Description
Book SynopsisFor beginning and experienced network engineers tasked with building LAN, WAN, and data center connections, this book lays out clear directions for installing, configuring, and troubleshooting networks with Cisco devices. Cisco Networks, 2nd Edition is a practical guide and desk reference for Cisco engineers. This new edition will discuss tools that can be used to automate and troubleshoot networks. A new chapter on quality of service has been added to teach managing network resources by prioritizing specific types of network traffic. The new edition has an updated wireless section which focuses on an updated controller and integration with Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco Prime Infrastructure.
This practical desk companion doubles as a comprehensive overview of the basic knowledge and skills needed by CCNA and CCNP exam takers. Prior familiarity with Cisco routing and switching is desirable but not necessary, as Chris Carthern, Dr. Will Wil
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Practical Networking Intro
[The purposes and functions each layer in network communications; discussion of OSI and TCP/IP protocols. How the layers work together and what do they tell us about the layers below.]
1.1 OSI Model
1.2 Physical layer
1.3 Data Link layer
1.4 Network layer
1.5 Transport layer
1.6 Session layer
1.7 Presentation layer
1.8 Application layer
1.9 TCP/IP Protocol
1.10 Port Numbers - (List common enterprise port numbers)
1.11 Types of Communications - Broadcast, Unicast, Multicast and Anycast
1.12 Types of Networks
1.13 Network Architectures
1.14 Intro and use case for software define networking
1.15 Summary
Chapter 2. The Physical Medium
[Practical considerations and troubleshooting when establishing a physical medium for network communications. Common problems at the physical layer.]
2.1 Physical medium
2.2 Standards
2.3 Cables
2.4 Ethernet
2.5 Negotiation
2.6 Duplex
2.7 Unidirectional Link Detection (UDLD)
2.8 Common issues
2.9 Summary
Chapter 3. Protocols And The Data Link Layer
[The idea of protocols and their use, functions of the data link layer using IEEE 802.3 and switching. What the data link tells about the physical medium state and the higher layer protocols.]
3.1 Protocols -- Ethernet, MPLS, LLDP, CDP, Spanning Tree, LACP, DOT1Q,
3.2 Link layer functions
3.3 Link layer discovery protocol
3.4 Link layer related to other layers
3.5 Types of messages
3.6 Summary
Chapter 4. The Network Layer
[The concept of routing, which protocol transmissions are routable and IP addressing, including architecture requirements for IPv4 and IPv6 networks; subnetting. Observing the protocol layer transitions with packet captures]
4.1 IP Communication Types - Broadcast, Multicast, Unicast, Anycast
4.2 IP Addressing (Public vs Private) Bogons and Martians
4.3 CIDR
4.4 IPv4
4.5 IPv6
4.6 Subnetting
4.7 Subnetting exercises
4.8 Summary
Chapter 5. Intermediate LAN Switching
[Basic switching concepts, switch operations, common switching helper protocols their use and functions: (Trunking 802.1q, EtherChannels 802.3ad, RSTP 802.1D. Review the purpose of VLANs; their implementation and multilayer devices.]
5.1 Switching
5.2 LAGs
5.3 Spanning Tree and Spanning Tree interop, Spanning Tree Convergence
5.4 VLANs
5.5 Trunking
5.6 VTP
5.7 MSTP
5.8 Labs; Exercises
5.9 Summary
Chapter 6. Routing
[Routing concepts with practical implementation, including static routing and dynamic protocols such as OSPF, BGP, RIP and EIGRP.]
6.1 Static routing
6.2 Routing protocols
6.3 IS-IS
6.4 EIGRP
6.5 OSFP
6.6 BGP
6.7 Labs; Exercises
6.8 Summary
Chapter 7. Introduction to Tools and Automation
[Introduction into using tools and automation that will be used in further chapters for different use cases.]
7.1 Tools overview
7.2 Introduction to prime infrastructure
7.3 Introduction to ISE
7.4 Introduction to SD-WAN / vManage
7.5 Introduction to DNA
Chapter 8. Switch and Router Troubleshooting (Note: Needs Work, Add MPLS troubleshooting.Routing troubleshooting can be quiet big should we break it down?
We also need to add Data Structures for Switching/Routing: MAC Table, ARP Table, CEF adjacency table, FIB tables, RIB table etc.)
[How to troubleshoot and resolve issues with Cisco network devices and Client side tools.]
8.1 Techniques
8.2 VLANs
8.3 Trunking
8.4 Routing
8.5 Dynamic routing
8.6 Spanning tree
8.7 EtherChannel
8.8 Tools
8.9 Labs; Exercises
8.10 Summary
Chapter 9. NAT/DHCP (Add a section on NAT and IPSec and NAT affected Protocols)
[The purpose of NAT and DCHP and how to configure them on network devices.]
9.1 NAT
9.2 Static Nat
9.3 Dynamic Nat
9.4 PAT
9.5 DHCP
9.6 Setting up router as DHCP server
9.7 NAT affected protocols
9.8 Labs; Exercises
9.9 Summary
Chapter 10. Management Plane
[How to administer Cisco devices, including booting, working from rommom, managing cisco images, upgrading the IOS, and configuring syslog and SNMPv3. Also port security, access-lists, password security and ssh, SNMPv3, TACACS, RADIUS, Logging]
10.1 Authentication and authorization
10.2 SSH
10.3 Password recovery
10.4 User accounts
10.5 Logging
10.6 Banners
10.7 AAA
10.8 Disabling services
10.9 IOS switch upgrade
10.10 Configuration using prime infrastructure
10.11 Introduction to netconf
10.12 Labs; Exercises
10.13 Summary
Chapter 11. Data Plane
[Commons traffic protocols and the applications of filters. Netflow/Sflow]
11.1 Traffic protocols
11.2 Filters
11.3 Netflow/Sflow
11.4 Labs; Exercises
11.5 Summary
Chapter 12. Control Plane
[Securing the protocol exchange, IGP, BGP, DNS and NTP]
12.1 Layer 2
12.2 IGP
12.3 BGP
12.4 DNS
12.5 Protocol independent multicasting
12.6 NTP
12.7 Managing control plane using tools
12.8 Labs; Exercises
12.9 Summary
Chapter 13. Introduction to Availability
[Redundancy at layer 2 and layer 3: GLBP, VRRP and multilinks. How to VoIP and video configurations; creating high availability and redundancy.]
13.1 High availability
13.2 HSRP
13.3 VRRP
13.4 GLBP
13.5 SLB
13.6 Multilinks
13.7 Layer 2 extensions overview
13.8 Labs; Exercises
13.9 Summary
Chapter 14. Advanced Routing
[How to implement multi-area OSPF, eBGP, IPv6 routing, IPv4 route redistribution to static routes, and dynamic routing protocols; layer 3 path control; implementing basic teleworker and branch services, including GRE tunnels]
14.1 Route maps
14.2 Policy based routing
14.3 Redistribution
14.4 EIGRP
14.5 Multi-area OSPF
14.6 BGP
14.7 IPv6 routing
14.8 GRE tunnels
14.9 IPsec VPNs
14.10 Labs; Exercises
14.11 Summary
Chapter 15. QoS
[How to implement, manage and optimize QoS in Cisco Networks]
15.1 Intro to QoS
15.2 Classification and marking
15.3 Policing and shaping
15.4 QoS in IPv6
15.5 QoS design strategies
15.6 QoS for tunnels and sub-interfaces
15.7 Troubleshooting
15.8 Labs
15.9 Summary
Chapter 16. Advanced Security
[How to implement advanced security solutions, including private VLANs, VACLs and PACLs; implementing port authentication, and Extended ACLs.]
16.1 Private VLANs
16.2 Dot1x
16.3 Extended ACL
16.4 VACL
16.5 PACL
16.6 MAC ACL
16.7 DHCP snooping
16.8 IDS/IPS
16.9 MAC SEC
16.10 Compliance
16.11 Labs; Exercises
16.12 Summary
Chapter 17. Advanced Troubleshooting
[How to verify advanced routing problems, including EIGRP, OSPF, eBGP, route redistribution, NAT, DHCP, VACLs, PACLs, and IPv6 routing.]
17.1 Route redistribution
17.2 ACLs
17.3 NAT
17.4 PACL
17.5 Dynamic routing protocols
17.6 IPv6
17.7 IPsec
17.8 GRE tunnels
17.9 HSRP, VRRP, GLBP
17.10 Labs; Exercises
17.11 Summary
Chapter 18. Effective Network Management
[Aggregation of data from the control, data and management
plane for effective network and data flow management. Use of logs, SNMP, IDS
alerts and Netflow/Sflow]
18.1 Logs
18.2 SNMP
18.3 SLAs and embedded event manager
18.4 sFlow/NetFlow
18.5 Tools
18.6 Labs; Exercises
18.7 Summary
Chapter 19. Data Center
[How to configure VLANs and interswitch communications using a Nexus with NX-OS software; configuring routing on NX-OS software, including OSPF and BGP; port channels and port profiles; configuring the Nexus for Fabric Extender (FEX) support.]
19.1 NX-OS
19.2 NX-OSv overview
19.3 VLAN
19.4 VTP
19.5 Virtual Route Forwarding (VRF)
19.6 EIGRP
19.7 OSPF
19.8 BGP
19.9 Port profiles
19.10 Fabric extenders
19.11 Fabric design
19.12 GLBP
19.13 Virtual Port Channel (vPC)
19.14Virtual Device Context (VDC)
19.15 VXLAN
19.16 OTV
19.17 ACI overview
19.18 Labs; Exercises
19.19 Summary
Chapter 20. Wireless LAN
[The basic components of the Cisco Wireless Network architecture; how to install access points and wireless controllers and incorporate them into switches; wireless security, including port authentication, authentication, and encryption.]
20.1 Wireless components
20.2 Wireless access points
20.3 Wireless controllers
20.4 Integration with ISE
20.5 Cisco prime infrastructure
20.6 Security and authentication
20.7 Labs; Exercises
20.8 Summary
Chapter 21. Firepower
[The basic components of the Cisco Firepower; how to configure and manage firewalls and Intrusion Prevention and incorporating them into network architectures, including traffic analysis, Packet filtering, NAT, VPNs, Remote Access and device management.]
21.1 Testing Policies in a Safe Environment
21.2 Baseline network
21.3 Access rules
21.4 Open services
21.5 Anti-Spoofing
21.6 Service policies
21.7 Cluster
21.8 Multi-Context
21.9 Virtual
21.10 Active/Active
21.11 Active/Standby
21.12 SGT based ACLs
21.13 Routing
21.14 VPNs
21.15 Labs; Exercises
21.16 Summary
Chapter 22. Network Penetration Testing
[This section will focus on testing the security of your network; performing basic network penetration testing using NMAP, NESSUS, Linux Backtrack and Metasploit tools.]
22.1 Reconnaissance and scanning
22.2 Vulnerability assessment
22.3 Exploitation
22.4 Labs
22.5 Summary
Chapter 23. MPLS
[This section will focus on Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) and its implementation in modern networks that is mostly used by enterprises and service providers.]
23.1 Intro to MPLS
23.2 LDP
23.3 MPLS Layer3 VPN
23.4 MPLS Layer2 VPN (VPLS)
23.5 VRF Lite
23.6 IPv6 over MPLS
23.7 MPLS troubleshooting
23.8 Labs
23.9 Summary
Chapter 24. DMVPN
[This section will focus on the implementation of dynamic multipoint virtual private networks (DMVPN). We will explore implementing DMVPNs with a hub and spoke architecture; using routing protocols and IPsec.]
24.1 Intro DMVPN
24.2 Phase 1
24.3 Phase 2
24.4 Phase 3
24.5 Flex VPN
24.6 DMVPN troubleshooting
24.7 Labs
24.8 Summary
Chapter 25. Network Automation
[This section will focus on using network automation to automate Cisco IOS networks.]
25.1 Python
25.2 Python APIs
25.3 Napalm
25.4 Nornir
25.5 Labs
25.6 Summary
