Cisco CCDP Fast Track (ARCH)

Courseware for this course is provided digitally. Students will require a device to access their course material. If they do not have one, we can provide this upon their arrival at the Training Centre

This Fast Track course is designed for certified CCNPs who want to take their knowledge to the next level at an accelerated pace. It is 40% faster than traditional training. During the three days, you'll gain advanced knowledge of network design using Cisco's SONA (Service Oriented Network Architecture) methodology.

You'll also be prepared for the Cisco CCDP - Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures (ARCH) exam, which you'll sit on the course. Upon completion of this course, you'll be able to design network service architectures.

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Effective technical instruction must be highly varied and interactive to keep attention levels high, promote camaraderie and teamwork between the students and instructor, and solidify knowledge through hands-on learning.

During this fast track Cisco CCDP training course, you'll learn the following material:

Designing advanced enterprise campus networks

• High Availability in enterprise networks Design
• Layer 2 and Layer 3 campus Infrastructures using best practices Design
• Enterprise network virtualisation considerations
• Infrastructure services including voice, video, and QoS Design
• Identifying Network Management Capabilities in Cisco IOS Software

Designing advanced IP addressing and routing solutions for enterprise networks

• Summarizable and structured addressing design creation
• IPv6 for campus design considerations
• Stable and scalable routing designs for EIGRP for IPv4 creation
• IPv4 multicast routing
• IPv4 multicast services and security designs
• Stable and scalable routing designs for OSPF for IPv4 creation
• Stable and scalable routing designs for BGP for IPv4 creation

Designing WAN services for enterprise networks

• Layer 1 - 3 WAN connectivity options including optical networking, MetroEthernet, VPLS, and MPLS VPNs
• IPsec VPN technology options
• Evaluating WAN service provider design considerations including features, SLAs, and WAN backup
• Site-to-site VPNs designs with appropriate technologies, scaling, and topologies creation

Designing an enterprise data center

• Data center network infrastructure best practices
• The components and technologies of a SAN network
• Integrated fabric designs using Nexus technology
• Network and server virtualisation technologies for the data center
• An effective E-Commerce design
• Designing a high availability data center network that is modular and flexible

Designing security services

• Firewall designs creation
• NAC appliance designs creation
• IPS/IDS designs creation
• Remote access VPN designs for the teleworker creation

During this fast track three day course, you'll take the following exam:

• 300-320 CCDP - Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures (ARCH)

Official Cisco courseware

Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures (ARCH)

Before taking this course, you must already have the Cisco CCDA and CCNP Routing & Switching certifications.

Following your successful ARCH exam pass on this course, along with your existing CCNP Routing & Switching certification, you will then have achieved the CCDP certification.