Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Cisco Overview: -- Cisco and the Internet: -- Internetworking -- Cisco's position in the computer industry -- Internet landscape: -- Internetworking's five major device types -- Basic Internetwork topologies -- Internetwork players -- Internetworking protocols: -- Routing vs switching -- Other Internetworking trends -- Cisco's offerings: -- Competition -- Who wants to be a millionaire? -- Cisco solutions -- Cisco innovation -- Networking primer: -- Bits and bytes: -- How computers understand data -- OSI reference model: -- Seven-layer stack -- OSI implementation by layer -- Network technologies: -- Ethernet -- Gigabit, 10 gigabit, 40 gigabit, and 100 gigabit Ethernet -- Wireless -- WAN technologies: -- Dial-in technologies -- WAN trunk technologies -- TCP/IP: -- TCP/IP messaging -- Transport layer -- IP addressing: -- IP address format -- IP address classes -- Private addressing -- Subnetting -- IP version 6 -- Putting it all together -- Cisco certifications: -- Certifications overview -- Career certifications and paths: -- Entry level -- Associate -- Professional -- Expert -- Architect -- Specialist -- Certification tracks: -- Routing and switching -- Design -- Network security -- Wireless -- Voice -- Service provider -- Service provider operations -- Technician certifications: -- CCT routing & switching -- CCT data center -- CCT TelePresence -- Specialist certifications: -- Collaboration certifications -- Data center certifications -- Operating system software (Cisco IOS XR specialist) -- Security certifications -- Video certifications -- Where to get help: -- Websites -- Classes -- Part 2: Cisco Internetworking Tools: -- Routing overview: -- How routers work: -- Routing for efficiency -- Routers and the Internet -- Optical routers -- IOS: Internetwork Operating System -- Router security: -- Router administrative security -- Router network security -- Router passwords -- Routing platforms: -- Router hardware: -- Router memory -- Router ports and modules -- Cisco router models -- Essential files: -- Communicating with IOS -- Meet IOS 12_4T (aka the "old" IOS) -- IP mobility: -- Meet IOS release 15 (aka the "new" IOS) -- Meet NX-OS: -- Meet IOS XR -- Using IOS commands -- Overview of router modes -- Configuration file's central role -- Configuring routing: -- Communicating with a router: -- Console port -- Auxiliary port -- SSH/Telnet -- HTTP server user interface -- Essential router commands -- Password recovery: -- Recovering enable passwords -- Recovering passwords from older Cisco routers -- Step-by-step router configuration: -- Setup mode -- Giving a router an identity -- Examining device status -- Cisco discovery protocol -- Changes in IOS from release 12_4 to release 15 -- Using applications to help configure routers: -- Cisco configuration professional -- What's next -- Switches: -- Network topologies: -- Importance of network domains -- Cabling defines network speed and distance -- Cisco switches: -- How an individual switch works -- Switched networking basics -- Designing switched Internetworks -- VLANs -- SmartOperations -- Cisco's switched network products -- Configuring and managing Cisco switches -- Cisco network assistant: -- Features -- Installation -- Views -- Interaction -- Communities -- Using CNA -- Security overview: -- Overview of network security: -- Traffic-based security -- User-based security -- Authentication, authorization, and accounting -- Overview of the AAA model: -- How AAA works -- Dynamic access lists: -- Lock-and key using a local user database -- Best practices: -- Reviewing logs -- Securing protocols -- Physical security -- Keep current on your devices --Access control: -- Cisco SecureX architecture: -- Overview -- Cisco SecureX framework -- Identity management: -- Cisco TrustSec -- Cisco secure Access Control Server (ACS) -- Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC) -- Identity Services Engine (ISE) -- Access lists -- Network address translation -- Virtual private networks: -- What composes a VPN? -- Cisco's solution -- Digging a tunnel -- Summary.

Security appliances: -- Firewalls: -- Firewall basics -- How firewalls work -- IOS firewall feature set -- ASA firewall OS's adaptive security algorithm -- ASA OS 9 -- Adaptive security appliances -- Access routers: -- Overview -- Models -- Cisco cloud web security: --How Cisco cloud web security works -- Example of Cisco cloud web security -- Cisco security manager -- Integrated services router: -- Right tool for the right job -- Models -- Specialized modules: -- Firewall services module and ASA service modules -- Cisco Wireless Service Module (WiSM2) -- Intrusion prevention system -- Summary -- Cisco unified wireless: -- Introduction to wireless networking: -- Roots of wireless networking -- Benefits -- WLANs: -- How they work -- Architecture -- Technologies -- Cisco wireless networking: -- Philosophy -- Cisco's offerings -- Access point configuration: -- Site survey -- AP placement -- Interference -- Initial autonomous AP settings -- Security -- Antenna placement -- Summary -- Part 3: Cisco Business Solutions: -- Cisco VoIP: -- VoIP: -- Introduction to VoIP -- Building VoIP networks -- H _323 -- SIP -- SCCP -- Implementation -- Cisco unified communications: -- Cisco unified communications manager -- Cisco business edition -- IP phones -- Cisco unified communications gateways -- TelePresence -- Collaborations -- Summary -- Data center and virtualization: -- Storage area networks: -- Storage needs -- Fibre channel -- Other SAN protocols -- Designing and building a SAN -- Cisco MDS switches and directors: -- Technologies -- Hardware -- Software -- Private cloud: -- Cisco unified computing system -- Cisco intelligent automation for cloud -- Cisco content networking and video solutions: -- Content delivery networks: -- Meet the CDN -- Cisco's solution -- ACNS -- Wide area application engine -- Cisco wide area file system -- Caching: -- Web cache communication protocol -- Freshness -- Content engine caching -- Video: -- Video entertainment -- Video collaboration -- Video intelligence -- Part 4: Designing Cisco Networks: -- Routing protocols: -- Overview of routing protocols: -- Routing protocol basics -- Routing protocol architectures -- How routing protocols are implemented -- Overview of Cisco routing protocols: -- Cisco's interior gateway routing protocol -- Configuring RIP 2 -- Configuring open shortest path first -- Border gateway protocol -- Multiprotocol label switching -- Cisco's routing protocol strategy -- Network management: -- Overview of network management: -- Evolution of management tools -- Network management tools today -- Trends in enterprise system management -- SNMP is IP's Common Management Platform: -- What is SNMP? -- SNMP polling and managed objects -- MIB -- Polling groups and data aggregation -- SNMP commands -- Thresholds -- Events and traps -- RMON: Hardware probes for switched networks -- NetFlow: Software traffic flow-recording -- Cisco's SNMP and RMON implementations -- Cisco prime infrastructure -- Cisco network assistant: -- Features -- Installation -- Views -- Interaction -- Communities -- Using CAN -- Summary -- Network design process: -- Internetwork design basics: -- Internetworking basics reviewed -- Three-layer hierarchical design model -- Design methods -- Designing to fit needs: -- Understanding existing Internetworks -- Characterizing networks -- Cisco network designs: -- Logical network design -- Campus network designs -- Troubleshooting Cisco networks: -- Mechanics of network troubleshooting -- Network troubleshooting methods: -- Troubleshooting host IP configuration -- Isolating connectivity problems -- Troubleshooting WAN links -- Client-server VPNs -- Troubleshooting Cisco hardware: -- Inspecting devices -- Reboot test -- Troubleshooting network configurations: -- Wireless networks -- Troubleshooting network performance -- Index.