The Design Document and Validating Cisco Network Design


Overview/Description
To describe the process of creating a design document that articulates the fulfillment of a network design and the reasons for and methods of validating a design by building a prototype or pilot network

Target Audience
Network engineers, network system analysts, and maintenance personnel responsible for designing small to medium-sized networks; anyone working toward the Cisco Certified Design Associate qualification

Prerequisites
The Cisco: Internetworking Technologies Multimedia (ITM) learning path or the Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND) and CCNA Basics learning paths; a good foundation in the principles and concepts of networks and computers; familiarity with internetworking technologies

Expected Duration
2:50 Hours

Objectives:

The Design Document and Validating Cisco Network Design

  • explain how to respond to a customer's specific network-design requests and write a network-design document that includes the key elements of the internetwork design.
  • create the basic sections of a network-design document and tailor it to meet a customer's needs.
  • describe the four main sections of the example network-design document provided.
  • describe the recommended appendices provided in the network-design document.
  • produce a design document based on a given network scenario requirement.
  • describe how to validate a network design.
  • validate a network design for a client seeking to update its healthcare network to incorporate an automated referral system linking hospitals and local community physicians.
  • validate a network design for a client operating across several locations that is seeking to enable its staff to collaborate as if in a single office.
  • validate a network design for a client seeking to build a new network and integrate it into an existing one.
  • validate a network design for a client seeking to switch from mainframe technology to intranet/Internet technology using an Oracle software-based system.

  • Course Number: 68419_eng