tech/cisco

CISCO

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Cisco

Cisco is the dominant network infrastructure vendor in enterprise and service provider environments. In the 2nth.ai stack, Cisco skills are used when designing, configuring, securing, or automating the physical and virtual network layers that underpin cloud-connected and hybrid deployments.

The pattern is: Cloudflare/AWS at the application layer → Cisco for the on-premise and hybrid network substrate.

Sub-skills

Path	Focus	Status
`tech/cisco/networking`	IOS/IOS-XE/NX-OS, VLANs, STP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, QoS	stub
`tech/cisco/security`	ASA, Firepower NGFW, Umbrella, ISE, AnyConnect VPN	stub
`tech/cisco/wireless`	Catalyst/Meraki Wi-Fi, WLC, access points, RF design	stub
`tech/cisco/collaboration`	Webex, CUCM, Unity Connection, UCCX contact centre	stub
`tech/cisco/automation`	Netmiko, NAPALM, Ansible, DNA Center, NSO, NETCONF/RESTCONF	stub

Certification ladder (context for skill depth)

Level	Cert	Scope
Associate	CCNA	Routing/switching fundamentals, security basics, automation intro
Professional	CCNP Enterprise / Security / Collaboration	Specialist tracks
Expert	CCIE	Lab-level depth per track
Specialist	DevNet Associate / Professional	Automation, APIs, programmability

Common CLI entry points

# Connect to device (SSH)
ssh admin@192.168.1.1

# Show running config
show running-config

# Show interface status
show interfaces status

# Show routing table
show ip route

# Show CDP neighbours (topology discovery)
show cdp neighbors detail

SA context

Cisco has a significant presence in South African enterprise and banking. Major local integrators include Dimension Data (NTT), T-Systems, BCX, and Liquid Intelligent Technologies. ECNS/ECS licensed operators use Cisco SP gear. African bank networks (the primary 2nth.ai vertical) typically run Cisco switching/routing with Palo Alto or Fortinet firewalls at the perimeter.