Cisco has recently released CCENT new exams, which includes a few more topics from ICND2. These topics have been removed from ICND2. The topics removed and those added to ICND1 (CCENT) are given below:
Topics Removed from the ICND1 Exam:
• Securing the Network
• Understanding the Challenges of Shared LANs
• Solving Network Challenges with Switched LAN Technologies
• Wireless LANs
• Using Cisco SDM
• Configuring Serial Encapsulation
• Enabling RIP
Topics Added to the ICND1 Exam:
• Implementing VLSM
• Scaling the Network with NAT and PAT
• Managing Traffic Using ACLs
• Implementing VLANs and Trunks
• Routing Between VLANs
• Implementing single area OSPF
• Introducing Basic IPv6
• Understanding IPv6
• Configuring IPv6 Routing
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The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be
included on the Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 exam. However,
other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In
order to better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes, the
guidelines below may change at any time without notice.
Operation of IP Data Networks
- Recognize the purpose and functions of various network devices such as
Routers, Switches, Bridges and Hubs.
- Select the components required to meet a given network specification.
- Identify common applications and their impact on the network
- Describe the purpose and basic operation of the protocols in the OSI and
TCP/IP models.
- Predict the data flow between two hosts across a network.
- Identify the appropriate media, cables, ports, and connectors to connect
Cisco network devices to other network devices and hosts in a LAN
LAN Switching Technologies
- Determine the technology and media access control method for Ethernet
networks
- Identify basic switching concepts and the operation of Cisco switches.
- Collision Domains
- Broadcast Domains
- Types of switching
- CAM Table
- Configure and verify initial switch configuration including remote
access management.
- Cisco IOS commands to perform basic switch setup
- Verify network status and switch operation using basic utilities such as
ping, telnet and ssh.
- Describe how VLANs create logically separate networks and the need for
routing between them.
- Explain network segmentation and basic traffic management concepts
- Configure and verify VLANs
- Configure and verify trunking on Cisco switches
IP addressing (IPv4 / IPv6)
- Describe the operation and necessity of using private and public IP
addresses for IPv4 addressing
- Identify the appropriate IPv6 addressing scheme to satisfy addressing
requirements in a LAN/WAN environment.
- Identify the appropriate IPv4 addressing scheme using VLSM and
summarization to satisfy addressing requirements in a LAN/WAN environment.
- Describe the technological requirements for running IPv6 in conjunction
with IPv4 such as dual stack
- Describe IPv6 addresses
- Global unicast
- Multicast
- Link local
- Unique local
- eui 64
- autoconfiguration
IP Routing Technologies
- Describe basic routing concepts
- CEF
- Packet forwarding
- Router lookup process
- Configure and verify utilizing the CLI to set basic Router configuration
- Cisco IOS commands to perform basic router setup
- Configure and verify operation status of an ethernet interface
- Verify router configuration and network connectivity
- Cisco IOS commands to review basic router information and network
connectivity
- Configure and verify routing configuration for a static or default route
given specific routing requirements
- Differentiate methods of routing and routing protocols
- Static vs. Dynamic
- Link state vs. Distance Vector
- next hop
- ip routing table
- Passive interfaces
- Configure and verify OSPF (single area)
- Benefit of single area
- Configure OSPF v2
- Configure OSPF v3
- Router ID
- Passive interface
- Configure and verify interVLAN routing (Router on a stick)
- sub interfaces
- upstream routing
- encapsulation
- Configure SVI interfaces
IP Services
- Configure and verify DHCP (IOS Router)
- configuring router interfaces to use DHCP
- DHCP options
- excluded addresses
- lease time
- Describe the types, features, and applications of ACLs
- Standard
- Extended
- Named
- Numbered
- Log option
- Configure and verify ACLs in a network environment
- Named
- Numbered
- Log option
- Identify the basic operation of NAT
- Purpose
- Pool
- Static
- 1 to 1
- Overloading
- Source addressing
- One way NAT
- Configure and verify NAT for given network requirements
- Configure and verify NTP as a client
Network Device Security
- Configure and verify network device security features such as
- Device password security
- Enable secret vs enable
- Transport
- Disable telnet
- SSH
- VTYs
- Physical security
- Service password
- Describe external authentication methods
- Configure and verify Switch Port Security features such as
- Sticky MAC
- MAC address limitation
- Static / dynamic
- Violation modes
- Err disable
- Shutdown
- Protect restrict
- Shutdown unused ports
- Err disable recovery
- Assign unused ports to an unused VLAN
- Setting native VLAN to other than VLAN 1
- Configure and verify ACLs to filter network traffic
- Configure and verify an ACLs to limit telnet and SSH access to the
router
Troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot and correct common problems associated with IP addressing
and host configurations.
- Troubleshootand Resolve VLAN problems
- identify that VLANs are configured
- port membership correct
- IP address configured
- Troubleshoot and Resolve trunking problems on Cisco switches
- correct trunk states
- correct encapsulation configured
- correct vlans allowed
- Troubleshoot and Resolve ACL issues
- Statistics
- Permitted networks
- Direction
- Troubleshoot and Resolve Layer 1 problems
- Framing
- CRC
- Runts
- Giants
- Dropped packets
- Late collision
- Input / Output errors