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Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions: 200-301 CCNA Exam Guide

By : Glen D. Singh
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Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions: 200-301 CCNA Exam Guide

By: Glen D. Singh

Overview of this book

In the dynamic technology landscape, staying on top of the latest technology trends is a must, especially if you want to build a career in network administration. Achieving CCNA 200-301 certification will validate your knowledge of networking concepts, and this book will help you to do just that. This exam guide focuses on the fundamentals to help you gain a high-level understanding of networking, security, IP connectivity, IP services, programmability, and automation. Starting with the functions of various networking components, you’ll discover how they are used to build and improve an enterprise network. You’ll then delve into configuring networking devices using a command-line interface (CLI) to provide network access, services, security, connectivity, and management. The book covers important aspects of network engineering using a variety of hands-on labs and real-world scenarios that will help you gain essential practical skills. As you make progress, this CCNA certification study guide will help you get to grips with the solutions and technologies that you need to implement and administer a broad range of modern networks and IT infrastructures. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained the confidence to pass the Cisco CCNA 200-301 exam on the first attempt and be well-versed in a variety of network administration and security engineering solutions.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
1
Section 1: Network Fundamentals
6
Section 2: Network Access
9
Section 3: IP Connectivity
12
Section 4: IP Services
15
Section 5: Security Fundamentals
20
Section 6: Automation and Programmability
22
Chapter 16: Mock Exam 1
23
Chapter 17: Mock Exam 2

Virtualization fundamentals

To begin this section, we will start with a simple analogy to help you understand the important role and benefits of implementing virtualization technologies. Let's imagine you have a single computer running Microsoft Windows 10. Upon learning more about IT-related topics, you have realized that having some Linux skills may be important to your career, but you have only one computer. One option is to create a partition on the local disk drive and install the Linux operating system on the new partition, creating a dual-boot system. The downside to this is that only one operating system will be able to boot.

It would be highly advantageous if you could have multiple operating systems running simultaneously on a single system, such as your Microsoft Windows 10 and Linux, as this would allow you to work between different operating systems quickly and efficiently. The technology to make this a reality is known as virtualization.

Virtualization allows...