CCNA-200-301

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Exam Description

To earn your CCNA certification, you must pass the 200-301 CCNA exam. This 120-minute exam tests your knowledge of:

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  Network Fundamentals

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  Network Access

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  IP Connectivity

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  IP Services

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  Security Fundamentals

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  Automation and Programmability

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• 1.0 Network Fundamentals

  20%

  • 1.1 Explain the role and function of network components

    • 1.1.a Routers
    • 1.1.b Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches
    • 1.1.c Next-generation firewalls and IPS
    • 1.1.d Access points
    • 1.1.e Controllers (Cisco DNA Center and WLC)
    • 1.1.f Endpoints
    • 1.1.g Servers
    • 1.1.h PoE

  • 1.2 Describe characteristics of network topology architectures

    • 1.2.a Two-tier
    • 1.2.b Three-tier
    • 1.2.c Spine-leaf
    • 1.2.d WAN
    • 1.2.e Small office/home office (SOHO)
    • 1.2.f On-premise and cloud

  • 1.3 Compare physical interface and cabling types

    • 1.3.a Single-mode fiber, multimode fiber, copper
    • 1.3.b Connections (Ethernet shared media and point-to-point)

  • 1.4 Identify interface and cable issues (collisions, errors, mismatch duplex, and/or speed)

  • 1.5 Compare TCP to UDP

  • 1.6 Configure and verify IPv4 addressing and subnetting

  • 1.7 Describe the need for private IPv4 addressing

  • 1.8 Configure and verify IPv6 addressing and prefix

  • 1.9 Describe IPv6 address types

    • 1.9.a Unicast (global, unique local, and link local)
    • 1.9.b Anycast
    • 1.9.c Multicast
    • 1.9.d Modified EUI 64

  • 1.10 Verify IP parameters for Client OS (Windows, Mac OS, Linux)

  • 1.11 Describe wireless principles

    • 1.11.a Nonoverlapping Wi-Fi channels
    • 1.11.b SSID
    • 1.11.c RF
    • 1.11.d Encryption

  • 1.12 Explain virtualization fundamentals (server virtualization, containers, and VRFs)

  • 1.13 Describe switching concepts

    • 1.14 MAC learning and aging
    • 1.15 Frame switching
    • 1.16 Frame flooding
    • 1.17 MAC address table

• 2.0 Network Access

  20%

  • 2.1 Configure and verify VLANs (normal range) spanning multiple switches

    • 2.1.a Access ports (data and voice)
    • 2.1.b Default VLAN
    • 2.1.c InterVLAN connectivity

  • 2.2 Configure and verify interswitch connectivity

    • 2.2.a Trunk ports
    • 2.2.b 802.1Q
    • 2.2.c Native VLAN

  • 2.3 Configure and verify Layer 2 discovery protocols (Cisco Discovery Protocol and LLDP)

  • 2.4 Configure and verify (Layer 2/Layer 3) EtherChannel (LACP)

  • 2.5 Describe the need for and basic operations of Rapid PVST+ Spanning Tree Protocol and identify basic operations

    • 2.5.a Root port, root bridge (primary/secondary), and other port names
    • 2.5.b Port states (forwarding/blocking)
    • 2.5.c PortFast benefits

  • 2.6 Compare Cisco Wireless Architectures and AP modes

  • 2.7 Describe physical infrastructure connections of WLAN components (AP,WLC, access/trunk ports, and LAG)

  • 2.8 Describe AP and WLC management access connections (Telnet, SSH, HTTP,HTTPS, console, and TACACS+/RADIUS)

  • 2.9 Configure the components of a wireless LAN access for client connectivity using GUI only such as WLAN creation, security settings, QoS profiles, and advanced WLAN settings

• 3.0 IP Connectivity

  25%

  • 3.1 Interpret the components of routing table

    • 3.1.a Routing protocol code
    • 3.1.b Prefix
    • 3.1.c Network mask
    • 3.1.d Next hop
    • 3.1.e Administrative distance
    • 3.1.f Metric
    • 3.1.g Gateway of last resort

  • 3.2 Determine how a router makes a forwarding decision by default

    • 3.2.a Longest match
    • 3.2.b Administrative distance
    • 3.2.c Routing protocol metric

  • 3.3 Configure and verify IPv4 and IPv6 static routing

    • 3.3.a Default route
    • 3.3.b Network route
    • 3.3.c Host route
    • 3.3.d Floating static

  • 3.4 Configure and verify single area OSPFv2

    • 3.4.a Neighbor adjacencies
    • 3.4.b Point-to-point
    • 3.4.c Broadcast (DR/BDR selection)
    • 3.4.d Router ID

  • 3.5 Describe the purpose, functions, and concepts of first hop redundancy protocols

• 4.0 IP Services

  10%

  • 4.1 Configure and verify inside source NAT using static and pools

  • 4.2 Configure and verify NTP operating in a client and server mode

  • 4.3 Explain the role of DHCP and DNS within the network

  • 4.4 Explain the function of SNMP in network operations

  • 4.5 Describe the use of syslog features including facilities and levels

  • 4.6 Configure and verify DHCP client and relay

  • 4.7 Explain the forwarding per-hop behavior (PHB) for QoS such as classification, marking, queuing, congestion, policing, shaping

  • 4.8 Configure network devices for remote access using SSH

  • 4.9 Describe the capabilities and function of TFTP/FTP in the network

• 5.0 Security Fundamentals

  15%

  • 5.1 Define key security concepts (threats, vulnerabilities, exploits, and mitigation techniques)

  • 5.2 Describe security program elements (user awareness, training, and physical access control)

  • 5.3 Configure and verify device access control using local passwords

  • 5.4 Describe security password policies elements, such as management, complexity, and password alternatives (multifactor authentication, certificates, and biometrics)

  • 5.5. Describe IPsec remote access and site-to-site VPNs

  • 5.6 Configure and verify access control lists

  • 5.7 Configure Layer 2 security features (DHCP snooping, dynamic ARP inspection, and port security)

  • 5.8 Differentiate authentication, authorization, and accounting concepts

  • 5.9 Describe wireless security protocols (WPA, WPA2, and WPA3)

  • 5.10 Configure WLAN using WPA2 PSK using the GUI

• 6.0 Automation and Programmability

  10%

  • 6.1 Explain how automation impacts network management

  • 6.2 Compare traditional networks with controller-based networking

  • 6.3 Describe controller-based and software defined architectures (overlay, underlay, and fabric)

    • 6.3.a Separation of control plane and data plane
    • 6.3.b North-bound and south-bound APIs

  • 6.4 Compare traditional campus device management with Cisco DNA Center enabled device management

  • 6.5 Describe characteristics of REST-based APIs (CRUD, HTTP verbs, and data encoding)

  • 6.6 Recognize the capabilities of configuration management mechanisms Puppet, Chef, and Ansible

  • 6.7 Interpret JSON encoded data