CCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide (4th Edition)

CCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide

Fourth Edition

• Master all 642-812 exam topics with the official study guide
• Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes
• Review key concepts with foundation summaries
• Practice with hundreds of exam questions on the CD-ROM

David Hucaby, CCIE® No. 4594

CCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide, Fourth Edition, is a best of breed Cisco® exam study guide that focuses specifically on the objectives for the BCMSN exam. Successfully passing the BCMSN 642-812 exam certifies that you have knowledge and skills necessary to implement scalable multilayer switched networks.

CCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide, Fourth Edition, follows a logical organization of the BCMSN exam objectives. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing readers’ retention and recall of exam topics. Lead network engineer and consultant David Hucaby shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve your switching knowledge through the use of the consistent features in each chapter. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes open each chapter and allow you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists and Foundation Summary tables make referencing easy and give you a quick refresher whenever you need it. Scenario-based exercises help you think about exam objectives in real-world situations, thus increasing recall during exam time. Challenging chapter-ending review questions help you assess your knowledge and reinforce key concepts.

The companion CD-ROM contains a powerful testing engine that enables you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams. The assessment engine also tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, presenting question-by-question remediation to the text.

Well regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this book helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time.

David Hucaby, CCIE® No. 4594, is a lead network engineer for a large medical environment using Cisco multilayer switching and security products. He also is an independent networking consultant focusing on Cisco-based solutions for healthcare and banking clients.

The official study guide helps you master all the topics on the BCMSN exam, including

• Spanning Tree Protocol concepts

• Virtual LAN (VLAN), VLAN trunking, and inter-VLAN routing

• Gateway redundancy technologies and protocols

• Wireless LAN topologies, components, connectivity, and standards

• Implementing a Cisco Unified Wireless Network

• Wireless client access

• Access layer voice concepts

• Preventing and mitigating attacks against switched network security

Companion CD-ROM

The CD-ROM contains an electronic copy of the book and more than 200 practice questions for the BCMSN exam, including simulation-based questions, all available in study mode, test mode, and flash card format.

This volume is part of the Exam Certification Guide Series from Cisco Press®. Books in this series provide officially developed exam preparation materials that offer assessment, review, and practice to help Cisco Career Certification candidates identify weaknesses, concentrate their study efforts, and enhance their confidence as exam day nears.

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Covers: BCMSN Exam 642-812

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Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI) (Authorized Self-Study Guide) (3rd Edition)

Learn intermediate and advanced routing techniques with the only Cisco-authorized self-study book for CCNP routing foundation learning

• Learn intermediate and advance routing techniques from the newest edition of the best-selling CCNP BSCI foundational learning book
• Rely on learning from the only Cisco-authorized book publisher
• Master your learning with tools like self-assessment review questions, configuration exercises, chapter objectives and summaries, key term definitions, job aids and command summaries

CCNP Self-Study: Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI) , Third Edition is a Cisco authorized, self-paced learning tool for CCNP preparation. This book teaches readers to design, configure, maintain, and scale routed networks that are growing in size and complexity. The book covers routing principles of both distance vector and link-state routing protocols; IP addressing techniques; the theory behind the IGP and EGP routing protocols; and configuration and troubleshooting information for each protocol. Upon completion readers will be able to select and implement the appropriate Cisco IOS Software services required to build scalable, routed networks.

The book provides early and comprehensive foundation learning for the CCNP BSCI exam. This revision to the popular second edition is updated to include complete coverage of all important routing topics, including advanced IP addressing, routing principles, manipulating routing updates, and EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP configuration. Chapters open with a list of objectives to focus the reader's study. Configuration exercises at the end of each chapter and a master lab exercise that ties all the topics together in the last chapter help illuminate theoretical concepts. Key terms are highlighted and defined, and each chapter concludes with a summary to help review key concepts.

What's new in the book? The book matches changes to the CCNP course and exam as per Cisco Systems.

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CCNP 3: Multilayer Switching Companion Guide (Cisco Networking Academy Program) (2nd Edition)

The only Cisco-authorized textbook to be used in conjunction with the CCNP 3 Multilayer Switching course within the Networking Academy

• Maps to most current version of the CCNP 3 Multilayer Switching online course
• Helps prepare the student for the CCNP BCMSN certification exam
• Written by expert instructors within the Networking Academy

This is the second edition of the Multilayer Switching Companion Guide for students in the CCNP 3 Multilayer Switching Cisco Networking Academy Program course. The book is specifically designed to supplement the CCNP 3 Version 3.0 online course to prepare students for the current BCMSN exam. Since the first edition of the book, Cisco has moved toward an IOS-only Catalyst solution. All new Catalyst devices now ship with built-in IOS functionality. There is also a dramatic set of additions to the previous BCMSN material and the previous edition of the Multilayer Switching Companion Guide: inter-VLAN routing using routed ports and switch virtual interfaces (SVIs); new Spanning Tree Protocols such as RSTP and MST; redundancy with VRRP, GLBP, SRM, and SLB; Architecture for Voice, Video, and Integrated Data (AVVID); the range of Quality of Service technologies for campus LANs; Catalyst switch security, including port security, VSPAN, RSPAN, VLAN ACLs, and Private VLANs; and Metro Optical networking with Transparent LAN Services.

This portable desk reference includes this wide array of new technologies, providing both background theory and detailed IOS configuration procedures. The accompanying CD-ROM includes alternative Catalyst 4006 and 2900XL labs for Academies using the original CCNP bundle, e-Labs to parallel the labs appearing in the Multilayer Switching Lab Companion, and a test engine with numerous exam questions to help students prepare for the BCMSN exam.

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Routing TCP/IP, Volume 1 (2nd Edition)

A detailed examination of interior routing protocols -- completely updated in a new edition

A complete revision of the best-selling first edition--widely considered a premier text on TCP/IP routing protocols

A core textbook for CCIE preparation and a practical reference for network designers, administrators, and engineers

Includes configuration and troubleshooting lessons that would cost thousands to learn in a classroom and numerous real-world examples and case studies

Praised in its first edition for its approachable style and wealth of information, this new edition provides readers a deep understanding of IP routing protocols, teaches how to implement these protocols using Cisco routers, and brings readers up to date protocol and implementation enhancements. Routing TCP/IP, Volume 1, Second Edition, includes protocol changes and Cisco features that enhance routing integrity, secure routers from attacks initiated through routing protocols, and provide greater control over the propagation of routing information for all the IP interior routing protocols. Routing TCP/IP, Volume 1, Second Edition, provides a detailed analysis of each of the IP interior gateway protocols (IGPs). Its structure remains the same as the best-selling first edition, though information within each section is enhanced and modified to include the new developments in routing protocols and Cisco implementations. What's New In This Edition? The first edition covers routing protocols as they existed in 1998. The new book updates all covered routing protocols and discusses new features integrated in the latest version of Cisco IOS Software. IPv6, its use with interior routing protocols, and its interoperability and integration with IPv4 are also integrated into this book. Approximately 200 pages of new information are added to the main text, with some old text removed. Additional exercise and solutions are also included.

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CCNP Self-Study: Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI) (2nd Edition) (Self-Study Guide)

Master routing principles and strategies with the only Cisco Systems authorized self-study book for BSCI foundation learning.

• Understand routed network construction and support with the only Cisco authorized self-study book for CCNP routing foundation learning
• Learn from review questions, configuration exercises, chapter objectives and summaries, key term definitions, and command summaries

CCNP Self-Study: Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI), Second Edition, is a Cisco authorized, self-paced learning tool for CCNP preparation. This book teaches readers how to design, configure, maintain, and scale routed networks that are growing in size and complexity. The book covers routing principles of both distance vector and link-state routing protocols, IP addressing techniques, the theory behind the IGP and EGP routing protocols, and configuration and troubleshooting information for each protocol. Readers will gain an understanding of the products, services, and policies that help control traffic over LANs and WANs and connect networks to Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Upon completion of the book, readers will be able to select and implement the appropriate Cisco IOS Software services required to build scalable, routed networks.

As part of the Cisco Press Self-Study series, this book provides early and comprehensive foundation learning for the CCNP BSCI 642-801 exam. This revision to the popular first edition is fully updated to include complete coverage of all important routing topics, including IPv6, NAT, advanced IP addressing, routing principles, manipulating routing updates, and EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP configuration. In addition to the coverage of exam topics, supplemental appendices include helpful job aids, password recovery advice, and router command summaries.

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Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI) (Authorized Self-Study Guide) (3rd Edition)

Learn intermediate and advanced routing techniques with the only Cisco-authorized self-study book for CCNP routing foundation learning

• Learn intermediate and advance routing techniques from the newest edition of the best-selling CCNP BSCI foundational learning book
• Rely on learning from the only Cisco-authorized book publisher
• Master your learning with tools like self-assessment review questions, configuration exercises, chapter objectives and summaries, key term definitions, job aids and command summaries

CCNP Self-Study: Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI) , Third Edition is a Cisco authorized, self-paced learning tool for CCNP preparation. This book teaches readers to design, configure, maintain, and scale routed networks that are growing in size and complexity. The book covers routing principles of both distance vector and link-state routing protocols; IP addressing techniques; the theory behind the IGP and EGP routing protocols; and configuration and troubleshooting information for each protocol. Upon completion readers will be able to select and implement the appropriate Cisco IOS Software services required to build scalable, routed networks.

The book provides early and comprehensive foundation learning for the CCNP BSCI exam. This revision to the popular second edition is updated to include complete coverage of all important routing topics, including advanced IP addressing, routing principles, manipulating routing updates, and EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP configuration. Chapters open with a list of objectives to focus the reader's study. Configuration exercises at the end of each chapter and a master lab exercise that ties all the topics together in the last chapter help illuminate theoretical concepts. Key terms are highlighted and defined, and each chapter concludes with a summary to help review key concepts.

What's new in the book? The book matches changes to the CCNP course and exam as per Cisco Systems.

Price: $75.00

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