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Dell Networking Professional Exam Study Guide
Exam DNDNS-200
July 2016
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,Revisions
Date Description
October 2015 Initial release
14 /Jan/2016 Update to include C&Z Series Specific Material – Ruhl, A; Cooke, J
1/Jul/2016 Updates to change exam name to title as shown on pearsonvue.com –
Stefani, R.
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, Contents
1 Dell Networking Professional Certification ........................................................................................... 5
1.1 Dell Networking Professional Certification Website..................................................................... 5
1.2 Certification Learning Paths .......................................................................................................... 5
1.3 Who should take the exam ........................................................................................................... 5
1.4 Exam description........................................................................................................................... 6
1.5 This Study Guide ........................................................................................................................... 7
1.6 Pre-Requisites for this study guide ............................................................................................... 7
2 Exam sections and topics ...................................................................................................................... 8
2.1 Pre Site and On Site: Network deployment or cutover plans, equipment and infrastructure to
support deployment or cutover configurations. ...................................................................................... 8
2.1.1 Network deployment ............................................................................................................ 8
2.1.2 Cutover plans ........................................................................................................................ 8
2.1.3 Equipment and infrastructure to support deployment or cutover configurations .............. 9
2.2 Physical Installation: Inventory, component placement, switch hardware and cabling, power-
on procedure............................................................................................................................................. 9
2.2.1 Inventory ............................................................................................................................... 9
2.2.2 Component placement ....................................................................................................... 10
2.2.3 Switch hardware and cabling .............................................................................................. 10
2.2.4 Power-on procedure ........................................................................................................... 11
2.3 Configure: Firmware upgrade process, control and management plane protocols, switch
parameters, VLANs, Spanning Tree protocols, basic dynamic routing protocols, LACP, ACLs, static
routing, and/or multicast, VLT/MLAG, switch stacking concepts ........................................................... 12
2.3.1 Firmware Upgrade Process ................................................................................................. 12
2.3.2 Control and management plane protocols ......................................................................... 12
2.3.3 Switch parameters .............................................................................................................. 14
2.3.4 VLANs .................................................................................................................................. 15
2.3.5 Spanning Tree protocols ..................................................................................................... 15
2.3.6 Dynamic routing protocols.................................................................................................. 16
2.3.7 LAG (Link Aggregation Group)............................................................................................. 16
2.3.8 Access Control List (ACL) ..................................................................................................... 16
2.3.9 Static Routing ...................................................................................................................... 17
2.3.10 Multicast L2 and L3 ............................................................................................................. 17
2.3.11 VLT/MLAG ........................................................................................................................... 18
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential
Dell Networking Professional Exam Study Guide
Exam DNDNS-200
July 2016
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential
,Revisions
Date Description
October 2015 Initial release
14 /Jan/2016 Update to include C&Z Series Specific Material – Ruhl, A; Cooke, J
1/Jul/2016 Updates to change exam name to title as shown on pearsonvue.com –
Stefani, R.
Copyright © 2016 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Dell and the Dell logo are trademarks of Dell Inc. in the United States and/or other
jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential
, Contents
1 Dell Networking Professional Certification ........................................................................................... 5
1.1 Dell Networking Professional Certification Website..................................................................... 5
1.2 Certification Learning Paths .......................................................................................................... 5
1.3 Who should take the exam ........................................................................................................... 5
1.4 Exam description........................................................................................................................... 6
1.5 This Study Guide ........................................................................................................................... 7
1.6 Pre-Requisites for this study guide ............................................................................................... 7
2 Exam sections and topics ...................................................................................................................... 8
2.1 Pre Site and On Site: Network deployment or cutover plans, equipment and infrastructure to
support deployment or cutover configurations. ...................................................................................... 8
2.1.1 Network deployment ............................................................................................................ 8
2.1.2 Cutover plans ........................................................................................................................ 8
2.1.3 Equipment and infrastructure to support deployment or cutover configurations .............. 9
2.2 Physical Installation: Inventory, component placement, switch hardware and cabling, power-
on procedure............................................................................................................................................. 9
2.2.1 Inventory ............................................................................................................................... 9
2.2.2 Component placement ....................................................................................................... 10
2.2.3 Switch hardware and cabling .............................................................................................. 10
2.2.4 Power-on procedure ........................................................................................................... 11
2.3 Configure: Firmware upgrade process, control and management plane protocols, switch
parameters, VLANs, Spanning Tree protocols, basic dynamic routing protocols, LACP, ACLs, static
routing, and/or multicast, VLT/MLAG, switch stacking concepts ........................................................... 12
2.3.1 Firmware Upgrade Process ................................................................................................. 12
2.3.2 Control and management plane protocols ......................................................................... 12
2.3.3 Switch parameters .............................................................................................................. 14
2.3.4 VLANs .................................................................................................................................. 15
2.3.5 Spanning Tree protocols ..................................................................................................... 15
2.3.6 Dynamic routing protocols.................................................................................................. 16
2.3.7 LAG (Link Aggregation Group)............................................................................................. 16
2.3.8 Access Control List (ACL) ..................................................................................................... 16
2.3.9 Static Routing ...................................................................................................................... 17
2.3.10 Multicast L2 and L3 ............................................................................................................. 17
2.3.11 VLT/MLAG ........................................................................................................................... 18
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