Introduction to Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks

Overview/Description
To introduce BCSI courseware and provide an overview of the concepts involved in routing and extending IP addressing

Target Audience
Enterprise network engineers; network system analysts; Cisco customers; resellers responsible for network administration and implementation; anyone working toward the Cisco Certified Network Professional qualification

Prerequisites
Familiarity with the internetworking fundamentals of operating and configuring a Cisco IOS device

Expected Duration
255 Minutes

Objectives:

Introduction to Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks

  • provide an overview of the Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks learning path.
  • explain the Cisco Career Certification paths.
  • discuss the fundamentals of routing and the functions of routers.
  • discuss the function of routing tables.
  • differentiate between classful and classless routing.
  • discuss the operational characteristics of distance vector and link-state routing protocols.
  • discuss network convergence and the steps involved in convergence for different routing protocols.
  • compare routing protocols.
  • describe the characteristics of IP addresses.
  • use VLSM addressing.
  • discuss classless interdomain routing and route summarization.
  • determine the summarized route for a network.
  • explain whether route summarization is possible in a given network.
  • use route summarization.
  • discuss the use of helper addresses in an IP network.


    • Course Number: 69597_eng