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+44 207 907 1120Cisco - CCDA Design
Overview
This certification retired on 24th February 2020. Our closest replacement is CCNA.
This course is designed to give you a foundation knowledge of network design using Cisco's SONA (Service Oriented Network Architecture) methodology. You'll gain information that will assist you in designing routed and switched network infrastructures and services involving LANs and WANs. The course will prepare you for the Cisco CCDA (Cisco Certified Design Associate) exam, which you'll sit on the course.
During the course, you'll learn how to design routed and switched network infrastructures and services involving LAN, WAN, and broadband access for businesses and organisations, including service virtualisation. The Enterprise Composite Model used in the course will make it easier to design, plan, implement, operate and optimise (PDIOO) through modular network design and focus on the relations between modules. You'll also learn about Software-Defined Networking.
Once you have completed the course, you'll be able to enable efficient network environments with an understanding of network design fundamentals. The certification will demonstrate that you have the skills required to design and apply basic and resilient campus, data centre, security, voice, and wireless networks. You'll also be able to:
- Describe and apply network design concepts of modularity and hierarchy
- Create scalable IPv4 and IPv6 addressing
- Design connectivity to the Internet and internal routing for your network
- Identify suitable addressing schemes and routing protocols for use in enterprise networks
- Design routed and switched network infrastructures and services involving LAN, WAN, and broadband access for businesses and organisations.
Benefits
Reasons for Cisco certification include career advancement, personal improvement, skills enhancement, higher earnings, and increased on-the-job productivity.
Why Cisco Certifications?
- Cisco Certified Professionals are among the highest paid in the world.
- Cisco Certification gives you respect in IT Industry by allowing you to provide great value and service to any organisation you work for.
- Cisco Certification validates an individual's achievement, thereby increasing the holder's professional credibility by ensuring high standards of technical expertise.
- Industry trend shows that with each certification there is an increase in salary of the certificate holders. Additionally, multiple certifications directly correlate to further increases.
Cisco certifications also afford you special membership benefits:
- A certificate of accomplishment.
- A wallet card, logo and designation for your personal promotion to clients or potential employers.
- Access to the secure Cisco on-line tracking system so you can download logos, and track your Cisco certification progress throughout your career.
Seven reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training
- Two options of training. Choose between residential classroom-based, or online courses
- You'll be certified fast. With us, you’ll be trained in record time
- Our course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, exams**, accommodation* and meals*. No hidden extras.
- Pass the first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We’re confident you’ll pass your course the first time. But if not, come back within a year and only pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs
- You’ll learn more. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9 am – 5 pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand Training you’ll get at least 12 hours/day of quality learning time, with your instructor
- You’ll learn faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily
- You’ll be studying with the best. We’ve been named in the Training Industry’s “Top 20 IT Training Companies of the Year” every year since 2010. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified over 135,000 professionals
- * For residential training only. Doesn't apply for online courses
- ** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
Curriculum
The following are the topics covered on the CCDA course
Module 1: Design Methodologies
- Design Life Cycle
- Characterising Existing Network
- Top-Down Approach
Module 2: Network Design Objectives
- Building a Modular Network
- Applying Modularity: Hierarchy in a Network
- Applying Modularity: Virtualisation Overview
Module 3: Campus Network Design
- Layer 2/Layer 3 Demarcation
- Layer 2 Design Considerations
- High Availability Considerations
- Layer 3 Design Considerations
- Traffic and Interconnections
Module 4: Enterprise Network Design
- Designing a Secure Network
- Edge Connectivity Design
- WAN Design
- Branch Design
- Connecting to the Data Center
Module 5: Design of Internal Routing and Connecting to the Internet
- Routing Protocol Considerations
- Expanding EIGRP Design
- Expanding OSPF Design
- Introducing IS-IS
- Expanding IS-IS Design
- Using BGP to Connect to the Internet
Module 6: Expanding the Existing Network
- Understanding Quality of Service
- Supporting Wireless Access
- Integrating Collaboration
Module 7: IP Addressing
- Concepts of Good IP Addressing
- Creating an Addressing Plan for IPv4
- IPv6 Addressing
- Supporting IP Addressing
Module 8: Introduction to Software Defined Networks
Labs:
- Challenge 1: Ask the Right Questions
- Challenge 2: Design Branch's LAN
- Challenge 3: Design Branch's Connections to the HQ
- Challenge 4: Design Branch's Routing
- Challenge 5: Design Support for Wireless and Collaboration
- Challenge 6: Design IPv4 Addressing Plan
- Challenge 7: Design IPv6 Addressing Plan
Exam Track
During this accelerated three-day course, you'll sit the following exam:
- 200-310 DESGN exam - Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions
What's Included
Included:
- Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions (DESGN) v3.0 student kit
Your accelerated course includes:
- Accommodation *
- Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
- On-site exams **
- Exam vouchers **
- Practice tests **
- Certification Guarantee ***
- Courseware
- Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
- 24-hour lab access
- Digital courseware **
- * For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
- ** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
- *** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.
Prerequisites
Prior to attempting the DESGN exam, candidates must possess a valid CCENT, or CCNA Routing and Switching or any CCIE certification.
Unsure whether you meet the prerequisites? Don’t worry. Your training consultant will discuss your background with you to understand if this course is right for you.
Reviews
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"I've studied at Firebrand Training several times now and I've never failed an exam."
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"Great instructors with great practical knowledge."
Anonymous (17/7/2017 (Monday) to 19/7/2017 (Wednesday))
"Excellent lecturer, very good facilities and a good setup to allow you to concentrate on achieving your qualification."
L.C., Hermes Datacomms. (12/8/2015 (Wednesday) to 14/8/2015 (Friday))
"The Firebrand instructor was extremely knowledgeable and was able to talk confidently about areas outside the course and give real world design scenarios and use cases."
J.B, Seagate technology. (11/12/2014 (Thursday) to 13/12/2014 (Saturday))
"Be well prepared for attending such an intensive bootcamp for refreshing your knowledge and making it accessible. The chances to pass the exam are much higher that just doing a normal course. I did it a couple of times now and it always worked out!"
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