Network Professional

Certification Exam Objectives

Domain % of Examination
Network Topologies 2.5%
Introduction to Mellanox Ethernet Products Portfolio 2.5%
Operating System Management and Configuration 20%
Layer 2 Protocols Configuration 20%
Layer 3 Protocols Configuration 20%
Monitoring 10%
Troubleshooting 10%
Open Ethernet 2.5%
Integrative Questions 12.5%
TOTAL 100%

1 Modern Data Center Topologies

1.1 Network topology
1.2 Modular data center design
1.3 Leaf-Spine design
1.4 Fat-Tree design

2 Mellanox Ethernet Products Portfolio

2.1 SN2000 switch family
2.2 ConnectX adapter cards
2.3 LinkX cables and transceivers
2.4 Mellanox ONYX
2.5 Mellanox NEO
2.6 Cumulus Linux Overview
3 Introduction to Mellanox Operating System
3.1 Configuring the switch for the first time
3.2 Initialization wizard
3.3 Basic CLI configuration commands
3.4 Mellanox ONYX images
3.5 Configuration files management
3.6 Mellanox ONYX upgrade via CLI
3.7 WebUI overview
4 Basic Switch Functions
4.1 Ethernet interfaces configuration
4.2 Splitting a port using breakout cables
4.3 MAC address table
4.4 LLDP

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5 VLANs and Trunking

5.1 VLANs overview
5.2 IEEE 802.1Q Trunking
5.3 Switch port types
5.4 Configuring VLANs
5.5 Configuring switchports in access, trunk and hybrid modes
6 STP - Spanning Tree Protocol
6.1 STP Overview
6.2 RSTP Overview and configuration
6.3 MST Overview and configuration
6.4 RPVST Overview
7 LAG - Link Aggregation Group
7.1 LAG overview
7.2 LAG load-balancing
7.3 LACP overview
7.4 Static LAG configuration
7.5 Dynamic LAG configuration
8 MLAG – Multi Chassis LAG
8.1 MLAG overview
8.2 MLAG IPL
8.3 mlag-port-channel
8.4 MLAG cluster - VIP group
8.5 MLAG configuration via CLI
9 Routing Basics
9.1 IP routers
9.2 IP packet flow
9.3 IP routing table
9.4 Static routes configuration
9.5 Dynamic routing protocols
9.6 Administrative Distance
9.7 Routing metrics
9.8 Best routes and ECMP
10 A Layer 3 Switch
10.1 A layer 3 switch overview
10.2 Enabling layer 3 capabilities
10.3 Mellanox ONYX layer 3 interfaces types
10.4 Configuring layer 3 interfaces
10.5 Inter-VLAN routing configuration

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11 Default Gateway Redundancy - VRRP and MAGP

11.1 Default gateway redundancy
11.2 VRRP overview
11.3 MAGP overview
11.4 MAGP configuration
12 OSPF Protocol
12.1 OSPF concepts and terminology
12.2 Basic OSPF configuration
12.3 OSPF neighbors and adjacencies
12.4 OSPF path cost calculation
12.5 OSPF ECMP
13 BGP Routing Protocol
13.1 BGP concepts and terminology
13.2 BGP neighbors – IBGP, EBGP
13.3 Configuring BGP
13.4 Advertising BGP routes
14 Switch Debugging
14.1 Port mirroring
14.2 Ports’ counters
14.3 Switch sysdump
14.4 Protocols debugging
15 Network Traffic Analysis Using Wireshark
15.1 What is Wireshark?
15.2 Installing and configuring Wireshark
15.3 Packet Filters
15.4 Wireshark preferences and profiles
15.5 Analyzing network traffic
16 SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
16.1 What is SNMP?
16.2 What is MIB?
16.3 SNMP versions
16.4 Configuring SNMPv2C and SNMP events
16.5 DHCP Relay Agent
17 DHCP overview
17.1 DHCP relay agent overview
17.2 DHCP option 82
17.3 DHCP sub-option circuit-id
17.4 DHCP relay agent configuration

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18 NTP - Network Time Protocol

18.1 NTP overview
18.2 Clock and time zones
18.3 NTP configuration
19 Access Control Lists
19.1 ACL Overview
19.2 Configuring ACLs in Mellanox ONYX®
19.2.1 ACL actions
19.2.2 ACL logging
19.2.3 ACL counters
20 Open Ethernet
20.1.1 Open Ethernet
20.1.2 Cumulus Linux
20.1.2.1 Line of supporting switches
20.1.2.2 Features and benefits
20.1.2.3 Demonstration of Layer 2 and Layer 3 popular protocols
20.1.3 MLNX-OS vs Cumulus Linux - when to use what

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