Cisco CCDA

Synopsis
Cisco CCDA: Examining Existing Networks provides the procedures to assessing the customer's existing network design.

Audience
This course is for anyone preparing for the Cisco CCDA exam or anyone who wants to learn about network design.

Time
3 hours

Product Code: CCDA05

After completing Cisco CCDA: Examining Existing Networks, the user should 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

The Steps of Evaluation
The eight design steps revisited

Gathering system evaluation data

Analyzing evaluation information

Assessing Software and Hardware
Step 1: Applications

Step 2: Protocols

Step 3: Network topology and addressing

Assessing Traffic and Bottlenecks
Step 4: Assessing portential bottlenecks

Analyzing traffic

Flow control and error recovery

Lower-layer OSI traffic

Upper-layer OSI traffic

Assessing Performance and Related Issues
More steps of evaluation

Step 5: Business constraints and requests

Step 6: Availability

Step 7: Performance

Step 8: Reliability

Step 9: Utilization

Step 10: Router status

Step 11: Network management tools

Assessing Network Health
Step 12: The last step

The fourteen guidelines

This course has the following features:

Exercises that allow users to explore how a course topic applies to network design

A file containing the text of the exercises

Activities that allow users to apply concepts in an interactive questioning environment

A glossary

A Skill Assessment

Cisco CCNA certification or equivalent experience

Cisco CCDA: Internetworking Review (CCDA01)

Cisco CCDA: LAN Networking (CCDA02)

Cisco CCDA: WAN Networking (CCDA03)

Cisco CCDA: Introduction to Design (CCDA04)

Cisco CCDA: Designing LANs (CCDA06)

Cisco CCDA: Designing WANs (CCDA07)

Cisco CCDA: Specific Design Issues (CCDA08)

Cisco CCDA: Optimizing by Design (CCDA09)

Cisco CCDA: Testing and Managing (CCDA10)

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