Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions (DESGN)

5-day Authorized Cisco Course

Course Description

The Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions (DESGN) ILT course will enable learners to gather customer's internetworking requirements, identify solutions, and design the network infrastructure and elements to ensure the basic functionality of the proposed solutions. The purpose of this course is to provide the learners with the knowledge and skills to achieve associate level competency in network design. The Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions (DESGN) course is the first design course in a design curriculum supporting the design certification track. The course focuses on the technology and methods available today.

Course Objectives

• Identify customer business needs and their internetwork requirements.
• Assess the existing customer network and identify the potential issues.
• Design the network solution that suits the customer needs.
• Explain the design to customer and network engineers.
• Plan the implementation of the design.
• Verify the implementation of the design.

Intended Audience

This course is for individuals seeking the Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) certification and those working towards the CCDP (Cisco Certified Design Professional) certification. The course is also targeted at pre-sales and post-sales network engineers involved in the network design, planning and implementation.

Prerequisites

Students need CCNA certification and solid understanding of basic design concepts.

Course Outline

• Applying Design Principles in Network Deployment
  • Identifying Organizational Network Policies and Procedures
  • Network Design Methodology
  • Examining Customer Requirements
  • Characterizing the Existing Network
  • Implementing the Design Methodology
  • DJMP Industries On-Going Case Study Introduction
  • Case Study: DJMP Industries Network Upgrade
  • Simulation: DJMP Industries New Applications (Using specially configured OPNET Simulation Software)
  • MCMB Corporation Network Redesign – Final Case Study Introduction
• Structuring and Modularizing the Network
  • Designing the Network Hierarchy
  • Using a Modular Approach in Network Design
  • Evaluating Network Services and Solutions Within Modular Networks
• Basic Campus Switching Design Considerations
  • Campus Design Methodology
  • Campus Design Models
  • Case Study: Campus Design
  • Simulation Using specially configured OPNET Simulation Software
  • Shared versus Switched LAN
  • Layer 2 versus Layer 3 Switching
• Designing WAN Networks
  • Enterprise Edge WAN Design Methodology
  • Selecting Wide Area Network Technology
  • Case Study: WAN Upgrade and Backup
• Designing IP Addressing in the Network
  • Designing IP Addressing
  • Introduction to IPv6
  • Case Study: Network Addressing Plan
• Selecting Routing Protocols or a Network
  • Evaluating Routing Protocol Selection Criteria for a Network
  • Assessing Routing Protocol Features
  • Designing a Routing Protocol Deployment
  • Case Study: Routing Protocol Selection
  • Simulation Using specially configured OPNET Simulation Software
  • Routing Protocol Convergence
• Evaluating Security Solutions for the Network
  • Identifying Attacks and Selecting Countermeasures
  • Identifying Security Mechanisms for a Defined Security Policy
  • Selecting Security Solutions Within Network Modules
• Designing Networks for Voice Transport
  • Traditional Voice Architectures and Features
  • Integrating Voice Architectures
  • Identify the Requirements of Voice Technologies
  • Planning Capacity Using Voice Traffic Engineering Concepts
  • Simulation Using specially configured OPNET Simulation Software
  • Voice Transport Across WAN Network