Exam Description
The ICND exam is one of the two qualifying exams
available to candidates pursuing a two-exam option for the Cisco Certified
Network Associate CCNA certification. The ICND (640-811) exam will test
materials from the new Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND) course. The
exam will certify that the successful candidate has important knowledge and
skills necessary to select, connect, configure, and troubleshoot the various
Cisco networking devices. The exam covers topics on Extending Switched Networks
with VLANS, Determining IP Routes, Managing IP traffic with Access Lists,
Establishing Pont-toPoint connections, and Establishing Frame Relay Conenctions.
Exam Topics
The following information provides general guidelines for
the content likely to be included on the Interconnecting Cisco Networking
Devices Exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific
delivery of the exam. Planning and Designing
- Design or modify a simple LAN using Cisco products
- Design an IP addressing scheme to support classful, classless, and private
addressing to meet design requirements
- Select an appropriate routing protocol based on user requirements
- Design a simple internetwork using Cisco products
- Develop an access list to meet user specifications
- Choose WAN protocols to meet design requirements
Implementation and Operations
- Perform an initial configuration on a switch
- Configure routing protocols given user requirements
- Configure IP addresses, subnet masks, and gateway addresses on routers and
hosts
- Configure a router for additional administrative functionality
- Configure a switch with VLANS and inter-switch communication
- Implement a LAN
- Customize a switch configuration to meet specified network requirements
- Implement access lists
- Implement simple WAN protocols
Troubleshooting
- Utilize the OSI model as a guide for systematic network troubleshooting
- Perform LAN and VLAN troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot routing protocols
- Troubleshoot IP addressing and host configuration
- Troubleshoot a device as part of a working network
- Troubleshoot an access list
- Perform simple WAN troubleshooting
Technology
- Describe the Spanning Tree process
- Evaluate the characteristics of LAN environments
- Evaluate the characteristics of routing protocols
- Evaluate rules for packet control
- Evaluate key characteristics of HDLC, PPP, Frame Relay, DDR, and ISDN
technologies
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