| Section | Weight | Objectives |
| Topic 1: Transport Layer | 7% | - Port numbers and communication
- TCP and UDP protocols
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| Topic 2: Switch Software, Configuration, and Management | 10% | - CLI and management interfaces
- Software upgrades and file management
- Initial switch configuration
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| Topic 3: IP and Network Services | 7% | - NAT and PAT
- DHCP operation and configuration
- NTP service
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| Topic 4: Switching Fundamentals and Creating a Switched Network | 23% | - Link aggregation
- VLANs, trunking, and Spanning Tree Protocol
- Broadcast vs collision domains
- Switching concepts and frame forwarding
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| Topic 5: Switch Stacking and Dell EMC Switch Portfolio | 10% | - Campus, datacenter, and modular switch models
- OS6, OS9, and OS10 overview
- Switch stacking concepts
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| Topic 6: Networks – The Basics | 7% | - Bandwidth, latency, and data transmission
- Network topologies and components
- OSI model and TCP/IP model
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| Topic 7: Ethernet Networking | 7% | - MAC addressing and frame structure
- Cabling and media types
- Ethernet standards and operation
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| Topic 8: IP Routing Technologies and Routing Protocols | 12% | - RIPv2, OSPF, and BGP overview
- Routing table interpretation
- Static vs dynamic routing
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| Topic 9: Security, Authentication, and ACLs | 3% | - Local authentication
- Switch access security
- Access Control Lists
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| Topic 10: Internet Protocol v4 and v6 | 14% | - Private vs public addressing
- IPv6 addressing and transition mechanisms
- IPv4 addressing, subnetting, and CIDR
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