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Cisco CCDA 640-861 Online Course Tutorial Details Total Lessons: 10
Total Time: 32 hour(s)
Subscription Term: 12 month(s) Click Here to buy the 640-861 Online Course Tutorial Now! Summary: This series of courses is designed to help you prepare for the Cisco Certified Design Associate certification exam. Each of the 60 objectives on the CCDA exam will be covered, and the questions will be indicative of the types of questions on the exam. The series explores network design in depth, including network architecture, protocols, and physical and logical addressing. The OSI Reference Model is examined and applied to the series topics. Design considerations for LANs, WANs, and testing are also covered. Features and Benefits of our Tutorial:
* Exercises that allow users to practice the application
* A file containing the text of the exercises
* Activities that allow users to apply course concepts in an interactive questioning environment
* Simulations that allow users to practice course skills, even if they don't have access to the application
* A glossary
* A Skill Assessment Lesson 1 Internetworking Review - 3 hours Objectives:
After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Define the types of networks that exist today
* Rank the types of networks by relative size
* Differentiate types of network architecture
* Identify distance vector and link state protocols
* Identify exterior gateway protocols
* Differentiate and describe physical and logical addressing
Lesson 2 LAN Networking - 4 hour Objectives:
After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Describe LAN network topologies and architectures
* Explain segmentation
* Describe types of Ethernets and their operation
* Describe types of Token Rings and FDDIs, and their operation
* Differentiate transparent, source-route, and mixed-media bridges
* Differentiate kinds of switches
* Explain VLANs
* Explain router operation
* Describe the determination of router paths Lesson 3 WAN Networking - 3 hours Objectives:
After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Define the types of WAN networks
* Define WAN protocols
* Describe ATM switching with respect to WANs and LANs
* Explain broadcasting and multicasting
Lesson 4 Introduction to Design - 3 hours Objectives:
After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* List the steps in determining the customer's needs
* Explain the three types of network topologies
* Differentiate types of network architecture
* List the layers of the hierarchical topology model
* Identify types of network traffic
* Explain the problems of network traffic
* List the applications typically needed
* Assess applications needed by customer Lesson 5 Examining Existing Networks - 3 hours Objectives:
After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Identify the information to gather when evaluating an existing network
* Determine the LAN and WAN hardware in use
* Test the level of network traffic
* Determine the performance of the existing network
* Document the information obtained when the network evaluation is complete
Lesson 6 Designing LANs - 4 hours Objectives:
After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* List the limitations of cabling and hardware
* Determine the LAN equipment for your design
* Design a remote LAN
* Design a small LAN
* Design a large LAN in one building
* Design a campus LAN
Lesson 7 Designing WANs - 3 hour Objectives:
After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* List steps for designing a WAN
* Determine WAN requirements
* Determine the type of WAN
* Determine the WAN hardware
* Provision the WAN
Lesson 8 Design Issues - 4 hour Objectives:
After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Describe ways to design scalability
* Determine addressing plan
* Determine naming for network hardware
* Determine advantages and disadvantages for Cisco-specific hardware
* Determine advantages and disadvantages for Cisco-specific software
* Show design plans for specific types of networks
Lesson 9 Optimizing by Design - 2 hours Objectives:
After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* Improve network security
* Enhance QoS
* Provide special features such as queuing and load balancing
* Provide redundancy
* Provide alternative paths
Lesson 10 Testing and Managing - 3 hours Objectives:
After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
* List the steps for testing
* Explain prototype testing
* Explain pilot testing
* List Cisco-specific commands for verifying network performance
* Describe the SNMP and RMON management protocols
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