CCNP-ENCOR.AB1
CCNP ENCOR (350-401)
Our training course will help you achieve your networking career goals by passing the CCNP Enterprise Core (350-401) exam.
- Practice in 50 Hands-On Labs — nothing to install
- 30 Interactive Lessons and 160 topics mapped to the official exam objectives
- 370 Practice Test Questions and 2 Full Length Tests
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50 Hands-On LiveLabs
Practice real IT tasks in guided environments.
- Real environments
- Auto-graded
- No installation
30Interactive Lessons
160Topics
50LiveLab
370Practice Test Questions
349Flashcards
349Glossary of terms
01 / Skills you'll get
What you will be able to do
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Our CCNP, CCIE Enterprise: ENCOR 350-401 training online course is your gateway to becoming a certified networking professional. It teaches you the ins and outs of building, fixing, and securing computer networks. You’ll explore topics such as network infrastructure, routing protocols (including OSPF and EIGRP), switching technologies, IP addressing, and network security. With this training course, you’ll be ready to pass the Cisco 350-401 exam and land a sweet job in IT networking.
- Configure spanning tree protocols (STP, RSTP, MSTP) for network redundancy
- Configure IP routing protocols (RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP) for inter-network communication
- Implement VLANs and trunking for network segmentation
- Adopt Quality of Service (QoS) mechanisms for traffic prioritization and management
- Design hierarchical network architectures for scalability and performance
- Troubleshoot network connectivity and performance issues using network diagnostic tools (ping, traceroute, debug, NetFlow)
- Ensure network configuration and management using automation tools (Ansible, Python)
- Develop custom scripts and applications for network automation tasks
- Employ network virtualization techniques (VXLAN, LISP) for overlay networks
Target Career Roles
- Help desk technicians
- Network administrators
- Mid-level network engineers
- Network support technicians
02 / Lessons & labs
See exactly what you will learn and practice
Lessons
30 Interactive Lessons · 160 topics01 Introduction 5 topics +
- Goals and Methods
- Who Should Read This Course?
- Strategies for Exam Preparation
- How This Course Is Organized
- Certification Exam Topics and This Course
02 Packet Forwarding 5 topics · 7 LiveLab +
- Network Device Communication
- Forwarding Architectures
- Review All Key Topics
- Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory
- References in This Lesson
7 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
03 Spanning Tree Protocol 4 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Spanning Tree Protocol Fundamentals
- Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
- Review All Key Topics
- Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
04 Advanced STP Tuning 4 topics · 6 LiveLab +
- STP Topology Tuning
- Additional STP Protection Mechanisms
- Review All Key Topics
- Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory
6 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
05 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol 3 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
- Review All Key Topics
- Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
06 VLAN Trunks and EtherChannel Bundles 5 topics · 3 LiveLab +
- VLAN Trunking Protocol
- Dynamic Trunking Protocol
- EtherChannel Bundle
- Review All Key Topics
- Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory
3 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
07 IP Routing Essentials 6 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Routing Protocol Overview
- Path Selection
- Static Routing
- Virtual Routing and Forwarding
- Review All Key Topics
- Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
08 EIGRP 6 topics +
- EIGRP Fundamentals
- Path Metric Calculation
- Failure Detection and Timers
- Route Summarization
- Review All Key Topics
- References in This Lesson
09 OSPF 7 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- OSPF Fundamentals
- OSPF Configuration
- Default Route Advertisement
- Common OSPF Optimizations
- Review All Key Topics
- Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory
- References in This Lesson
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
10 Advanced OSPF 9 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Areas
- Link-State Announcements
- Discontiguous Networks
- OSPF Path Selection
- Summarization of Routes
- Route Filtering
- Review All Key Topics
- Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory
- References in This Lesson
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
11 OSPFv3 6 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- OSPFv3 Fundamentals
- OSPFv3 Configuration
- IPv4 Support in OSPFv3
- Review All Key Topics
- Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory
- References in This Lesson
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
12 BGP 7 topics · 3 LiveLab +
- BGP Fundamentals
- Basic BGP Configuration
- Route Summarization
- Multiprotocol BGP for IPv6
- Review All Key Topics
- Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory
- References in This Lesson
3 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
13 Advanced BGP 9 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- BGP Multihoming
- Conditional Matching
- Route Maps
- BGP Route Filtering and Manipulation
- BGP Communities
- Understanding BGP Path Selection
- Review All Key Topics
- Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory
- References in This Lesson
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
14 Multicast 7 topics +
- Multicast Fundamentals
- Multicast Addressing
- Internet Group Management Protocol
- Protocol Independent Multicast
- Rendezvous Points
- Review All Key Topics
- References in This Lesson
15 QoS 7 topics +
- The Need for QoS
- QoS Models
- Classification and Marking
- Policing and Shaping
- Congestion Management and Avoidance
- Review All Key Topics
- References In This Lesson
16 IP Services 5 topics · 5 LiveLab +
- Time Synchronization
- First-Hop Redundancy Protocol
- Network Address Translation
- Review All Key Topics
- Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory
5 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
17 Overlay Tunnels 6 topics · 2 LiveLab +
- Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) Tunnels
- IPsec Fundamentals
- Cisco Location/ID Separation Protocol (LISP)
- Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (VXLAN)
- Review All Key Topics
- Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory
2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
18 Wireless Signals and Modulation 3 topics +
- Understanding Basic Wireless Theory
- Carrying Data Over an RF Signal
- Review All Key Topics
19 Wireless Infrastructure 4 topics +
- Wireless LAN Topologies
- Pairing Lightweight APs and WLCs
- Leveraging Antennas for Wireless Coverage
- Review All Key Topics
20 Understanding Wireless Roaming and Location Services 4 topics +
- Roaming Overview
- Roaming Between Centralized Controllers
- Locating Devices in a Wireless Network
- Review All Key Topics
21 Authenticating Wireless Clients 5 topics +
- Open Authentication
- Authenticating with Pre-Shared Key
- Authenticating with EAP
- Authenticating with WebAuth
- Review All Key Topics
22 Troubleshooting Wireless Connectivity 3 topics +
- Troubleshooting Client Connectivity from the WLC
- Troubleshooting Connectivity Problems at the AP
- Review All Key Topics
23 Enterprise Network Architecture 3 topics +
- Hierarchical LAN Design Model
- Enterprise Network Architecture Options
- Review All Key Topics
24 Fabric Technologies 3 topics +
- Software-Defined Access (SD-Access)
- Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN)
- Review All Key Topics
25 Network Assurance 7 topics · 5 LiveLab +
- Network Diagnostic Tools
- Debugging
- NetFlow and Flexible NetFlow
- Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) Technologies
- IP SLA
- Cisco DNA Center Assurance
- Review All Key Topics
5 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
26 Secure Network Access Control 4 topics +
- Network Security Design for Threat Defense
- Next-Generation Endpoint Security
- Network Access Control (NAC)
- Review All Key Topics
27 Network Device Access Control and Infrastructure Security 8 topics · 6 LiveLab +
- Access Control Lists (ACLs)
- Terminal Lines and Password Protection
- Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)
- Zone-Based Firewall (ZBFW)
- Control Plane Policing (CoPP)
- Device Hardening
- Review All Key Topics
- Use the Command Reference to Check Your Memory
6 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
28 Virtualization 3 topics +
- Server Virtualization
- Network Functions Virtualization
- Review All Key Topics
29 Foundational Network Programmability Concepts 8 topics +
- Command-Line Interface
- Application Programming Interface
- Data Models and Supporting Protocols
- Cisco DevNet
- GitHub
- Basic Python Components and Scripts
- Review All Key Topics
- References in This Lesson
30 Introduction to Automation Tools 4 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Embedded Event Manager
- Agent-Based Automation Tools
- Agentless Automation Tools
- Review All Key Topics
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
Hands-On Labs Our edge
50 LiveLabs- Assigning IP Addresses to Routed Interfaces
- Creating a Switched Virtual Interface
- Creating a VLAN and Viewing its Assignment to Port Mapping
- Configuring an Access Port
- Configuring and Viewing a Trunk Port Status
- Configuring Routed Subinterfaces
- Configuring a Routed Switch Port
- Identifying the Root Ports and Viewing the STP Information of a Switch
- Viewing and Modifying the STP Port Cost
- Changing STP System Priority
- Configuring a Loop Guard on a Switch Port
- Configuring a BPDU Guard on a Switch Port
- Enabling STP Portfast on Specific Interfaces
- Configuring the Error Recovery Service for a BPDU Guard
- Configuring MST
- Configuring MST Interface Cost and Priority
- Implementing Port Security
- Configuring the Sample Port Channel
- Configuring and Verifying the Maximum Links
- Configuring Static Routing
- Configuring Directly Attached Static Routes
- Configuring OSPF
- Configuring OSPF with Explicit IP Addresses and Explicit Subnets
- Configuring OSPF Distribute List
- Configuring OSPFv3
- Configuring OSPFv3 Passive Interfaces
- Configuring BGP
- Configuring BGP Route Aggregation
- Configuring IPv6 BGP
- Configuring a Route Map with the continue Keyword
- Configuring BGP Distribute List
- Configuring Multi-Stratum NTP
- Configuring VRRP
- Configuring Static NAT
- Configuring PAT
- Configuring Dynamic NAT
- Configuring GRE Tunnels
- Configuring IPsec
- Adding a Less Specific Route
- Pinging with Multiple Options
- Configuring the Logging Buffer Size and Severity Level
- Using Conditional Debugging
- Configuring NetFlow and NetFlow Data Export
- Creating and Applying a Numbered Standard ACL
- Creating and Applying a Numbered Extended ACL
- Configuring vty Access Using SSH
- Configuring a Username with the Privilege Level
- Configuring AAA for Device Access Control
- Configuring an Access List for CoPP
- Creating a Manually Triggerd EEM Applet
Labs run in your browser — nothing to install.
03 / Exam details
CCNP ENCOR (350-401) Details
Get certified for the Cisco CCNP certification exam with the CCNP ENCOR (350-401) course and lab. The course and lab cover the 350-401 exam objectives and teach you how to work with dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) architecture, virtualization, infrastructure, network assurance, security, automation, and many more. The CCNP training guide helps you master the techniques required for path selection, static routing, virtual routing and forwarding, and more.
Questions
100±
(per exam)
Duration
120 minutes
(per exam)
Passing Score
825
(on a scale of 1000)
Exam Fee
USD 400
(per exam)
Delivered by
Pearson VUE
(in-person or online)
Practice Tests
370 Practice Questions
(mapped to official exam objectives)
Certification
CCNP-ENCOR.AB1
Cisco credential
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04 / FAQs
Questions before you start
What is the CCNP ENCOR (350-401) certification?+
The CCNP ENCOR 350-401 certification, or Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies, is a professional-level certification that validates your knowledge and skills in implementing core enterprise network technologies. It includes dual stack (IPv4 and IPv6) architecture, virtualization, infrastructure, network assurance, security, and automation.
Who should take the CCNP ENCOR (350-401) exam?+
The CCNP ENCOR (350-401) exam is ideal for network professionals who are looking to advance their careers in enterprise networking. It includes network engineers, network administrators, and network support technicians.
Are there any prerequisites for the CCNP ENCOR (350-401) exam?+
There are no formal prerequisites for taking this certification. However, it is recommended that candidates have a good understanding of the exam topics and possess 3-5 years of experience in the relevant field.
What job roles can I pursue with a CCNP ENCOR certification?+
With a CCNP ENCOR certification, you can pursue various job roles such as:
- Network Engineer
- Network Administrator
- Network Support Technician
- Systems Engineer
- Network Consultant
What is the passing score for the 350-401 ENCOR exam?+
Cisco does not publicly disclose the 350-401 ENCOR passing score. The score is determined by statistical analysis.
What is the cost of the Cisco CCNP ENCOR exam?+
The Cisco CCNP ENCOR exam costs approximately $400.
What are the prerequisites for this exam?+
While there are no formal prerequisites, three to five years of experience implementing enterprise networking solutions is recommended.
What is the exam registration fee?+
USD 400
Where do I take the exam?+
How many questions are asked in the exam?+
The exam contains 100± questions.
What is the duration of the exam?+
120 minutes
What is the passing score?+
825
What is the exam's retake policy?+
- Candidates who fail an Associate, Professional, Specialist, or CCDE Written exam must wait a period of five (5) calendar days, beginning the day after the failed attempt, before they may retest for the same exam.
- Once passed, a candidate must wait a minimum of 180 days before taking the same exam with an identical exam number.
- Candidates who fail an Online / Non-Proctored Cisco (700-xxx series) exam must wait a period of forty-eight hours (48hrs) after the failed attempt, before they may retest for the same exam.
- Candidates who violate these policies are in violation of the agreement. Such conduct is strictly prohibited as described in the Cisco certification and confidentiality agreement.
Where can I find more information about this exam?+
Become a Cisco Certified Networking Technician
Our ENCOR 350-401 exam prep provides a hands-on learning experience to develop your skills.
- 1 year of full access
- 50 LiveLab included
- Certificate of completion
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