Intense School Updates CCNP, CCIP and CCDP Courses
Intense School Updates CCNP, CCIP and CCDP Courses
Elmwood Park, IL (PRWEB) March 26, 2010
Intense School, a Cisco Learning Partner announced the availability of three new courses to support major changes to Cisco’s CCNP, CCIP, and CCDP certifications. The exam and courseware changes reflect the knowledge and skills required for today’s networking professional, with specific focus on security and complex routing and switching, including support for branch offices, mobile workers, and delivery of voice services via the campus network.
In 2010 Cisco introduced a major revision in their CCNP curriculum and with their certification path. Instead of a four test requirement which has existed since its inception, the newer CCNP requires you to pass only three exams: the ROUTE, SWITCH and TSHOOT. These exams have been refocused in order to better highlight the newer technologies which are used on today’s networks.
Both the Optimizing Converged Cisco Networks (ONT) and Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area Networks (ISCW) exams will be retired on July 31, 2010. It is important to note that neither of these exams can be used towards CCNP certification past their July 31, 2010 retirement. The Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI), Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN) and the comprehensive exam which combines both BCSI and BCMSN will all be accepted for three years after their pass date. Another difference with the new exams is that the time allotted to take them has increased to 120 minutes from 90 minutes.
In ROUTE – Implementing Cisco IP Routing v1.0, administrators of medium-to-large network sites will learn to use advanced routing to provide scalability for Cisco routers that are connected to LANs and WANs. Students will practice implementing techniques in hands-on labs, learning to dramatically increase the number of routers and sites instead of redesigning the network when additional sites or wiring configurations are added.
In SWITCH – Implementing Cisco Switched Networks v1.0, students will learn to plan, configure, and verify the implementation of complex enterprise switching solutions for campus environments using the Cisco Enterprise Campus Architecture.
TSHOOT – Troubleshooting and Maintaining Cisco IP Networks v1.0 students will gain the skills needed to maintain complex networks and to diagnose and resolve network problems quickly and effectively. Students will learn troubleshooting and maintenance procedures, and they will reinforce the concepts by putting them to use in a controlled lab environment.
The new ROUTE and SWITCH courses replace the BSCI and BCMSN courses, respectively. TSHOOT is a new course made up of approximately 70% hands-on lab scenarios focusing on troubleshooting skills. ISCW and ONT will be withdrawn.
Much of the information which is currently covered on the ISCW and ONT exams will not be covered in this iteration of the CCNP. The CCNP troubleshooting exam is making a comeback as it was taken out a couple of years ago and existed in the original CCNP. The ROUTE and SWITCH exams cover much of the same information with a few additional topics and greater depth of content. The TSHOOT exam takes a more in depth look at how to efficiently troubleshoot the various problems that can come up when dealing with various technologies.
The following is an outline of these new exams and how they have changed with this revision from the old.
CCNP ROUTE Exam (642-902)
Follow this color guide to find out which exam topics were carried over from the BSCI and ISCW exams and which have been added to the curriculum:
| = Existed in BSCI curriculum
= Added to the curriculum
% = Added from ISCW curriculum
Implement an EIGRP based solution, given a network design and a set of requirements:
Determine network resources needed for implementing EIGRP on a network
Create an EIGRP implementation plan
Create an EIGRP verification plan
| Configure EIGRP routing
| Verify EIGRP solution was implemented properly using show and debug commands
Document results of EIGRP implementation and verification
Implement a multi-area OSPF Network, given a network design and a set of requirements:
Determine network resources needed for implementing OSPF on a network
Create an OSPF implementation plan
Create an OSPF verification plan
| Configure OSPF routing
| Verify OSPF solution was implemented properly using show and debug commands
Document results of OSPF implementation and verification plan
Implement an eBGP based solution, given a network design and a set of requirements:
Determine network resources needed for implementing eBGP on a network
Create an eBGP implementation plan
Create an eBGP verification plan
| Configure eBGP routing
| Verify eBGP solution was implemented properly using show and debug commands
Document results of eBGP implementation and verification plan
Implement an IPv6 based solution, given a network design and a set of requirements:
Determine network resources needed for implementing IPv6 on a network
Create an IPv6 implementation plan
Create an IPv6 verification plan
| Configure IPv6 routing
| Configure IPv6 interoperation with IPv4
Verify IPv6 solution was implemented properly using show and debug commands
Document results of IPv6 implementation and verification plan
Implement an IPv4 or IPv6 based redistribution solution, given a network design and a set of requirements:
Create a redistribution implementation plan based upon the results of the redistribution analysis
Create a redistribution verification plan
Configure a redistribution solution
| Verify that a redistribution was implemented
| Document results of a redistribution implementation and verification plan
Identify the differences between implementing an IPv4 and IPv6 redistribution solution
Implement Layer 3 Path Control Solution:
Create a Layer 3 path control implementation plan based upon the results of the redistribution analysis
Create a Layer 3 path control verification plan
| Configure Layer 3 path control
| Verify that a Layer 3 path control was implemented
Document results of a Layer 3 path control implementation and verification plan
% Implement basic teleworker and branch services
% Describe broadband technologies
% Configure basic broadband connections
% Describe basic VPN technologies
% Configure GRE
% Describe branch access technologies
CCNP SWITCH Exam (642-813)
Follow this color guide to find out which exam topics were carried over from the BCMSN and ONT exams and which have been added to the curriculum:
| = Existed in BCMSN curriculum
= Added to the curriculum
& = Added from ONT curriculum
Implement VLAN based solution, given a network design and a set of requirements:
Determine network resources needed for implementing a VLAN based solution on a network
Create a VLAN based implementation plan
Create a VLAN based verification plan
| Configure switch-to-switch connectivity for the VLAN based solution
| Configure loop prevention for the VLAN based solution
| Configure Access Ports for the VLAN based solution
| Verify the VLAN based solution was implemented properly using show and debug commands
Document results of VLAN implementation and verification
Implement a Security Extension of a Layer 2 solution, given a network design and a set of requirements:
Determine network resources needed for implementing a Security solution
Create a implementation plan for the Security solution
Create a verification plan for the Security solution
| Configure port security features
| Configure general switch security features
| Configure private VLANs Configure VACL and PACL
| Verify the Security based solution was implemented properly using show and debug commands
Document results of Security implementation and verification
Implement Switch based Layer 3 services, given a network design and a set of requirements:
Determine network resources needed for implementing a Switch based Layer 3 solution
Create an implementation plan for the Switch based Layer 3 solution
Create a verification plan for the Switch based Layer 3 solution
| Configure routing interfaces Configure Layer 3 Security
| Verify the Switch based Layer 3 solution was implemented properly using show and debug commands
Document results of Switch based Layer 3 implementation and verification
Prepare infrastructure to support advanced services:
& Implement a Wireless Extension of a Layer 2 solution
| Implement a VoIP support solution
Implement video support solution
Implement High Availability, given a network design and a set of requirements:
Determine network resources needed for implementing High Availability on a network
Create a High Availability implementation plan
Create a High Availability verification plan
| Implement first hop redundancy protocols
Implement switch supervisor redundancy
| Verify High Availability solution was implemented properly using show and debug commands
Document results of High Availability implementation and verification
CCNP TSHOOT Exam (642-832)
Follow this color guide to find out which exam topics were carried over from previous CCNP curricula and which are brand new additions:
| = Existed in previous course curricula
= Added to the curriculum
Maintain and monitor network performance:
Develop a plan to monitor and manage a network
Perform network monitoring using IOS tools
Perform routine IOS device maintenance
Isolate sub-optimal internetwork operation at the correctly defined OSI Model layer
Troubleshoot Multi Protocol system networks:
| Troubleshoot EIGRP
| Troubleshoot OSPF
Troubleshoot eBGP
Troubleshoot routing redistribution solution
Troubleshoot a DHCP client and server solution
Troubleshoot NAT
Troubleshoot first hop redundancy protocols
Troubleshoot IPv6 routing
Troubleshoot IPv6 and IPv4 interoperability
| Troubleshoot switch-to-switch connectivity for the VLAN based solution
| Troubleshoot loop prevention for the VLAN based solution
| Troubleshoot Access Ports for the VLAN based solution
Troubleshoot private VLANS
Troubleshoot port security
Troubleshoot general switch security
Troubleshoot VACL and PACL
| Troubleshoot switch virtual interfaces (SVIs)
Troubleshoot switch supervisor redundancy
Troubleshoot switch support of advanced services (i.e., Wireless, VOIP and Video)
Troubleshoot a VoIP support solution
Troubleshoot a video support solution
Troubleshoot Layer 3 Security
Troubleshoot issues related to ACLs used to secure access to Cisco routers
Troubleshoot configuration issues related to accessing the AAA server for authentication purposes
Troubleshoot security issues related to IOS services (i.e.,finger, NTP, HTTP, FTP, RCP etc.)
What The CCNP Changes Mean For You
Bottom line of it is that the CCNP is changing more significantly in this update then in the last and this should be considered when choosing which path to take. But again keep in mind that if the older CCNP is taken with either the ONT or ISCW exams the certification must be complete by the end of July or you lose the ability to use these for the CCNP.
The advantage of going for the newer CCNP track is that some of the material is more in line with the true day-to-day troubleshooting duties of a networking engineer.
About Intense School
Intense School, a training division of InfoSec Institute, has been providing accelerated IT training and certification for over 11 years to more than 45,000 IT and Information Security professionals worldwide. As the founders of the accelerated boot camp training format, Intense School employs Expert Instructors who are Industry-recognized leaders, authors, and highly experienced in their fields. Delivered in classrooms or at customer locations nationwide and Live Online or through self-paced study, Intense School offers Information Technology Training on a variety of topics, including Information Security, Cisco, Microsoft, Project Management, Compliance and Virtualization. Its classes include EC-Council’s CEH, ECSA/LPT, ENSA, CHFI and more.
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