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Cisco Certification: Learning To Navigate Cisco's Online Documentation
Author : Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933
When studying for your Cisco CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE exam, youve got a powerful online weapon at your disposal. Its Cisco Connection Documentation, found at www.cisco.com/univercd. This site contains product, code, and protocol documentation for all Cisco products.
Many exam candidates really dont start using this powerful tool until theyre studying for their more advanced exams. However, its important for CCNAs, CCNPs, and candidates for these certifications to learn their way around this site. It comes in handy for finding default values that Cisco really enjoys asking about on exams, and the protocol documentation found there can help you study as well.
The site can be a little overwhelming for newcomers, but its actually easy to navigate. On the sites homepage, youre presented with a list of products and several drop-down menus. To get started, I suggest you choose Cisco IOS Software in the top-right drop-down menu, and select a code version. 12.2 is a good one to start with. From there, select the IOS Release 12.2 Configuration Guide and Command References.
Youre then presented with a list of technologies, and each has a Configuration Guide and a Command Reference. If youre studying Interior Gateway Protocols at this point (such as OSPF, RIP, and EIGRP), select IP Configuration Guide and then IP Routing Protocols.
You then have the official Cisco documentation on how to configure RIP, IGRP, OSPF, EIGRP, ISIS, and BGP. Reading this documentation is invaluable. Many study guides skip the details to give you an overview of the protocol. This documentation doesnt skip anything. The documentation shows how and when to use any command for that protocol. There are also real-world examples and notes on when to use each command. Ive always learned something new when reading the online Cisco documentation.
You can then back out and go through the same steps for the Command Reference. For those studying for Cisco exams, this section will quickly answer any question you have about a commands syntax or default values. Instead of trying to remember which book you saw a value in, just zoom out to this site and youll have your answer in seconds. Real-world examples of command usage are prevalent as well.
As with anything, the more you use the online Cisco documentation, the better you get at it. The Configuration Guide for the various Cisco switches give you a great picture of how switches work. I highly recommend reading at least one of their switches config guides.
Beyond any exam value the online Cisco documentation gives you, it serves another valuable purpose. The more you use it now, and the more comfortable you get with it, the better youll be with it when the day comes that you need it on the job. And trust me that day will come!
Chris Bryant
CCIE #12933
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