CCNP and CCIE Enterprise Core ENCOR 350-401 Official Cert Guidee

Trust the best-selling Official Cert Guide series from Cisco Press to help you learn, prepare, and practice for exam success. They are built with the objective of providing assessment, review, and practice to help ensure you are fully prepared for your certification exam. Master Cisco CCNP/CCIE ENCOR exam topics Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes Review key concepts with exam preparation tasks This is the eBook edition of the CCNP and CCIE Enterprise Core ENCOR 350-401 Official Cert Guide. This eBook does not include access to the Pearson Test Prep practice exams that comes with the print edition. CCNP and CCIE Enterprise Core ENCOR 350-401 Official Cert Guide presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. "Do I Know This Already?" quizzes open each chapter and enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly. CCNP and CCIE Enterprise Core ENCOR 350-401 Official Cert Guide focuses specifically on the objectives for the Cisco CCNP/CCIE ENCOR 350-401 exam. Networking experts Brad Edgeworth, Ramiro Garza Rios, Dave Hucaby, and Jason Gooley share preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics. This complete study package includes A test-preparation routine proven to help you pass the exams Do I Know This Already? quizzes, which enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section Chapter-ending exercises, which help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly Practice exercises that help you enhance your knowledge More than 90 minutes of video mentoring from the author A final preparation chapter, which guides you through tools and resources to help you craft your review and test-taking strategies Study plan suggestions and templates to help you organize and optimize your study time Well regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, comprehensive design scenarios, and challenging review questions and exercises, this official study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time. The official study guide helps you master all the topics on the CCNP/CCIE ENCOR exam, including Enterprise network architecture Virtualization Network assurance Security * Automation

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Brad Edgeworth, CCIE No. 31574 (R&S and SP), is a systems architect at Cisco Systems. Brad is a distinguished speaker at Cisco Live, where he has presented on various topics. Before joining Cisco, Brad worked as a network architect and consultant for various Fortune 500 companies. Brad's expertise is based on enterprise and service provider environments, with an emphasis on architectural and operational simplicity. Brad holds a bachelor of arts degree in computer systems management from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. Brad can be found on Twitter as @BradEdgeworth.

Ramiro Garza Rios, CCIE No. 15469 (R&S, SP, and Security), is a solutions architect in the Cisco Customer Experience (CX) organization. His expertise is on enterprise and service provider network environments, with a focus on evolving architectures and nextgeneration technologies. He is also a Cisco Live distinguished speaker. Ramiro recently concluded a multi-year Cisco ACI project for one of the top three Tier 1 ISPs in the United States.

Before joining Cisco Systems in 2005, he was a network consulting and presales engineer for a Cisco Gold Partner in Mexico, where he planned, designed, and implemented both enterprise and service provider networks.

David Hucaby, CCIE No. 4594 (R&S), CWNE No. 292, is a lead network engineer for the University of Kentucky Healthcare, where he focuses on wireless networks in a large medical environment. David holds bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Kentucky. He has been authoring Cisco Press titles for 20 years.

Jason Gooley, CCIE No. 38759 (R&S and SP), is a very enthusiastic and spontaneous person who has more than 20 years of experience in the industry. Currently, Jason works as a technical solutions architect for the Worldwide Enterprise Networking Sales team at Cisco Systems. Jason is very passionate about helping others in the industry succeed. In addition to being a Cisco Press author, Jason is a distinguished speaker at Cisco Live, contributes to the development of the Cisco CCIE and DevNet exams, provides training for Learning@Cisco, is an active CCIE mentor, is a committee member for the Cisco Continuing Education Program (CE), and is a program committee member of the Chicago Network Operators Group (CHI-NOG), www.chinog.org. Jason also hosts a show called MetalDevOps. Jason can be found at www.MetalDevOps.com, @MetalDevOps, and @Jason_Gooley on all social media platforms.

Contenu

Introduction

Part I Forwarding

Chapter 1 Packet Forwarding

"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 2

Foundation Topics 3

Network Device Communication 3

Layer 2 Forwarding 4

Layer 3 Forwarding

Forwarding Architectures

Process Switching

Software CEF

Hardware CEF

Stateful Switchover

SDM Templates

Exam Preparation Tasks

Part II Layer 2

Chapter 2 Spanning Tree Protocol

"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz

Foundation Topics

Spanning Tree Protocol Fundamentals

IEEE 802.1D STP

Building the STP Topology

STP Topology Changes

Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol

RSTP (802.1W) Port States

RSTP (802.1W) Port Roles

RSTP (802.1W) Port Types

Building the RSTP Topology

Exam Preparation Tasks

Chapter 3 Advanced STP Tuning

"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz

Foundation Topics

STP Topology Tuning

Root Bridge Placement

Modifying STP Root Port and Blocked Switch Port Locations

Modifying STP Port Priority

Additional STP Protection Mechanisms

Root Guard

STP Portfast

BPDU Guard

BPDU Filter

Problems with Unidirectional Links

Exam Preparation Tasks

Chapter 4 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol

"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz

Foundation Topics

Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol

MST Instances (MSTIs)

MST Configuration

MST Verification

MST Tuning

Common MST Misconfigurations

MST Region Boundary

Exam Preparation Tasks

Chapter 5 VLAN Trunks and EtherChannel Bundles

"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz

Foundation Topics

VLAN Trunking Protocol

VTP Communication

VTP Configuration

VTP Verification

Dynamic Trunking Protocol

EtherChannel Bundle

Dynamic Link Aggregation Protocols

Verifying Port-Channel Status

Viewing EtherChannel Neighbors

Verifying EtherChannel Packets

Advanced LACP Configuration Options

Troubleshooting EtherChannel Bundles

Load Balancing Traffic with EtherChannel Bundles

Exam Preparation Tasks

Part III Routing

Chapter 6 IP Routing Essentials

"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz

Foundation Topics

Routing Protocol Overview

Distance Vector Algorithms

Enhanced Distance Vector Algorithms

Link-State Algorithms

Path Vector Algorithm

Path Selection

Prefix Length

Administrative Distance

Metrics

Static Routing

Static Route Types

Floating Static Routing

Static Null Routes

IPv6 Static Routes

Virtual Routing and Forwarding

Exam Preparation Tasks

Chapter 7 EIGRP

"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz

Foundation Topics

EIGRP Fundamentals

Autonomous Systems

EIGRP Terminology

Topology Table

EIG…