptimal routing and routing loops during redistribution

Troubleshooting IPv4 and IPv6 route redistribution

Multicast addressing

IGMP protocol explanation

Rendezvous points

PIM multicast routing protocol

Bandwidth, delay, jitter, latency

QoS Models

Classification and Marking

Policing and shaping with QoS

FHRP protocols (HSRP, VRRP, GLBP)

HSRP protocol configuration

Legacy and hierarchical VRRP configuration

Network Address Translation

NAT Types (static, dynamic and PAT)

Understanding wireless technology

Frequency and wavelength

Wireless LAN topologies

WLC configuration

Roaming in wireless LAN

Roaming between WLCs (layer2 and layer3)

Wireless LAN authentication

Authentication with WebAuth

Troubleshooting wireless connectivity

LAN network design model

Enterprise network architecture

SDN design

Network diagnostic tools (ping, traceroute)

Using debug commands for troubleshooting

SPAN, RSPAN and ERSPAN technologies

Gathering network statistics with NetFlow

Fundamentals of overlay tunnels

GRE tunnel configuration and explanation

IPSec fundamentals

LISP protocol explanation

VXLAN data plane encapsulation

Generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnels

NHRP protocol explanation

Dynamic Multipoint VPN phases

DMVPN configuration and verification

IPSec fundamentals

Authentication header and Encapsulating Security Payload

DMVPN tunnel and transport modes

DMVPN protection with IPSec

VRF-Lite explanation

VRF configuration and verification

Introduction to MPLS

MPLS Layer 3 VPNs

Authentication, Authorization, Accounting (AAA)

Zone Based Firewall (ZBFW)

Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF)

Control Plane Policing (CoPP) configuration

Securing console and vty lines access

Privilege levels and role based access control (RBAC)

Password encryption levels

Management tools (syslog, SNMP, IP SLA)

Application Programming Interface (REST API)

Data models (YANG, Netconf, Restconf)

EEM – Embedded Event Manager

Agent based and agentless automation tools