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02 / TRAINING COURSES
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Build the fundamentals to install, operate, configure, and verify IPv4 and IPv6 networks through instructor-led learning and practical labs.
- Install, configure, and operate a small- to medium-sized network.
- Build a foundation in networking, security, and automation.
- Prepare for the 200-301 CCNA certification exam.
Delivered by Certified Cisco Systems Instructors (CCSI), using official Cisco training material and remote hands-on training labs.
Online instructor-led
SAR 7,500
Excluding VATMinimum class: 1 participant
Classroom · Dammam
Enquire about CCNASAR 8,250
Excluding VATMinimum class: 1 participant
60 hours of remote lab access
Available over 90 days from the start of training, for hands-on practice and exam preparation.
Course overview
The Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA) v1.0 course provides a broad foundation for IT careers. Lectures and hands-on labs cover installing, operating, configuring, and verifying basic IPv4 and IPv6 networks.
You will work with network components such as switches, routers, and wireless LAN controllers, learn to manage network devices, and identify basic security threats. The course also introduces network programmability, automation, and software-defined networking.
The course and self-study material help prepare you for the 200-301 Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) exam.
Who should attend & prerequisites
Who should attend
Anyone seeking CCNA certification, including support technicians involved in the basic installation, operation, and verification of Cisco networks.
- Entry-level network engineers
- Network administrators
- Network support technicians
- Help desk technicians
Before you start
- Basic computer literacy
- Basic PC operating-system navigation skills
- Basic Internet usage skills
- Basic IP address knowledge
Certification & exam preparation
This course supports preparation for the 200-301 Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) exam. Passing that exam earns the CCNA certification.
Cisco Certified Network Associate — ITLS course informationFull course objectives 33 objectives
After taking this course, you should be able to:
Network foundations
- Identify the components of a computer network and describe their basic characteristics.
- Understand the model of host-to-host communication.
- Describe the features and functions of the Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) software.
- Describe LANs and the role of switches within LANs.
- Describe Ethernet as the network access layer of TCP/IP and explain how switches operate.
- Install a switch and perform its initial configuration.
- Describe the TCP/IP Internet layer, IPv4, its addressing scheme, and subnetting.
- Describe the TCP/IP Transport layer and Application layer.
Routing & connectivity
- Explore the functions of routing.
- Implement basic configuration on a Cisco router.
- Explain host-to-host communications across switches and routers.
- Identify and resolve common switched-network issues and problems associated with IPv4 addressing.
- Describe the main features and addresses of IPv6, then configure and verify basic IPv6 connectivity.
- Describe the operation, benefits, and limitations of static routing.
- Describe, implement, and verify virtual local area networks (VLANs) and trunks.
- Describe the application and configuration of inter-VLAN routing.
- Explain the basics of dynamic routing protocols and describe the components and terms of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF).
Resilience, access & network services
- Explain how Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) work.
- Configure link aggregation using EtherChannel.
- Describe the purpose of Layer 3 redundancy protocols.
- Describe basic WAN and VPN concepts.
- Describe the operation of access control lists (ACLs) and their applications in the network.
- Configure Internet access using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) clients; explain and configure network address translation (NAT) on Cisco routers.
- Describe basic quality of service (QoS) concepts.
- Describe wireless-network concepts, the types of wireless networks that can be built, and how to use Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs).
Architecture, automation & management
- Describe network and device architectures and introduce virtualization.
- Introduce network programmability and Software-Defined Networking (SDN); describe Cisco DNA Center, Software-Defined Access (SD-Access), and Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN).
- Configure basic IOS system-monitoring tools.
- Describe the management of Cisco devices.
Network security
- Describe the current security threat landscape.
- Describe threat-defense technologies.
- Implement a basic security configuration of the device-management plane.
- Implement basic steps to harden network devices.
Hands-on lab access & guidance
- 60 hours total over 90 days from the start of training.
- Labs are one-to-one and run on virtual machines.
- Log out of the labs during class to preserve your remaining lab time.
- Use any remaining lab time after class for additional practice, review, and certification-exam preparation.
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03 / LEARNING AREAS
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Networking & infrastructureCybersecurityIndustrial automationIoT & embedded systemsRobotics, drones & electronicsProgramming3D design & printing
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04 / ABOUT US
Based in Dammam. Connected to your learning needs.
Ayed Al Ayed Trading Est. connects organizations with ICT training services and learning materials. We work with training providers to support the development of IT professionals, engineers, and technicians.
From identifying training needs to sourcing practical learning resources, we help you take the next step.
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