part i the ccie program and your lab environment

chapter 1 the ccie security program

the cisco ccie program

the ccie security exam

qualification exam

lab exam

summary

chapter 2 building a ccie mind-set

what it takes to become a ccie

developing proper study habits

good study habits

common study traps

lab experience versus real-world experience

summary

chapter 3 building the test laboratory

study time on a lab

work-based study lab

home-based study lab

remote lab

planning your home lab

.sourcing the lab equipment

windows-based products and unix

designing your practice lab for this book

summary

part ii connectivity

chapter 4 layer 2 and layer 3 switching and lan connectivity

catalyst operating system

switching overview

switching technologies

transparent bridging

spanning tree overview

bridge protocol data unit

election process

spanning-tree interface states

spanning-tree address management

stp and ieee 802.1q trunks

vlan-bridge stp

stp and redundant connectivity

accelerated aging to retain connectivity

rstp and mstp
layer 3 switching overview

virtual lan overview

assigning or modifying vlans

deleting vlans

configuring extended-range vlans

vlan trunking protocol overview

the vtp domain

vtp modes

vtp passwords

vtp advertisements

vtp version 2

vtp pruning

vtp configuration guidelines

displaying vtp

switch interface overview

access ports

trunk ports

routed ports

etherchannel overview

port-channel interfaces

understanding the port aggregation protocol

etherchannel load balancing and forwarding methods

etherchannel configuration guidelines

creating layer 2 etherchannels

optional configuration items

bpdu guard

bpdu filtering

uplinkfast

backbonefast

loop guard

switched port analyzer overview

span session

configuring span

basic catalyst 3550 switch configuration

case study 4-1: basic network connectivity

case study 4-2: configuring interfaces

case study 4-3: configuring portfast

case study 4-4: creating a layer 2 etherchannel

case study 4-5: creating trunks

case study 4-6: configuring layer 3 etherchannels

case study 4-7: etherchannel load balancing

case study 4-8: configuring a routed port

case study 4-9: configuring span

summary

review questions

faqs

chapter 5 frame relay connectivity

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part iii ip routing

part iv security practices

part v authentication and virtual private networks

part vi firewalls

part vii intrusion detection

part viii sample lab scenarios

part ix appendixes