Cisco Internet Architecture Essentials Self-Study Guide

Introduction. 1. Internet System Architecture Overview. Internet System Architecture Definition. Types of Internet Business Solutions. Summary. Review Questions. 2. Internet System Architecture Design Overview. Internet System Architecture Components. Cisco Internet System Reference Architecture Components. Benefits Realized After Implementing the Internet Systems Architecture. Summary. Review Questions. 3. High Availability Overview. Benefits of Highly Available Systems. Total Cost of Ownership Model. Downtime and Availability. Designing High Availability Architecture. The Two Design Approaches to Availability. E-Commerce Architecture. High Availability Design Enabling Technologies. Non-network Considerations. Failure Analysis and Recovery. Summary. Review Questions. 4. Security Concepts and Design. How Important Is Security? What Is a Security Policy? Types of Attacks. Conclusions About Attacks. Firewalls. Virtual Private Networks. Intrusion Detection. Access Control. Cisco SAFE Architecture. Summary. Review Questions. 5. Content Delivery Networks. Traditional Web Growth. Anatomy of a Network. Cisco's Content Networking Architecture: Components. Applications of Content Delivery Networking. Content Filtering Solution. Summary. Review Questions. 6. Quality of Service. What is QoS? Planning for QoS. Implementing the Larger Scale Policy. Summary. Review Questions. 7. Network Management. Network Management and the FCAPS Model. Fault Management. Performance Management. SNMP and RMON Overview. Eight Guidelines for Managing a Network. Third-Party Network Management Tools. Cisco Network Management Solutions. Summary. Review Questions. 8. Service Level Agreements. Service Level Management Chain. Business Synchronization. What is a Service Level Definition? Creating and Maintaining SLAs. Internal and External SLAs. Sample External Service Level Agreement. Common Core Requirements and Metrics of an SLA. Design Integration. Cisco Service Management Tools.

Matthew Recore is a senior systems engineer for Cisco, supporting the largest and most competitive accounts in the San Francisco region. He is the Cisco e-commerce specialist in Northern California. Jeremy Laurenson, CCIE(r) certified No. 8849, is a consulting systems engineer in the Advanced Solutions Group at Cisco Systems and supports Southern California customers. Scott Herrmann is a systems engineer for Cisco Systems. His responsibilities include network design and support for Cisco customers, including LAN, WAN, IP telephony, security, network management, wireless, and content delivery network technologies, and the products that are related to these solutions.