Cisco CCNA Industrial Training Course

1.0 IP Networking

• 1.1 Describe the difference between enterprise environments and industrial environments
  
• 1.2 Describe the components for making the data flow highly available and predictable in an industrial environment (QoS, IP addressing, protocol, and hardware resiliency)
  
• 1.3 Interpret and diagnose problems that are related to QoS
  
• 1.4 Describe the differences between redundancy and resiliency requirements / approaches between the enterprise and the plant floor
  
• 1.5 Differentiate the capabilities of switch types
  
• 1.6 Describe the life cycle of a multicast group
  
• 1.7 Describe and configure the operation and use cases for NAT
  
• 1.8 Describe and configure the operation and use cases for static routing
  
• 1.9 Describe and configure VLAN trunking to a virtual switch
  
• 1.10 Describe and configure Layer 2 resiliency protocols (Spanning Tree, REP, Flex Links, and Ether channels)
  
• 1.11 Configure switch ports (macros, threshold alarms)
  
  

• 2.1 Explain the CIP connection establishment process
  
• 2.2 Explain producer/consumer models and implicit/explicit message models
  
• 2.3 Recognize communication abilities and capacities in different hardware/hardware generations (revisions)
  
• 2.4 Identify and describe the technologies that enable CIP Motion and CIP Safety
  
• 2.5 Identify the applicability, limitations, and components of a DLR implementation
  
• 2.6 Implement multicast features for CIP within a LAN
  
• 2.7 Optimize RPI on a CIP connection given a set of parameters
  
• 2.8 Enable and configure IEEE 1588 PTP at the system level
  
• 2.9 Configure the Stratix using the Add On Profile (AOP) in Studio 5000 
  
  

3.0 ProfiNET Knowledge and Configuration

• 3.1 Describe the differences in ProfiNET support between Cisco catalyst and Cisco Industrial Ethernet (IE) switches
  
• 3.2 Describe the operation and purpose of ProfiSAFE
  
• 3.3 Describe the three basic ProfiNET devices and conformance classes
  
• 3.4 Describe the ProfiNET application classes and communication channels
  
• 3.5 Describe DCP and how it can be used for IP addressing of devices and configuration pushes
  
• 3.6 Describe ring network requirements for ProfiNET
  
• 3.7 Enable ProfiNET on the switch
  
• 3.8 Enable Layer 2 QoS to ensure ProfiNET is prioritized
  
• 3.9 Integrate the Cisco IE Switch in SIMATIC STEP 7 3.10 Configure and monitor ProfiNET alarm profiles on IE switches
  
  

4.0 Security

• 4.1 Describe the defense in-depth approach to securing the industrial zone
  
• 4.2 Identify how a security component (hardware/software) applies to a network device to meet the network security definition of defense in depth
  
• 4.3 Describe network device hardening
  
• 4.4 Describe the concept and mechanisms of implementing logical segmentation
  
• 4.5 Identify possible options to control traffic between zones (ACLs, firewalls, VLANs)
  
  

5.0 Wireless

• 5.1 Describe the differences between 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
  
• 5.2 Describe the components that you need to build multiple wireless networks on a single access point
  
• 5.3 Describe the difference between autonomous and controller-based access points and wireless workgroup bridges
  
• 5.4 Demonstrate a typical switch port configuration for autonomous and controller-based access points 5.5 Describe the limitations of using a workgroup bridge with a control communication
  
  

6.0 Troubleshooting

• 6.1 Troubleshoot advanced Layer 1 problems such as mechanical deterioration, electromagnetic noise issues, and infrastructure mismatches
  
• 6.2 Troubleshoot VLAN trunking
  
• 6.3 Troubleshoot an error disabled port
  
• 6.4 Troubleshoot basic spanning tree port state and root priority problems
  
• 6.5 Troubleshoot Layer 3 problems by inspecting route tables and NAT tables
  
• 6.6 Troubleshoot Layer 3 problems in a VRF-lite enabled environment
  
• 6.7 Demonstrate the ability to find the location of a device within a multi-switch network given an IP address
  
• 6.8 Identify methods for troubleshooting a communication problem in a CIP environment
  
• 6.9 Troubleshoot CIP using an Ethernet/IP browse tool, command line, and a web browser
  
• 6.10 Troubleshoot device communications performance
  
• 6.11 Identify the source of cable and device faults in a DLR
  
• 6.12 Identify methods for troubleshooting a communication problem in a ProfiNET environment
  
• 6.13 Troubleshoot ProfiNET using SIMATIC STEP 7 to view network topology, use the switch command line