Exam # 640-861: Cisco Certified Design Associate

Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) exam 640-861 is the single and an entry level exam for network designing IT professionals. Cisco design routed and switched Internetwork Infrastructures involving LAN, WAN, and dial access services for businesses and organizations. CCNA certification is highly recommended as a prerequisite for this course. In addition, we cover the following topics:

Chapter 1: Introduction to CCDA

• Design Goals
• Technical and Application Requirements
• Network Management and Security Requirements
• Design Process
• LAN/WAN Design
• Bandwidth Planning and WAN Devices
• Protocols
• Design Document and Testing

Chapter 2: Assessing the Network

• Data Collection
• Technical Information
• Performance and Applications
• Network Management
• Assess Security

Chapter 3: Documenting the Network

• Documentation Steps
• Customer's Applications
• Network Protocols
• Current Network Topology
• Addressing Schemes
• Potential Bottlenecks
• Network Availability
• Network Performance and Reliability
• Network Utilization
• Router Status and Management Tools

Chapter 4: Characterize Traffic

• Broadcast and Multicast
• Flat Network Scalability and Frame Size
• Error Recovery
• Traffic Loads and Behavior

Chapter 5: Networking Services

• Novell Application Services
• Reduce SAP Broadcast
• AppleTalk Services
• Firewall Services
• PIX Firewall
• Mail Applications
• Future Application Plan
• Characterize Applications

Chapter 6: LAN Design

• Topology
• Hierarchical Model
• Cisco Hierarchical
• Core Layers
• Distribution Layer
• Access Layer

Chapter 7: Secure Models

• Firewalls
• Three-part System
• Firewall Rules
• Cisco PIX Firewall
• PIX Features

Chapter 8: LAN Types and Media

• Large Building LAN
• Campus LANs
• Small and Remote Office LANs
• Ethernet Design Rules
• 10Mb Fiber and Fast Ethernet
• 100 BaseT Repeater
• Token Ring and Gigabit Ethernet

Chapter 9: LAN Hardware

• Repeaters
• Hubs and Concentrators
• Bridges, Switches and Routers
• Routing Protocols
• Combine Routers, Switches and Hubs

Chapter 10: Cisco LAN Equipment

• FastHub 400
• Catalyst 1900, 2820, 2900, 3000, 3500, 3900, 4000, 5000

Chapter 11: WAN Design Requirements

• WAN Enterprise Access
• WAN Design Steps
• Design Criteria
• Star Topology
• Minimize Bandwidth Cost
• Quality of Service

Chapter 12: Selecting WAN Technologies

• Analog Modems
• DSL/Cable Modem
• Leased Line
• ISDN
• Frame Relay
• ATM
• Cost Considerations
• WAN Connection Types
• Split Horizon

Chapter 13: Selecting WAN Hardware

• Cost, Functionality and Redundancy Criteria
• Cisco Router Solutions
• Switching Methods
• Router Performance Design
• Theoretical 10Mb Ethernet Performance
• Traffic Calculations and Media Mismatch

Chapter 14: Provisioning the WAN

• Signaling Standards
• Frame Relay
• Choosing CIR and Discard Eligible
• Determine Core Bandwidth, Link Speed and Interfaces
• Choose Router Platform
• Traffic Shaping

Chapter 15: IP Addressing

• Device Naming<
• Logical IP Addressing
• Reserved Private Addresses
• APIPA
• Subnets
• IP Address Rules
• Route and calculate Summarization

Chapter 16: IP Routing

• Static vs. Dynamic
• Distance Vector Protocols
• Link-state Routing and Protocols
• Routing Loops
• Common LSA Types
• Area Types

Chapter 17: Protocols and Routing

• EIGRP, IS-IS and BGP4
• Administrative Distances
• IPX Addressing
• IPX SAP
• AppleTalk Routing
• AURP
• Protocol Traffic

Chapter 18: Cisco IOS

• Features
• Access Lists
• Encryption and Proxy Services
• Compression and Queuing Services

Chapter 19: Design Document

• Executive Summary and Design Requirements
• Design Solution and Summary

Chapter 20: Network Management

• Processes
• SNMP and MIB
• Management Products

Chapter 21: Proving the Design

• Pilot vs. Prototype
• Prototype Design
• Design Topology and Prepare Test
• Pilot Design
• Prove Design
• Protocol Analyzers
• Demonstrate Findings

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