The Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks (ENSLD) v1.1 course gives you the knowledge and skills you need to design an enterprise network. This course serves as a deep dive into enterprise network design and expands on the topics covered in the Implementing and Operating Cisco® Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR) v1.0 course.

This course also helps you prepare to take the 300-420 Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks (ENSLD) exam which is part of the CCNP® Enterprise and Cisco Certified Specialist – Enterprise Design certifications. This course also earns you 40 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.

This course will help you:

• Learn the skills, technologies, and best practices needed to design an enterprise network
• Deepen your understanding of enterprise design including advanced addressing and routing solutions, advanced enterprise campus networks, WAN, security services, network services, and software-defined access SDA
• Validate your knowledge and prepare to take the 300-420 Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks (ENSLD) exam

After taking this course, you should be able to:

• Design Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) internal routing for the enterprise network
• Design Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) internal routing for the enterprise network
• Design Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) internal routing for the enterprise network
• Design a network based on customer requirements
• Design Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing for the enterprise network
• Describe the different types and uses of Multiprotocol BGP (MP-BGP) address families
• Describe BGP load sharing
• Design a BGP network based on customer requirements
• Decide where the L2/L3 boundary will be in your Campus network and make design decisions
• Describe Layer 2 design considerations for Enterprise Campus networks
• Design a LAN network based on customer requirements
• Describe Layer 3 design considerations in an Enterprise Campus network
• Examine Cisco SD-Access fundamental concepts
• Describe Cisco SD-Access Fabric Design
• Design a Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) Campus Fabric based on customer requirements
• Design service provider-managed VPNs
• Design enterprise-managed VPNs
• Design a resilient WAN
• Design a resilient WAN network based on customer requirements
• Examine the Cisco SD-WAN architecture
• Describe Cisco SD-WAN deployment options
• Design Cisco SD-WAN redundancy
• Explain the basic principles of QoS
• Design Quality of Service (QoS) for the WAN
• Design QoS for enterprise network based on customer requirements
• Explain the basic principles of multicast
• Designing rendezvous point distribution solutions
• Describe high-level considerations when doing IP addressing design
• Create an IPv6 addressing plan
• Plan an IPv6 deployment in an existing enterprise IPv4 network
• Describe the challenges that you might encounter when transitioning to IPv6
• Design an IPv6 addressing plan based on customer requirements
• Describe Network APIs and protocols
• Describe Yet Another Next Generation (YANG), Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF), and Representational State Transfer Configuration Protocol (RESTCONF)

• Designing EIGRP Routing
• Designing OSPF Routing
• Designing IS-IS Routing
• Design Case Study Activity: Designing Enterprise Connectivity
• Designing BGP Routing and Redundancy
• Understanding BGP Address Families and Attributes
• Design Case Study Activity: Designing an Enterprise Network with BGP Internet Connectivity
• Designing the Enterprise Campus LAN
• Designing Layer 2 Campus
• Design Case Study Activity: Designing an Enterprise Campus LAN
• Designing Layer 3 Campus
• Discovering the Cisco SD-Access Architecture
• Exploring Cisco SD-Access Fabric Design
• Exploring Cisco SD-Access Site Design Strategy and Considerations
• Design Case Study Activity: Designing Cisco SD-Access in the Enterprise
• Designing Service Provider-Managed VPNs
• Designing Enterprise-Managed VPNs
• Designing WAN Resiliency
• Design Case Study Activity: Designing Resilient Enterprise WAN
• Examining Cisco SD-WAN Architectures
• Examining Cisco SD-WAN Deployment Design Considerations
• Designing Cisco SD-WAN Routing and High Availability
• Design Case Study Activity: Designing Resilient Enterprise Cisco SD-WAN
• Understanding QoS
• Designing LAN and WAN QoS
• Design Case Study Activity: Designing QoS in an Enterprise Network
• Exploring Multicast with Protocol-Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)
• Designing Rendezvous Point Distribution Solutions
• Designing an IPv4 Address Plan
• Exploring IPv6
• Deploying IPv6
• Design Case Study Activity: Designing an Enterprise IPv6 Network
• Introducing Network APIs and Protocols
• Exploring YANG, NETCONF, RESTCONF, and Model-Driven Telemetry

Lab outline

• Designing Enterprise Connectivity
• Designing an Enterprise Network with BGP Internet Connectivity
• Designing an Enterprise Campus LAN
• Designing Resilient Enterprise WAN
• Designing QoS in an Enterprise Network
• Designing an Enterprise IPv6 Network

• Network design engineers
• Network engineers
• System administrators

Before taking this course, you should have earned CCNA® certification or be able to:

• Understand network fundamentals
• Implement LANs
• Implement Internet connectivity

The following Cisco courses can help you build the recommended skills and knowledge:

• Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)
• Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR)