Book description
Scaling Networks v6 Companion Guide is the official supplemental textbook for the Scaling Networks v6 course in the Cisco Networking Academy CCNA Routing and Switching curriculum.
The Companion Guide is designed as a portable desk reference to use anytime, anywhere to reinforce the material from the course and organize your time.
The book’s features help you focus on important concepts to succeed in this course:
- Chapter objectives–Review core concepts by answering the focus questions listed at the beginning of each chapter.
- Key terms–Refer to the lists of networking vocabulary introduced and highlighted in context in each chapter.
- Glossary–Consult the comprehensive Glossary with more than 250 terms.
- Summary of Activities and Labs–Maximize your study time with this complete list of all associated practice exercises at the end of each chapter.
- Check Your Understanding–Evaluate your readiness with the end-of-chapter questions that match the style of questions you see in the online course quizzes. The answer key explains each answer.
How To–Look for this icon to study the steps you need to learn to perform certain tasks.
Interactive Activities–Reinforce your understanding of topics with dozens of exercises from the online course identified throughout the book with this icon.
Videos–Watch the videos embedded within the online course.
Packet Tracer Activities–Explore and visualize networking concepts using Packet Tracer exercises interspersed throughout the chapters and provided in the accompanying Labs & Study Guide book.
Hands-on Labs–Work through all the course labs and additional Class Activities that are included in the course and published in the separate Labs & Study Guide.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents at a Glance
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 LAN Design
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Chapter 2 Scaling VLANs
- Objectives
- Key Terms
- Introduction (2.0.1.1)
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VTP, Extended VLANs, and DTP (2.1)
- VTP Concepts and Operation (2.1.1)
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VTP Configuration (2.1.2)
- VTP Configuration Overview (2.1.2.1)
- Step 1—Configure the VTP Server (2.1.2.2)
- Step 2—Configure the VTP Domain Name and Password (2.1.2.3)
- Step 3—Configure the VTP Clients (2.1.2.4)
- Step 4—Configure VLANs on the VTP Server (2.1.2.5)
- Step 5—Verify That the VTP Clients Have Received the New VLAN Information (2.1.2.6)
- Extended VLANs (2.1.3)
- Dynamic Trunking Protocol (2.1.4)
- Troubleshoot Multi-VLAN Issues (2.2)
- Layer 3 Switching (2.3)
- Summary (2.4)
- Practice
- Check Your Understanding Questions
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Chapter 3 STP
- Objectives
- Key Terms
- Introduction (3.0.1.1)
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Spanning Tree Concepts (3.1)
- Purpose of Spanning Tree (3.1.1)
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STP Operation (3.1.2)
- Spanning Tree Algorithm: Introduction (3.1.2.1)
- Spanning Tree Algorithm: Port Roles (3.1.2.2)
- Spanning Tree Algorithm: Root Bridge (3.1.2.3)
- Spanning Tree Algorithm: Root Path Cost (3.1.2.4)
- Port Role Decisions for RSTP (3.1.2.5)
- Designated and Alternate Ports (3.1.2.6)
- 802.1D BPDU Frame Format (3.1.2.7)
- 802.1D BPDU Propagation and Process (3.1.2.8)
- Extended System ID (3.1.2.9)
- Varieties of Spanning Tree Protocols (3.2)
- Spanning Tree Configuration (3.3)
- Summary (3.4)
- Practice
- Check Your Understanding Questions
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Chapter 4 EtherChannel and HSRP
- Objectives
- Key Terms
- Introduction (4.0.1.1)
- Link Aggregation Concepts (4.1)
- Link Aggregation Configuration (4.2)
- First Hop Redundancy Protocols (4.3)
- Summary (4.4)
- Practice
- Check Your Understanding Questions
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Chapter 5 Dynamic Routing
- Objectives
- Key Terms
- Introduction (5.0.1.1)
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Dynamic Routing Protocols (5.1)
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Types of Routing Protocols (5.1.1)
- Classifying Routing Protocols (5.1.1.1)
- IGP and EGP Routing Protocols (5.1.1.2)
- Distance Vector Routing Protocols (5.1.1.3)
- Link-State Routing Protocols (5.1.1.4)
- Classful Routing Protocols (5.1.1.5)
- Classless Routing Protocols (5.1.1.6)
- Routing Protocol Characteristics (5.1.1.7)
- Routing Protocol Metrics (5.1.1.8)
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Types of Routing Protocols (5.1.1)
- Distance Vector Dynamic Routing (5.2)
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Link-State Dynamic Routing (5.3)
- Link-State Routing Protocol Operation (5.3.1)
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Link-State Updates (5.3.2)
- Link-State Routing Process (5.3.2.1)
- Link and Link-State (5.3.2.2)
- Say Hello (5.3.2.3)
- Building the Link-State Packet (5.3.2.4)
- Flooding the LSP (5.3.2.5)
- Building the Link-State Database (5.3.2.6)
- Building the SPF Tree (5.3.2.7)
- Adding OSPF Routes to the Routing Table (5.3.2.8)
- Link-State Routing Protocol Benefits (5.3.3)
- Why Use Link-State Protocols? (5.3.3.1)
- Disadvantages of Link-State Protocols (5.3.3.2)
- Protocols That Use Link-State (5.3.3.3)
- Summary (5.4)
- Practice
- Check Your Understanding Questions
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Chapter 6 EIGRP
- Objectives
- Key Terms
- Introduction (6.0.1.1)
- EIGRP Characteristics (6.1)
- Implement EIGRP for IPv4 (6.2)
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EIGRP Operation (6.3)
- EIGRP Initial Route Discovery (6.3.1)
- EIGRP Metrics (6.3.2)
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DUAL and the Topology Table (6.3.3)
- DUAL Concepts (6.3.3.1)
- Introduction to DUAL (6.3.3.2)
- Successor and Feasible Distance (6.3.3.3)
- Feasible Successors, Feasibility Condition, and Reported Distance (6.3.3.4)
- Topology Table: show ip eigrp topology Command (6.3.3.5)
- Topology Table: show ip eigrp topology Command (Cont.) (6.3.3.6)
- Topology Table: No Feasible Successor (6.3.3.7)
- DUAL and Convergence (6.3.4)
- Implement EIGRP for IPv6 (6.4)
- Summary (6.5)
- Practice
- Check Your Understanding Questions
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Chapter 7 EIGRP Tuning and Troubleshooting
- Objectives
- Key Terms
- Introduction (7.0.1.1)
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Tune EIGRP (7.1)
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Automatic Summarization (7.1.1)
- Network Topology (7.1.1.1)
- EIGRP Automatic Summarization (7.1.1.2)
- Configuring EIGRP Automatic Summarization (7.1.1.3)
- Verifying Auto-Summary: show ip protocols (7.1.1.4)
- Verifying Auto-Summary: Topology Table (7.1.1.5)
- Verifying Auto-Summary: Routing Table (7.1.1.6)
- Summary Route (7.1.1.7)
- Summary Route (Cont.) (7.1.1.8)
- Default Route Propagation (7.1.2)
- Fine-tuning EIGRP Interfaces (7.1.3)
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Automatic Summarization (7.1.1)
- Troubleshoot EIGRP (7.2)
- Summary (7.3)
- Practice
- Check Your Understanding Questions
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Chapter 8 Single-Area OSPF
- Objectives
- Key Terms
- Introduction (8.0.1.1)
- OSPF Characteristics (8.1)
- Single-Area OSPFv2 (8.2)
- Single-Area OSPFv3 (8.3)
- Summary (8.4)
- Practice
- Check Your Understanding Questions
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Chapter 9 Multiarea OSPF
- Objectives
- Key Terms
- Introduction (9.0.1.1)
- Multiarea OSPF Operation (9.1)
- Configuring Multiarea OSPF (9.2)
- Summary (9.3)
- Practice
- Check Your Understanding Questions
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Chapter 10 OSPF Tuning and Troubleshooting
- Objectives
- Key Terms
- Introduction (10.0.1.1)
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Advanced Single-Area OSPF Configurations (10.1)
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OSPF in Multiaccess Networks (10.1.1)
- OSPF Network Types (10.1.1.1)
- Challenges in Multiaccess Networks (10.1.1.2)
- OSPF Designated Router (10.1.1.3)
- Verifying DR/BDR Roles (10.1.1.4)
- Verifying DR/BDR Adjacencies (10.1.1.5)
- Default DR/BDR Election Process (10.1.1.6)
- DR/BDR Election Process (10.1.1.7)
- The OSPF Priority (10.1.1.8)
- Changing the OSPF Priority (10.1.1.9)
- Default Route Propagation (10.1.2)
- Fine-tuning OSPF Interfaces (10.1.3)
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OSPF in Multiaccess Networks (10.1.1)
- Troubleshooting Single-Area OSPF Implementations (10.2)
- Summary (10.3)
- Practice
- Check Your Understanding Questions
- Appendix A Answers to the Review Questions
- Glossary
- Index
- Code Snippets
Product information
- Title: Scaling Networks v6 Companion Guide
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2017
- Publisher(s): Cisco Press
- ISBN: 9780134760834
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