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Cisco ENARSI 300-410 study plan

Cisco ENARSI 300-410 · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Layer 3 Technologies

  • Configure and verify EIGRP named mode with multiple address families, stub routing, and summarization on a three-router lab

  • Compare EIGRP and OSPF path selection by tracing feasible successor and successor selection with show commands

  • Tune EIGRP metrics and timers to force a specific path, then document which command changed the outcome

  • Explain and test EIGRP query scope using stub and summary boundaries to limit SIA risk

Your checkpoint

A written lab report containing router configs, show ip eigrp topology output before and after metric tuning, and a table mapping each tuning command to the resulting path change

Week 2

Layer 3 Technologies

  • Configure OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 multi-area topologies including virtual links, totally stubby, and NSSA areas

  • Differentiate LSA types 1 through 7 by capturing and labeling each in a single topology

  • Implement OSPF route filtering with distribute-list, area range, and summary-address and state where each applies

  • Configure and verify policy-based routing and VRF-lite route leaking between two VRFs

Your checkpoint

An annotated LSA map showing which router originates each LSA type, plus a verification log proving each filter or summarization command suppressed the intended prefix

Week 3

Layer 3 Technologies

  • Configure BGP eBGP and iBGP peering including route reflectors and confederations

  • Manipulate path selection using weight, local preference, AS-path prepending, MED, and origin code in a defined order

  • Implement prefix lists, route maps, and maximum-prefix to control BGP advertisements and protect sessions

  • Verify BGP convergence and troubleshoot a stuck Active neighbor using debug and show output

Your checkpoint

A decision-tree document listing the BGP best-path steps in order with the exact command used to influence each step, validated against lab output

Week 4

Layer 3 Technologies & Infrastructure Services

  • Configure bidirectional redistribution between OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP while preventing loops with tags, route maps, and administrative distance

  • Configure DMVPN Phase 3 with mGRE, NHRP, and IPsec protection, and verify spoke-to-spoke direct tunnel formation

  • Implement first-hop redundancy with HSRP, VRRP, and GLBP and tune priority and preemption

  • Troubleshoot a redistribution loop and document the tagging strategy that resolved it

Your checkpoint

A redistribution matrix showing seed metrics, tags, and AD values per protocol pair, plus packet captures proving spoke-to-spoke traffic bypasses the hub

Week 5

VPN Technologies

  • Configure site-to-site IPsec IKEv2 with pre-shared key and certificate authentication and compare the two

  • Build a FlexVPN or GET VPN scenario and explain when each design is preferred over classic DMVPN

  • Configure MPLS Layer 3 VPN concepts including VRF, RD, and route targets on a provider edge simulation

  • Verify tunnel state and troubleshoot Phase 1 and Phase 2 mismatches using show crypto ikev2 and debug output

Your checkpoint

A troubleshooting flowchart for IPsec phase failures mapping each syslog or debug message to its likely misconfiguration, backed by at least three reproduced failures

Week 6

Infrastructure Security

  • Configure AAA with TACACS+ and RADIUS including command authorization and fallback

  • Implement infrastructure ACLs, CoPP, and uRPF to protect the control plane and verify with show policy-map control-plane

  • Configure zone-based firewall with class and policy maps and verify stateful inspection

  • Harden device access with SSHv2, VTY ACLs, privilege levels, and login block-for

Your checkpoint

A hardened baseline configuration template with a control-plane policy map and a test log showing permitted and denied traffic classes

Week 7

Infrastructure Services

  • Configure SNMPv3, syslog, NTP with authentication, and verify each collector receives data

  • Implement DHCP relay, DHCP snooping, and IPv6 first-hop security including RA guard

  • Configure NetFlow export and interpret top-talker output for a simulated incident

  • Troubleshoot a device clock drift caused by NTP authentication failure

Your checkpoint

An operations runbook listing each service, its verification command, and expected output, validated on at least two lab devices

Week 8

Infrastructure Automation

  • Configure EEM applets to react to a syslog pattern and take an automated action

  • Build and apply configuration templates using NETCONF or RESTCONF and compare with CLI-based automation

  • Implement IP SLA tracking with object tracking to influence static route failover

  • Complete a timed mixed-domain troubleshooting drill and record weak areas for review

Your checkpoint

A working automation artifact such as an EEM applet or Python script that configures or monitors a device, plus a scored self-assessment of the drill by domain

Milestones

Week 2: Explain without notes how OSPF LSA types 1 to 7 differ and where each is flooded; score at least 80 percent on a 20-question self-quiz covering weeks 1 and 2

Week 4: Complete a full redistribution lab from a blank configuration in under 45 minutes with no loops, verified by routing table and traceroute output

Week 6: Troubleshoot three pre-broken VPN or security scenarios within 30 minutes each, documenting the fault and fix for every case

Week 8: Pass a 60-question timed practice exam across all five domains with at least 85 percent overall and no domain below 70 percent