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following topics are general guidelines
for the content likely to be included on
the Routing exam. However, other related
topics may also appear on any specific delivery
of the exam (excerpts from Cisco Certification
web site).
1. Routing Principles
1.1. List the key information routers
need to route data
1.2. Describe classful and classless routing
protocols
1.3. Compare distance vector and link-state
protocol operation
1.4. Describe the use of the fields in
a routing table
1.5. Analyze a routing table, and test
connectivity using accepted troubleshooting
techniques
2. Extending IP Addresses
2.1. Use VLSMs to extend the use of the
IP addresses
2.2. Explain if route summarization is
or is not possible for a specific addressing
scheme
2.3. Configure an IP helper address to
manage broadcasts
3. Configuring OSFP in a Single Area
3.1. Explain why OSPF is better than RIP
in a large internetwork
3.2. Explain how OSPF discovers, chooses,
and maintains routes
3.3. Explain how OSPF operates in an single
area NBMA environment
3.4. Configure OSPF for proper operation
in a single area
3.5. Verify OSPF operation in a single
area
4. Interconnecting Multiple OSFP Areas
4.1. Describe the issues with interconnecting
multiple areas and how OSPF addresses
each
4.2. Explain the differences between the
possible types of areas, routers, and
LSAs
4.3. Explain how OSPF supports the use
of VLSM
4.4. Explain how OSPF supports the use
of route summarization in multiple areas
4.5. Explain how OSPF operates in a multiple
area NBMA environment
4.6. Configure a multiarea OSPF network
4.7. Verify OSPF operation in multiple
areas
5. Configuring IS-IS Protocol
5.1. Explain basic OSI terminology and
network layer protocols used in OSI
5.2. Identify similarities and differences
between Integrated IS-IS and OSPF
5.3. Identify characteristics of an effective
addressing plan for IS-IS deployment
5.4. Explain how networks and interfaces
are represented in IS-IS
5.5. List the types of IS-IS routers and
their role in IS-IS area design
5.6. Describe the hierarchical structure
of IS-IS areas
5.7. Describe the concept of establishing
adjacencies
5.8. Describe the concepts of routing
traffic transport and database synchronization
5.9. Explain the basic principles of area
routing
5.10. Explain IS-IS NBMA (non-broadcast
multi-access network) modeling solutions
in switched WAN networks
5.11. Given an addressing scheme and other
laboratory parameters, identify the steps
to configure Cisco routers for proper
Integrated IS-IS operation
5.12. Identify verification methods which
ensure proper operation of Integrated
IS-IS on Cisco routers
6. Configuring EIGRP
6.1. Describe Enhanced IGRP features and
operation
6.2. Explain how EIGRP discovers, chooses,
and maintains routes
6.3. Explain how EIGRP supports the use
of VLSM
6.4. Explain how EIGRP operates in an
NBMA environment
6.5. Explain how EIGRP supports the use
of route summarization
6.6. Describe how EIGRP supports large
networks
6.7. Configure Enhanced IGRP
6.8. Verify Enhanced IGRP operation
7. Configuring Basic Border Gateway Protocol
7.1. Describe BGP features and operation
7.2. Describe how to connect to another
autonomous system using an alternative
to BGP, static routes
7.3. Explain how BGP policy-based routing
functions within an autonomous system
7.4. Explain how BGP peering functions
7.5. Describe BGP communities and peer
groups
7.6. Describe and configure external and
internal BGP
7.7. Describe BGP synchronization
7.8. Configure a BGP environment and verify
proper operation
8. Implementing BGP in Scalable Networks
8.1. Describe the scalability problems
associated with internal BGP
8.2. Explain and configure BGP route reflectors
8.3. Describe and configure policy control
in BGP using prefix lists
8.4. Describe methods to connect to multiple
ISPs using BGP
8.5. Explain the use of redistribution
between BGP and Interior Gateway Protocols
(IGPs)
8.6. Configure a multihomed BGP environment
and verify proper operation
9. Optimizing Routing Update Operation
9.1. Select and configure the different
ways to control routing update traffic
9.2. Configure route redistribution in
a network that does not have redundant
paths between dissimilar routing processes
9.3. Configure route redistribution in
a network that has redundant paths between
dissimilar routing processes
9.4. Resolve path selection problems that
result in a redistributed network
9.5. Verify route redistribution
9.6. Configure policy-based routing using
route maps
9.7. Configure redistribution between
different routing domains and verify proper
operation
9.8. Configure policy-based routing and
verify proper operation
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Questions, Complete with Router Simulations!
