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Over at CBT Nuggets, several of the CCIE instructors polished up our CCIE-level videos to make sure we are efficiently teaching you the Core Concepts you must master en route to your CCIE Certification. This sample Nugget is from the Layer 3 course found here:

https://www.cbtnuggets.com/it-training/cisco-ccie-routing-switching-v5-layer-3-technologies
This is one of the many Nuggets on Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) which I personally found to be a big challenge as I was working to my expert-level certification. Enjoy!

In this CCNP Collaboration course, trainer Chuck Keith will teach you how to implement a Cisco Unified Collaboration solution. Learn about dial plans, Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM), Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE), SIP, QoS, and more.

This training will also prepare you for the Cisco 300-070 CIPTV1 exam, one of four exams that must be passed to receive your CCNP Collaboration certification.

Recommended Experience

• CCNA Collaboration certification or any Cisco CCIE/CCDE certification is required as a prerequisite

Recommended Equipment

• VMWare Workstation with CUCM and Unity Virtual Machines
• Cisco 7940, 7960, or IP Communicator IP Phones
• Cisco 2600XM Voice Gateway

Related Certifications

• CCNP Collaboration

Related Job Functions

• Network voice engineer
• Network video engineer

Check out the course here on the CBT Nuggets site:

https://www.cbtnuggets.com/it-training/ccnp-collaboration

Chuck Keith has been a CBT Nuggets trainer since 2017 and holds a variety of Cisco certifications.

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ICND1

1. Configuring IPv4 Addressing
2. Configuring IPv6 Addressing
3. Configure IPv6 Stateless Address Auto Configuration
4. Configure VLANs
5. Troubleshoot VLANs
6. Configure Trunks
7. Trunk Troubleshooting
8. Configuring and Verifying Port Security
9. Configure Inter-VLAN Routing (ROAS)
10. Inter-VLAN Routing (SVIs)
11. Configure IPv4 Static Routing
12. Configuring IPv6 Static Routing
13. Configure RIPv2
14. RIPv2 Troubleshooting
15. DHCP Configuration
16. NTP Configuration
17. Configure Syslog

ICND2

1. Configure STP
2. Configure EtherChannels
3. Configure OSPFv2
4. Configure OSPFv3
5. Troubleshooting OSPF
6. Configure EIGRP for IPv4
7. Configure EIGRP for IPv6
8. Troubleshooting EIGRP
9. Configuring the WAN
10. Configuring HSRP
11. Configuring SNMP
12. Configuring SPAN
13. Configure ACLs
14. Configure NAT
15. Configure Basic Device Hardening

Sigh. My favorite CCIE Lab testing location of RTP, N. Carolina has closed along with others like San Jose.

Here is the current list of testing locations for the CCIE Lab in the world:

• Bangalore, India
• Beijing, PRC
• Brussels, Belgium
• Dubai, UAE
• Hong Kong, PRC
• Richardson, USA
• Syndey, Australia
• Tokyo, Japan

As I write this – here are the Mobile Labs dates for 2019:

• Shanghai, PR China – Jan 16 – 18
• Toronto, Canada – Jan 23 – 25
• Bogota, Colombia – Feb 13 – 15
• Johannesburg, South Africa – Mar 6 – 8
• Feltham, United Kingdom – Mar 27 – 29
• Toronto, Canada – Apr 3 – 5
• Mexico City, Mexico – Apr 24 – 26
• Singapore, Singapore – Apr 24 – 26
• Johannesburg, South Africa – Jun 26 – 28
• Moscow, Russia – July 3 – 5
• Singapore, Singapore – July 10 – 12
• Sao Paulo, Brazil – July 17 – 19
• Toronto, Canada – July 24 – 26

A key element of the Cisco UCS system you should understand is called the Finite State Machine (FSM). The FSM is a workflow model that is composed of the following:

• A finite number of stages (states)
• Transitions between those stages
• Operations

The current stage in an FSM is determined by past stages and the operations performed to transition between the stages. A transition from one stage to another is dependent on the success or failure of an operation.

Cisco UCS Manager uses FSM tasks that run in the Data Management Engine (DME) to manage endpoints in the Cisco UCS object model. For your CCNA Data Center studies, it is very important that you realize what types of tasks fall under this FSM workflow model. These include:

• Physical components – examples include the chassis, I/O module, and servers
• Logical components – examples include the LAN cloud and policies
• Workflows – examples include server discovery, service profile management, downloads, upgrades, and backups

The DME manages the FSM stages and transitions and instructs the Application Gateway (AG) to perform operations on the managed endpoints. Each stage can be considered to be an interaction between the DME, AG, and managed endpoint. The AGs do the real work in interacting with managed endpoints, such as the CIMC, adapter, or I/O module.

When all of the FSM stages have run successfully, Cisco UCS considers the FSM to be successful. If the FSM encounters an error or timeout at a stage, the FSM retries that stage at scheduled intervals. When the retry count has been reached for that stage, the FSM stops and Cisco UCS Manager declares the change to have failed. If an FSM task fails, Cisco UCS Manager raises faults and alarms.

Multiple FSM tasks can be associated with an endpoint. However, only one FSM task at a time can run. Additional FSM tasks for the same end point are placed in a queue and are scheduled to be run when the previous FSM task is either successfully completed or fails. You can view the FSM details for a particular endpoint to determine if a task succeeded or failed. You can also use the FSM to troubleshoot any failures.