CCNP Security (FIREWALL) Written Exam v1.0 642-617 (Last day to test May 28, 2012), Candidates that have scheduled the written exam on June 1, 2012 or later should prepare using the 642-618 FIREWALL Exam Topics v2.0.
642-618 FIREWALL Exam Topics v2.0
Exam Description
The 642-618 Deploying Cisco ASA Firewall Solutions (FIREWALL v2.0) exam is associated with the CCNP Security and Cisco Firewall Specialist certifications. This exam tests a candidate’s knowledge and skills needed to implement and maintain Cisco ASA-based perimeter solutions. Successful graduates will be able to reduce risk to the IT infrastructure and applications using Cisco ASA features, and provide detailed operations support for the Cisco ASA. Candidates can prepare for this exam by taking the Deploying Cisco ASA Firewall Solutions course.
Exam Topics
The following information provides general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In order to better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.
Cisco ASA adaptive security appliance Basic Configurations
- Identify the ASA product family
- Implement ASA licensing
- Manage the ASA boot process
- Implement ASA interface settings
- Implement ASA management features
- Implement ASA access control features
- Implement Network Address Translation (NAT) on the ASA
- Implement ASDM public server feature
- Implement ASA quality of service (QoS) settings
- Implement ASA transparent firewall
ASA Routing Features
- Implement ASA static routing
- Implement ASA dynamic routing
ASA Inspection Policy
- Implement ASA inspections features
ASA Advanced Network Protections
- Implement ASA Botnet traffic filter
ASA High Availability
- Implement ASA Interface redundancy and load sharing features
- Implement ASA virtualization feature
- Implement ASA stateful failover