Individuals seeking the CCDP certification and those working toward the CCDE certification
Pre-sales and post-sales network engineers that are involved in network design, planning, and implementation
Network administrators and designers that are responsible for designing and implementing the enterprise network
CCDA, CCDP, and CCDE candidates

Cisco Network Architectures for the Enterprise and how this concept addresses enterprise network needs for performance, scalability, and availability
Cisco Network Architectures for the Enterprise used as a framework for designing enterprise networks
Enterprise campus network designs
Enterprise data center designs
Enterprise edge and remote infrastructure designs
Network service designs for security considerations
VPN designs

This course is designed to enable students to perform the conceptual, intermediate and detailed design of a network infrastructure that supports desired networks solutions over intelligent network services, to achieve effective performance, scalability, and availability. ARCH enables learners applying solid Cisco network solution models and recommended design practices to provide viable, stable enterprise internetworking solutions. The course presents concepts and examples necessary to design converged enterprise networks including internal routing, BGP routing, WAN, data center connectivity, security, QoS, transition to IPv6, and multicast.

Good understanding of the underlying technical principles for advanced network designs
Familiarity with internetworking technologies, Cisco products, and Cisco IOS features
CCDA Boot Camp
ROUTE - Implementing Cisco IP Routing v2.0
SWITCH - Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks v2.0