Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures v2.0 (ARCH) — A 5-day course

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Synopsis

This Cisco ARCH course is designed to enable students to perform the conceptual, intermediate, and detailed design of a network infrastructure that supports desired networks solutions over intelligent network services, to achieve effective performance, scalability, and availability. ARCH enables learners applying solid Cisco network solution models and recommended design practices to provide viable, stable enterprise internetworking solutions. The course presents concepts and examples necessary to design converged enterprise networks. Advanced network infrastructure technologies, such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and wireless communications are also covered.

The course covers issues and considerations for fundamental infrastructure services, including security, network management, QoS, high availability, and bandwidth use optimization through IP multicasting, and also design models for network solutions such as voice networking and application networking. The course focuses on design concepts based on the new Cisco SONA Architecture, emphasizing that Cisco delivers integrated and embedded services.

Course Objectives

After completing this training course the student will be able to:

• Introduce the Cisco Service Oriented Network Architecture (SONA) framework, and explain how it addresses enterprise network needs for performance, scalability, and availability
• Describe how the Cisco Enterprise Network model is used in the SONA framework for designing enterprise networks
• Create conceptual, intermediate, and detailed enterprise campus network, and enterprise edge and remote infrastructure designs that offer effective functionality, performance, scalability, and availability
• Create conceptual, intermediate, and detailed intelligent network service designs for network management, high availability, security, QoS, and IP multicast
• Create conceptual, intermediate, and detailed virtual private network designs
• Create conceptual, intermediate, and detailed voice over wireless network designs

Intended Audience

This course is designed for:

• Individuals seeking the Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) Certification.
• The course is also targeted at pre-sales and post-sales network engineers involved in the network design, planning and implementation.

Prerequisites

To gain the prerequisite skills and knowledge, learners must have:

• CCNA
• CCDA
• Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI)
• BCMSN is Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN)

Learners should complete the following courses or must have equivalent experience:

• Implementing Secure Converged WANs (ISCW)
• Optimized Converged Cisco Networks (ONT)

The following courses are recommended:

• Cisco Voice Over IP (CVOICE)
• Cisco BGP

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Course Contents

Cisco SONA and the Cisco Enterprise Architectures

• Review of SONA and the Cisco Enterprise Architectures
• Review of the Cisco PPDIOO Approach

Enterprise Campus Network Design

• High Availability in the Enterprise Campus
• Layer 2 Design Recommendations
• Layer 3 Design Recommendations
• Layer 2 to Layer 3 Boundary Design
• Infrastructure Services Considerations

Advancing Addressign and Routing Design

• Advanced Addressing Design
• Advanced Routing Design
• Scalable EIGRP Design
• Scalable OSPF Design
• Scalable BGP Design

Advanced WAN Services Design Considerations

• Optical Technologies for WANs
• Metro Ethernet, VPLS, and MPLS VPN Technologies
• Advanced WAN Service Implementations

Enterprise Data Centre Design

• Core and Aggregation Layer Design
• Access Layer Design
• Scaling the Data Center Architecture
• Spanning Tree and high Availability

Storage Area Network Design Considerations

• SAN Components and Technologies
• SAN and SAN Extension Design

E-Commerce Module Design

• High Availability for E-Commerce
• Common Component Designs for the E-Commerce
• Module Integrated E-Commerce Designs
• Tuning for E-Commerce

Security Services Design

• Firewall Design Considerations
• Network Admission Control Design
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention Designs

IPSec and SSL VPN Design

• Remote Access VPN Design
• Site-to-Site VPN Design
• IPSec VPN Technologies
• VPN Management and Scaling

IP Multicast Design

• IP Multicast Review
• PIM and RP Considerations
• IP Multicast Security

Voice Over WLAN Design

• VoWLAN in the Enterprise
• VoWLAN Coverage and RF Survey
• VoWLAN Infrastructure Considerations

Network Management Capabilities with Cisco IOS Software

• Embedded Management Capabilities
• NetFlow Considerations
• NBAR ConsiderationsIP SLA Considerations