Cisco Troubleshooting and Maintaining (CCNP TSHOOT), Part 1 of 5: Complex Enterprise Networks

Course description

This course helps prepare for the CCNP TSHOOT exam. it's recommended to take CCNP ROUTE and CCNP SWITCH courses to have an understanding before this course. It will discuss planning maintenance and troubleshooting processes for complex enterprise networks.

Each LearnNowOnline training course is made up of Modules (typically an hour in length). Within each module there are Topics (typically 15-30 minutes each) and Subtopics (typically 2-5 minutes each). There is a Post Exam for each Module that must be passed with a score of 70% or higher to successfully and fully complete the course.

Prerequisites

This is part 1 of the series.

Meet the expert

Robert Moore

Robert has more than 20 years of expertise in the fields of
sophisticated networking, information, and telecommunication technologies. He has worked as an Information Technology Consultant and Instructor, consulting and training in the networking realm of the IT Industry throughout Europe and USA since 2005. Clients include the United States Military, Mercedes Benz, Deutsche Telekom, and Diversion German Government Entities.

Video Runtime

130 Minutes

Time to complete

150 Minutes

Course Outline

Network Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Planning Maintenance for Complex Networks (26:53)

• Introduction (01:06)
• A Network Engineer's Job (01:02)
• Benefits of Structured Maintenance (02:00)
• Maintenance Models and Methodologies (02:14)
• Configuration Management (02:45)
• Network Maintenance Plan (02:19)
• Network Maintenance Planning (02:16)
• Tools, Applications, and Resources (02:19)
• NTP Example (01:04)
• Cisco Configuration and Documentation Tools (01:27)
• Logging Services (01:43)
• Logging to a Server (01:29)
• Monitoring and Performance Measurement Tools (01:19)
• Implementing Backup and Restore (02:16)
• Disaster Recovery Tools (01:20)
• Summary (00:08)

Planning Maintenance for Complex Networks Demo (19:00)

• Introduction (00:08)
• Demo: Create Network Topology (06:32)
• Demo: Interconnect Network Devices (06:24)
• Demo: Interconnect Network Devices Continued (05:47)
• Summary (00:08)

Troubleshooting Processes for Complex Networks (45:24)

• Introduction (00:26)
• Troubleshooting Methodologies (01:42)
• Troubleshooting Methodologies Continued (00:37)
• Troubleshooting Approaches (03:12)
• Troubleshooting Examples (02:45)
• Implementing Troubleshooting Procedures (01:32)
• Verify and Define the Problem (00:37)
• Gather Information, Analyze, and Eliminate (01:33)
• Propose and Test Hypothesis and Solve Problem (00:47)
• Troubleshooting and Network Maintenance (00:44)
• Network Baseline (01:05)
• Communication and Change Control (01:32)
• Disaster Recovery Tools (00:26)
• Demo: Configure Router 1 (03:48)
• Demo: Router 1 Passwords (03:50)
• Demo: IP Host Tables (05:46)
• Demo: Set up Interfaces (04:53)
• Demo: Interfaces Continued (05:39)
• Demo: SNMP Servers (04:13)
• Summary (00:08)

Troubleshooting Processes for Complex Network Demo (39:10)

• Introduction (00:08)
• Demo: Baseline Switch Configuration (05:06)
• Demo: Switch Setup (07:17)
• Demo: Spanning Tree (04:31)
• Demo: Set up Port Channels and Interfaces (05:22)
• Demo: Interfaces Continued (05:14)
• Demo: One More Interface (05:09)
• Demo: Set up IP Address and Default Gateway (06:11)
• Summary (00:08)