350-401 ENCOR TRAINING CCNP ENCOR — 350-401 Weekend Programme Practical CCNP Enterprise core training covering enterprise architecture, virtualization, infrastructure, network assurance, security and automation. The Weekend Programme provides structured learning with hands-on configuration, verification and troubleshooting exercises.
Programme Summary Course Duration 90 Hours
Schedule 15 Weekends
Training Weekend training
Duration Approximately 3 Months
The Cisco ENCOR examination is organized into six official domains. For training delivery, these domains are grouped into four practical learning modules based on their exam weightage.
Course Modules & Coverage
Module 1 — Architecture & Virtualization 22.5 Hours | Approximately 25% of Exam Coverage
Enterprise Architecture Enterprise network design principles Two-tier and three-tier architectures Fabric and cloud-based enterprise architectures High availability and redundancy First Hop Redundancy Protocols Stateful Switchover (SSO) Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN architecture SD-WAN control and data planes Cisco SD-Access architecture SD-Access control and data planes Traditional campus integration with SD-Access Enterprise QoS concepts and interpretation Virtualization Hypervisor Type 1 and Type 2 Virtual machines Virtual switching VRF and data-path virtualization GRE tunneling IPsec tunneling Network virtualization concepts LISP fundamentals VXLAN fundamentals Practical Training Enterprise architecture design exercises FHRP configuration and verification VRF configuration and verification GRE tunnel configuration Virtualization troubleshooting Module 2 — Enterprise Infrastructure 27 Hours | Approximately 30% of Exam Coverage
Layer 2 Infrastructure 802.1Q trunking Static and dynamic trunking EtherChannel fundamentals LACP and EtherChannel troubleshooting RSTP MST Root Guard BPDU Guard Spanning Tree troubleshooting Layer 3 Infrastructure EIGRP concepts and path selection OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 OSPF neighbor relationships OSPF multiple areas OSPF summarization and filtering eBGP configuration BGP neighbor relationships BGP best-path selection Policy-Based Routing IP Services NTP and PTP NAT and PAT HSRP VRRP Multicast fundamentals Practical Training VLAN and trunk troubleshooting STP and EtherChannel labs Multiarea OSPF implementation OSPF optimization and troubleshooting eBGP configuration and verification HSRP and VRRP configuration NAT implementation Enterprise infrastructure troubleshooting Module 3 — Network Assurance & Security 27 Hours | Approximately 30% of Exam Coverage
Network Assurance Network troubleshooting methodology Ping and Traceroute Debug and conditional debug SNMP Syslog Flexible NetFlow SPAN, RSPAN and ERSPAN IP SLA Cisco Catalyst Center fundamentals Network monitoring and management NETCONF RESTCONF Infrastructure Security Device access control Local user authentication AAA concepts Authentication and authorization Standard and Extended ACLs Control Plane Policing (CoPP) REST API security Enterprise security architecture Threat defense Endpoint security Next-generation firewall concepts TrustSec MACsec Practical Training Configure and verify Flexible NetFlow Configure Syslog Configure and verify IP SLA Network troubleshooting labs ACL configuration and verification CoPP configuration AAA configuration NETCONF and RESTCONF exercises Module 4 — Automation & Artificial Intelligence 13.5 Hours | Approximately 15% of Exam Coverage
Network Automation & Programmability Python fundamentals for network engineers Python scripts and basic programming components JSON structures and data handling YANG data modeling concepts REST APIs Cisco Catalyst Center APIs Cisco SD-WAN Manager APIs RESTCONF API responses HTTP response codes Network automation concepts Agent-based and agentless orchestration Infrastructure automation concepts Cisco IOS Embedded Event Manager (EEM) Practical Training Write basic Python network scripts Work with JSON objects Explore REST API requests and responses Use NETCONF and RESTCONF Explore Cisco Catalyst Center APIs Configure EEM automation Basic network automation exercises PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
350-401 ENCOR — Weekend Programme Summary Course Duration: 90 Hours
Schedule: 15 Weekends
Training: Weekend training
Duration: Approximately 3 Months
Coverage: Cisco 350-401 ENCOR
