CCNP and CCIE Enterprise Core ENCOR 350-401 Exam Cram

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Contents at a Glance
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: Infrastructure
	CHAPTER 1 Understanding Layer 2
		VLANs Overview
			VLAN Assignment
			802.1Q Trunking
			Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP)
			VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)
			Inter-VLAN Routing
		Spanning Tree Protocol Overview
			Root Bridge, Root Port, and Designated Port Elections
			Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
			Spanning Tree Protocol Tuning and Protection Mechanisms
			Switch Priorities Overview
			Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MST)
		EtherChannels
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 2 Understanding Layer 3: IGPs
		IP Routing Essentials
			Routing Algorithms
			Path Selection
			Static Routing
		Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
			Neighbor Table
			Topology Table
			Routing Tables
			EIGRP Authentication
			EIGRP Named Mode
			Route Summarization
		Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
			OSPF Cost
			OSPF Authentication
			OSPF Areas
			Neighbors and Adjacencies
			OSPF Packet Types
			Basic OSPF Configuration
			Router ID (RID)
			Passive Interfaces
			Default Route Advertisements
			OSPF Optimizations
			Link-State Advertisements (LSAs)
			OSPF Path Selection
			Route Summarization
			OSPFv3
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 3 Understanding Layer 3: BGP
		BGP Fundamentals
		BGP Configuration and Verification
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 4 IP Services
		Network Time Protocol (NTP)
		Network Address Translation (NAT)
			Static NAT
			Dynamic NAT
			Port Address Translation (PAT)
		First-Hop Redundancy Protocols (FHRPs)
			Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
			Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP)
			Object Tracking with FHRPs
		Multicast
			Multicast Fundamentals
			Multicast Group Addressing
			Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
			Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 5 Enterprise Wireless
		Wireless Basics
			Radio Frequency (RF)
			Free Space Path Loss
			Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI)
			Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)
			IEEE Wireless Standards
			Multiple Radios
		WLC and AP Operation and Pairing
			AP and WLC Interaction
		Wireless Roaming
			Troubleshooting WLAN Configuration and Client Connectivity Issues
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
Part II: Security
	CHAPTER 6 Device Access Control
		Cisco IOS CLI Session Overview
			Protection of Access to Cisco IOS EXEC Modes
			Secured Access with SSH
			Privilege Levels and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
		Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) Overview
			TACACS+ Overview
			RADIUS Overview
			AAA Configuration for Network Devices
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 7 Infrastructure Security
		Access Control Lists (ACLs) Overview
			Types of ACLs
			Port ACLs (PACLs) and VLAN ACLs (VACLs)
		Control Plane Policing (CoPP)
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 8 Securing REST APIs
		REST API Security
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 9 Wireless Security
		Wireless Authentication Overview
			Open Authentication
			Pre-Shared Key (PSK) Authentication
			Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Authentication
			WebAuth
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 10 Network Security Design
		Threat Defense
			Network Security Components
		TrustSec, MACsec
			TrustSec
			MACsec
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 11 Network Access Control
		Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
			Network Access Control (NAC)
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
Part III: Automation
	CHAPTER 12 Anatomy of Python
		Interpreting Python Components and Scripts
			Python Overview
			Python Releases
			Setting Up Guest Shell
			Using Python
			Python Requirements
			Parsing Python Output to JSON
			Exception Handling
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 13 Building JSON Files
		Data Formats (XML and JSON)
			Extensible Markup Language (XML)
			JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)
			XML and JSON Comparison
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 14 YANG Data Modeling
		YANG Data Modeling
			Different YANG Models
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 15 DNA Center and vManage APIs
		APIs for Cisco DNA Center and vManage
			DNA Center API Integrations
			vManage API Integrations
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 16 Interpreting REST API Codes
		Interpreting REST API Response Codes
			HTTP Status Codes
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 17 EEM Applets
		Embedded Event Manager (EEM)
			EEM Architecture
			EEM Policies
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 18 Configuration Management and Orchestration
		Agent-Based Orchestration Tools
			Puppet
			Chef
			SaltStack
		Agentless Orchestration Tools
			Ansible
			Bolt
			Configuration Management and Orchestration Tools Comparison
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
Part IV: Architecture
	CHAPTER 19 Enterprise Network Design Principles
		Hierarchical LAN Design Model
			Access Layer
			Distribution Layer
			Core Layer
			Enterprise Network Architecture Options
		First-Hop Redundancy Protocols (FHRPs)
			Host Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
			Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
			Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP)
		Hardware Redundancy Mechanisms
			Stateful Switchover (SSO)
			Nonstop Forwarding (NSF)
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 20 Wireless LAN Deployments
		Wireless Deployment Models
			Autonomous Wireless Deployments
			Centralized Wireless Deployments
			Cisco FlexConnect Wireless Deployments
			Cloud-Based Wireless Deployments
			Embedded Wireless Deployments
		Wireless Location Services
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 21 On-Premises vs. Cloud Infrastructure
		Cloud Infrastructure Basics
		Cloud Services Models
			Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
			Platform as a Service (PaaS)
			Software as a Service (SaaS)
			Anything as a Service (XaaS)
		Cloud Deployment Models
		On-Premises or Cloud Infrastructure
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 22 SD-WAN
		SD-WAN Overview
			The Need for SD-WAN
			Secure Automated WAN
			Application Performance Optimization
			Secure Direct Internet Access (DIA)
			Multicloud
		SD-WAN Architecture Components
			vSmart Controllers
			WAN Edge Routers
			vBond Orchestrators
			vManage
			SD-WAN Considerations
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 23 SD-Access
		SD-Access Overview
		SD-Access Architecture
		SD-Access Operational Planes
		SD-Access Fabric Roles and Components
			Control Plane Nodes
			Edge Nodes
			Intermediate Nodes
			Border Nodes
			Fabric Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs)
			Fabric-Mode Access Points
			SD-Access Embedded Wireless
			Fabric in a Box
			Shared Services
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 24 QoS
		The Need for QoS
			Packet Loss
			Delay
			Jitter
			Lack of Bandwidth
		QoS Models and Components
			Classification and Marking
			DSCPs and Per-Hop Behaviors (PHBs)
			Policing and Shaping
		Congestion Management and Congestion Avoidance
			Congestion Management (Queuing)
			Congestion Avoidance
			Wireless QoS
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 25 Switching
		Traffic Forwarding Basics
		Forwarding Architectures
			Process Switching
			Fast Switching
			Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF)
			Tables Used in Switching
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
Part V: Virtualization
	CHAPTER 26 Basic Virtualization
		Virtualization Overview
			Hypervisors
		Virtual Machines (VMs)
		Virtual Switching
			Network Virtualization
			Cisco Enterprise Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
			Cisco Enterprise NFV Architecture
			VNFs Supported in Cisco Enterprise NFV
			Cisco NFV Hardware Options
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 27 VRF Instances, GRE, and IPsec
		Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)
			VRF-Lite
		Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
		IPsec VPNs
			Site-to-Site VPNs
			Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN)
			Cisco IOS Virtual Tunnel Interfaces (VTIs)
			Cisco IOS FlexVPN
			IP Security (IPsec)
			GRE Tunneling over IPsec
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 28 Extending the Network Virtually
		Locator ID/Separation Protocol (LISP)
			LISP Architecture
		Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
Part VI: Network Assurance
	CHAPTER 29 Troubleshooting
		Troubleshooting Overview
			Using debug to Analyze Traffic
			Troubleshooting with traceroute
			Troubleshooting with ping
		Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 30 Monitoring
		Syslog
		NetFlow and Flexible NetFlow
		Switch Port Analyzer (SPAN), Remote SPAN (RSPAN), and Encapsulated Remote SPAN (ERSPAN)
			Remote SPAN (RSPAN)
			Encapsulated Remote SPAN (ERSPAN)
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 31 IP SLA and DNA Center
		IP SLA Overview
		Cisco DNA Center Assurance
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
	CHAPTER 32 NETCONF and RESTCONF
		NETCONF
		RESTCONF
		Review Questions
			Answers to Review Questions
		Further Reading
		What’s Next?
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