Advanced Networking in Cisco Environments (CCNP)

Networking, Cisco

This course builds on basic Cisco networking and dives into LAN redundancy and advanced routing. You will study STP, EtherChannel and FHRP, plus multi-area routing concepts such as OSPF to improve scalability and resilience.

Practical labs focus on IPv6 exercises and secure access using 802.1X, with site-to-site IPsec VPN configuration. You will explore VRF routing and get an overview of BGP for multi-homed enterprise connectivity and segmentation.

Location, current course term

Brno + online (volitelně)	10/8/2025 - 10/10/2025 CZECH Order 12/3/2025 - 12/5/2025 CZECH Order 1/28/2026 - 1/30/2026 CZECH Order
Praha + online (volitelně)	10/13/2025 - 10/15/2025 CZECH Order 12/8/2025 - 12/10/2025 CZECH Order 2/2/2026 - 2/4/2026 CZECH Order
Custom	Customized Training (date, location, content, duration)

The course:

Hide detail

• TCP/IP recap
1. Packet forwarding on L2 and L3 devices
2. IPv4 and IPv6 protocol overview
3. Role of firewalls and VPNs
4. Basic application services

• Redundancy and load balancing in switched networks
1. L2 loops: detection and mitigation
2. Advanced STP configuration
3. STP acceleration features
4. Differences between PVST+, RSTP, MST
5. MST implementation

• Link aggregation (EtherChannel)

• Default gateway redundancy
1. Comparison of FHRP protocols
2. Configuring HSRP, VRRP, GLBP for IPv4 and IPv6
3. Failure and failover tests
4. Reasons for preemptive vs non-preemptive behavior
5. HSRP object tracking

• IP routing
1. Route lookup and IP forwarding
2. Longest match, default route, next hop
3. Route preference and selection
4. Types of routing metrics
5. L3 load balancing and redundancy
6. Control vs forwarding plane, RIB/FIB
7. Policy-Based Routing (PBR)

• OSPF single-area
1. Limits of single-area in large networks
2. Area concepts and design
3. LSA types (1-5 and 7)
4. Router roles: internal, ABR, ASBR
5. Route filtering techniques
6. Route summarization
7. Stub, total stub and NSSA areas
8. Configuring multi-area OSPF in enterprise LANs

• EIGRP
1. EIGRP protocol specifics
2. Composite metric calculation
3. Alternative path computation
4. Unequal-cost load balancing
5. Route summarization
6. Route redistribution to other protocols
7. Practical EIGRP implementations including EIGRPv6

• VRF and MPLS
1. Working with virtual routing instances
2. Import and export of routes between VRFs
3. VRF-Lite configuration on Cisco switches
4. MPLS concepts overview
5. Introduction to MPLS L3 VPNs

• Border Gateway Protocol
1. BGP protocol and IGP differences
2. BGP path selection and attributes
3. Route summarization and filtering in BGP
4. BGP and IPv6 (MP-BGP)
5. BGP configuration for dual-connectivity (multihoming)

• Tunneling
1. Overlay tunneling concepts
2. GRE tunnel configuration
3. Tunneling IPv6 over IPv4 provider networks
4. Site-to-site IPsec tunnel configuration
5. VXLAN concept overview

• Network monitoring and security
1. Advanced ACLs including IPv6
2. AAA concepts
3. User access control with IEEE 802.1X (NAC)
4. Centralized authentication for device management
5. IP SLA monitoring
6. Port mirroring (SPAN/RSPAN)
7. NetFlow

Assumed knowledge:

Familiarity with network OS and technologies, solid TCP/IP knowledge and basic Cisco router experience.

Recommended previous course:

Basics of Networking in a Cisco Environment - CCNA Bootcamp (CCNA)

Schedule:

3 days (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM )

Course price:

752.00 € ( 909.92 € incl. 21% VAT)

Language: