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Raymond Lacoste has dedicated his career to developing the skills of those interested in IT. In 2001, he began to mentor hundreds of IT professionals pursuing their Cisco certification dreams. This role led to teaching Cisco courses full time. Raymond is currently a master instructor for Cisco Enterprise Routing and Switching, AWS, ITIL, and CyberSecurity at StormWind Studios. Raymond treats all technologies as an escape room, working to uncover every mystery in the protocols he works with. Along this journey, Raymond has passed more than 120 exams, and his office wall includes certificates from Microsoft, Cisco, ISC2, ITIL, AWS, and CompTIA. If you were visualizing Raymond's office, you'd probably expect the usual network equipment, certifications, and awards. Those certainly take up space, but they aren't his pride and joy. Most impressive, at least to Raymond, is his gemstone and mineral collection; once he starts talking about it, he just can't stop. Who doesn't get excited by a wondrous barite specimen in a pyrite matrix? Raymond presently resides with his wife and two children in eastern Canada, where they experience many adventures together. Brad Edgeworth, CCIE No. 31574 (R&S and SP), is an SD-WAN technical solutions architect at Cisco Systems. Brad is a distinguished speaker at Cisco Live, where he has presented on various topics. Before joining Cisco, Brad worked as a network architect and consultant for various Fortune 500 companies. Brad's expertise is based on enterprise and service provider environments, with an emphasis on architectural and operational simplicity. Brad holds a bachelor of arts degree in computer systems management from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. Brad can be found on Twitter as @BradEdgeworth.
Introduction xxxv Chapter 1 IPv4/IPv6 Addressing and Routing Review 2 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 3 Foundation Topics 7 IPv4 Addressing 7 DHCP for IPv4 11 IPv6 Addressing 19 IPv6 SLAAC, Stateful DHCPv6, and Stateless DHCPv6 22 Packet-Forwarding Process 31 Administrative Distance 38 Static Routes 41 Trouble Tickets 48 Exam Preparation Tasks 66 Review All Key Topics 66 Define Key Terms 68 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 68 Chapter 2 EIGRP 72 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 72 Foundation Topics 74 EIGRP Fundamentals 74 EIGRP Configuration Modes 80 Path Metric Calculation 94 References in This Chapter 102 Exam Preparation Tasks 102 Review All Key Topics 103 Define Key Terms 103 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 103 Chapter 3 Advanced EIGRP 106 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 106 Foundation Topics 108 Failure Detection and Timers 108 Route Summarization 114 WAN Considerations 119 Route Manipulation 129 References in This Chapter 135 Exam Preparation Tasks 135 Review All Key Topics 135 Define Key Terms 136 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 136 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting EIGRP for IPv4 138 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 138 Foundation Topics 141 Troubleshooting EIGRP for IPv4 Neighbor Adjacencies 141 Troubleshooting EIGRP for IPv4 Routes 151 Troubleshooting Miscellaneous EIGRP for IPv4 Issues 162 EIGRP for IPv4 Trouble Tickets 169 Exam Preparation Tasks 184 Review All Key Topics 184 Define Key Terms 185 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 185 Chapter 5 EIGRPv6 188 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 188 Foundation Topics 191 EIGRPv6 Fundamentals 191 Troubleshooting EIGRPv6 Neighbor Issues 197 Troubleshooting EIGRPv6 Routes 201 Troubleshooting Named EIGRP 204 EIGRPv6 and Named EIGRP Trouble Tickets 209 Exam Preparation Tasks 218 Review All Key Topics 218 Define Key Terms 219 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 219 Chapter 6 OSPF 222 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 222 Foundation Topics 225 OSPF Fundamentals 225 OSPF Configuration 232 The Designated Router and Backup Designated Router 242 OSPF Network Types 246 Failure Detection 254 Authentication 255 References in This Chapter 257 Exam Preparation Tasks 258 Review All Key Topics 258 Define Key Terms 258 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 258 Chapter 7 Advanced OSPF 260 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 260 Foundation Topics 262 Link-State Advertisements 262 OSPF Stubby Areas 284 OSPF Path Selection 294 Summarization of Routes 298 Discontiguous Network 305 Virtual Links 307 References in This Chapter 310 Exam Preparation Tasks 310 Review All Key Topics 310 Define Key Terms 311 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 311 Chapter 8 Troubleshooting OSPFv2 314 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 314 Foundation Topics 317 Troubleshooting OSPFv2 Neighbor Adjacencies 317 Troubleshooting OSPFv2 Routes 332 Troubleshooting Miscellaneous OSPFv2 Issues 346 OSPFv2 Trouble Tickets 353 Exam Preparation Tasks 366 Review All Key Topics 366 Define Key Terms 367 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 367 Chapter 9 OSPFv3 370 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 370 Foundation Topics 371 OSPFv3 Fundamentals 371 OSPFv3 Configuration 374 OSPFv3 LSA Flooding Scope 384 References in This Chapter 390 Exam Preparation Tasks 390 Review All Key Topics 390 Define Key Terms 391 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 391 Chapter 10 Troubleshooting OSPFv3 392 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 392 Foundation Topics 394 Troubleshooting OSPFv3 for IPv6 394 OSPFv3 Trouble Tickets 401 Troubleshooting OSPFv3 Address Families 408 OSPFv3 AF Trouble Ticket 418 Exam Preparation Tasks 423 Review All Key Topics 423 Define Key Terms 424 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 424 Chapter 11 BGP 426 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 426 Foundation Topics 428 BGP Fundamentals 428 Basic BGP Configuration 435 Understanding BGP Session Types and Behaviors 448 Multiprotocol BGP for IPv6 465 References in This Chapter 475 Exam Preparation Tasks 476 Review All Key Topics 476 Define Key Terms 477 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 477 Chapter 12 Advanced BGP 480 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 480 Foundation Topics 482 Route Summarization 482 BGP Route Filtering and Manipulation 493 BGP Communities 507 Maximum Prefix 516 Configuration Scalability 517 References in This Chapter 519 Exam Preparation Tasks 520 Review All Key Topics 520 Define Key Terms 520 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 521 Chapter 13 BGP Path Selection 524 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 524 Foundation Topics 526 Understanding BGP Path Selection 526 BGP Best Path 527 BGP Multipath 553 Exam Preparation Tasks 554 Review All Key Topics 554 Define Key Terms 554 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 554 Chapter 14 Troubleshooting BGP 556 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 557 Foundation Topics 559 Troubleshooting BGP Neighbor Adjacencies 559 Troubleshooting BGP Routes 573 Troubleshooting BGP Path Selection 588 Troubleshooting BGP for IPv6 593 BGP Trouble Tickets 598 MP-BGP Trouble Ticket 614 Exam Preparation Tasks 617 Review All Key Topics 617 Define Key Terms 618 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 618 Chapter 15 Route Maps and Conditional Forwarding 620 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 620 Foundation Topics 622 Conditional Matching 622 Route Maps 627 Conditional Forwarding of Packets 632 Trouble Tickets 637 Exam Preparation Tasks 645 Review All Key Topics 646 Define Key Terms 646 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 646 Chapter 16 Route Redistribution 648 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 648 Foundation Topics 650 Redistribution Overview 650 Protocol-Specific Configuration 656 Reference in This Chapter 672 Exam Preparation Tasks 672 Review All Key Topics 672 Define Key Terms 673 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 673 Chapter 17 Troubleshooting Redistribution 674 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 674 Foundation Topics 677 Troubleshooting Advanced Redistribution Issues 677 Troubleshooting IPv4 and IPv6 Redistribution 687 Redistribution Trouble Tickets 702 Exam Preparation Tasks 721 Review All Key Topics 722 Define Key Terms 722 Command Reference to Check Your Memory 723 Chapter 18 VRF, MPLS, and MPLS Layer 3 VPNs 724 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 724 Foundation Topics 727 Implementing and Verifying VRF-Lite 727 An Introduction to MPLS Operations 747 Forwarding Equivalence Class (FEC) 749 An Introduction to MPLS Layer 3 VPNs 755 Reference in This Chapter 762 Exam Preparation Tasks 762 Review All Key Topics 762 Define Key Terms 763 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 763 Chapter 19 DMVPN Tunnels 766 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 766 Foundation Topics 769 Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) Tunnels 769 GRE Tunnel Configuration 769 GRE Sample Configuration 771 Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP) 774 Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN) 776 DMVPN Configuration 779 Spoke-to-Spoke Communication 795 Problems with Overlay Networks 806 DMVPN Failure Detection and High Availability 810 IPv6 DMVPN Configuration 811 References in This Chapter 817 Exam Preparation Tasks 817 Review All Key Topics 817 Define Key Terms 818 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 818 Chapter 20 Securing DMVPN Tunnels 820 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 820 Foundation Topics 821 Elements of Secure Transport 821 IPsec Fundamentals 823 IPsec Tunnel Protection 827 References in This Chapter 839 Exam Preparation Tasks 840 Review All Key Topics 840 Define Key Terms 840 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 840 Chapter 21 Troubleshooting ACLs and Prefix Lists 842 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 842 Foundation Topics 845 Troubleshooting IPv4 ACLs 845 Troubleshooting IPv6 ACLs 850 Troubleshooting Prefix Lists 852 Trouble Tickets 855 Exam Preparation Tasks 863 Review All Key Topics 863 Define Key Terms 864 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 864 Chapter 22 Infrastructure Security 866 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 866 Foundation Topics 869 Cisco IOS AAA Troubleshooting 869 Troubleshooting Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF) 874 Troubleshooting Control Plane Policing (CoPP) 875 IPv6 First-Hop Security 885 Exam Preparation Tasks 887 Review All Key Topics 887 Define Key Terms 888 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 888 Use the IPv6 Features Table to Check Your Memory 889 Chapter 23 Device Management and Management Tools Troubleshooting 890 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 890 Foundation Topics 893 Device Management Troubleshooting 893 Management Tools Troubleshooting 903 Exam Preparation Tasks 939 Review All Key Topics 939 Define Key Terms 940 Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory 940 Chapter 24 Final Preparation 944 Advice About the Exam Event 944 Chapter 25 ENARSI 300-410 Exam Updates 954 The Purpose of This Chapter 954 News About the Next Exam Release 956 Updated Technical Content 956 Appendix A Answers to the "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz Questions 958 Glossary 972 Online Elements Appendix B Command Reference Exercises Appendix C Command Reference Exercises Answer Key Appendix D Study Planner 9780138217525, TOC, 8/30/2023