WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:26.879 Greetings, everyone. 00:00:26.879 --> 00:00:37.000 And welcome to this edition of ENCQOR version 1.1, also known as 350-401, or Implementing 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:39.639 Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies. 00:00:39.639 --> 00:00:45.040 It's great to be here for these eight sessions we will have together as we go through the 00:00:45.040 --> 00:00:51.759 various topics and concepts related to the ENCQOR version 1.1 certification exam. 00:00:51.759 --> 00:00:59.040 Before we dig in to the course material, folks, I'd like to find out what your job 00:00:59.040 --> 00:01:04.279 role is, what your Cisco experience is, and why have you joined us here in ENCQOR. 00:01:04.279 --> 00:01:06.239 So, chat in. 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:07.639 You don't have to provide a whole lot of detail. 00:01:07.639 --> 00:01:10.559 You don't have to put your first name, either, because you've already joined the chat. 00:01:10.559 --> 00:01:12.879 Your first name is there, hopefully. 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:16.320 But I'm more really concerned about, you know, what is your job role? 00:01:16.320 --> 00:01:19.800 You know, are you a network admin? 00:01:19.800 --> 00:01:20.800 What's your Cisco experience? 00:01:20.800 --> 00:01:24.839 Because some people come here and they have no Cisco experience, that's why they're here, 00:01:24.839 --> 00:01:27.959 because they're now in an environment where they're a network admin with very little Cisco 00:01:27.959 --> 00:01:28.959 experience. 00:01:28.959 --> 00:01:32.620 Now, they have to learn about Cisco products and learn about how Cisco does the things 00:01:32.620 --> 00:01:35.519 they do versus some other company that's out there. 00:01:35.519 --> 00:01:36.519 More importantly, why have you joined us? 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:37.959 Are you here to prepare for the exam? 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:40.680 Are you here because your boss told you to be here? 00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:42.239 Why are you here? 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:43.680 So, I'm Raymond. 00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:45.860 I am an instructor. 00:01:45.860 --> 00:01:48.720 I am also an author. 00:01:48.720 --> 00:01:55.680 And if you didn't know, I am the author of various Cisco press books. 00:01:55.680 --> 00:02:02.160 The most recent Cisco press book is the NRC certification exam. 00:02:02.160 --> 00:02:09.199 So, NRC 30410, maybe some of you will go on to take NRC 30410, but yes, that is me. 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:14.119 If you have ever wondered if that is the same person, that is absolutely me. 00:02:14.119 --> 00:02:18.759 So, yeah, if after Encore, you decide to go on to NRC, we've got a great course here 00:02:18.759 --> 00:02:19.759 for that. 00:02:19.759 --> 00:02:25.880 We cover a lot of really cool things in that course that you really need to see live, folks. 00:02:25.880 --> 00:02:34.000 You really need to see them live because it's going to give you the opportunity to learn 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:37.559 it in the way that it's needed to be known to pass that certification exam. 00:02:37.559 --> 00:02:41.399 So, I always encourage people to go on to that one after so that you can expand your 00:02:41.399 --> 00:02:42.699 routing knowledge. 00:02:42.699 --> 00:02:44.779 So, here in Encore, we're going to learn a lot of different things. 00:02:44.779 --> 00:02:49.300 We're going to spend a lot of time taking a look at a lot of the stuff we learned in 00:02:49.300 --> 00:02:53.300 CCNA, expanding on that, exploring that in more detail. 00:02:53.300 --> 00:02:58.059 But then we're going to get even deeper into some other technologies and services and features 00:02:58.059 --> 00:03:04.979 and functions that you have maybe not even heard of at all at this point in your career, 00:03:04.979 --> 00:03:10.419 but they are going to be technologies that are going to be extensively used over the 00:03:10.419 --> 00:03:11.699 next five and ten years. 00:03:11.699 --> 00:03:14.259 So, you're going to have to start becoming familiar with them now. 00:03:14.259 --> 00:03:16.979 So, Cisco introduces them here in this particular course. 00:03:16.979 --> 00:03:20.979 So, instructor, author, network, cloud, dude, cyber security, dude, I got to update that 00:03:20.979 --> 00:03:22.500 now. 00:03:22.500 --> 00:03:23.660 And I'm here because my boss told me. 00:03:23.660 --> 00:03:26.580 No, I'm here because I want to share all my knowledge, all my experience with each and 00:03:26.580 --> 00:03:27.580 every single one of you. 00:03:27.580 --> 00:03:32.979 So, that way there you have an opportunity to, one, become a more valuable member to 00:03:32.979 --> 00:03:38.940 your organization or wherever you are trying to move to at some point in time in your career, 00:03:38.940 --> 00:03:44.699 but also so you can pass the certification exam, okay, because the certification exam 00:03:44.699 --> 00:03:50.660 gives you that opportunity to have that proof that you know what you are talking about and 00:03:50.660 --> 00:03:55.220 people can trust you and people can come to you for all the information that they need. 00:03:55.220 --> 00:03:59.539 So, let's introduce you to our actual course here and the exam objectives. 00:03:59.539 --> 00:04:04.580 So, that way there we have an opportunity to get ourselves into the right mindset as 00:04:04.580 --> 00:04:07.380 we prepare for this course and the certification exam. 00:04:07.820 --> 00:04:08.979 So, who do we have here? 00:04:08.979 --> 00:04:12.820 We have a multitude of people with different job roles. 00:04:12.820 --> 00:04:14.820 So, we have network engineers. 00:04:14.820 --> 00:04:22.019 We have people that are getting ready for the certification exam, infrastructure analysts, 00:04:22.019 --> 00:04:26.940 using this to recertify CCNA, plus get another certification under their belt, excellent 00:04:26.940 --> 00:04:32.859 support technician, all right, getting into junior network engineering, awesome, great 00:04:32.859 --> 00:04:33.859 to hear about that. 00:04:33.859 --> 00:04:34.859 So, excellent. 00:04:35.339 --> 00:04:40.179 So, all of you have different level, varying levels of knowledge, and that is perfect. 00:04:40.179 --> 00:04:43.540 That is what this course is designed for, that's what this certification is designed 00:04:43.540 --> 00:04:47.739 for, to make sure that we can all take whatever various levels of knowledge we have and bring 00:04:47.739 --> 00:04:53.220 it to a certain level that Cisco expects us to have at this particular point in time. 00:04:53.220 --> 00:04:55.940 So, what do we have here? 00:04:55.940 --> 00:05:00.980 We have to go out to our live environment here, our demo environment, and take a look 00:05:00.980 --> 00:05:01.980 at our course. 00:05:02.100 --> 00:05:06.420 So, today you would have either clicked up here under see more, you would have tuned 00:05:06.420 --> 00:05:09.500 in, you're watching the live session right now. 00:05:09.500 --> 00:05:12.940 Maybe you clicked on this tune in button, so you're watching the live session, or maybe 00:05:12.940 --> 00:05:16.899 you've clicked on this button here, and now you're watching the live session. 00:05:16.899 --> 00:05:20.940 However way you joined today's session, doesn't matter, you are in the right spot for today's 00:05:20.940 --> 00:05:21.940 live session. 00:05:21.940 --> 00:05:24.540 But what I want to point out to you, if you don't know, is that we record everything we 00:05:24.540 --> 00:05:25.540 do. 00:05:25.540 --> 00:05:28.220 So, right now, we are in the introduction to Encore course and exam objectives. 00:05:28.220 --> 00:05:31.220 So, we're recording that, and at the end of today, I'm going to upload that video. 00:05:31.459 --> 00:05:34.100 I'm going to do that for every single one of these videos today. 00:05:34.100 --> 00:05:38.540 So, that way there, if you miss anything, if something happens, you've got to step away. 00:05:38.540 --> 00:05:39.619 Just make note. 00:05:39.619 --> 00:05:40.619 Write it down. 00:05:40.619 --> 00:05:43.459 I stepped away at this particular time and this particular topic. 00:05:43.459 --> 00:05:48.420 So, that way there, you'll know what you missed, and you'll be able to come back later on tonight 00:05:48.420 --> 00:05:50.579 and pick up what you missed. 00:05:50.579 --> 00:05:54.500 So, that way there, when you come to class tomorrow, you have reviewed everything that 00:05:54.500 --> 00:05:57.019 you missed, and you're ready for tomorrow's session. 00:05:57.459 --> 00:06:00.859 So, if you do miss something, the recordings will be available approximately within an 00:06:00.859 --> 00:06:03.579 hour after today's session, so you can go back and review them. 00:06:03.579 --> 00:06:05.779 So, we're going to do that for every single one of our sessions. 00:06:05.779 --> 00:06:10.940 Now, we will not cover everything that we need to know for the exam live. 00:06:10.940 --> 00:06:11.940 We will not. 00:06:11.940 --> 00:06:16.619 So, in our eight sessions, you'll see what we're covering in this list, but you are going 00:06:16.619 --> 00:06:22.380 to have to, on your own, review some additional videos on your own to get fully ready for 00:06:22.380 --> 00:06:23.779 the certification exam. 00:06:24.059 --> 00:06:28.500 So, covering things like stateful switchover, nonstop forwarding, VSS and stackwise, some 00:06:28.500 --> 00:06:32.500 things on device architecture, some things on virtual servers and switches, it's going 00:06:32.500 --> 00:06:38.179 to be important for you to ensure that you have the basic fundamental information that 00:06:38.179 --> 00:06:43.619 the exam expects you to have in these regards to pass the certification exam. 00:06:43.619 --> 00:06:47.059 You might only get one question on each of these on the certification exam, or one question 00:06:47.059 --> 00:06:51.299 at all for the certification exam, but in the end, it's important to realize that we 00:06:51.299 --> 00:06:55.579 live are not going to cover everything, and you are required to make sure you watch these 00:06:55.579 --> 00:06:59.619 videos to get those nuggets of information that you need for the certification exam. 00:06:59.619 --> 00:07:03.420 Likewise, here with management protocols and services, I'm not going to bore you live with 00:07:03.420 --> 00:07:09.380 network time protocol or span or flexible net flow or IPSLA or SNMP or Syslog. 00:07:09.380 --> 00:07:10.380 Why? 00:07:10.380 --> 00:07:13.619 Because pretty much the conversation we have in all of these are the same that we had in 00:07:13.619 --> 00:07:14.619 CCNA. 00:07:14.619 --> 00:07:20.859 So, repeating the same thing that you learned in CCNA with me or someone else is not valuable 00:07:20.940 --> 00:07:25.899 to your time, especially when these on the exam are going to be more just your basic 00:07:25.899 --> 00:07:29.299 multiple choice questions where other things are going to show you live, are going to require 00:07:29.299 --> 00:07:33.380 you to actually configure, verify, troubleshoot, do all of that stuff. 00:07:33.380 --> 00:07:36.179 So, we're going to focus on those in our live discussion. 00:07:36.179 --> 00:07:37.660 Same thing with quality of service. 00:07:37.660 --> 00:07:38.660 Do you know this term? 00:07:38.660 --> 00:07:39.660 Do you know this definition? 00:07:39.660 --> 00:07:40.660 Do you know this term? 00:07:40.660 --> 00:07:41.660 Do you know this definition? 00:07:41.660 --> 00:07:44.940 Basically, what it boils down to, so we're not going to do that live. 00:07:44.940 --> 00:07:46.339 That is something that you can watch on your own. 00:07:46.339 --> 00:07:51.220 So, same thing with things like EEM and then like DNA Center, data formats, data modeling, 00:07:51.220 --> 00:07:56.179 so things like learning JSON formatting, learning Python, right? 00:07:56.179 --> 00:07:59.100 We have other ways for you to prepare for that than here live, and then same thing with 00:07:59.100 --> 00:08:00.339 our wireless discussion. 00:08:00.339 --> 00:08:04.459 So, a lot of just little wireless videos to help you prepare for the exam because wireless 00:08:04.459 --> 00:08:06.380 in itself is an entire course. 00:08:06.380 --> 00:08:09.619 There's two courses in the world of Cisco for wireless at a minimum, right, that you'd 00:08:09.619 --> 00:08:10.619 want to take. 00:08:10.619 --> 00:08:14.940 So, Encore is not the place to learn wireless, so we're going to give you what you need to 00:08:14.940 --> 00:08:16.899 get ready for the certification exam, all right? 00:08:16.899 --> 00:08:18.299 Same thing with ChefPup and the Stackable. 00:08:18.299 --> 00:08:20.899 This is not the place to learn about these, right? 00:08:20.899 --> 00:08:22.980 There are other courses dedicated to that. 00:08:22.980 --> 00:08:26.579 So, we cover exactly in these videos, okay, what do you need to know for the exam? 00:08:26.579 --> 00:08:27.579 What do you need to know for the exam? 00:08:27.579 --> 00:08:28.579 What do you need to know for the exam? 00:08:28.579 --> 00:08:30.059 What do you need to know for the exam? 00:08:30.059 --> 00:08:34.780 Because again, data modeling like gang data modeling and JSON formatting and RESTConf 00:08:34.780 --> 00:08:37.940 and NEXTConf, this is not the place to learn those, okay? 00:08:37.940 --> 00:08:42.059 You learn those in other courses that are dedicated to those, but Cisco likes to throw 00:08:42.059 --> 00:08:43.299 that stuff in here. 00:08:43.460 --> 00:08:47.780 So, we've put together videos that are going to help you get the information you need as 00:08:47.780 --> 00:08:56.020 well as give you a little bit of a head start in those topics for the real world, all right? 00:08:56.020 --> 00:08:58.739 So, that's what the course is made up of. 00:08:58.739 --> 00:09:02.659 Now, you'll also see over on the top right-hand side, if we scroll back up, there's class 00:09:02.659 --> 00:09:03.659 slides. 00:09:03.659 --> 00:09:06.020 So, everything I'm going to show you on a class slide is available in the class slides. 00:09:06.020 --> 00:09:07.020 You have a syllabus. 00:09:07.020 --> 00:09:09.460 If you want to go back and take a peek at that syllabus, you can check things off. 00:09:09.460 --> 00:09:10.979 There's a little exam crash. 00:09:10.979 --> 00:09:15.979 This is just a little something extra I put together, and it's not something that you 00:09:15.979 --> 00:09:17.820 can say, oh, I'll just read through this and I'm ready for the exam. 00:09:17.820 --> 00:09:18.820 No, no, no. 00:09:18.820 --> 00:09:19.820 That's not what this exam crash means. 00:09:19.820 --> 00:09:24.059 This is just simply referring to the fact that I have taken the time to give you a little 00:09:24.059 --> 00:09:29.539 bit of extra help with some of those strange topics, like on-prem versus cloud. 00:09:29.539 --> 00:09:31.500 What are the things you might want to remember for the exam? 00:09:31.500 --> 00:09:35.900 VMs versus vSwitches, what are the things you might want to remember for the exam? 00:09:35.900 --> 00:09:41.380 Some cyber threat defense solution information, DNA center information, REST API information. 00:09:41.380 --> 00:09:45.099 So, just throwing it in here, and it says here, you know, if it's something that's bolded, 00:09:45.099 --> 00:09:47.539 it's something that you might want to remember. 00:09:47.539 --> 00:09:53.179 So, again, nothing bolded here, though, but, again, compare and contrast, compare and contrast, 00:09:53.179 --> 00:09:55.219 compare and contrast, compare and contrast. 00:09:55.219 --> 00:09:58.460 Typically what type of questions on the exam might you get when you have to compare and 00:09:58.460 --> 00:09:59.940 contrast different things, folks? 00:09:59.940 --> 00:10:00.940 Does anybody know? 00:10:00.940 --> 00:10:05.179 Would it typically be a multiple-choice question, or would it be something else? 00:10:05.179 --> 00:10:07.179 If it is that, something else, what do we call it? 00:10:11.179 --> 00:10:14.380 Yeah, typically a drag-and-drop, typically a drag-and-drop. 00:10:14.380 --> 00:10:17.500 Drag these over to here, matching them up where they need to be. 00:10:17.500 --> 00:10:22.580 So, with that in mind, right, something where you have a slide like this comparing and contrasting, 00:10:22.580 --> 00:10:25.859 maybe I built it that way on purpose for your exam prep. 00:10:25.859 --> 00:10:30.460 Same thing with something like this, who manages what when it comes to cloud services? 00:10:30.460 --> 00:10:34.820 So, I do have a, you know, cloud discussion later on in the videos, but this will just 00:10:34.820 --> 00:10:40.700 help you come back and use this for memorization purposes so you can know who manages what. 00:10:40.700 --> 00:10:45.700 Again, not something that in Encore really matters all that much from a sort of, from 00:10:45.700 --> 00:10:50.619 a real-world standpoint, because, again, there's other courses dedicated to this, like cloud-related 00:10:50.619 --> 00:10:51.619 courses. 00:10:51.619 --> 00:10:54.539 But it's thrown in here, and these are little things that you need to know just so that 00:10:54.539 --> 00:10:58.140 way there you have a billion things in your mind, and then you'll be tested on, let's 00:10:58.140 --> 00:11:00.979 say, 80 of them, 90 of them when it's all said and done, right? 00:11:00.979 --> 00:11:03.419 Same thing with virtual machines, benefits of virtual machines. 00:11:03.419 --> 00:11:06.219 Again, it could be a drag-and-drop, could be multiple choice, so on and so forth. 00:11:06.219 --> 00:11:10.380 So, there's a lot of things here, and I have even some Python examples in here later on 00:11:10.380 --> 00:11:11.380 down the road. 00:11:11.380 --> 00:11:15.380 So, just take your time and go through that at your own leisure at some point in time. 00:11:15.380 --> 00:11:16.380 It'll help you. 00:11:16.380 --> 00:11:20.140 It's not mandatory, but it'll definitely help you memorize some of the things that may show 00:11:20.140 --> 00:11:21.140 up on the exam. 00:11:21.140 --> 00:11:26.380 All right, another little, some additional information on FlexConnect, all right, to 00:11:26.380 --> 00:11:31.140 help you out in case FlexConnect shows up on the exam for wireless, and then you get 00:11:31.140 --> 00:11:33.780 your practice exam, you got your labs, make sure you do the labs. 00:11:33.780 --> 00:11:34.780 You have to do the labs. 00:11:34.780 --> 00:11:38.340 All right, if you think you're going to pass this exam without doing labs, it's not going 00:11:38.340 --> 00:11:39.340 to happen. 00:11:39.340 --> 00:11:41.859 So, make sure you do the labs, and if you don't even plan on taking the exam, please 00:11:41.859 --> 00:11:42.859 do the labs anyway. 00:11:42.859 --> 00:11:46.299 You're going to gain some very valuable information that's going to pay dividends in the real 00:11:46.299 --> 00:11:48.659 world for you just by doing the labs later on anyways. 00:11:48.659 --> 00:11:53.979 And then anytime you need any help outside the class, folks, request mentoring. 00:11:53.979 --> 00:11:55.500 Take the time to request mentoring. 00:11:55.500 --> 00:11:56.580 Take the time to get help. 00:11:56.580 --> 00:12:02.179 We have a mentoring team behind the scenes that are going to be able to assist you, and, 00:12:02.179 --> 00:12:06.020 but if you want them to forward the email to me, just put in your email, please forward 00:12:06.020 --> 00:12:10.700 this to Raymond, and they'll be more than happy to forward it to me. 00:12:10.700 --> 00:12:13.099 And if there's something we talked about in class and they have no idea what we're talking 00:12:13.099 --> 00:12:16.979 about because I went off on some little crazy story, adventure, that they weren't aware 00:12:16.979 --> 00:12:21.900 of, then they'll forward it to me anyways, right, so that way there you always get the 00:12:21.900 --> 00:12:23.780 best help and best assistance that you need. 00:12:23.820 --> 00:12:26.780 So there's all your resources and how we're going to work with them. 00:12:26.780 --> 00:12:32.900 Let's go to Cisco.com because for those of you planning on taking the certification exam, 00:12:32.900 --> 00:12:37.400 you'd go under learn, and then you click on certifications, and then we can click on browse 00:12:37.400 --> 00:12:44.099 all certifications, and Encore is where, Encore is going to be under enterprise, so if we 00:12:44.099 --> 00:12:48.700 scroll down, or professional, and then under enterprise for CCNP right there. 00:12:48.700 --> 00:12:54.219 So it's under enterprise, on the left, technology, CCNP enterprise, it's professional level after 00:12:54.219 --> 00:13:02.659 CCNA, and it's about what, well if we scroll down, Encore is about the core enterprise 00:13:02.659 --> 00:13:06.380 networking technologies, core enterprise networking technologies. 00:13:06.380 --> 00:13:10.979 So core enterprise networking technologies for small, medium, and large organizations, 00:13:10.979 --> 00:13:14.900 meaning that there's going to be core enterprise networking technologies that you may learn 00:13:14.900 --> 00:13:19.539 today that you'll never ever use if you stay in the company you are in, simply because 00:13:19.539 --> 00:13:23.299 of the cost prohibitive natures of those technologies. 00:13:23.299 --> 00:13:26.219 Although they'd be great for you to have, you'd really not get a return on your investment. 00:13:26.219 --> 00:13:30.099 So you're going to learn about a lot of different networking technologies here that you may 00:13:30.099 --> 00:13:34.179 or may not never use, but at least you'll know about them, you'll have your certification 00:13:34.179 --> 00:13:38.419 that says you know about them, and you'll be a more valuable member to your organization, 00:13:38.419 --> 00:13:41.700 and maybe you'll be able to figure out how to implement some of these newer technologies 00:13:41.700 --> 00:13:42.700 at a cheaper cost. 00:13:42.700 --> 00:13:45.900 But the great thing is, is that the fundamentals still matter. 00:13:45.900 --> 00:13:50.260 So we still have to learn about the VLANs, the trunks, configure, verify, troubleshoot, 00:13:50.260 --> 00:13:57.219 VLANs, trunks, spanning tree protocol, inter-VLAN, routing, SVIs, all of those things, because 00:13:57.219 --> 00:14:03.020 the newer technologies still rely on us having the proper underlying network set up, because 00:14:03.020 --> 00:14:06.419 if we don't have the proper underlying network set up with the right dynamic routing protocols 00:14:06.419 --> 00:14:10.219 and the right everything else, then we're not ultimately going to achieve the objectives 00:14:10.219 --> 00:14:11.979 we're trying to achieve. 00:14:11.979 --> 00:14:14.059 So that is your core exam. 00:14:14.059 --> 00:14:18.340 And then underneath enterprise, you've got an RC, which I mentioned earlier, and then 00:14:18.340 --> 00:14:25.140 we have some SD-WAN solutions, and then we have design solutions, and we have wireless 00:14:25.140 --> 00:14:29.460 solutions and automation and programmability solutions, and so on and so forth. 00:14:29.460 --> 00:14:32.700 So this is required. 00:14:32.700 --> 00:14:37.780 So if you plan on taking your CCNA certification, not CCNA, if you plan on getting your CCNP 00:14:37.780 --> 00:14:42.299 certification, CCNP certification, you need this exam. 00:14:42.299 --> 00:14:43.679 You cannot skip this exam. 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:47.140 You have to take this exam, and then you can take one of the other exams that are on the 00:14:47.140 --> 00:14:48.140 list below. 00:14:48.140 --> 00:14:49.440 So this is mandatory. 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:53.140 You have no choice but to take this one, pass this exam, and then you can take any other 00:14:53.140 --> 00:14:56.260 one you want in order to get your CCNP designation. 00:14:56.260 --> 00:15:01.659 So let's click on Encore exam, and then under Encore, what are we going to find? 00:15:01.659 --> 00:15:03.320 We're going to find our exam topic. 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:07.919 So the certification exam is broken out into these six different sections. 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:12.119 You've got architecture, virtualization, infrastructure, assurance, security, and automation. 00:15:12.119 --> 00:15:15.919 So I'm going to click on that so we can get a little deeper. 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:17.400 And then here it is all broken out. 00:15:17.400 --> 00:15:20.400 So I'll just quickly put this in the chat area for all of you who are here live with 00:15:20.400 --> 00:15:23.039 me so that way there you have quick access to it. 00:15:23.039 --> 00:15:29.039 But you'll see 15% of your exams on the architecture, 10% on virtualization, 30% on the infrastructure. 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:30.679 So let me just expand that out. 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:36.599 So if you don't know how to configure, verify, and troubleshoot layer two technologies that 00:15:36.599 --> 00:15:39.859 are listed here, you're not going to be able to pass the exam. 00:15:39.859 --> 00:15:48.039 If you don't know how to compare and contrast EIGRP versus OSPF or configure OSPF or configure 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:53.640 eBGP or describe policy-based routing, it'll be tough for you to pass the exam. 00:15:53.640 --> 00:15:54.640 All right. 00:15:54.640 --> 00:15:55.640 Wireless. 00:15:55.640 --> 00:15:56.640 So wireless is very important here. 00:15:56.640 --> 00:16:00.000 So make sure you take those extra wireless videos that we talked about that we put together 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:01.320 for you. 00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:05.520 So all these wireless videos you see down at the bottom are going to give you the information 00:16:05.520 --> 00:16:09.200 that you need in order to be able to successfully answer questions pertaining to wireless. 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:11.640 Are you going to become a wireless expert by taking Encore? 00:16:11.640 --> 00:16:12.640 No. 00:16:12.640 --> 00:16:13.640 Okay. 00:16:13.640 --> 00:16:14.640 It's not intended to be that way. 00:16:14.640 --> 00:16:18.000 But at least you'll be able to describe, describe, describe, describe, troubleshoot, maybe one 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:20.719 WAN configuration, and then describe. 00:16:20.719 --> 00:16:24.719 So it's more about describing in this case than configuring, verifying, and troubleshooting. 00:16:24.719 --> 00:16:25.799 And then your IP services. 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:31.640 So make sure you know NTP and Precision Time Protocol, NAT and PAT, HSRP, VRRP. 00:16:31.640 --> 00:16:36.280 And then being able to describe multicast protocols like PIM and IGMP. 00:16:36.280 --> 00:16:39.440 So 30% of your exam is focused on those. 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:44.159 Very, very important that you are really solid with these, because most of the time, these 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:51.479 are going to be the questions, especially Layer 2, Layer 3, and typically HSRP. 00:16:51.479 --> 00:16:54.080 They typically end up as what? 00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:59.080 As simulation-type questions where you might have to configure. 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:04.599 So making sure you do all exams, labs, I mean, and labs related to all these topics is going 00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:08.479 to be really important, because you never know when they're going to show up on the 00:17:08.479 --> 00:17:10.359 exam as an actual lab. 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:12.079 So a big part of your exam is 30%. 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:13.959 Now look, the other one is security. 00:17:13.959 --> 00:17:18.719 So make sure that you are well familiar with line authentication, username and password 00:17:18.719 --> 00:17:23.959 database authentication, using AAA, we've got you covered here for that, ACLs. 00:17:24.040 --> 00:17:27.160 See, the thing about ACLs is they can show up in many different discussions. 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:30.319 So if you're doing like, for example, policy-based routing, well, ACLs are in policy-based routing. 00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:31.880 You're doing NAT, well, ACLs are part of NAT. 00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:32.880 If you're doing this, ACLs. 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:33.880 If you're doing that, ACLs. 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:35.880 If you're doing traffic filtering, ACLs. 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:39.560 If you're doing control plane policing, ACLs. 00:17:39.560 --> 00:17:43.760 So they can test you in ACLs within other questions, meaning that that one question 00:17:43.760 --> 00:17:47.140 could be a percentage of different sections on the certification exam. 00:17:47.140 --> 00:17:50.560 So if you don't know your ACLs, it's going to be tough to answer potentially other questions 00:17:50.560 --> 00:17:52.839 on the certification exam correctly. 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:56.719 Control plane policing, REST API security. 00:17:56.719 --> 00:17:59.880 So we have that covered in our exam crash. 00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:05.099 We would have that covered in our additional discussions on APIs that are in this as well. 00:18:05.099 --> 00:18:07.839 So we've got you covered on that REST API security. 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:12.040 If you memorize what I have in regards to REST API security, it's very simple. 00:18:12.040 --> 00:18:15.920 You'll have no problem answering questions about those on the certification exam. 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:19.800 And then all of these you can find in our exam crash information about that. 00:18:19.800 --> 00:18:23.239 So the exam crash is really important to learn more about this threat defense stuff 00:18:23.239 --> 00:18:24.239 and TRUSTSEC. 00:18:24.239 --> 00:18:27.520 Well, no, we'll cover TRUSTSEC and MACSEC live because I like that stuff as well as 00:18:27.520 --> 00:18:28.520 these. 00:18:28.520 --> 00:18:31.760 But the next-gen firewall stuff, endpoint security, threat defense, and being able to 00:18:31.760 --> 00:18:34.760 describe those, those are in the exam crash as well as our additional data. 00:18:34.760 --> 00:18:35.760 So we won't do those ones live. 00:18:35.760 --> 00:18:38.280 But again, you can see there's 50% of your exam. 00:18:38.280 --> 00:18:41.280 50% of your exam is infrastructure and security. 00:18:41.280 --> 00:18:44.280 And then you get sprinkled in with a lot of other things, like what? 00:18:44.280 --> 00:18:45.280 Architecture. 00:18:45.280 --> 00:18:46.280 Then virtualization. 00:18:46.760 --> 00:18:47.760 Network assurance. 00:18:47.760 --> 00:18:50.760 So you'll see SNMP, Syslog, NetFlow span, R span. 00:18:50.760 --> 00:18:53.760 So that's a very small part of your exam. 00:18:53.760 --> 00:18:56.760 But typically those ones are the easier questions. 00:18:56.760 --> 00:18:57.760 So get them all right. 00:18:57.760 --> 00:19:00.760 That way you get your 10% on that. 00:19:00.760 --> 00:19:01.760 And then automation. 00:19:01.760 --> 00:19:04.760 So we are not going to cover any of this stuff live. 00:19:04.760 --> 00:19:08.760 All the automation stuff is down here in this section right here. 00:19:08.760 --> 00:19:10.760 See automation preparation. 00:19:10.760 --> 00:19:13.760 So you can see automation preparation. 00:19:14.239 --> 00:19:16.239 See automation preparation. 00:19:16.239 --> 00:19:17.760 So you cannot skip this at all. 00:19:17.760 --> 00:19:21.760 If you skip this, you will not be prepared for 15% of your exam. 00:19:21.760 --> 00:19:23.760 So in there, we'll talk about Python. 00:19:23.760 --> 00:19:24.760 We'll talk about JSON. 00:19:24.760 --> 00:19:26.760 We'll talk about Yang data models. 00:19:26.760 --> 00:19:29.760 We'll talk about APIs with DNA Center and VManage. 00:19:29.760 --> 00:19:34.760 We'll discuss Rescoff, Netcoff, Puppet Chef, Ansible, and EEM. 00:19:34.760 --> 00:19:39.760 And by going through this information multiple times and using the exam crash, you combine 00:19:39.760 --> 00:19:40.760 those two together. 00:19:40.760 --> 00:19:41.760 Where's the exam crash again? 00:19:41.760 --> 00:19:42.760 Up here. 00:19:42.760 --> 00:19:45.760 So you'll see notes in the exam crash. 00:19:45.760 --> 00:19:48.760 Plus automation will get you ready for that section. 00:19:48.760 --> 00:19:49.760 All right. 00:19:49.760 --> 00:19:58.760 So live, live will get you ready for like 90% of the exam. 00:19:58.760 --> 00:20:04.760 The rest of it is going to be you making sure you finish those videos on your own. 00:20:04.760 --> 00:20:06.760 All right. 00:20:06.760 --> 00:20:07.760 Keep that in mind. 00:20:07.760 --> 00:20:08.760 So there you go, folks. 00:20:08.760 --> 00:20:11.760 That is what we're going to be doing here in Encore. 00:20:11.760 --> 00:20:13.760 I hope you're all familiar with the exam objectives. 00:20:13.760 --> 00:20:16.760 You are familiar with what we have to offer here in our course. 00:20:16.760 --> 00:20:20.760 And as always, if you need any help outside of class, use the mentoring option. 00:20:20.760 --> 00:20:24.760 If you're here with me live and you need help, use the chat area right over there on the 00:20:24.760 --> 00:20:25.760 right-hand side. 00:20:25.760 --> 00:20:29.760 So if you haven't joined the chat area yet, folks, make sure you do so immediately. 00:20:29.760 --> 00:20:33.760 So that way you can get all the assistance that you need throughout our live sessions 00:20:33.760 --> 00:20:34.760 together.