| Section | Objectives |
| Topic 1: BGP | - BGP concepts, attributes, path selection
- IBGP, EBGP, route policies
- Configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting
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| Topic 2: OSPF | - Neighbor relationships, route calculation
- OSPFv2/v3 concepts, areas, LSA types
- Configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting
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| Topic 3: Spanning Tree Protocol | - Root bridge, port roles and states
- STP, RSTP, MSTP concepts and operation
- Configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting
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| Topic 4: Protocol Independent Routing | - Routing policy and firewall filters
- Static routes, aggregate routes
- Routing tables, routing preferences
- Configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting
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| Topic 5: IS-IS | - IS-IS concepts, levels, routing information
- Configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting
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| Topic 6: Tunnels | - IP-IP, GRE, IPsec tunnels
- Configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting
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| Topic 7: High Availability | - Virtual Chassis, redundant routing engines
- Graceful restart, nonstop active routing
- Configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting
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| Topic 8: Layer 2 Switching and VLANs | - Layer 2 switching concepts and operation
- VLAN concepts, tagging, ports, native VLAN
- Configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting
- Inter-VLAN routing
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| Topic 9: Layer 2 Security | - Layer 2 firewall filters
- Dynamic ARP inspection, DHCP snooping
- Port security, storm control, MAC limiting
- Configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting
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