Course Content

Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND) presents the concepts, commands, and practice required to configure Cisco switches and routers. Students perform configurations to build a multirouter, multigroup internetwork that uses LAN/WAN interfaces.

The student will learn to configure Cisco switches and routers in an IP internetwork. Through lectures, discussions, demonstrations, exercises, and laboratory projects, students are given information sufficient to identify and recommend the best Cisco solutions for small to medium-sized businesses.

Students perform all basic configuration procedures to build a multirouter, multigroup internetwork that uses LAN and WAN interfaces for the most commonly used routing and routed protocols. ICND provides the installation, configuration, and troubleshooting information that technical support people require to install and configure Cisco products.

Course Objectives

At the completion of the course, students should be able to fulfill the following tasks:

	Use the available configuration tools to establish connectivity to the appropriate network device in order to complete the initial device configuration
	Execute an Add, Move, or Change so that the network functions in accordance with the new requirement, given a new network requirement
	Use the command-line interface to accurately determine network operational status and network performance
	Build a functional access switch configuration to support the specified network operational parameters, given a network design
	Use show and debug commands to identify anomalies in access layer switching operation
	Describe the features and operation of static and dynamic routing
	Use show and debug commands to identify anomalies in routing operation
	Use Cisco IOS commands to configure standard and extended access lists
	Use Cisco IOS commands to configure serial interfaces for several types of WAN connections

Course Outline

Configuring Catalyst Switch Operations

		Switching/Bridging functions
		Redundant toplogy and Spanning Tree protocol

Extending Switched Networks with VLANs

		VLAN operation
		VTP VLAN Trunking Protocol

Determining IP Routes

		Distance Vector, Link State, and Hybrid routing protocols
		VLSM Variable Length Subnet Masking
		RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF routing protocols

Managing IP Traffic with Access Lists

		Standard and Extended access lists
		NAT and PAT

Establishing Serial Point-to-Point Connections

Establishing Frame Relay Connections

Completing ISDN Calls

Prerequisites

To attend this course, the prospective student must have basic knowledge of data networking equivalent to the material found in Cisco's Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies (INTRO) Course. Generally the student should have a basic understanding of networking concepts and an exposure to IP networking. The student should also have an understanding of the Cisco IOS command line interface and how to manage configuration and IOS files. Experience working within a networked environment is recommended. Specific prerequisites include a basic understanding of the following:

	Commonly used networking terms and topologies
	The basic functions of a network protocol
	Fundamental network device roles (for example, hub, bridge, router, and switch)
	Appropriate cabling used to interconnect Cisco networking devices
	LAN and WAN topologies and technologies
	Remote access technologies
	The Open System Interconnect (OSI) reference model
	Binary and hexadecimal numbering
	IP addressing and subnet masks
	TCP/IP protocols and basic applications (for example, FTP, Telnet and TFTP)
	The Cisco IOS command line interface and USER and PRIVILEGED EXEC modes
	Creation and management of an initial Cisco router and switch configuration
	The Cisco router and switch hardware components and their boot-up processes

Who Should Attend

The target audiences for this course are as follows:

	Customers or channel resellers who are new to Cisco products
	Network technicians new to Cisco products and services
	Network administrators responsible for implementing and managing small and medium business networks
	Network support staff who will perform a help desk role in a medium or enterprise-sized company that has an internal network support escalation staff
	Network support staff who will act as network device installers and first-line support in a small business environment
	CCNA candidates
	CCNP candidates
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