Students must have the skills and knowledge required from NET381A – Implementing Operating Cisco Enterprise Core Technologies (Encore) Part 1 and Part 2 or equivalent. In addition, students should have the following knowledge and skills before attending this course:
- Strong understanding of enterprise wide area network design
- Strong understanding of routing protocol operation, including both interior and exterior routing protocol operation
- Familiarity with Transport Layer Security (TLS) and IP Security (IPSec)
- General understanding of network fundamentals
- Knowledge of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) concepts as applied to large-scale live network deployments
- Students must have skills and knowledge required form CCNP ENCORE and CCNP ENARSI