CCNP Stage 1: Building Scalable Internetworks

CISCO Networking Academy

UTS Faculty of Information Technology
UTS Cisco Networking Academy

Autumn Semester Dates : Run every Saturday and Sunday
PART 1: 15/03/08 to 23/03/08
PART 2: 12/4/08 to 20/04/08
Times: Saturday and Sunday 9:00am to 5:00pm
Duration: 60 hours over 4 weekends
Fees: $1300
Venue: Faculty of IT

Note: The latest version of the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP™) certification - version 5.0, will be offered to students undertaking this course.

Expressions of Interest

To register your interest, please complete and submit an Expression of Interest form. Please note if you wish to enroll into this short course, you must also submit an Application Form [PDF 114k] to pay for and secure a place. Submission of an application form is confirmation of your intent to enroll and terms and conditions will apply.

Page Index
Background Information
Industry Involvement
Who Should Attend
Course Objectives
Prerequisites
Course Outline

Background Information

This short course prepares a student for the Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks ILSGs BSCI course and 642-901 exam, a required exam for the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) industry certification.

Industry Involvement

An agreement between the University of Technology, Sydney and CISCO Systems has been formalised for the delivery of CCNA, CCNP and Sponsored Curriculum courses. The agreement provides certification of UTS lecturers for the presentation of the Cisco authorized material used in its courses. This means that lecturers at UTS meet Cisco's standards in these areas. UTS is a regional Cisco Academy. This course is one of a set of four (4) advanced modules which aim to provide students with hands-on experience with advanced networking equipment. The CCNP curriculum trains students to install, configure and operate local and wide area networks (LANs and WANs), and dial access services for organisations with networks from 100 to more than 500 nodes with protocols and technologies such as: TCP/IP; OSPF; EIGRP; BGP; ISDN; Frame Relay; Spanning Tree Protocol (STP); and Virtual Trunking Protocol (VTP).

Students who wish to enrol in any one of the 4 CCNP Preparation courses should have successfully completed all the CCNA courses and should be the holders of a valid CCNA Certificate. These skills can be gained by passing the CCNA Stages 1 through 4 which are also offered by this university. The CCNP Stage One (1) course prepares students for the CISCO Certified Network Professional certification examination 642-801 BSCI which may be taken through a registered testing site such as Prometric or Vue, when CCNP Stage 1 is completed. Information about Cisco CCNP certification can be found here.

Who Should Attend

The target audience for this course includes:

  • Network administrators and technicians who are responsible for implementing and troubleshooting complex routed network environments
  • CCIP, CCNP and CCDP candidates
  • CCIE Routing and Switching candidates
  • People who wish to enhance their position in the networking industry
  • Network practitioners who wish to prepare to gain CCNP industry certification
  • Networking practitioners who wish to update their skill set

Course Objectives

On successful completion of this subject, the student should be able to:

  • Design an internet using VLSM, private IP addresses and NAT
  • Describe at a conceptual level, the principles underlying scalable routing protocols e.g. single area OSPF, multi area OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, BGP
  • Configure the routers of a designed internet with the appropriate scalable routing protocols (OSPF, EIGRP and IS-IS) for internal access and access to an ISP via an EGP as necessary
  • Explain internal and external BGP, describe its properties and limits and configure routers for a typical ISP scenario
  • Optimise an internets use of routing updates
  • Add security features to an internet
  • Compare and contrast interior and exterior scalable routing protocols

Prerequisites

A valid CCNA certification is required to sit for the 642-901 BSCI exam. Students who wish to enrol in any one of the 4 CCNP Preparation courses should have successfully completed all the CCNA courses and should be the holders of a valid CCNA Certificate. These skills can be gained by passing the CCNA Stages 1 through 4 which are also offered by this university.

Course Outline

CCNP Stage 1 (Building Scalable Internetworks) focuses on using Cisco routers connected in LANs and WANs typically found at medium to large network sites. The course allows the learner to develop in-depth knowledge and essential skills on the interior gateway protocols (IGPs): Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP); Open Shortest Path First (OSPF); and Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS). It also provides information on Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), an exterior gateway protocol (EGP). The course covers: routing principles of both distance vector and link-state routing protocols; IP addressing techniques; the theory behind EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP routing protocols; and route redistribution. Hands-on lab exercises allow the learner to acquire the skills necessary to configure and troubleshoot these protocols in customer networks. Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to select and implement the appropriate Cisco IOS services required to build a scalable, routed network. This CCNP Stage 1 is part of the recommended learning path for students seeking the Cisco Certified Internetworking Professional (CCIP), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP), and Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certifications.

Topics Covered

  • Scalable Network Design
  • EIGRP
  • OSPF
  • Integrated IS-IS
  • Route Optimization
  • BGP
  • IP Multicasting
  • IPv6

Assessment

There are two exit paths from this course. Participants may elect to attend the course and not sit for the formal assessment in which case they will obtain a Certificate of Attendance. If participants elect to try for a Certificate of Attainment, they will be required to pass the following assessment items:

  1. To test knowledge awareness and recognition for the CCNP Stage 1 material
    1. Final on-line multiple choice exam (weighting 20%) Students should aim to score over 80% in the final on-line test to have confidence of their knowledge mastery.
    2. Three Practical Case Studies (weighting 10*3 - 30%)
  2. Practical skills and troubleshooting assessment (weighting 50%) Individual skills test: to test practical skill and application of knowledge. This is done under time pressure.

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Staff Resume

Ury Szewcow is a full-time member of academic staff.
Dr Elaine Lawrence is a full-time member of academic staff.