CCNP Enterprise Design ENSLD 300-420 Official Cert Guide

Auteur

Anthony Bruno, CCIE No. 2738, is an enterprise architect with British Telecom (BT) with more than 30 years of experience in the internetworking field. Previously, he worked for International Network Services (INS) and Lucent Technologies, and he was a captain in the U.S. Air Force. He has consulted for many enterprise and service provider customers in the design, implementation, and optimization of large-scale networks. Anthony leads architecture and design teams in building next-generation networks for customers.

Anthony completed a master of science degree in electrical engineering at the University of MissouriRolla in 1994 and a bachelor of science in electrical engineering at the University of Puerto RicoMayaguez in 1990. For the past 23 years, he has coauthored CCNP Enterprise Design ENSLD 300-420 Official Cert Guide: Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks and five editions of the CCDA Official Cert Guide for Cisco Press.

Outside work, Anthony enjoys running marathons and Spartan obstacle races, and he has finished eight Ironman distance triathlons. He is also an avid genealogist and ancestry tree researcher. As an FAA certified remote pilot, Anthony also enjoys piloting his drone at home and when traveling.

Steve Jordan, CCIE No. 11293, is a principal architect with J. Network Architects and has 26 years of experience in the field of internetworking. For the last 16 years, Steve has specialized in data center and network security architectures involving compute, network, security, storage, and virtualization. Over the years, Steve has consulted with many enterprise and service provider customers in both pre-sales and post-sales engineering and architecture roles, along with working at several Cisco Gold Partners. He has extensive experience in data center and security architecture design and has implemented solutions in many energy, financial, gaming, healthcare, hospitality, and telecommunications industries. Steve is a 20-Year triple CCIE in the tracks of Enterprise Infrastructure, Storage Networking, and Data Center. His other certifications include CCNA, CCNP Enterprise, VMware VCIX6-NV, and VCP6-NV.

Steve lives in Houston, Texas, and when he is not working on technology, Steve can be found traveling to new places, enjoying sporting events, attending concerts, and trading stocks.

For the past 17 years, Steve has also coauthored CCNP Enterprise Design ENSLD 300-420 Official Cert Guide: Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks and three editions of the CCDA Official Cert Guide.

Résumé

Trust the best-selling Official Cert Guide series from Cisco Press to help you learn, prepare, and practice for the CCNP Enterprise Design ENSLD 300-420 exam. Well regarded for its level of detail, study plans, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, CCNP Enterprise Design ENSLD 300-420 Official Cert Guide, Second Edition, helps you master the concepts and techniques that ensure your exam success and is the only self-study resource approved by Cisco. Expert authors Anthony Bruno and Steve Jordan share preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills.

This complete study package includes

• A test-preparation routine proven to help you pass the exam
• Do I Know This Already? quizzes, which allow you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section
• Exam Topic lists that make referencing easy
• Chapter-ending exercises, which help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly
• The powerful Pearson Test Prep Practice Test software, complete with hundreds of well-reviewed, exam-realistic questions, customization options, and detailed performance reports
• An online Flash Cards application to help you drill on Key Terms by chapter
• A final preparation chapter, which guides you through tools and resources to help you craft your review and test-taking strategies
• Study plan suggestions and templates to help you organize and optimize your study time
  Content Update Program:

This fully updated second edition includes the latest topics and additional information covering changes to the latest ENSLD 300-420 exam. Visit ciscopress.com/newcerts for information on annual digital updates for this book that align to Cisco exam blueprint version changes.

This official study guide helps you master all the topics on the CCNP Enterprise Design ENSLD 300-420 exam, including

• Advanced Addressing and Routing Solutions
• Advanced Enterprise Campus Networks
• WAN for Enterprise Networks
• Network Services
• Automation
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The companion website contains more than 200 unique practice exam questions, practice exercises, a study planner, and online flash cards.

Pearson Test Prep online system requirements:

Browsers: Microsoft Edge 90 and above, Chrome version 105 and above, and Safari version 13 and above.

Devices: Desktop and laptop computers, tablets running Android v10.0 and above or iPad OS v14 and above, smartphones running Android v10.0 and above or iOS v14 and above with a minimum screen size of 4.7". Internet access required.

Pearson Test Prep offline system requirements:

Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1; Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 Client; Pentium-class 1 GHz processor (or equivalent); 512 MB RAM; 650 MB disk space plus 50 MB for each downloaded practice exam; access to the Internet to register and download exam databases

Also available from Cisco Press for CCNP Enterprise Design study is the CCNP Enterprise Design ENSLD 300-420 Official Cert Guide Premium Edition and Practice Test, Second Edition. This digital-only certification preparation product combines an eBook with enhanced Pearson Test Prep Practice Test.

This integrated learning package

• Enables you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams
• Includes direct links from each question to detailed tutorials to help you understand the concepts behind the questions
• Provides unique sets of exam-realistic practice questions
• Tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, laying out a complete assessment of your knowledge to help you focus your study where it is needed most

Contenu

Introduction xxxi
Chapter 1 Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) Design 2
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 2
Foundation Topics 4
IPv4 Header 5
ToS 7
IPv4 Fragmentation 10
IPv4 Addressing 11
IPv4 Address Classes 12
Class A Addresses 12
Class B Addresses 13
Class C Addresses 13
Class D Addresses 13
Class E Addresses 13
IPv4 Address Types 13
IPv4 Private Addresses 14
NAT 14
IPv4 Address Subnets 17
Mask Nomenclature 17
IP Address Subnet Design Example 18
Determining the Network Portion of an IP Address 19
Variable-Length Subnet Masking 19
VLSM Address Assignment: Example 1 20
Loopback Addresses 21
IP Telephony Networks 22
VLSM Address Assignment: Example 2 22
IPv4 Addressing Design 24
Goals of IPv4 Address Design 24
Planning for Future Use of IPv4 Addresses 24
Performing Route Summarization 24
Planning for a Hierarchical IP Address Network 25
Private and Public IP Address and NAT Guidelines 26
Steps for Creating an IPv4 Address Plan 27
Case Study: IP Address Subnet Allocation 28
Address Assignment and Name Resolution 29
Recommended Practices of IP Address Assignment 30
BOOTP 30
DHCP 30
DNS 32
ARP 34
References and Recommended Readings 35
Exam Preparation Tasks 37
Chapter 2 Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Design 44
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 44
Foundation Topics 47
Introduction to IPv6 47
IPv6 Header 48
IPv6 Address Representation 50
IPv4-Mapped IPv6 Addresses…