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Exam Description
CIT is a qualifying exam for the Cisco Certified
Network Professional CCNP® certification. The CIT exam (642-831) will test
materials covered under the new Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting (CIT) CCNP
course. The exam will certify that the successful candidate has important
knowledge and skills necessary to troubleshoot sub-optimal performance in a
converged network environment. The exam covers topics on Establishing a
Baseline, Determining an Effective Troubleshooting Strategy, Resolving Problems
at the Physical and Data Link Layers, Resolving Problems at the Network Layer,
and Resolving Problems at the Transport and Application Layers.
Exam Topics
The following information provides general guidelines for
the content likely to be included on this exam. However, other related topics
may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam.
Technology
- Identify troubleshooting methods
- Explain documentation standards and the requirements for document
control
Implementation and Operation
- Establish an optimal system baseline
- Diagram and document system topology
- Document end system configuration
- Verify connectivity at all layers
- Select an optimal troubleshooting approach
Planning and
Design
- Plan a network documentation system
- Plan a baseline monitoring scheme
- Plan an approach to troubleshooting that minimizes system
downtime
Troubleshooting
- Use Cisco IOS commands and applications to identify system problems at all
layers
- Isolate system problems to one or more specific layers
- Resolve sub-optimal system performance problems at layers 2 through 7
- Resolve local connectivity problems at layer 1
- Restore optimal baseline service
- Work with external providers to resolve service provision problems
- Work with system users to resolve network related end-use problems
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