Deciding What to Learn

The amount of learning you must undertake for an exam depends on how well you remember what you've read and how well you know the technology by heart. If you're a visual thinker and can see the drop-down menus and dialog boxes in your head, you don't need to memorize as much as someone who's less visually oriented. However, the exam will stretch your abilities to commit to memory product features and functions, interface details, and proper application design, development, and maintenance approaches, as well as how they all relate to Cisco VPN solution.

At a minimum, you should comprehend the following kinds of information:

• VPN 3000 Concentrator Series models

• Using preshared keys for remote access

• Using digital certificates for remote access

• Firewall policy features of the VPN 3000 Concentrator

• Monitoring remote access networks

• Administering the VPN 3000 Concentrator

• Load balancing and backup

• VPN 3002 Hardware Client

• Cisco VPN Unity Software Client

• LAN-to-LAN VPN sessions with preshared keys and digital certificate

• LAN-to-LAN VPN sessions with NAT

Don't forget that The Cram Sheet at the front of the book is designed to capture the material that's most important to memorize; use this to guide your studies as well.