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>> Welcome to ICND1.

My name is Jeremy Cioara
and I'm going to be with you

for the entire CCNA series, which is awesome.

Because CCNA is awesome in itself.

It's just such great technology.

As well as one of the most valuable
certifications that you can get.

And actually let me take that as a springboard
to talk about what's in this nugget.

Welcome to the intro.

I want to go through a frequently
asked questions, like,

what's up with Cisco certification?

Why do I want it?

What is CCNA?

Where does it fit?

How long does it last?

How hard is the exam?

You know, all those kinds of things.

Let me just kind of put together a packed
question and answer on Cisco Certification.

I'm going to look at CCNA 2013.

This is the third time I've rerecorded
CCNA since I've been with CBT Nuggets.

Because Cisco is always adding more,
changing it, updating the technology,

so we'll look at what's new there.

I want to talk about how
we change at CBT Nuggets.

You're probably like, 'Dude!

You've had too much coffee or something!

Settle down!"

Actually I haven't had any coffee this morning.

It's all CCNA adrenaline buddy!

CBT Nuggets just has a completely
different way of training,

which sometimes takes a little getting used to.

Most of the time people are just like, "Woohoo!

Enjoy the ride."

And then finally, I want to talk about
how you can get the most from this series.

How can you take this, apply this straight
to your job, straight to the certification,

and walk away with the most you
can possibly get from this series.

So let's dive right in to Cisco's
certification and all its glory.

First off, who is this company, Cisco?

Well, Cisco is the inventor of the router
many moons ago, which strung board them

into getting their network equipment into
just about every internet service provider,

every business, even a lot of homes all around
the world have some form of Cisco technology.

I mean, their technology spans [pause]
product line after product line.

VoiceOver IP, security appliances,
routers, switches.

There is so much that they create that
I can't even put it in a nutshell.

There's just a lot.

I think of them as like the
Microsoft of networking technology.

Now, Cisco certification is immensely valuable

because not only are they the market
leader, but everybody's following Cisco.

I mean Cisco's real claim to fame.

If you really want to know the secret
sauce of Cisco, it's all called IOS.

Internet Work Operating System.

It's their software that runs their products.

It's not even the hardware, the boxes
themselves, it's the software that runs it.

It's kind of the de facto standard
and everybody kind of follows that.

I mean if you've ever seen, obviously
you've seen Microsoft Windows,

well if you look at the latest
renditions of Linux,

they're starting to gain a little traction
because they've made themselves look enough

like Windows that people
are starting to accept them.

And a lot of other network vendors out
there are like, "Man, well if we're going

to play this game, we've got to make our
operating system, our way of interfacing

with our devices, enough like Cisco so somebody
would be willing to take the jump and not have

to relearn everything that
they've learned at Cisco."

So, knowing Cisco is just a huge benefit.

Also, employers are looking for
this because Cisco incentifies them.

Is that a word?

I just made it up.

They have incentive to hire you.

Cisco says, "You know what?

If you hire certified people and certified
people with depth to them, you know,

multiple certified people, we'll give
you discounts on our Cisco equipment.

You'll move up in your partner
relationship and get 'X' percentage points

of discounts off on our equipment."

So businesses, especially
people that deal specifically

in Cisco technologies are very
interested in people that are certified

because it's an immediate return
on investment along with knowing

that when people pass a Cisco certification
exam, they know what they're doing.

I mean these certification exams are not just,
"Oh, I read a book and now I can pass it."

I mean, you really got to know your
stuff to get into the Cisco world.

Now, how do you get them?

I haven't mentioned, you pass
a certification exam or more.

For instance, to pass, to get the CCENT
certification, you pass the ICND1 exam,

which is actually what this series lines up to.

It's kind of the foundation of
every Cisco certification out there.

[Laughing] Yeah.

It's important.

Then as you move on, for instance,
the CCNP currently has three exams.

So you have to pass three individual exams

and now you're a Cisco certified network
professional in routing and switching.

You can see all of these
different tracks that are there.

So, as you pass these exams
you gain certifications

and you can use their credentials, get their
logos on your business cards and all that.

These exams all last three years.

Now that immediately raises
some red flags for people.

They're going, "What do you mean?

I put all this time and money
and effort into all of this

and it's going to expire after three years?"

Well, yes, but keep in mind, number one, that
Cisco realizes technology is always changing.

So if you don't keep your
certifications current,

technology 10 years ago isn't
the same as it was today.

And they don't want you to go
out and say, "Oh, I'm a CCNP .

I'm a CCIE and give people the wrong
impression are up and coming on technology.

Also Cisco knows that if you leave the career,
if you leave the industry for a long time,

you're going to start losing
some of those skills.

So, what they said is, "Okay,
well, let's say you get a CCENT,

that now has a three-year life span."

Now, let's say that two years later.

I would never think somebody
would do this, but it can be done.

Two years later, you pass ICND2.

ICND2. So, ICND1 gives you the CCND.

ICND2 with ICND1 gives you a
CCNA routing and switching.

Well what happens when you pass that exam,
is now you've got a CCENT that's renewed

for three years, you have a CCNA that lasts
for three years, and you're now, you know,

ready [laughing] I had my emphasis like there
was some grand conclusion, well that was it!

Now you've got a CCENT and a CCNA
that both last for three years.

Okay, so let's go further.

Let's say two years later, just as
an example, you take the first exam

of the CCNP routing and switching.

You take one exam here.

Well, once you do that and you pass that exam,
it automatically renews your CCNA routing

and switching and your CCENT
for three additional years.

Now it's not cumulative like if you [audible].

No, you just got a fresh three years on that.

And as you pass the second exam, you get
a fresh three years on the previous exam.

See what I mean?

So it's not hard.

It's not one of those things where,
man, let me just give you an example.

I've been in Cisco long enough that
I have all of these certifications.

I have achieved them all, not these two, but
if I had to keep every single one of them

up to date, that's all I would do,
that would be career is testing.

Because there's so many exams
that I would have to take.

Well instead, what I do is,
every two years, the CCIE routing

and switching was just a different
animal altogether, lasts for two years.

Every two years I take the
written renewal exam for that.

As soon as I pass that it not only
renews my CCIE for two additional years,

but all of the other certifications,
essentially all the lower certifications

that I have get renewed for two years,

well actually these guys get renewed
for three years, as well, right?

So it's just one exam to
rule them all at that point.

It goes horizontal, as well.

Let's say you've got a CCNA
routing and switching and you say,

"Oh man, I'm ready to get into voice."

Well you take and you pass this, you
got a CCNA voice that lasts for three.

This gets renewed for three years.

I feel like I'm trying to sell you something.

And then, by now, and then you get, it's
not that way, but the reason I bring

that up is a lot of people are
used to the college degree world.

Where it's like, "Okay, I got a
college degree now I'm set for life.

Right? I now have this certificate
that does that."

Well, certification and college
degrees are very different.

I actually created a MicroNugget, so CBT
Nuggets have MicroNuggets that are free

that you can take where I discuss the difference
between a college degree and certification.

Certifications are more dynamic.

They take less time to achieve typically,
but you have to keep them up and depending

on what industry you're in, certifications

or a college degree may be
more respected than the other.

But like I said, that's a whole another topic.

There's a MicroNugget just
on that, so, next question.

I said that there is two exams.

ICND1 will get your CCENT.

ICND2, when combined with ICND1, will get
your CCNA, but there's additional one more.

There's CCNAX, which is an all-in-one exam.

The X stands for accelerated, to where
you can get the CCNA certification

with just one exam rather than taking the two.

So two questions on that.

Some people say number one.

Well do I get the CCENT, as
well, if I pass that exam?

No you do not, but nobody cares.

If you say you're a CCNA, nobody will
ask you, "Oh, are you a CCENT too?"

That's just not a question that even comes up.

The second thing is well is there
a financial benefit to take CCNAX?

Is it less expensive?

Actually, matter of fact I don't even
think I've said yet, there's fees.

If you didn't know, these cost money.

You can't just, you know [laughing],
take these exams on a whim.

I went to the view website.

Actually right over here.

And checked the exams.

And they are currently, these prices change.

Not often, but, you know
[laughing], I laughed I was like,

"Today's price," like tomorrow's different.

But these exams, they do change here and there.

So for the individual exams.

So ICND1 right there.

ICND2 right there.

They're $150.00 each.

The all-in-one exam is $295.00.

So is there a financial benefit?

No. Five bucks.

Okay?

Why do they have the all-in-one exam?

Well, it is for people, it is designed for
people that already have a CCNA and it's going

to expire, so they just want
to get the CCNA exam.

They don't want to move on.

They don't want to have study
stuff that they don't know.

They just want to take it again and get it.

So, Cisco right on their website say, "This
is for people that already have experience,

they already probably have a CCNA,
and they just want to renew it."

So, is this more difficult?

What's the story?

I would say if you're taking a step into Cisco,
I would always recommend going this route.

Take the two exams.

It's just, I mean, if you've
ever missed an exam before.

If you've taken these before and you
miss it, it's just so, like, ugh.

Especially when you're like,
"Oh man, I just lost 300 bucks."

I mean, that's painful.

As well as knowing the fact that you didn't get
it and you have to go back again to take it.

So I always tell people,
take the two-exam route.

Why? Time.

It's the same questions.

CCNAX is the same questions that
you're going to get on ICND1 and ICND2.

However, it's just, I've
taken all three of these

and it's just CCNAX is more time constrained.

You gotta not only know your stuff,
you got to be quick at doing it.

So, if you're going this route.

I mean you also get the feeling of like, "Yeah!

I accomplished a milestone."

Where CCNAX is like, man,
it's like a sledgehammer.

You either score big or, you
know, it's like gambling, right?

You either score big or you lose big.

So, can I retake these exams?

Another question.

If I fail it, can I retake it?

Yes you can.

They will have a waiting period.

It's like a couple weeks before
you can schedule the exam again,

but you can take them as much as you want.

Obviously, at $150.00 or $300.00 a pop, you're
not going to want to retake them that often,

but you can take them again
and again and again and again.

Now I know there may be more questions on
certification, but I'm hoping to answer those

as I can go and I've also made some more nuggets
I'll tell you about at the end of the series

to help in your certification prep.

So, CCNA 2013.

What is new?

What has changed in this environment?

Well, this has been the first
major revision of CCNA since 2007.

I looked back and said, "Okay.

What was new in 2007?"

2007 was where they first split
the CCNA into two separate exams.

To where originally there
was only one CCNA exam.

Then they decided to say, "Okay, well
let's create this CCENT and CCNA."

And so now we've got the two exams.

So we have to say, "Well what
did they do beyond in the CCNA?"

So now in ICND1 they've just
made it more complex.

They've added more subnetting, introducing
topics that were never there before,

like variable length subnet masking.

They've added more depth to the topic.

For instance, they started getting into network
address translation, access control lists,

and VLANS, which those used
to be all in the ICND2.

Like, they mentioned NAT previously
in the previous version of ICND1,

but they never really got into the deep
configuration, as a matter of fact,

Cisco really expected to you to NAT
configuration only by using the SDM.

Security Device Manager.

That is the graphic interface.

The GUI that Cisco created
to work with their devices.

Now you will find out quickly, in the
Cisco world it is all command-line based.

Now Cisco has started putting their toes in
the water on creating graphic interfaces,

but when it comes down to it,
to really do troubleshooting,

to really get nitty gritty configuration,
which is where Cisco specializes,

you have to go beyond the GUI,
which is why Cisco has gotten rid

of all of that in the certification.

They said, "Okay, we're not
going to teach you the GUI.

You know, if you want to go do a GUI, a Graphic
Interface, you can learn that yourself."

That's why it's a GUI, you can go, "Next,
next, finish," and configure things,

it's just kind of scary to do
it that way and I'll explain why

as we get into the series itself.

So now we're doing command-line configuration
of NAT, access control lists, and VLANS,

which never even was able to
get into the ICND1 before.

More modern.

As in the only routing protocol that you would
learn in ICND1 previously was one called, RIP.

Rest In Peace, is what it
now stands for, it's gone!

And not gone from technology, it's still out
there and will be for years and years to come.

But nobody really uses, very few people
really use RIP in a production network.

And Cisco realized that and
said, "you know what,

why are we teaching people this
legacy old protocol anyway?

We're now going to teach OSPF, which is the
most popular routing protocol in the world."

Looking at the future, Cisco is saying,
"Okay, we're also going to start moving IPv6,

which is becoming more and
more popular worldwide.

The United States is a little slow to
catch up to IPv6, but it's becoming more

and more popular worldwide to
address the IP address shortage

and really open the door for
innovation in the future.

It's going to be creepy scary of how much
stuff is going to be connected in the world

as IP addresses no longer become an issue.

So IPv6 is being added and now Cisco,
you know, is kind of like, "Well,

they've added all this stuff,
what have they taken out?"

Well, they got rid of a lot
of taste testing technology.

That's what I call it.

It's where instead of, in previous
editions of ICND1, Cisco would say, "Well,

we're going to test you on kind
of the foundations of Wi-Fi,

Wireless Network Technology," because,
you know, Wi-Fi is a big topic.

So they put enough in there to where you kind

of get your toes wet, but
not really know much at all.

So they started yanking stuff like that out.

They're like, "You know what?

Now we've got a whole certification
dedicated to wireless.

If you want to know wireless,
go take that certification."

They got rid of serial connections
to where ICND1 truly is kind

of like local, land-based configuration.

They don't get into point-to-point
WAN links anyway.

Because that was kind of duplicated over here.

You learned about it in ICND1 and
then learn about it more in ICND2

and kind of repeat that information.

So they said, "Let's move all that over there."

They also got rid of security.

They're like, "Ah!

That's not good."

Well, security [pause] is a huge topic.

I mean, you saw in the certification you
had the CCNP Security, CCNA Security.

It's a huge topic and it really, you're going
to learn that there is some security in here,

but there's just a lot of
fluff stuff on security.

It's the best way I can say it and ICND1
previously, that was kind of like, okay,

they give you a knowledge of security, but
not really enough to do anything with it.

So they said, "Let's get rid of all
these taste testing topics to make room."

Now, that being said, did they remove enough
to justify all the stuff that they added?

No they did not.

Cisco removed a massive amount of, or I should
say, added a massive amount of stuff to ICND1.

Honestly, as they released ICND1 the
barrier to entry in this technology,

I think, moved significantly higher.

If you think about it, Cisco is
now teaching their curriculum,

their technology, even in high school classes.

To where kids going into high school
are able to learn Cisco technology

and Cisco is just saying, "You know what?

We're now expecting that people are going
to have a fairly good technology feel

because we live in a technology world."

And, and couple that with Cisco did
some studies and said, "You know what?

We're finding a lot of people getting
their CCENT or their CCNA and stopping."

Like they're not going any further.

So, they said previously, "Well, you know,
it gives them enough to be dangerous."

They're kind of like, "Oh, you know what?

No more." If you want to claim to be a
CCNA and stop there, you're going to know,

you're going to know a whole of stuff.

You're going to really have, not just getting
your feet wet, but a master of technology.

So, as you look at these two combined, ICND2
became a huge amount of troubleshooting.

Now, you might say, "Well why
introduce a lot of troubleshooting?"

Troubleshooting shows a mastery of the topic.

When you're thinking about levels of knowledge,
you kind of start off, okay I know nothing.

Then maybe you start learning about
something and you get to the point

where you're like, "Okay, I can explain that."

Right? To where I know the concept, like I
know what NAT is, I'm translating IP addresses

and all that, so I can explain that to somebody.

But to go beyond that you say, "Okay,
well now I can configure something."

So if I have a clean router and
it's no other configuration,

I can configure network address
translation, right?

So that's kind of like a
third level of knowledge.

Then we come over here to the final
level, which is troubleshooting.

Troubleshooting not only means that you know
how to do something in a clean environment,

but also you can walk into
an environment that's messy

and you can start diagnosing
things that are wrong.

You can look and go, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

It seems like you're doing this
based on these results I'm seeing.

I know that something might
not be configured correctly."

And so you can back and configure something
correctly even in very complex environments.

So ICND2 really added a whole bunch
of troubleshooting on all topics.

Switching, routing, access control
lists, network address translation.

There's just this big picture mindset
of how do I fix it if it's broken?

They've added more switching topics.

A lot more on spanning tree protocol, which
is a loop prevention mechanism in networks.

A lot more on EtherChannel, which never
even made it into the CCNA before.

I've actually seen a lot of topics that were
previously CCNP level topics migrate their way

down into the ICND2 now or
the CCNA certification.

Really right here.

EIGRP in a lot more depth because OSPF
used to be only an ICND2 topic before.

Now it's covered, at its base level,

in ICND1 and now at ICND2 they're
like, "Man, we're going all out."

You're getting multi-area OSPF.

Previously only covered in the CCNP.

You're getting OSPF version 3,
which is OSPF for the IPv6 protocol,

previously barely even covered
in the CCNP because it was like,

"Oh well, IPv6 is still a long way out."

Not anymore.

It's here.

So more routing.

More management.

This was a topic that wasn't
even in the CCNP before.

Oh. To where, now, I need to know
how do I monitor my Cisco routers?

That's SNMP.

How do I make sure that they're up and running?

How do I make sure that the
bandwidth levels and processer usage

and memory's not being exhausted and all that?

That's a huge amount of what is part of
a day-to-day Cisco administrators job.

Never was even touched previously
in the certification program.

Assist logs.

Sending messages to a server that notify
you, send you a page, to do whatever,

notify you if something is going wrong
or prevent, provides an audit trail,

so that you can find out well,
"Who did that at 2 in the morning?"

NetFlow allowing you see, "Well,
wait a sec, not only can I see

that my internet bandwidth is
used, but it's all because of

that guy in the cubicle over the there.

What are you doing?

Get off You Tube!"

You know, whatever the case is, you are able
to identify flows of traffic and classify.

Again, all of this, this is like.

I got to change pen colors for that.

Look at that!

And that wasn't even in the Cisco
certification program anywhere before

and now it's starting to be introduced in ICND2.

Last thing is, I said more scandal prevention.

Meaning IOS 15 is now the new standard
version of IOS that everything's running on.

Cisco introduced a massive
new licensing model in IOS 15.

And so they want you to know about it.

Because that's a big part of what you do.

So the last two things and then we'll wrap up.

How do we train at CBT Nuggets and how
do you get the most from this series?

Well, how do we train you?

You've been experiencing it.

You know a lot of white board discussions.

You'll see a lot of network diagrams.

A lot of times they'll be prebuilt.

Sometimes they'll go, "Oh ok, we got a
router here connected to the internet

and it's protecting an internal e-mail
server from attacks from the outside.

You got to block port 25, you
know, and lock that down."

So, we'll go through a lot
of things like on the fly.

You'll see a lot of, you
know, key facts presented.

A lot of live demonstrations where
we're doing the real configuration

of Cisco devices right in front of you.

And I will say, let me partner that with
this down here, there's no script for this.

You know, you can tell I'm not reading anything.

So a lot of times the demonstrations as I'm
going through will get to a point where like,

"Well, didn't expect that to happen,"
which is great because we get to go

and troubleshoot it together and you get to
learn a lot from my own mistakes and we figure

out the solution together and
go, "Oh, well that's how it is."

And I think that a lot of
times it's even more valuable

than just seeing a pristine configuration pasted

in that works every single
time, for real world experience.

The sessions themselves are
real short and palatable.

You know, 15 to 30 minutes, sometimes
a little more, but not much beyond

that to just keep you fresh and get a topic.

And also, down the road when you're in
a career in Cisco you might go, "Oh,

what was that access list configuration again?"

And you can come right back to
it and go, "Oh, there it is."

You know, in a little 15-minute explanation
of access list and your off and running.

So, my purpose, if I were to say
my motivation is two purposes.

One is knowledge and two is motivation.

I'm convinced that people really
do well at stuff that they enjoy.

And they really enjoy stuff that they know.

So it kind of partners together.

The more that you know, the more
you're like, "Wow, that's really cool!"

I mean I can tell you, you know, going
through the certifications that I have,

I haven't been excited to get into some of them.

I get in there and I'm like, "Ugh.

VoiceOver IP.

What's so exciting about making a phone ring?"

you know? But before long I'm starting
to learn about the Nyquist theorem

and then showing like, "ugh," resistance.

I don't need to know about that.

And as I learn it, I'm like,
"Wow, this is really cool.

I want to explain this to somebody."

Because it's really neat how you can take
a phone call and turn it into bits and 1's

and 0's and what's that whole process.

So, that's a lot of my goals is,
of course to convey the knowledge,

but also to show you just how neat this is to
be able to set up and build a worldwide network.

Okay, lastly, how do you get
the most from this series?

Number one, repeat, repeat, repeat.

The beauty is you have it there.

It's recorded.

You can go through it many times.

I mean maybe the first time
you just kick back and watch.

Second time you start jotting down
some questions and some thoughts.

Doing a little web research on it.

Third time you start trying
it on your own equipment.

I mean go through it as many times
as you need to where you feel

like you are getting a mastery of that topic.

And as you're going through it, jot things down.

I'm not talking, you know,
on an iPad or on a computer,

I'm talking grab some real old school
paper and a pen, and write things down,

because there is just something that
engages when you start jotting things down.

I mean it doesn't even have to be sensible.

Maybe you've got your paper and I'm talking
about configuration and you're like, "Okay,

he said enable mode," you
just write down enable.

Maybe you just crinkle it up and throw
it away when you're all said and done.

I'm not talking about just having
notes for the future to study.

I'm talking about engaging multiple senses
because you're retention will go way up.

I mean, just draw things as I'm talking.

Be like, "Okay, so he's got a router,"
you know, kind of repeat what I'm drawing

so that you can get in that mode of
just engaging in what you're hearing.

Thirdly, I'm not going to spend too much time on
these two topics because if you look at the end

of the series, I've actually created
complete nuggets just on building a lab,

like what to buy, how much it's going to
cost, what to use to study and all that.

And study tactics.

To where I say, "Well, here's the best way that
you can study for these certification exams."

But they are valid things.

How to get the most is to build a lab,

and I'm talking real equipment,
not simulations or emulations.

At this level, ICND1, I would really
suggest having some real gear that you setup

in your house, in your job, in your
workplace, that you can work with

and configure in a real environment.

There's just something to having real equipment
and non-simulation and nowadays, you know,

the equipment has come down hugely in
price from when I first got into Cisco.

So, you can do it really on the cheap.

Last two things go into what I
was saying on the previous slide.

Kind of that knowledge and motivation.

You will love what you know.

So, I always encourage you, dig deeper.

I mean if there's a topic that I get into
and you're like, "Well, I wonder if...?"

I mean go there.

Go beyond.

Really get a mastery of it.

Because you start to get a love for it.

Think about anything that you know well.

Like if you know rock climbing or riding
a bike or anything that you know well,

you're excited when somebody
starts talking about it.

Like when you meet somebody and they're
like, "Yeah, I ride bikes for a hobby."

You're like, "Really?

Me too! Have you been on..."

I mean you just go off because you're excited
about what you know and what you enjoy.

So, same thing here.

As you know more about Cisco, you're going
to develop a passion and a love for it that,

I'm telling you, will skyrocket you.

It's almost like I want to build a flow
chart to where it's like, "Okay, dig deeper,

you know fall in love, you
know, land an amazing job,"

you know it just kind of goes hand-in-hand.

The more that you enjoy the better
and better you'll do in your career

because you're going to enjoy your career.

Let me just wrap up by saying
welcome to the world of Cisco.

This technology is awesome.

You're really going to enjoy this series and
I hope when you reach the end you're going

to be like, "Man, I just can't wait for more!"

And get into the ICND2, get
your CCNA certification.

I mean there's a lot of opportunity
in the future with this technology.

I hope this has been informative for you
and I would like to thank you for viewing.