• How to apply design solutions to an enterprise network
• To present scalable, stable and optimal enterprise network solutions geared to the customers' requirements
• To design for large-scale IP networks and complex Campus networks for the enterprises
• The fundamental aspects of the network solutions addressing QoS, Security, Network Management, fine-tuning Routing Protocols, Switching Structures and IP Multicast.
• How to incorporate into your network strategic technologies including
  • Voice over IP and IP Telephony
  • Content and Storage Networking
  • Wireless Networking
  • Broadband Access

• ICND
• BSCI
• DESGN
• BCMSN

Network Professionals responsible for enterprise network design and those preparing for the CCDP certification. Including:

• Cisco, Channel Partner, and Customer System gbineers (SEs)
• Network Design Consultants/Analysts
• Network Design Professionals

• Cisco Infrastructure
• Design Methodology

• Infrastructure
• Layer two
• Layer three
• Server Farm
• Edge Distribution

• Classic WAN Module-- medium to large scale.
  • Design Considerations and Best Practices
  • Remote Office, Distribution, and Core models
  • Metro solutions
• Internet Connectivity Module
  • Design Considerations and Best Practices
  • ISP homing solutions
  • Perimeter Security solutions
  • Corporate External Server Farm solutions (public servers (DNS, email, etc) in the Internet module).
  • E-Commerce Module

• FCAPS
• Components
• Goals
• Cisco Products
• Scope

• Defining needs
• Options
• Examples

• Defining Security Policy
• Detection
• Encryption
• Authentication
• Cisco Solutions

• Meeting Specific needs of users
• Voice
• Video
• Mission-critical

• Defining Applications
• Conserving Bandwidth
• Voice and Video
• Mission-critical
• Cisco Solutions

• Site-to-Site
• Remote Access
• Cisco Solutions

• WLAN Models
• Mobile Wireless (for the mobile user anywhere)
• Enterprise IT (for access from the Enterprise premises)
• Wireless Access Models

• Voice IP Telephony Models
• Physical
• Network
• Call Manger
• Gateway and Gatekeeper
• Dial Plan Architecture
• QOS
• DSP Provisioning
• Network Management
• Single Site
• Multiple Site
• IP-WAN Distributed
• IP-WAN Centralized

• Multicast Design Considerations
• Corporate Communications Solution Model
• Enterprise Streaming Services Model

• Basic SAN Concepts.
• Network-attached storage model
• Universal IP access to storage model
• Storage over the WAN model
• Metro optical connectivity for high-performance storage model

All of the cases are continuations of an overall design for OCSIC (Cisco backward) Bottling Company. Student teams maintain a master Design Document and add to it throughout the week.

There is a case to support each of the major Cisco design concepts: Campus infrastructure, campus edge, service provider edge, the five intelligent network services-QOS, high availability, network management, security, and IP multicast, and the five network solutions-wireless, VPN, IP telephony, Content Networking, and Storage Networking.

Case 2: Designing the Enterprise Edge Modules
Receive additional information about OCSIC and design the WAN Module, the Remote Access and VPN Module, and the Internet Connectivity Module. These additional design elements will be added to the campus network Design Document.

Case 3: Designing the Network Management Module
Develop a Network Management strategy for OCSIC and add it to the existing network design. The emphasis is on centralized vs. distributed deployment of CiscoWorks and an analysis of the number of components required.

Case 4: Designing for High Availability
Update the Design Document to meet OCSIC's requirement for High Availability applied to the campus infrastructure, server farm, WAN, remote access, and Internet connectivity modules. The options of device resilience, device redundancy, and link redundancy will be considered.

Case 5: Designing for Security
OCSIC has created a new Security Policy. Using the SAFE blueprint, develop a design for security for remote access, encryption of specific data, authentication for departmental services, and Internet access. The security design will be applied to the campus, server farm, WAN, remote access and Internet access modules.

Case 6: Designing QoS
OCSIC is implementing Voice over IP and has established priorities for data over Frame Relay. Develop a QoS strategy to support these requirements. QoS is applied to the campus and WAN networks and the changes are added to the Design Document.

Case 7: Designing IP Multicast
OCSIC wants to use live video for product kickoffs and has decided to use IP Multicast. Effectively incorporate IP Multicast into the design to support this requirement.

Case 8: Designing the VPN Solution
The OCSIC international offices are currently using dial-up to access the headquarters network. The company is seeking a more cost-effective solution. Develop a VPN design to support this new requirement and add it to the Design Document.

Case 9: Designing the Wireless Solution
OCSIC has developed several applications for the plants that cannot be supported by the current cabling infrastructure. The student teams must develop a wireless solution to meet these needs and incorporate the new design considerations into the Design Document.

Case 10: Designing the IP Telephony Solution
OCSIC wants a multi-site telephony solution for headquarters and the North American plants. Design an IP Telephony Solution that leverages current networking products and recommends new products and technologies for future growth.

Case 11: Designing the Content Networking Solution
OCSIC thinks that bandwidth utilization can be improved. Consider the efficiency of the current technologies used to access to data stored at the headquarters' server farm and design a better solution using Content Networking.

Case 12: Designing the Storage Area Networking (SAN) Solution
OCSIC thinks that access to data on the corporate servers can be further improved. Design a Storage Area Networking solution for OCSIC and add it to the Design Document to complete the Master Design for OCSIC.

Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures (ARCH) Package Titles 1-5 (283348)

Title 1: Cisco Network Service Architectures (283111) Learn why companies are seeking to implement enterprise-wide infrastructures to serve as a viable foundation to support emerging new technologies such as IP telephony, content networking, and storage networking. Understand why enterprises commonly use WANs, on-demand connections, and the Internet to build an intranet. Explore how to use the Cisco AVVID framework to support the operation of concurrent solutions. Understand the Enterprise Composite Network Model and how it is used in the design process.

Title 2: Designing Network Services (283112)
Explore the implementation of the FCAPS network management process and the significant differences between reactive and proactive network management methods. Learn how to design Cisco network management solutions for small, medium, and large enterprise networks, given specific network management requirements. Identify the necessary components of a high availability solution for the Enterprise Campus and the Enterprise Edge functional areas. Learn the appropriate actions that can be taken to prevent or mitigate the consequences of a network attack.

Title 3: Designing for Bandwidth and Delay Sensitive Traffic (283113)
Learn how bandwidth-intensive applications may stretch network capabilities and resources and how to achieve the required QoS by managing delay, delay variation (jitter), bandwidth, and packet loss. Understand how multicasting provides bandwidth conservation to reduce traffic load by simultaneously delivering a single stream of information to multiple recipients and enabling multiple services. Explore NAT and IPSec issues associated with a remote-access VPN topology.

Title 4: Designing for Wireless and IP Telephony Networks (283114)
Learn the benefits of wireless networks including high-speed data rates and the freedom of mobility by being able to access broadband data anywhere within the LAN. Compare the three different IEEE 802.11 standards that make up the group of protocol specifications for WLANs. Become familiar with the components of a Cisco wireless solution. Understand how to design a physical and logical IP telephony network, network features, and intelligent network services to support IP telephony, including Cisco CallManager clusters and CAC functionality.

Title 5: Designing for Content and Storage Networking Solutions (283115)
Learn the different components of Cisco's content networking solutions including content edge delivery (caching), content switching, content routing, and content delivery and management. Learn how caching is used to dramatically improve end user response times in a content network. Explore how to design for content networking to minimize the impact to an existing network and to scale to meet the end user's needs. Explore how to design for IP-based storage networking in a Cisco environment. Understand the differences between NAS and SANs network storage models. Learn the importance of Intelligent Network Services and their use in supporting storage networking.