About Paper
Plino’s Network Administrator Certification evaluates skills to maintain network hardware and software, troubleshoots network problems, and ensure network security, availability & performance standards. Candidates are required to score a minimum of 30 marks out of 60 to successfully qualify for the examination.
Syllabus
- Explain the role and function of network components
- Next-generation firewalls and IPS
- Controllers (Cisco DNA Center and WLC)
- Servers
- characteristics of network topology architectures
- Compare physical interface and cabling types
- Connections (Ethernet shared media and point-to-point)
- Compare TCP to UDP
- Configure and verify IPv4 addressing and subnetting
- Configure and verify IPv6 addressing and prefix
- Verify IP parameters for Client OS (Windows, Mac OS, Linux)
- Explain virtualization fundamentals (server virtualization, containers, and VRFs)
- Describe switching concepts
- Configure and verify VLANs (normal range) spanning multiple switches
- Configure and verify interswitch connectivity
- Configure and verify Layer 2 discovery protocols (Cisco Discovery Protocol and LLDP)
- Configure and verify (Layer 2/Layer 3) Ether Channel (LACP)
- Interpret basic operations of Rapid PVST+ Spanning Tree Protocol
- Describe Cisco Wireless Architectures and AP modes
- Describe physical infrastructure connections of WLAN components (AP, WLC, access/trunk ports, and LAG)
- Describe AP and WLC management access connections (Telnet, SSH, HTTP,HTTPS, console, and TACACS+/RADIUS)
- Interpret the wireless LAN GUI configuration for client connectivity, such as WLAN creation, security settings, QoS profiles, and advanced settings
- Interpret the components of routing table
- Determine how a router makes a forwarding decision by default
- Configure and verify IPv4 and IPv6 static routing
- Configure and verify single area OSPFv2
- Describe the purpose, functions, and concepts of first hop redundancy protocols
- Configure and verify inside source NAT using static and pools
- Explain the role of DHCP and DNS within the network
- Explain the function of SNMP in network operations
- Configure and verify DHCP client and relay
- Configure network devices for remote access using SSH
- Describe the capabilities and function of TFTP/FTP in the network
- Define key security concepts (threats, vulnerabilities, exploits, and mitigation techniques)
- Configure and verify device access control using local passwords
- Describe IPsec remote access and site-to-site VPNs
- Configure and verify access control lists
- Compare authentication, authorization, and accounting concepts
- Configure and verify WLAN within the GUI using WPA2 PSK
- Explain how automation impacts network management
- Describe controller-based, software defined architecture (overlay, underlay, and fabric)
- Northbound and Southbound APIs
- Compare traditional campus device management with Cisco DNA Center enabled device management
- Describe characteristics of REST-based APIs (CRUD, HTTP verbs, and data encoding)
- Recognize components of JSON-encoded data
Exam Format
This is an online examination with 30 objective-type questions. Each question
carries 2 marks. The minimum qualifying marks are 50% of the total marks. The
candidates attaining the minimum qualifying marks shall be declared eligible
for E-certification.
Candidates may also seek re-examination by paying Rs. 600.