Part V Review
Keep track of your part review progress with the checklist in Table P5-1. Details about each task follow the table.
Repeat All DIKTA Questions
For this task, answer the “Do I Know This Already?” questions again for the chapters in this part of the book using the PCPT software. See the section “How to View Only DIKTA Questions by Chapter or Part” in the Introduction to this book to learn how to make the PCPT software show you DIKTA questions for this part only.
Answer Part Review Questions
For this task, answer the Part Review questions for this part of the book using the PCPT software.
Review Key Topics
Review all Key Topics in all chapters in this part, either by browsing the chapters or by using the Key Topics application on the DVD or companion website.
Create Troubleshooting Root Causes Mind Map
All three chapters in this section discuss troubleshooting for different topics. For this first Part Review mind map, work through these topics, all of which were discussed to a troubleshooting level of depth in the chapters. Think about root causes, or any configuration checks you would do. Then organize those thoughts into a mind map.
If you can, create one mind map for all topics. If not, break it into one map for the topics in Chapters 19 and 20, as listed next, and another map for the wide variety of topics in Chapter 21. The topics from Chapters 19 and 20 include:
ROAS, L3 switching with SVI, L3 switching with routed ports and L3 EtherChannels, HSRP
And the topics from Chapter 21:
host IP settings, default router issues, routing issues
You will find yourself going beyond what I might have put in the chapters, particularly for Chapter 21. That is great! That is part of what the mind map does, helping you own what you learned here and combining it with other things you know. So do not worry if you add something I did not happen to include in the sample mind map.
To organize the mind map, once you see several root causes that are related, group those root causes by whatever category comes to mind. These might be the same kinds of symptoms you would see when doing problem isolation. For instance, you might note root causes about Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), like a router missing its DHCP Relay configuration (ip helper-address), and another cause that no IP connectivity exists to the DHCP server. So, group these DHCP root causes together in one category, something like Host DHCP. Figure P5-1 shows an example.
Note
For more information about mind mapping, see the section “About Mind Maps” in the Introduction to this book.
Create Commands Mind Map
Part V also introduced the configuration and verification details for ROAS, L3 switching with SVIs, and L3 switching with routed interfaces and L3 EtherChannels. It also discussed HSRP. Create a mind map that organizes the commands by each of these topics, and inside each topic organize the commands as either configuration or verification commands.
Appendix E, “Mind Map Solutions,” lists sample mind map answers. If you do choose to use mind map software, rather than paper, you might want to remember where you stored your mind map files. Table P5-2 lists the mind maps for this part review and a place to record those filenames.
Do Labs
Depending on your chosen lab tool, here are some suggestions for what to do in lab:
Pearson Network Simulator: The full Pearson CCNA simulator, both the Sim that was available when this book published and the newer version expected within a year of the release of the current exam, have several labs on the topics in this part of the book.
Config Labs: In your idle moments, review and repeat any of the Config Labs for this book part in the author’s blog; launch from http://blog.certskills.com/ccna and navigate to Hands-On > Config Lab.