Topic Book / Chapter

Layer 2 Switching Logic / MAC Address Table

Static MAC Entries
Layer 3 Routing Logic / Routing Table / ARP Table ENCOR - Chapter 1
Routing Sources & ARP in Routers
Forwarding Architecture
Process Switching
CEF / Software CEF / Hardware CEF
ENCOR - Chapter 1
Centralized Forwarding / Distributed Forwarding
TCAM - SDM Templates
SSO & NSF
FIB & Adjacancy Table
ENARSI - Chapter 1
VLAN - Standard Range / Extended Range / Managing VLANs
VLAN Membership / Access Port
802.1 Trunk / Trunk Ports / Allowed VLAN / Native VLAN ENCOR - Chapter 1

Dynamic Trunking Protocol - DTP

Concept & Config ENCOR - Chapter 5
Recommend to Disabling

VTP Version 2
Modes / Domain / Pruning / Password / Messages
VTP Version 3 ENCOR - Chapter 5
Primary Server / Extended Range VLAN / Passwords

What is a Lyer 2 Loop

How a Layer 2 Loop happen ENCOR - Chapter 3

Spanning Tree Protocol - 802.1d

STP Operation / Port Roles / Port States
Hello Timer / Forward Delay / MAX Age
Extended System ID / PVST
Short Mode Cost / Long Mode Cost
Configuration BPDU / TCN BPDU ENCOR - Chapter 2
Direct Topology Change / Indirect Topology Change
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol - 802.1w
Port Roles / Port States / Port Type
Synchronization Process

Advanced STP Tuning

Root Bridge Placement / Root Primary / Root Secondory
Modifying STP Interface Cost
Modifying STP Interface Port-Priority
Portfast & Portfast Default ENCOR - Chapter 3
Root Guard & BPDU Guard
ErrDisable Recovery Mechanism
BPDU Filter & BPDU Filter Default
Loop Guard / UDLD
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol - 802.1s
Why MST is more efficeint
MST instances / MST Configuration
MST Tuning / Cost / Port-Priority ENCOR - Chapter 4
MST Region / Multiple Regions / Region Boundary
MST Common Misconfigurations
MST PVST+ Simulation Mechanism

EtherChannel Bundle
Static / PAgP / LACP
LACP system-priority / LACP port-priority ENCOR - Chapter 5
EtherChannel Load Balance

Switched Port Analyzer - SPAN

Concept & Config ENCOR - Chapter 24
Local SPAN / RSPAN / ERSPAN
Netflow & Flexible Netflow
Concept & Config ENCOR - Chapter 24

IPv4 Address & Subnet Mask

Same Subnet & Different Subnet Communications
IPv6 Address & Prefix Length ENARSI - Chapter 1
Address Types / Link Local / EUI-64 / NDP / SLAAC
Layer 3 Packet Forwarding Process
Routing Table / Connected Routes
Routing Information Sources / Administrative Distance
ENARSI - Chapter 1
Path Selection / Prefix Length / AD / Metric
ENCOR - Chapter 1
IPv4 & IPv6 Inter VLAN Routing
using Router & Sub-Interfaces
using L3 Switch & SVI
IPv4 DHCP
DHCP Server Configration
Pool / Options / Reserve Address / APIPA / Conflicts
DHCP Relay Agent / Default & Custom UDP Ports ENARSI - Chapter 1
IPv6 DHCP
Stateful DHCPv6 & Stateless DHCPv6 Configration
DHCPv6 Relay Agent
IPv4 & IPv6 Static Route
Directly Attached using Interface / Proxy ARP ENARSI - Chapter 1
Fully Specified using Next Hop Address ENCOR - Chapter 6
Recursive / Floating / Null
IP SLA
Concept & Config
ICMP Echo Sensor ENCOR - Chapter 24
HTTP Get Sensor

Simple Network Management Protocol - SNMP

ENCOR - Chapter 24
Concept & Config
Track Object
Track Route Reachability ENCOR - Chapter 15
Track Interface line-protocol
First Hop Redundancy Protocols - FHRP
Concept & Common Scenarios ENCOR - Chapter 15

Hot Standby Roouter Protocol - HSRP

Concept & Config ENCOR - Chapter 15

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol - VRRP

Concept & Config ENCOR - Chapter 15
Legacy & Hierarchical Configuration

Global Load Balancing Protocol - GLBP

Concept & Config ENCOR - Chapter 15

Virtual Routing & Forwarding | VRF

Concept & Config ENCOR - Chapter 6

Virtual Routing & Forwarding | VRF-Lite

Concept & Config ENARSI - Chapter 18

WAN Topologies
Layer 1 / Layer 2 / Layer 2.5 / Layer 3 WAN Clouds -
The need for tunneling technologies
Generic Routing Encapsulation - GRE
Concept & Config ENCOR - Chapter 16
Problem with Recursive Routing ENARSI - Chapter 19

NHRP - Next Hop Resolution Protocol

DMVPN - Dynamic Multipoint VPN
DMVPN Phases & Config / Phase 1 / Phase 2 / Phase 3
Authentication / Unique Registration / Route Manipulation
Front Door VRF ENARSI - Chapter 19
Two ISPs with Two Default Routes
DMVPN Failure Detection / HA / Redundancy
DMVPN & IPv6
IPv6 over IPv6 Config

IPsec Fundamentals
AH / ESP / Transform Set / IKEv1 / IKEv2
IPSec VPN
Site to Site / DMVPN / GET VPN / Flex VPN / Remote VPN ENCOR - Chapter 16
IPSec Configuration
IPsec - GRE / VTI over IPSec
IPsec Fundamentals
IPsec - DMVPN Configuration
IPsec packet replay protection
ENARSI - Chapter 20
Dead peer detection
NAT keepalive
IKEv2 Protection
Routing Protocols Overview
Distance Vector
Enhanced Distance Vector ENCOR - Chapter 6
Link State
Path Vector
EIGRP Fundamentals
Autonomous System / Terminology / Topology Table / Neighbors EIGRP
Path Metric
Traditional Metric
Wide Metric ENCOR - Chapter 7
ECMP & Unequal Cost Load Sharing
Failure Detection & Query
Route Summarization
EIGRP Fundamentals
Autonomous System / Terminology / Topology Table / Neighbors
Classic Configuration / Name Mode Configuration
Network Statement / Router-id / Passive-Interface ENARSI - Chapter 2
Authentication / MD5 / Key-Chain / SHA
Classic Metric / Wide Metric / Metric Compatibility
Custom K Values / Equal & Unequal Load Balancing / Variance
EIGRP Timers - hello interval / hold time
Query Process / Stuck in Active
Route Summarization
Default Route advertidement using Summarization
Summary Discard Route / Summarization Metric
Automatic Summarization ENARSI - Chapter 3
EIGRP Stub Router / EIGRP Stub Site
IP Bandwidth Percentage / Split Horizon
Route Filtering using ACL & Prefix List
Tarffic Steering using Offset List

Troubleshooting EIGRP for IPv4 Neighbor Adjacency

Troubleshooting EIGRP for IPv4 Routes ENARSI - Chapter 4
Feasible Successor / Feasible Distance - Reported Distance
EIGRPv6
EIGRPv6 Packets
Classic Configuration / Name Configuration
IPv6 Route Summarization - Default Route using Summarization
ENARSI - Chapter 5
IPv6 Route Filtering using Prefix List
Troubleshooting EIGRPv6 Neighbor Issues
Troubleshooting EIGRPv6 Routes
Troubleshooting Named EIGRP
OSPF Fundamental
LSDB / SPF / Cost / Area / Hello Packet / OSPF Packets
OSPF Configuration
Network Command / Interface Command / Passive Interface
Router-ID / Path Selection - Cost & Bandwidth/ Show Commands ENCOR - Chapter 8
OSPF Timers / Default Route
DR / BDR / Drother Concept & Configuaration
OSPF Network Types Concept & Configration

Advanced OSPF
LSA Types - 1/2/3/4/5/7
OSPF Route Types
Discontiguous Networks ENCOR - Chapter 9
Path Selection - Intra-area / Interarea / External
Route Summarization / Summary Route Metric
Route Filtering - Summarization / Area Filtering / Local Filter

OSPFv3 Fundamental
Differences / LSA Types / Packet Types
OSPFv3 Configuration / Verrification ENCOR - Chapter 10
Passive Interface / Route Summarization / Network Types
IPv4 Support in OSPFv3
OSPF Fundamental
LSA / LSDB / SPF / Area / ABR / Packet Types / Router-ID
Neighbor States / Neighborship Requirements
OSPF Configuration
Network Command / Interface Command / Passive Interface ENARSI - Chapter 6
Verification / External Route - Type 1 - Type 2 / Default Route
DR - BDR / Network Types / OSPF Timers - Hello - Dead
Authentication - Plain Text - MD5
LSA Types 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 7
Area Type - Stub - Totally Stubby - NSSA - Totally NSSA
Path Selection Logic / Cost - Auto Cost - Manual Cost ENARSI - Chapter 7
Route Summarization - Interarea - External
Discontiguous Network / Virtual Links
Troubleshooting OSPFv2 Neighbor Adjacency
Troubleshooting OSPFv2 Routes ENARSI - Chapter 8

OSPFv3 Fundamental
Differences / LSA Types / Packet Types
OSPFv3 Configuration ENARSI - Chapter 9
Passive Interface / Verification / Route Summarization
Network Types / Authentication / LSA Floding Scope
Troubleshooting OSPFv3 for IPv6 ENARSI - Chapter 10
Network Address Translation - NAT
Concept & Config
Inside NAT / Outside NAT ENCOR - Chapter 15
Static NAT / Pooled NAT / PAT
BGP Fundamentals
AS / PA / Loop Prevention / TCP / iBGP / eBGP / Address Family
Packet Types / Neighbor States
Baisc BGP Configuration & Verification
Traditional Implementation / Address Family Implementation
Prefix Advertisement - Network Statement / Redistribution
Describe BGP Table Components ENCOR - Chapter 11
Route Summarization - Null 0 / Aggregate Address
Atomic Aggregate / AS_SET
Multiprotocol BGP for IPv6
New Features
IPv6 Configuration & Verification
IPv6 Summarization

BGP Use Cases

Internet Multihoming / MPLS L3VPN
Becoming Transit AS
Internet Transit / Branch Transit
Conditional Matching
Standard ACL / Extended ACL / Prefix List / Regular Expression
Route Map
Conditional Matching / Optional Action / Continue Keyword ENCOR - Chapter 12
BGP Route Filtering
Distribute List / Prefix List / AS Path ACL / Route Map
Clearing BGP Connection
Hard Reset / Soft Reset
BGP Community
Public / Privated / Well Known / Match / Set
BGP Path Selection Algorithm
Hierarchical LAN Design
Access / Distribution / Core
Enterprise Network Architecture Options
ENCOR - Chapter 22
Two Tier / Three Tier
L2 Access / L3 Access
Simplified Campus Design
BGP Fundamentals
AS / iBGP - eBGP / PA / Loop Prevention / Address Family
TCP Inter Router Communication / Packet Types / Neighbor States
Baisc BGP Configuration & Verification
Traditional Implementation / Address Family Implementation
Prefix Advertisement - Network Statement - Redistribute
BGP Session Types & Behaviors ENARSI - Chapter 11
iBGP - Full Mesh Neighbors - Peering Using Loopback
iBGP Scalability - Route Reflectors - Confederations
eBGP - Next Hop Self
Multiprotocol BGP for IPv6
Network Statement - Route Summarization - IPv6 over IPv4

Advanced BGP
Aggregated Address - Summary Only - Atomic Aggregate - AS_SET
Filtering - Distribute List - Prefix List - AS_Path ACL - Route Maps
Clearing BGP Connection ENARSI - Chapter 12
BGP Communities - Well Known - Conditionally Matching & Setting
Maximum Prefix - Peer Groups - Peer Templates
BGP Best Path Selection
By Advertising More Specific Routes
Best Path Rules
By Manipulating BGP Attributes
Higher Wight / Higher Local Preference / Locally Originated / AIGP ENARSI - Chapter 13
Shotest AS_Path / Origin Type / Lower MED / eBGP over iBGP
Lowest IGP Metric / Oldest eBGP / Lowest Router-ID /
Minimum Cluster List / Lowest Neighbor Address
BGP Equal Cost Multi Path
Troubleshooting BGP ENARSI - Chapter 14
Introduction to MPLS Operations
LIB / LFIB / LSR / LSP / Lable / LDP
Lable Switching / Pnultimate Hop Popping
Introduction to MPLS Layer 3 VPN ENARSI - Chapter 18
MPLS Layer 3 VPN
MPLS Layer 3 VPNv4 Address
MPLS Layer 3 VPN Lable Stack
Route Redistribution
Filtering & Selecting & Setting Attributes while Redistributing ENARSI - Chapter 16

Troubleshooting Redistribution
Redistribute using Route Tags - match & set ENARSI - Chapter 17
Suboptinal Routing & Routing Loops
Route Maps & Conditional Forwarding
ACL / Prefix List / Route Map ENARSI - Chapter 15
PBR using Route Map

Multicast ENCOR - Chapter 13

QoS ENCOR - Chapter 14
Wireless Signals and Modulation ENCOR - Chapter 17
Wireless Infrastructure ENCOR - Chapter 18
Wireless Roaming and Location Services ENCOR - Chapter 19
Wireless Client Authentication ENCOR - Chapter 20
Wireless Client Troubleshooting ENCOR - Chapter 21
LISP & VXLAN ENCOR - Chapter 16
SD-Access & SD-WAN ENCOR - Chapter 23
Security
Securing Network Access Control ENCOR - Chapter 25
Network Device Access Control and Infrastructure Security ENCOR - Chapter 26

SDN
Virtualication ENCOR - Chapter 27
Foundational Network Programmability Concepts ENCOR - Chapter 28
Introduction to Automation Tools ENCOR - Chapter 29