Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks (ENSLD v1.0) Training

Course 1871

  • Duration: 5 days
  • Language: English
  • Level: Intermediate

The Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks (ENSLD) v1.0 course gives you the knowledge and skills you need to design an enterprise network. This course serves as a deep dive into enterprise network design and expands on the topics covered in the Implementing and Operating Cisco® Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR) v1.0 course.

This course also helps you prepare to take the exam, Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks v1.0 (ENSLD 300-420), which is part of the CCNP® Enterprise and Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Design certifications.

Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks (ENSLD v1.0) Training Delivery Methods

  • In-Person

  • Online

Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks (ENSLD v1.0) Training Course Information

In this course, you will learn how to:

  • Design Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) internal routing for the enterprise network
  • Design Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) internal routing for the enterprise network
  • Design Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) internal routing for the enterprise network
  • Design a network based on customer requirements
  • Design Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing for the enterprise network
  • Describe the different types and uses of Multiprotocol BGP (MP-BGP) address families
  • Describe BGP load sharing
  • Design a BGP network based on customer requirements
  • Decide where the L2/L3 boundary will be in your Campus network and make design decisions
  • Describe Layer 2 design considerations for Enterprise Campus networks
  • Design a LAN network based on customer requirements
  • Describe Layer 3 design considerations in an Enterprise Campus network
  • Examine Cisco SD-Access fundamental concepts
  • Describe Cisco SD-Access Fabric Design
  • Design and Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) Campus Fabric based on customer requirements
  • Design service provider-managed VPNs
  • Design enterprise-managed VPNs
  • Design a resilient WAN
  • Design a resilient WAN network based on customer requirements
  • Examine the Cisco SD-WAN architecture
  • Describe Cisco SD-WAN deployment options
  • Design Cisco SD-WAN redundancy
  • Explain the basic principles of QoS
  • Design Quality of Service (QoS) for the WAN
  • Design QoS for enterprise network based on customer requirements
  • Explain the basic principles of multicast
  • Designing rendezvous point distribution solutions
  • Describe high-level considerations when doing IP addressing design
  • Create an IPv6 addressing plan
  • Plan an IPv6 deployment in an existing enterprise IPv4 network
  • Describe the challenges that you might encounter when transitioning to IPv6
  • Design an IPv6 addressing plan based on customer requirements
  • Describe Network APIs and protocols
  • Describe Yet Another Next Generation (YANG), Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF), and Representational State Transfer Configuration Protocol (RESTCONF)

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you should have earned CCNA® certification or be familiar with:

  • Basic network fundamentals and building simple LANs.
  • Basic IP addressing and subnets.
  • Routing and switching fundamentals.
  • Basic wireless networking concepts and terminology.

Certifications

This course is part of the following Certifications:

Cisco Certified Network Professional Enterprise (CCNP)

ENSLD Course Outline

  • Designing EIGRP Routing
  • Designing OSPF Routing
  • Designing IS-IS Routing
  • Designing BGP Routing and Redundancy
  • Understanding BGP Address Families
  • Designing the Enterprise Campus LAN
  • Designing the Layer 2 Campus
  • Designing the Layer 3 Campus
  • Discovering the Cisco SD-Access Architecture
  • Exploring Cisco SD-Access Fabric Design
  • Designing Service Provider-Managed VPNs
  • Designing Enterprise-Managed VPNs
  • Designing WAN Resiliency
  • Examining Cisco SD-WAN Architectures
  • Cisco SD-WAN Deployment Design Considerations
  • Designing Cisco SD-WAN Routing and High Availability
  • Understanding QoS
  • Designing LAN and WAN QoS
  • Exploring Multicast with Protocol-Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode
  • Designing Rendezvous Point Distribution Solutions
  • Designing an IPv4 Address Plan
  • Exploring IPv6
  • Deploying IPv6
  • Introducing Network APIs and Protocols
  • Exploring YANG, NETCONF, RESTCONF, and Model-Driven Telemetry

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ENSLD Course FAQs

The best way to prepare for this certification is to take the Cisco-approved training, as well as using the self-study materials provided.

You will need to register for the exam. Exams are offered as proctored exams at a test center, or self-administered online.

To earn CCNP Enterprise, you need to pass a core exam and an enterprise concentration exam of your choice. The 350-401 ENCOR is the core exam. Passing this 300-420 ENSLD exam completes your selected concentration exam. See also Learning Tree's Comprehensive Cisco Certification information.

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