CCDA: Cisco Certified Design Associate Study Guide, 2nd Edition (Exam 640-861)

Here’s the book you need to prepare for Cisco’s revised CCDA exam, 640-861. This Study Guide provides:

• In-depth coverage of every CCDA exam objective
• Practical information on Cisco design solutions
• Hundreds of challenging practice questions, in the book and on the CD
• Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a test engine, electronic flashcards, and simulation software

Authoritative coverage of all exam objectives, including:

• Gathering and evaluating information regarding current and future network requirements
• Identifying possible opportunities for network performance improvement
• Evaluating solutions for meeting IP addressing, routing protocol, and network management needs
• Incorporating equipment and technology within a campus design
• Applying the Enterprise Composite Network Model
• Addressing the issues of delivering voice traffic over a data network
• Evaluating solutions for compliance with SAFE architecture
• Developing implementation, prototype testing, and verification plans

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.Of the preparation guides available for the Cisco Certified Design Associate exam (640-441), CCDA: Cisco Certified Design Associate Study Guidecomes out on top. Authors Todd Lammle and Donald Porter clearly explain what you need to know, both to pass the exam and to prove yourself a competent network technician once on the job. Some of the material that appears in these pages–a table listing various Cisco router product lines, their capabilities, and suitable applications for them, to cite one example–makes great reading, and will prove useful long after the exam is over.

The authors’ presentation style uses text to great effect, explaining potentially confusing topics with clear, fact-rich prose that rewards close attention from the reader. There are plenty of helpful conceptual diagrams (illustrating network segmentation with a bridge, for example) and flow charts (a good one illustrates packet-switching logic) as well.

It’s sometimes possible to forget that this is an exam preparation aid, but realistic problems and multiple-choice review questions bring readers back to the task at hand. Elaborate solutions to the problems and quick answers to the review questions appear in the back of this book (along with an excellent, extensive glossary), but the answer key would be more helpful if it included brief discussions explaining the reasoning behind the correct answers. –David Wall

Topics covered: All proscribed elements of the CCDA exam (640-441), including the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) reference model, Ethernet, network topologies, network protocols, routing, bridging, switching, and the fundamentals of Cisco hardware and software products.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to Internetworking
Chapter 2: LAN Segmentation
Chapter 3: Network Protocols
Chapter 4: Pre-Design Procedures
Chapter 5: Designing Modular Network Topologies
Chapter 6: Enterprise WAN Design
Chapter 7: Network Addressing and Naming
Chapter 8: Routing Protocols
Chapter 9: Link-State and Bridging Protocols
Chapter 10: Cisco IOS Software
Chapter 11: Network Management
Chapter 12: Post-Design Issues
Chapter 13: Designing Networks for Integrated Security and Voice Transport
Appendix A: Solutions to Case Studies