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Riverside Community College District
Integrated Course Outline of Record

Computer Information Systems 26E


COURSE DESCRIPTION
26E Cisco Networking Academy 2A Units: 4.00
 
Prerequisite(s): CIS 26D: Cisco Networking Academy 1D
This advanced curriculum trains students to install, configure and operate local-and wide-area networks (LANs and WANs) and dial access services for organizations with networks from 100 to more than 500 nodes with protocols and technologies such as: TCP/IP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, ISDN, and Frame Relay. Students will learn to configure the CISCO IOS software and configurations required for specific routing protocols. This course is one of four Cisco-related curricula designed to prepare students for CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) certification examination. 72 hours lecture.
 
SHORT DESCRIPTION FOR CLASS SCHEDULE
Cisco Semester Five focuses on advanced routing and using Cisco routers connected to local-area networks (LANs) and wide-area networks (WANs). Students will be able to select and implement the appropriate Cisco IOS services required to build a scalable routed network.
 
ADVISORY ENTRY SKILLS
Before entering the course, students will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate an understanding of Frame Relay.

  2. Demonstrate an understanding of maps and sub interfaces.

  3. Demonstrate an understanding of segmentation using WAN design.

  4. Define and understand the concepts of ISDN networking.

  5. Describe Cisco’s implementation of ISDN.

  6. Demonstrate WAN link options.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
 Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

1.   Select and configure a scalable IP address solution (including route
      summarization) for a branch office environment, given a list of
      specifications.

2.   Select and implement the technologies necessary to redistribute
      between and to support multiple, advanced, IP routing protocols,
      given a network specification.

3.   Configure and test edge router connectivity (either single or
      multihomed connection) into a BGP network, given a network
      specification.

4.   Configure access lists, given a need to control access to devices
      and to selectively reduce overhead traffic in the network.

5.   Implement solutions in a laboratory environment given a
      specification containing multiple routed and routing protocols.

6.   Implement technologies to redistribute and support multiple,
      advanced, IP routing protocols such as OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP.
 
COURSE CONTENT
  TOPICS
 

1.   Understanding advanced routing:
      a.   Define Hierarchical Network Design Model
      b.   Demonstrate Characteristics of Scalable Internetworks
      c.   Apply Load Balancing 
      d.   Analyze Scalable Internetworks
2.   Demonstrate an understanding of advanced IP addressing
      management..
      a.   IPv4 Addressing
      b.   IP Addressing Crisis and Solutions
      c.   VLSM  DHCP and Easy IP
3.   Demonstrate an understanding of OSPF.
      a.   Define OSPF Operation
      b.   Apply Configuring OSPF.
      c.   Multiple OSPF Areas
      d.   Define and describe virtual links.
4.   Demonstrate and understanding of (EIGRP) Enhanced Interior    
      Gateway Routing Protocol.
      a.   Define EIGRP fundamentals
      b.   Define EIGRP Features
      b.   Configuring EIGRP.
      c.   Describe the process of EIGRP routing process
      d.   Describe and apply EIGRP metric information.
      e.   Define and describe maximum hop count.
5.   Demonstrate an understanding of Route Optimization
      Controlling Routing Update Traffic
      a.   Describe and apply Policy Routing
      b.   Apply Route Redistribution
6.   Demonstrate (BGP) Border Gateway Protocol
      a.   Define Autonomous Systems
      b.   Apply basic BGP Operations
      c.   Verify BGP Configuration
      d.   Define BGP Attributes
7.   Demonstrate an understanding Scaling BGP
      a.   Define the purpose Route Exchange.
      b.   Explain the processes BGP Route Filtering and Policy Routing.
      c.   Describe standard Peer Groups.
      d.   Configuration of Peering Sessions
      e.   Define and explain Synchronization within an Autonomous
            System.
8.   Demonstrate an understanding of scaling BGP.
      a.   Define and describe route reflectors.
      b.   Define and describe route filtering and policy routing.
      c.   Define, redundancy, symmetry, and load balancing.
      d.   Define BGP redistribution.
9.   Define and describe the security issues.
      a.   Explain how Cisco routers use access lists.
      b.   Describe securing router assess
      c.   Describe session filtering
      d.   Define how context-based access lists are controlled.
      e.   Review the use of alternatives to access lists
10. Demonstrate an understanding of configuring the routing process.
      a.   Describe how to use route exchange.
      b.   Describe how to discover BGP route maps.
      c.   Explain troubleshooting next-hop attribute
      d.   Explain next-hop behavior on multi-access media
11. Demonstrate the problems and solutions associated with IP
      traffic:
      a.   Describe, and solve problems associated with IP routing.
      b.   Define, describe and solve problems associated with
            troubleshooting IP.
12. Describe and apply solutions to define route optimization:
      a.   Solve problems using access lists
      b.   Solve problems using router connectivity.
13.  Implement solutions in a laboratory environment given a
       specification containing multiple routed and routing protocols.
      a.   Network documentation
      b.   Network security
      c.   Network performance
      d.   Server administration 
      e.   Network troubleshooting
 
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
 Methods of instruction used to achieve student learning outcomes may include, but are not limited to:

  • Class lectures/discussions/demonstrations of intermediate routing protocols plus active configuration of these protocols by the students on Netlab or Packet Tracer software
  • Pair and small group activities/discussion will be used in the team environment to design and configure a branch office with about 200 hosts
  • Internet Class exercises are required from CISCO web site to document testing and maintain the curricula
  • Reports and papers from CISCO press that document the latest innovations in network configurations
  • Handouts to assist the student in designing and configuring the remote office  site
  • Internet Cooperative learning tasks
  • Guest lecturers
  • Distance Education: On-Line, Hybrid, and Web Enhanced
 
METHODS OF EVALUATION
 Students will be evaluated for progress in and/or mastery of learning outcomes by methods of evaluation which may include, but are not limited to:

  • Oral reports/presentations/performance of projects within the class and as homework to develop structured design techniques
  • Written reports/presentations to document design decisions and assist the students in developing competent design processes
  • Quizzes/examinations on line cat the CISCO web site
  • Class and individual projects to be completed in Netlab hardware or via Packet Tracer software
  • Laboratory projects/performance are all documented on the CISCO web site via the curricula
  • Final examination again on the CISCO web site that demonstrates student mastery of the intermediate routing protocols
ASSIGNMENTS

Required Reading Assignments


Required Writing Assignments


Other Outside-of-Class Assignments
 
COURSE MATERIALS
 All materials used in this course will be periodically reviewed to ensure that they are appropriate for college level instruction. Possible texts include:

  • McGregor, Mark. CCNP Cisco Networking Academy Program: Remote Access Companion Guide. Indianapolis, IN: Cisco Press, 2002.
  • Grice, Michael. CCNP Grade to Advanced Cisco Routing. 2nd ed. Boston: Course Technology, Thomson Learning, Inc., 2002.
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