IP Data- Level3.

1
Assessment Name

Assessment Name and Level

Total No. of Questions

50

Total Marks

50

Pass Percentage

70 %

Duration of Assessment

1 hour 30 minutes

Topic Name

No. of questions

Level 2 - Network Group - Network Basics and IP

Addressing

Level 2 - Network Group - Advanced Network &

QoS

Level 2 - Network Group ADV-TECH

Level 2 Top up - Device and Tools

Level 2 Top up - Network Security

Level 2 Top up - Wireless

ITIL

Total

25
Essential skill Topics

Total

Topic Name

No. of questions

Level 2 Data Advance LAN

Level 2 Data - Routing

Level 1 Data - Switching

Level 1 Data - WAN

Level 1Network Group HDLC & PPP

Level 1Network Group - ISDN

4
25

Network Basics and IP Addressing

IP Addressing and subnetting
CIDR and summarisation
Static and Default routing
Networking Basics
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk365/technologies_tech_note09186a00800a67f5.shtml
http://fc.tyreso.se/klassfack/FOV1-00022AC1/I00F25EE4.0/

VLAN and STP based solution

CDP and DTP operation modes
VLAN,VTP,VTP operation modes
VLAN Trunking, Trunking protocols(Dot1q and ISL), Native VLAN and VTP pruning
STP,RSTP,PVST and MST
STP Security - portfast,uplinkfast,backbone fast,bpdu guard, root guard, loop guard and UDLD
Switch-port security
Inter-VLAN routing and Switching
SVI and routing interfaces
HSRP/VRRP/GLBP

http://www.routeralley.com/ra/completed/ccnp_switching_studyguide.pdf
http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/psa/configure.html?mode=tech&level0=268435696

Advanced Network & QoS

QoS
The DiffServ and IntServ QoS models
QoS mechanisms (classification and marking, congestion management and avoidance, traffic policing and shaping)
Cisco MQC for QoS configurations
Hierarchical QoS configurations
Persistence
Class-based markings
QoS pre-classify on tunnel interface
CB-WFQ
LLQ
WRED
Traffic policing
Traffic shaping
MPLS EXP bits
MPLS QoS implementation concepts and models
LAN QoS

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_2/qos/configuration/guide/fqos_c.html
http://www.routeralley.com/ra/docs/qos_classification.pdf

ADV-TECH
MPLS/LDP in a Service Provider IP Environment

CEF, FIB, LFIB and LIB tables on Cisco routers

MPLS labels and label stack operations on Cisco routers
LDP operations in Cisco routers
MPLS OAM (MPLS LSP Ping and MPLS Traceroute)
MPLS Applications in Service provider environment
LDP
LDP high availability features
VRF and MP-BGP
MPLS VPN
Routing protocols OSPF/EIGRP/RIP/BGP between MPLS PE-CE links.

Home
https://www.racf.bnl.gov/Facility/TechnologyMeeting/Archive/06-30-04-CISCO/CISCO-MPLSconcept.pdf
http://www.cs.wmich.edu/~alfuqaha/Fall07/cs6030/lectures/mpls-rev2.pdf
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk436/tk428/technologies_configuration_example09186a00800a6c1
1.shtml

ENTR_DEV_TOOLS
F5 - Load Balancers
Installation and Licensing
Virtual Servers and Pools and Load Balancing
Profiles
iRules
Persistence
Health Monitors
SSL Termination and Certificate Management
NATs and SNATs
Highly Available Redundant System configurations
tmsh (TM Shell) command line, SNMP and Logging
BIG-IP Admin topics such as Clustered Multi-Processing (CMP), VLAN Management, and Administrative
Domains

Home
http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~ytan/i450-02/materials/bigip_halbadmin.pdf

Network Security
Virtual private networks
IPSec Site-to-Site VPNs and Client-to-Site VPNs
IKE, ISAKMP,ESP and AH
IPSec tunnel mode and transport mode VPN data transmission
GRE VPN tunnels
GRE over IPSec and IPSec over GRE
PIX-ASA
Cisco ASA adaptive security appliance Basic Configurations
ASA product family
ASA licensing
Manage the ASA boot process

ASA interface settings

ASA management features
ASA access control features and Object Groups

Network Address Translation (NAT) on the ASA

ASA quality of service (QoS) settings
ASA stateful failover
Virtual private networks on ASA
IPSec Site-to-Site VPNs and Client-to-Site VPNs
IKE, ISAKMP,ESP and AH
Persistence

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa84/configuration/guide/interface_start.html

Home

WIRELESS
WLAN fundamentals
Basics of spread spectrum technology (modulation, DSS, OFDM, MIMO, Channels reuse and overlap, Rateshifting, CSMA/CA)
Wireless regulatory bodies, standards and certifications (FCC, ETSI, 802.11a/b/g/n, WiFi Alliance)
WLAN RF principles (antenna types, RF gain/loss, EIRP, refraction, reflection, ETC)
Networking technologies used in wireless (SSID --> WLAN_ID --> Interface -- >VLAN, 802.1q trunking)
Wireless topologies (IBSS, BSS, ESS, Point-to-Point, Point-to-Multipoint, basic Mesh, bridging)
802.11 authentication and encryption methods (Open, Shared, 802.1X, EAP, TKIP, AES)
Frame types (associated/unassociated, management, control, data)
Basic WLAN Security
Framework of wireless security and security components (authentication, encryption, MFP, IPS)
Authentication methods (Guest, PSK, 802.1X, WPA/WPA2 with EAP- TLS, EAP-FAST, PEAP, LEAP)
Describe and configure encryption methods (WPA/WPA2 with TKIP, AES)
Describe and configure the different sources of authentication (PSK, EAP-local or -external, Radius)
Configure authentication and encryption methods on a WLAN (WPA/WPA2 with PSK and 802.1x)
Implement wireless Guest networking
Cisco WLC load-based CAC
Cisco WLC and Cisco WCS

Home

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/access_point/12.2_15_JA/configuration/guide/i12215sc.ht
ml
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/controller/7.2/configuration/guide/cg_preface.html

Advanced LAN
Network Basics and IP Addressing
IP Addressing and subnetting
CIDR and summarisation
Static and Default routing

Networking Basics
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk365/technologies_tech_note09186a00800a67f5.shtml

VLAN and STP based solution

CDP and DTP operation modes
VLAN,VTP,VTP operation modes
VLAN Trunking,Trunking protocols(Dot1q and ISL), Native VLAN and VTP pruning
STP,RSTP,PVST and MST
STP Security - portfast,uplinkfast,backbone fast,bpdu guard,root guard,loop guard and UDLD
Switch-port security
Inter-VLAN routing and Switching
SVI and routing interfaces
HSRP/VRRP/GLBP
Layer 3 path control
Broadband technologies
Basic VPN technologies
GRE
Route-maps and Policy based routing

http://www.routeralley.com/ra/completed/ccnp_switching_studyguide.pdf
http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/psa/configure.html?mode=tech&level0=268435696

ROUTING
Persistence
EIGRP neighborship and EIGRP packets
EIGRP DUAL and metric calculation methods(K1,K2,K3,K4 and K5)
EIGRP AD,FD,Successor and Feasible Successor
EIGRP Redistribution and Summarisation
EIGRP Equal and un-equal cost load balancing
EIGRP Stuck-in-active
EIGRP Authentication
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk365/tk207/tsd_technology_support_sub-protocol_home.html
Advanced OSPF based solution
OSPF Neighborship and OSPF packets
OSPF Network types and DR,BDR and DROTHER routers
OSPF areas Single and multiple
OSPF Redistribution and Summarisation
Configure OSPF routing
OSPF routing on Frame-Relay
OSPF Routers - Internal,Backbone,ABR and ASBR
OSPF LSA types and OSPF areas stub filtering
OSPF virtula-links
OSPFv3
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk365/tk480/tsd_technology_support_sub-protocol_home.html

Advanced BGP based solution

BGP Neighborship and BGP packet types
BGP Neighborship states
eBGP and iBGP sessions
Configure eBGP routing
BGP best path selection using BGP attributes.
BGP Attributes
BGP route filtering- Distribute-list,prefix-list,filter-list and route-maps
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk365/tk80/tsd_technology_support_sub-protocol_home.html

SWITCHING
Network status and switch operation using basic utilities (including: ping, traceroute, telnet, SSH, arp, ipconfig),
SHOW & DEBUG commands
STP, RSTP, VLAN,VTP,VLAN Trunking protocols 802.1Q and ISL
Switch-port security
DTP and CDP messages
SVI and routing interfaces

http://www.routeralley.com/ra/completed/ccnp_switching_studyguide.pdf
http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/psa/configure.html?mode=tech&level0=268435696

WAN
HDLC
PPP, PPP-PAP and PPP-CHAP
Frame Relay on Cisco routers
http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/psa/general.html?mode=tech&level0=268435929

HDLC and PPP

HDLC
PPP, PPP-PAP and PPP-CHAP
PPP LCP and NCP
PPP and HDLC configurations

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-point_protocol
Also Refer cisco CCNA study guides.

ISDN
ISDN B and D channels
ISDN PRI and BRI interfaces
ISDN layer-2 and layer-3 protocols stack
ISDN configuration and troubleshooting

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Services_Digital_Network