Network Administrator

 

 

As discussed, we have requirement of 6  NW L2 (R&S+SDWAN/ACI) resource for CISCO – CTS project. We are looking for candidates with excellent R&S + SDWAN/ACI skills. These candidates should be technically strong enough to support CISCO TAC.  Please have the candidate evaluated for the topics in the table, and provide the score as well. WE don’t need anyone with less than 6/10.  Attached a questionnaire as well for reference.

 

Resource requirement – Contract Basis (1 year contract)

Location – Pune/Hyderabad/Chennai/Bangalore

Resource count – 6

Certification – CCNP mandatory

Budget – 18 to 20 lacs. We need immediate joiners only .

 

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TOPIC

SCORE

REMARKS

1

Routing

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2

Switching

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3

Wireless

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4

Security Cisco ASA/FTD

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5

Security Cisco ISE

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6

SDWAN Cisco Viptele

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7

ACI - Data center

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8

DNAC

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9

Hands on in Troubleshooting

Averarge / Good

 

10

Communication Skill

Averarge / Good

 

PANEL
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Roles and Responsibilities

 

Switching

VSS - what are the redundancy operation available, what is standby by Cold, Purpose of VSL link

VTP & VTP Pruning process

How two VLANS communicates with each other

How ping works and explain in detail

What are the conditions for a port to go in error disabled mode on UDLD

 

HSRP Details, how it works and multicast address and purposes of it

Explain port channel

 

OSPF

What happens when priority Zero is assigned to OSPF router

Multicast address of OSPF

What are the task you will be handling in day to day life?

What are the major troubleshooting you have done and resolution for it.

 

Security

 

How High availability / URL filtering / app control works and explain in detail

What is IPSec VPN, What are the phase in it and explain the process

What is crypto?

What are the reasons a phase 1 or 2 may not work? How will you troubleshoot.

 

Switching and Routing

 

•         Basic understanding on STP and VTP

•         Basic understanding on VSS and stacking.

•         Ether channel.

•         HSRP.

•         Experience on catalyst 6500, 3750, 2960 , 3650 etc.

•         Routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF,EIGRP.

•         Troubleshooting knowledge on POE, high CPU utilization is added advantage.

 

Security:

 

•         Troubleshooting on VPN issues.

•         Understand about packet flow with in ASA.

•         Configuring failover.

•         NAT.

 

 

Security

 

How to do packet tracer on Cisco ASA device

How to view connection on ASA

 

 

Routing & Switching

 

ACI

What is tenant on ACI

What is contract on ACI

How do you troubleshoot if you are unable to reach the destination on ACI

 

Ohers

 

What is VDC, Orphan Port, How any VDCs can be configured, What is TRILL, what is OTV, VPC Peer Link issues and VPC peer keep alive

What is Fcard & Mcard, how do you upgrade IOS in Nexus devices, What is FBOE, how does it converts in VPC, How the loop is not formed in VPC

 

Which state DR & BDR election happens, link states in OSPF, What is Type 6, LSA types, Area Types in OSPF, States of BGP, BGP works on which protocol,  how does BGP best path selection happens, what are the attributes of BGP and communities

 

Diff between HSRP & VRRP, what are standby groups, diff between V1 & V2, downtime hammer

 

Methods to make configuration revision to 0

 

STP Process, election process, how the route bridge gets selected, What is the default ID, if ID is tie how to troubleshoot, After root bridge, Function of alternate port, diff types of BPDUs, Diff between PVST and PVST+, RSTP and ports on RSTP, Common ports on STP and RSTP, MSTP and Region in MSTP

 

Modes of VTP, BGP Path Selection, E1 & E2 routes, Stub Area, OSPF, VSS ( SUP Positions on 4500 / 6500 series )

VSL Link failure, Diff between VSS & VPC & VDC

 

Loopguard, External System ID, Network slowness over STP, Path cast and root path cast,

 

VPC Components - Links on VPC

Basic configuration of VSS, diff between VSS & VPC

Different types of STP Ports

Port priority

What is /31 , /30 subnet mast

 

Interview Questions:

Tell about yourself

STP

STP states

STP types

STP election process

Root bridge

Root ports

Loop guard

Explain BPDU & how it works?

How STP works in between Switch ABC scenario?

STP timers

How & when loop guard is enabled in switch or interfaces?

Differences between STP   & loop guard

What is VTP?

Explain VTP modes?

Scenario: Switch A runs with VTP Server mode,B with transparent mode & C with client..what will happen in network whether VTP works?

Commands to copy & install iOS in switch.

If switch is in Roman mode,but iOS got corrupted,how the iOS is pushed?

What is VSS?

Differences between VSS & Stack Switches.

How VSS configured?

Command to enable virtual switching.

What happens when Switch 2 is down & how it will be replaced?

 

Routing:

Which routing protocols you are familiar? BGP

BGP States

BGP neighbor shutdown command.

BGP attributes.

Differences between local preference & MED

BGP message types.

 

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1) how STP is elected. Explain the election process.

2)modes in vtp and scenario based questions.

3) VSS configuration with commands

4)dual-active scenario in VSS

5)difference between LACP and PAGP

6)stackswitch scenario based questions

7)difference between install and bundle mode

8)in stack switch how upgrades are done with 5 switch

9) Ospf LSA and Port states

10) if device goes to romance mode,how to troubleshoot the issue

11)in VSS, if different images runs with both the devices how to troubleshoot further

12)if we need to remove the 3rd switch in stack how do we remove without affecting the production.

13) IOS upgradation process of 2960/3850 switch

14)in VSS, in standby switch if sup engine fails, that has to be replaced without affecting the production. How it can be done?

 

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•          parameter value in 99%/95% (for High CPU output)

•         what does VSL mean (in VSS)

•         what is fast hello, MEC used for

•         config. register values, a simple basic one

•         Traceroute tool will be tried for a directly connected interface troubleshooting steps

•         how to prioritize the link in a port-channel

•         ospf tables

•         ospf election concepts