Cisco CCNP Routing & Switching
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Routing and Switching certification validates the ability to plan, implement, verify and troubleshoot local and wide-area enterprise networks and work collaboratively with specialists on advanced security, voice, wireless and video solutions. The CCNP Routing and Switching certification is appropriate for those with at least one year of networking experience who are ready to advance their skills and work independently on complex network solutions.
Description
Course Details
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Routing and Switching certification validates the ability to plan, implement, verify and troubleshoot local and wide-area enterprise networks and work collaboratively with specialists on advanced security, voice, wireless and video solutions.
The CCNP Routing and Switching certification is appropriate for those with at least one year of networking experience who are ready to advance their skills and work independently on complex network solutions. Those who achieve CCNP Routing and Switching have demonstrated the skills required in enterprise roles such as network engineer, support engineer, systems engineer or network technician.
The routing and switching protocol knowledge from this certification will provide a lasting foundation as these skills are equally relevant in the physical networks of today and the virtualized network functions of tomorrow.orting the higher levels of performance required for new applications such as Internet commerce, multimedia, etc.
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
- Describe the hierarchical campus structure, basic switch operation, use of SDM templates, PoE, and LLDP
- Implement VLANs, trunks, explain VTP, implement DHCP in IPv4 and IPv6 environment, and configure port aggregation
- Implement and optimize STP mechanism that best suits your network – PVSTP+, RPVSTP+, or MSTP
- Configure routing on a multilayer switch
- Configure NTP, SNMP, IP SLA, port mirroring, and verify StackWise and VSS operation
- Implement First Hop redundancy in IPv4 and IPv6 environments
- Secure campus network according to recommended practices
Who should complete this course?
- Network Engineer
- System Administrator
- Network Administrator
- LAN Engineer
- Network Specialist
What You’ll Learn
- Cisco Enterprise Architecture
- EIGRP
- LAN/WAN Protocols
- IPV6
- OSPF Configuration
- Switch Configuration
- IP Configuration
- Routing
Entry Requirements / Prerequisites
- Valid Cisco CCNA Routing and Switching certification or any Cisco CCIE certification can act as a prerequisite.
Required Exams
In order to earn the official Cisco certification for CCNA, you must take one required exam.
- 300-101 ROUTE -Implementing Cisco IP Routing (ROUTE)
- 300-115 SWITCH – Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks (SWITCH)
- 300-135 TSHOOT – Troubleshooting and Maintaining Cisco IP Networks (TSHOOT)
CCNA Routing and Switching Recertification
Cisco Professional-level certifications (CCDP, CCNP Cloud, CCNP Collaboration, CCNP Data Center, CCNP Routing and Switching, CCNP Security, CCNP Service Provider, and CCNP Wireless) are valid for three years.
To recertify, pass ONE of the following before the certification expiration date:
- Pass any current 642-XXX Professional-level or any 300-XXX Professional-level exam, or
- Pass any current CCIE Written Exam, or
- Pass the current CCDE Written Exam OR current CCDE Practical Exam, or
- Pass the Cisco Certified Architect (CCAr) interview AND the CCAr board review to extend lower certifications
