The CCNP Enterprise program consists of two trainings and exams. The first part - Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR) - provides you with the knowledge and skills needed to configure, troubleshoot, and manage wired and wireless enterprise networks. You will also learn how to implement security principles within an enterprise network and work with network design solutions such as SD-Access and SD-WAN.

The second part - Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services (ENARSI) - gives you more advanced knowledge that you need to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot more complex issues in an enterprise network. This course covers advanced routing and infrastructure techniques and delves deeper into the topics covered in the first ENCOR training.

What can I do after this training?

ENCOR

• Illustrate the hierarchical network design model and architecture using the access, distribution, and core layers
• Compare and contrast the various hardware and software switching mechanisms and operation, while defining the Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM) and Content Addressable Memory (CAM), along with process switching, fast switching, and Cisco Express Forwarding concepts
• Troubleshoot Layer 2 connectivity using VLANs and trunking
• Implementation of redundant switched networks using Spanning Tree Protocol
• Troubleshooting link aggregation using Etherchannel
• Describe the features, metrics, and path selection concepts of Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
• Implementation and optimization of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)v2 and OSPFv3, including adjacencies, packet types, and areas, summarization, and route filtering for IPv4 and IPv6
• Implementing External Border Gateway Protocol (EBGP) interdomain routing, path selection, and single and dual-homed networking
• Implementing network redundancy using protocols including Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP) and Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
• Implementing internet connectivity within Enterprise using static and dynamic Network Address Translation (NAT)
• Describe the virtualization technology of servers, switches, and the various network devices and components
• Implementing overlay technologies such as Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF), Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE), VPN, and Location Identifier Separation Protocol (LISP)
• Describe the components and concepts of wireless networking including Radio Frequency (RF) and antenna characteristics, and define the specific wireless standards
• Describe the various wireless deployment models available, include autonomous Access Point (AP) deployments and cloud-based designs within the centralized Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) architecture
• Describe wireless roaming and location services
• Describe how APs communicate with WLCs to obtain software, configurations, and centralized management
• Configure and verify Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP), WebAuth, and Pre-shared Key (PSK) wireless client authentication on a WLC
• Troubleshoot wireless client connectivity issues using various available tools
• Troubleshooting Enterprise networks using services such as Network Time Protocol (NTP), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Cisco Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS®) IP Service Level Agreements (SLAs), NetFlow, and Cisco IOS Embedded Event Manager
• Explain the use of available network analysis and troubleshooting tools, which include show and debug commands, as well as best practices in troubleshooting
• Configure secure administrative access for Cisco IOS devices using the Command-Line Interface (CLI) access, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Access Control List (ACL), and Secure Shell (SSH), and explore device hardening concepts to secure devices from less secure applications, such as Telnet and HTTP
• Implement scalable administration using Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) and the local database, while exploring the features and benefits
• Describe the enterprise network security architecture, including the purpose and function of VPNs, content security, logging, endpoint security, personal firewalls, and other security features
• Explain the purpose, function, features, and workflow of Cisco DNA Center™ Assurance for Intent-Based Networking, for network visibility, proactive monitoring, and application experience
• Describe the components and features of the Cisco SD-Access solution, including the nodes, fabric control plane, and data plane, while illustrating the purpose and function of the Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) gateways
• Define the components and features of Cisco SD-WAN solutions, including the orchestration plane, management plane, control plane, and data plane
• Describe the concepts, purpose, and features of multicast protocols, including Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) v2/v3, Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) dense mode/sparse mode, and rendezvous points
• Describe the concepts and features of Quality of Service (QoS), and describe the need within the enterprise network
• Explain basic Python components and conditionals with script writing and analysis
• Describe network programmability protocols such as Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) and RESTCONF
• Describe APIs in Cisco DNA Center and vManage

ENARSI

• Configure classic Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) and named EIGRP for IPv4 and IPv6
• Optimize classic EIGRP and named EIGRP for IPv4 and IPv6
• Troubleshoot classic EIGRP and named EIGRP for IPv4 and IPv6
• Configure Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)v2 and OSPFv3 in IPv4 and IPv6 environments
• Optimize OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 behavior
• Troubleshoot OSPFv2 for IPv4 and OSPFv3 for IPv4 and IPv6
• Implement route redistribution using filtering mechanisms
• Troubleshoot redistribution
• Implement path control using Policy-Based Routing (PBR) and IP service level agreement (SLA)
• Configure Multiprotocol-Border Gateway Protocol (MP-BGP) in IPv4 and IPv6 environments
• Optimize MP-BGP in IPv4 and IPv6 environments
• Troubleshoot MP-BGP for IPv4 and IPv6
• Describe the features of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
• Describe the major architectural components of an MPLS VPN
• Identify the routing and packet forwarding functionalities for MPLS VPNs
• Explain how packets are forwarded in an MPLS VPN environment
• Implement Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS®) Dynamic Multipoint VPNs (DMVPNs)
• Implement Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• Describe the tools available to secure the IPV6 first hop
• Troubleshoot Cisco router security features
• Troubleshoot infrastructure security and services

Desired Prerequisites

For the first part of the training (ENCOR), the following prerequisites and skills are desired:

• Knowledge of the implementation of Enterprise LAN networks
• Basic knowledge of Enterprise routing and wireless connectivity
• Basic knowledge of Python scripting

For the second part (ENARSI), the following prerequisites and skills are desired:

• General knowledge of network fundamentals
• Basic knowledge of the implementation of LANs
• General knowledge of managing network devices
• General knowledge of the security of network devices
• Basic knowledge of network automation

Duration of Training

10 days (spread over two periods) including one exam per module after the trainings.

This concerns a combination of:

Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR) v1.0 - 5 days
Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services (ENARSI) v1.0 - 5 days