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Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions (DESGN) 2.0

Overview
Skills Taught
Audience
 Prerequisites
Outline
Duration:30 hours
Skill Level:Intermediate
Certifications:CCDP
Delivery Type:Expert Encore

Description
This new and exciting course is critical for any student interested in learning fundamental and advanced techniques for designing a scalable and robust Cisco internetwork. Goals achieved in this course include the promotion of the new modular approach to network design that has been intuitively used for the last few years by the most successful Cisco network designers. The early modular approaches to network design divided networks into access, distribution and core layers only. This was done separately for the campus and the WAN. The new Enterprise Composite Internetwork Model facilitates designing, planning, implementing, operating and troubleshooting networks by concentration on a certain module and on relations between the modules. This extremely detailed course takes into account the most popular and exciting technologies found in networks today – including voice, video, storage networking, content networking and other overlay solutions.

Skills Taught
Upon completion of the Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions (DESGN) course, the student will be able to:
  • Assess the customer requirements and the customers existing situation
  • Design a network addressing plan
  • Select optimal routing protocols for the network
  • Recognize network management criteria for the network
  • Recognize security criteria for the network
  • Plan the design implementation
  • Explain the network design and its impact to the customer
  • Describe the principles of network design and present the guidelines for building a network design solution
  • Describe how the Enterprise Composite Network model simplifies the complexity of today’s networks
  • Design the Enterprise Campus in a hierarchical modular fashion
  • Design the Enterprise WAN network
  • Access the design implications of voice transport across the network


Audience
The DESGN course was developed for networking professionals who want to learn more about network design principles from the Cisco point of view. This course is also the recommended training program for those individuals seeking the Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) certification.

Prerequisites
Prior to taking this course, students should be familiar with basic internetworking technologies such as LAN, WAN, bridging, switching, protocols, and network management. Successful completion of the following courses (or equivalent experience) is strongly recommended:
  • Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies (INTRO)
  • Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND)
Outline
Chapter 1: Applying a Methodology to Network Design
  • Identifying Organizational Network Policies and Procedures
  • Examining Organizational Network Requirements
  • Characterizing the Existing Network
  • Completing the Network Design
Chapter 2: Structuring and Modularizing the Network
  • Designing the Network Hierarchy
  • Using a Modular Approach in Network Design
  • Evaluating Network Services and Solutions within Modular Networks
Chapter 3: Designing Basic Campus Switched Networks
  • Reviewing the Campus Design Methodology
  • Selecting Campus Design Models
Chapter 4: Designing an Enterprise WAN
  • Reviewing the Enterprise Edge Design Methodology
  • Selecting Enterprise Edge Technologies
Chapter 5: Designing IP Addressing for the Network
  • Designing IP Addressing
  • Introducing IPv6
Chapter 6: Selecting Routing Protocols for a Network
  • Evaluating Routing Protocol Selection Criteria for a Network
  • Assessing Routing Protocol Features
  • Designing a Routing Protocol Deployment
Chapter 7: Evaluating Security Solutions for the Network
  • Identifying Attacks and Selecting Countermeasures
  • Identifying Security Mechanisms for a Defined Security Policy
  • Selecting Security Solutions within Network Modules
Chapter 8: Designing Networks for Voice Transport
  • Designing Networks for Voice Transport
  • Integrating Voice Architectures
  • Identifying the Requirements of Voice Technologies
  • Planning Capacity Using Voice Traffic Engineering
Chapter 9: Applying Basic Network Management Design Concepts
  • Identifying Network Management Protocols and Features
  • Reviewing Functional Areas of Network Management
  • Managing Service Levels in a Network