Cisco CCNP Certification

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP®) validates knowledge and skills required to install, configure and troubleshoot converged local and wide area networks with 100 to 500 or more nodes. With a CCNP certification, a network professional demonstrates the knowledge and skills required to manage the routers and switches that form the network core, as well as edge applications that integrate voice, wireless, and security into the network. The CCNP curriculum includes Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI), Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN), Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area Networks (ISCW) and Optimizing Converged Cisco Networks (ONT).

Currently, the Institute only offers the CCNP BSCI course (Exam 642-901)

Course Duration: 566 Hours / 13 months

The following is a brief description of the skills being measured by the course:

• Implement EIGRP operations

• Implement multiarea OSPF operations

• Describe integrated IS-IS

• Implement Cisco IOS routing features

• Implement BGP for enterprise ISP connectivity

• Implement multicast forwarding

• Implement IPv6