Course Code: TRN-ICND
Course Length: 5 days

The Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND 1.0) course presents the concepts, commands, and practice required to configure Cisco switches and routers in multiprotocol internetworks. Through lectures, discussions, demonstrations, exercises, and laboratory projects, students are given information sufficient to identify and recommend the best Cisco solutions for small to medium-sized businesses. Students perform all basic configuration procedures to build a multirouter, multigroup internetwork that uses LAN and WAN interfaces for the most commonly used routing and routed protocols. ICND 1.0 provides the installation, configuration, and troubleshooting information that technical support people require to install and configure Cisco products.

In order to perform the course goal, students should be able to fulfill the following tasks:

• Determine in which situations a hub, Ethernet switch, or router would be more appropriately used.
• Use Cisco software to identify addresses, protocols, and connectivity status in a network containing multiple interconnected Cisco devices.
• Interconnect Cisco switches and routers according to a given network design specification.
• Configure Cisco switches and routers to support a specified list of protocols and technologies.
• Configure access lists to control access to network devices or segments and general network traffic.
• Verify that Cisco switches and routers, as well as their configured network services and protocols, operate as intended within a given network specification.

The target audiences for this course are as follows:

• Customers or channel resellers who are new to Cisco products or relatively new to the internetworking industry
• Network technicians new to Cisco products and services
• Network administrators responsible for implementing and managing small and medium business networks
• Network support staff who will perform a help desk role in a medium or enterprise-sized company that has an internal network support escalation staff
• Network support staff who will act as network device installers and first-line support in a small business environment 
• CCNA candidates
• CCNP candidates
  

To attend this course, the prospective student must have basic knowledge of data networking equivalent to the material found in Cisco's Internetworking Technology Multimedia CD-ROM (ITM). Generally the student should have a basic understanding of networking concepts and an exposure to IP or IPX networking. Experience working within a networked environment is recommended. Specific prerequisites include a basic understanding of the following:

• Commonly used networking terminology and topologies
• Fundamental network device roles (for example, hub, bridge, router, switch)
• Internetworking Fundamentals
  • LAN Protocols 
  • WAN Technologies 
  • Bridging and Switching 
  • Routed Protocols 
  • Routing Protocols 
  • Network Management
• Binary and hexadecimal numbering (a plus, but not required)
• The OSI internetworking model, including the functions of:
  • Applications and upper layers
  • Physical0 and data link layers
  • The network layer with path determination
• Accessing the Internet or an intranet 
• Using Windows 95/NT to run multiple applications
  

• Getting Started with Cisco Networks
• Introduces students to the Cisco IOS user interface, various hardware interfaces and associated issues of cabling and physical connectivity.
  • Course Introduction
  • Selecting Cisco Network Devices
  • Assembling and Cabling Cisco Network Devices
  • Operating and Configuring a Cisco IOS Device
  • Managing Your Network Environment
• Interconnecting Cisco Switches
• Discusses switch fundamentals in a networked environment.
  • Catalyst Switch Operations
  • Extending Switch Functionality
• Interconnecting Cisco Routers
•  Focuses on routed and routing protocols supported by Cisco IOS software.
  • Configuring IP Addressing
  • Adding Basic IP Routing Protocols 
  • Basic IP Traffic Management with Access Lists
  • Configuring Novell IPX
• Extending the Network to WANs
• Instructs the student on methods of connecting to wide area-networks.
  • Establishing Serial Point-to-Point Connections
  • Completing an ISDN BRI Call
  • Establishing a Frame Relay PVC Connection
• Appendices
  • Appendix A: AppleTalk
  • Appendix B: HyperTerm
  • Appendix C: Switch Management Tools
  • Appendix D: 700 Series Access Routers

Note There might be more material in this section than can be covered in the time allotted. Your Instructor will select material appropriate to your needs.