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DESGN Exam Topics
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Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions (200-310)
Exam Description
The Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions (DESGN) exam (200-310) is a 75- minute assessment with 55–65 questions that are associated with the Cisco CCDA® Design certification. This exam requires a foundation or apprentice knowledge of network design for Cisco enterprise network architectures. CCDA certified professionals can design routed and switched network infrastructures and services involving LAN/WAN technologies for SMB or basic enterprise campus and branch networks.
The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In order to better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes, the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.
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1.0 Design Methodologies | 15% | Show Details |
1.1 Describe the Cisco Design lifecycle – PBM (plan, build, manage) 1.2 Describe the information required to characterize an existing network as part of the planning for a design change 1.3 Describe the use cases and benefits of network characterization tools (SNMP, NBAR, NetFlow) 1.4 Compare and contrast the top-down and bottom-up design approaches | ||
2.0 Design Objectives | 20% | Show Details |
2.1 Describe the importance and application of modularity in a network 2.2 Describe the importance and application of hierarchy in a network 2.3 Describe the importance and application of scalability in a network 2.4 Describe the importance and application of resiliency in a network 2.5 Describe the importance and application of concept of fault domains in a network | ||
3.0 Addressing and Routing Protocols in an Existing Network | 20% | Show Details |
3.1 Describe the concept of scalable addressing
3.2 Design an effective IP addressing scheme
3.3 Identify routing protocol scalability considerations
3.4 Design a routing protocol expansion
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4.0 Enterprise Network Design | 20% | Show Details |
4.1 Design a basic campus
4.2 Design a basic enterprise network
4.3 Design a basic branch network
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5.0 Considerations for Expanding an Existing Network | 25% | Show Details |
5.1 Describe design considerations for wireless network architectures
5.2 Identify integration considerations and requirements for controller-based wireless networks
5.3 Describe security controls integration considerations
5.4 Identify traffic flow implications as a result of security controls
5.5 Identify high-level considerations for collaboration (voice, streaming video, interactive video) applications
5.6 Describe the concepts of virtualization within a network design 5.7 Identify network elements that can be virtualized
5.8 Describe the concepts of network programmability within a network design
5.9 Describe data center components
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