Implementing Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (350-401 ENCOR)

The digital economy is growing quickly. Mobile money, digital banking, e-government services, and ports and logistics platforms all depend on enterprise networks that are fast, secure, and always available. Our Cisco ENCOR course, Implementing Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (350-401 ENCOR), gives network professionals the core skills needed to build and run those networks. It is the foundation of the CCNP Enterprise certification path and one of the most widely recognised Cisco enterprise networking courses available.

This 350-401 ENCOR training begins with enterprise network architecture. You will compare two-tier, three-tier, fabric and cloud designs, and learn how redundancy, first hop redundancy protocols and stateful switchover keep services online. The course explains how Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN and Cisco SD-Access work, how QoS shapes traffic, and how virtualization technologies such as hypervisors, VRF, GRE and IPsec tunnels, LISP and VXLAN allow one physical network to serve many business needs securely.

Enterprise routing and switching forms the largest part of the programme, reflecting its 30% weight in the 350-401 exam. You will troubleshoot 802.1Q trunking and EtherChannel, configure Rapid Spanning Tree and MST with root guard and BPDU guard, and build OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 networks with multiple areas, summarisation and filtering. eBGP peering, policy-based routing, NAT/PAT, HSRP, VRRP, NTP and multicast concepts complete the infrastructure skills that every enterprise network engineer needs.

The course then covers network assurance, network security, and network automation. You will diagnose problems with debugs, SNMP and syslog, monitor traffic with Flexible NetFlow, SPAN and IP SLA, and see how Cisco Catalyst Center supports configuration and monitoring with traditional and AI-powered workflows. Security topics include AAA, ACLs, Control Plane Policing, next-generation firewalls, TrustSec and MACsec. The automation section introduces Python, JSON, YANG, NETCONF, RESTCONF, REST APIs, and EEM, helping engineers manage growing networks with fewer manual errors.

Aligned with the current 350-401 ENCOR v1.2 exam, this Cisco ENCOR training prepares engineers in telecom, banking, government, and enterprise IT for the exam that earns the Cisco Certified Specialist – Enterprise Core. Passing ENCOR also satisfies the core exam requirement for CCNP Enterprise and serves as the qualifying exam for the CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure lab, making this CCNP Enterprise course a strong starting point for professional-level Cisco certification.

Course Objectives

On completing this Cisco ENCOR training, learners will be able to:

• Interpret enterprise network architectures and select appropriate high-availability approaches, including redundancy, FHRP, and stateful switchover.
• Configure and troubleshoot campus switching with VLANs, trunks, EtherChannel, RSTP and MST, using root guard and BPDU guard to protect the topology.
• Construct OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 networks across several areas, configure eBGP neighbours, and explain how BGP selects the best path.
• Deliver resilient IP services with HSRP, VRRP, NAT/PAT and NTP, and describe how multicast traffic is controlled with PIM and IGMP.
• Separate and secure traffic with VRF, GRE and IPsec, and describe the control and data planes of Cisco SD-Access and Catalyst SD-WAN.
• Enforce infrastructure security with AAA, ACLs, and CoPP, and monitor the network with Flexible NetFlow, IP SLA, and port mirroring.
• Automate configuration and data collection using Python, JSON, YANG, NETCONF, RESTCONF, and EEM.