CCNP: BCMSN Certification Exam Guide: 642-811

Author: [USA] David Hucaby / CCI No. 4594 / Shang Tao / Liu Bing / Zhu Ke
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: This book is an excellent Cisco exam study guide, fully updated for the new CCNP BCMSN exam content. David Hucaby shares his preparation tips and exam strategies with readers, helping them identify weak areas and enhance theoretical knowledge and practical skills. The book is organized in a modular format, dividing longer chapters into short, easy-to-understand modules. With concise writing, it focuses on deepening readers' understanding and memory of exam topics. Each chapter begins with a "Do I Know This Already?" quiz, allowing readers to determine how much study time to allocate to each section based on the quiz results. The topic lists and summary tables at the end of each chapter facilitate reference and quick review when needed. The review questions at the end of each chapter help readers assess their knowledge retention and reinforce key concepts. Scenario-based exercises guide readers to think about exam-related content in real-world situations, strengthening memory. The book is comprehensive, providing assessment methods and challenging review questions and practice exercises to help readers master the necessary concepts and technologies for successfully passing the BCMSN exam. This book is a preparation guide written specifically for the newly released Cisco CCNP BCMSN exam. It is divided into six parts, with a total of 21 chapters and 1 appendix, covering topics such as: campus network overview and design, switch operation and configuration, switch port configuration, VLANs and trunks, aggregated switch connections, Spanning Tree, Multilayer Switching, router redundancy and load balancing, multicast, QoS, IP telephony technology, VLAN security, and more. The "Do I Know This Already?" quiz at the beginning of each chapter helps readers allocate limited study time effectively; the "Summary" at the end of each chapter summarizes the most important content in charts and lists for easy reference and review; and the review questions at the end of each chapter help readers assess their mastery of the chapter content. This book is specifically written for those preparing for the CCNP BCMSN exam and is the best reference book for successfully passing the CCNP certification exam.