CCNP and CCIE Enterprise Core ENCOR 350-401 Exam Cram

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CCNP and CCIE Enterprise Core ENCOR 350-401 Exam Cram is the perfect study guide to help you pass the updated ENCOR 350-401 exam, a core requirement for your CCNP Enterprise, CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure, or CCIE Enterprise Wireless certification. It delivers expert coverage and practice questions for every exam topic, including implementation of core enterprise network technologies involving dual stack (IPv4 and IPv6) architecture, virtualization, infrastructure, network assurance, security, and automation.

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• Understand Cisco infrastructure, including Layer 2, Layer 3 (IGPs and BGP), IP services, and enterprise wireless
• Secure enterprise networks by safeguarding device access, network access, infrastructure, REST APIs, wireless systems, and designing network security
• Automate networks with Python, JSON, YANG data models, DNA Center, vManage, REST APIs, EEM applets, configuration management, and orchestration
• Master enterprise network design/architecture, deploy WLANs, compare on-premises and cloud infrastructure; and implement SD-WAN, SD-Access, QoS, and switching
• Use basic virtualization, virtual pathing, and virtual network extensions

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• Automate networks with Python, JSON, YANG data models, DNA Center, vManage, REST APIs, EEM applets, configuration management, and orchestration
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Table of Contents

    Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
Part I: Infrastructure
CHAPTER 1
    Understanding Layer 2.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
    VLANs Overview.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
    Spanning Tree Protocol Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
    EtherChannels.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
        Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
CHAPTER 2
    Understanding Layer 3: IGPs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
    IP Routing Essentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
    Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP). . . . . . 68
    Open Shortest Path First (OSPF).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
CHAPTER 3
    Understanding Layer 3: BGP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
    BGP Fundamentals.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
    BGP Configuration and Verification.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
CHAPTER 4
    IP Services.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
    Network Time Protocol (NTP).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
    Network Address Translation (NAT).. . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
    First-Hop Redundancy Protocols (FHRPs). . . . . . . . . . . 143
    Multicast.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
CHAPTER 5
    Enterprise Wireless.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
    Wireless Basics.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
        WLC and AP Operation and Pairing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
    Wireless Roaming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
        Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Part II: Security
CHAPTER 6
    Device Access Control.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
    Cisco IOS CLI Session Overview.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
    Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) Overview.. . . 210
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
CHAPTER 7
    Infrastructure Security.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
    Access Control Lists (ACLs) Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . 220
    Control Plane Policing (CoPP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
CHAPTER 8
    Securing REST APIs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
    REST API Security.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
        What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
CHAPTER 9
    Wireless Security.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
    Wireless Authentication Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
CHAPTER 10
    Network Security Design.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
    Threat Defense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
    TrustSec, MACsec. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
CHAPTER 11
    Network Access Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE).. . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Part III: Automation
CHAPTER 12
    Anatomy of Python. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
    Interpreting Python Components and Scripts.. . . . . . . . . . 300
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
CHAPTER 13
    Building JSON Files.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
    Data Formats (XML and JSON).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
CHAPTER 14
    YANG Data Modeling.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
    YANG Data Modeling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
CHAPTER 15
    DNA Center and vManage APIs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
    APIs for Cisco DNA Center and vManage.. . . . . . . . . . . 334
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
CHAPTER 16
    Interpreting REST API Codes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
    Interpreting REST API Response Codes.. . . . . . . . . . . 346
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
CHAPTER 17
    EEM Applets.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
    Embedded Event Manager (EEM).. . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
CHAPTER 18
    Configuration Management and Orchestration.. . . . . . . . . . 363
    Agent-Based Orchestration Tools.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
    Agentless Orchestration Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Part IV: Architecture
CHAPTER 19
    Enterprise Network Design Principles.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
    Hierarchical LAN Design Model.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
    First-Hop Redundancy Protocols (FHRPs). . . . . . . . . . . 392
    Hardware Redundancy Mechanisms.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
CHAPTER 20
    Wireless LAN Deployments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
    Wireless Deployment Models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
    Wireless Location Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
CHAPTER 21
    On-Premises vs. Cloud Infrastructure.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
    Cloud Infrastructure Basics.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
    Cloud Services Models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
    Cloud Deployment Models.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
    On-Premises or Cloud Infrastructure. . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
CHAPTER 22
    SD-WAN.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
    SD-WAN Overview.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
    SD-WAN Architecture Components.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
CHAPTER 23
    SD-Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
    SD-Access Overview.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
    SD-Access Architecture.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
    SD-Access Operational Planes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
    SD-Access Fabric Roles and Components.. . . . . . . . . . . 477
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
CHAPTER 24
    QoS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
    The Need for QoS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
    QoS Models and Components.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
    Congestion Management and Congestion Avoidance.. . . . . . . 499
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
CHAPTER 25
    Switching.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
    Traffic Forwarding Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
    Forwarding Architectures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
Part V: Virtualization
CHAPTER 26
    Basic Virtualization.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525
    Virtualization Overview.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
    Virtual Machines (VMs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
    Virtual Switching.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
CHAPTER 27
    VRF Instances, GRE, and IPsec. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
    Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF).. . . . . . . . . . . . 546
    Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE).. . . . . . . . . . . . 552
    IPsec VPNs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
CHAPTER 28
    Extending the Network Virtually.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573
    Locator ID/Separation Protocol (LISP).. . . . . . . . . . . . 574
    Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN).. . . . . . . . . . . . . 580
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586
Part VI: Network Assurance
CHAPTER 29
    Troubleshooting.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587
    Troubleshooting Overview.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588
    Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).. . . . . . . . 604
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611
CHAPTER 30
    Monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
    Syslog.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614
    NetFlow and Flexible NetFlow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620
    Switch Port Analyzer (SPAN), Remote SPAN (RSPAN), and Encapsulated Remote SPAN (ERSPAN)... 632
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640
CHAPTER 31
    IP SLA and DNA Center.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641
    IP SLA Overview.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642
    Cisco DNA Center Assurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660
CHAPTER 32
    NETCONF and RESTCONF.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661
    NETCONF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662
    RESTCONF.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668
    Review Questions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671
    Further Reading.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671
    What's Next?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671
Glossary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673


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