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Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Design

Cisco specialist certification in enterprise network design, earned by passing the 300-420 ENSLD exam.

Licensing authority: Cisco Systems, Inc.

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Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks

Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks

Time limit
90 minutes
Exam fee
$US300, or use Cisco Learning Credits
Examination outline
  • Advanced Addressing and Routing Solutions (25%)
    • Create structured addressing plans for IPv4 and IPv6
    • Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for IS-IS
    • Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for EIGRP
    • Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for OSPF
    • Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for BGP
    • Determine IPv6 migration strategies
  • Advanced Enterprise Campus Networks (25%)
    • Design campus networks for high availability
    • Design campus Layer 2 infrastructures
    • Design multicampus Layer 3 infrastructures
    • Describe SD-Access Architecture
    • Describe SD-Access fabric design considerations for wired and wireless access
  • WAN for Enterprise Networks (20%)
    • Describe WAN connectivity options for on-premises, hybrid, and cloud solutions
    • Design site-to-site VPN for on-premises, hybrid, and cloud solutions
    • Design high availability for enterprise WAN for on-premises, hybrid, and cloud solutions
    • Describe Cisco SD-WAN architecture
    • Describe Cisco SD-WAN design considerations
  • Network Services (20%)
    • Select QoS strategies to meet customer requirements
    • Design end-to-end QoS policies
    • Design network management techniques
    • Describe multicast routing concepts
    • Design multicast services
  • Automation and Artificial Intelligence (10%)
    • Differentiate between IETF, OpenConfig, and Cisco YANG models
    • Differentiate between NETCONF and RESTCONF
    • Describe the impact of model-driven telemetry on the network
    • Describe GRPC and GNMI
    • Describe cloud connectivity options
    • Describe cloud-based services model in private, public, and hybrid deployments
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