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Cisco Certified Design Associate Self-Study Course

The Audience for This Class

This class is for you if:

• You are a systems engineer or network designer.
• You have working knowledge of internetworking and Cisco products.
• You want to become a Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA).

If you lack experience with internetworking technologies and Cisco products, you should review the interactive, self-paced Cisco Connection Training CD-ROM before starting this course. The Cisco Connection Training CD-ROM is included in your student kit.

CCDA Sylvan Exam

When you complete this course, you may choose to become certified and complete the CCDA exam through your local Sylvan testing center. The CCDA Sylvan administered examination will verify that you have met the objectives for this course.

Time and Resources Required to Complete This Class

This class will take you about 24 to 40 hours to complete, depending on your networking background and experience.

Components of the course will require you to read information on Cisco's Web site or other sites on the World Wide Web. Make sure you have an Internet connection before starting this course.

Objectives for This Course

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Design a network that meets a customer's requirements for performance, security, capacity, and scalability.

• Assemble Cisco product lines into an end-to-end networking solution.

Prerequisites for This Course

Before beginning this course, you should be familiar with all of the internetworking technologies described on the Cisco Connection Training CD. Specifically, you should be able to complete the following tasks before beginning this course:

• Define networking technology terms, such as LAN, WAN, bridging, switching, protocols, and network management.
• Explain the operation and implementation of source-route bridging, transparent bridging, and mixed-media bridging.
• Describe the purpose and operation of routed protocols including Internet protocols, Novell IPX and SAP, AppleTalk, IBM SNA, DECnet, Open Systems Interconnection, Banyan VINES, and Xerox Network Systems.
• Describe the purpose and operation of routing protocols including RIP, OSPF, IGRP, Enhanced IGRP, BGP, IP multicast, RSVP, NLSP, IBM routing, DECnet routing, and OSI routing.
• List the technologies required by each networking devices and by each link, and across the network, given a simple network diagram or technical scenario.
• Given a technical scenario, a simple network diagram, and a list of networking technologies, identify how the listed networking technologies provide the services required by the network.

Case Studies

This course is built around the following four case study.

• CareTaker Publications, a publishing company

• PH Network Services Corporation, a health care company

• Pretty Paper Ltd., a European wall covering company

• Jones, Jones, & Jones, an international law firm

Each case study demonstrates different aspects of network design for small- to medium-sized businesses. The CCDA Sylvan examination for this course will present similar case studies and solutions. For each case study, you will:

• Analyze the existing network.

• Determine the customer's requirements.

• Answer questions to help you design internetworking solutions.

The questions are designed to help you evaluate if you have mastered each section and are ready to move on to the next. After you answer the questions for each case study, view our answers to see how your solution compares. Although there is no single correct answer to internetwork design or to the case studies in this course, our internetworking experts have made recommendations and explained how they made their decision.

Before starting this course, obtain a binder where you can store information related to each case study in the course. As you progress through the course you will be required to draw topology diagrams for each case study. The topology diagrams will be referenced over and over again as you progress through the modules.

Class Modules

Introduction - A Small- to Medium-Sized Business Solutions Framework

Upon completion of this section, you will be able to describe a framework you can use to easily analyze customer network problems and create Cisco scalable solutions.

Module 1 - Identify Customer Needs

Upon completion of this module, you will be able to determine a customer's requirements for network performance, security, capacity, and scalability.

Module 2 - Design the Network Structure

Upon completion of this module, you will be able to design a network structure that meets customer requirements for performance, security, capacity, and scalability, given a specified topology and internetworking constraints.

Module 3 - Build a Prototype or Pilot for the Network Structure

Upon completion of this module, you will be able to identify how to build a prototype that proves that a network structure meets the customer's requirements for performance, security, capacity, and scalability.

Module 4 - Sample CCDA Sylvan Exam

Upon completion of this course, take the sample CCDA Sylvan examination.

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