CCNP Certification is awarded by Cisco Systems® and signifies the competency achieved in installing, configuring, and operating LAN, WAN, and dial access services in medium to large networks (500+ nodes or more), including use of these protocols: IP, IGRP, EIGRP, IS-IS, BGP, OSPF, Serial, Frame Relay, IP RIP, VLANs, RIP, Ethernet, Access Lists. CCNA is a pre-requisite for CCNP certification. The CCNP certification is awarded after successful completion of the following 3 exams:
1. Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks 640-901
2. Building Cisco® Multilayer Switched Networks, Exam 640-604
4. Cisco® Internetwork Troubleshooting, Exam 640-606
Alternatively, you can pass only two exams. Please see CCNP preparation page for details.
The certification exams are computer based, and conducted by Sylvan Prometric and VUE testing centers. The certification, being widely recognized, offers improved job prospects in the field of LAN, and WAN infrastructure installation and maintenance using Cisco, and compatible equipment. The pre-requisite for obtaining CCNP certification is passing CCNA exam, in addition to passing all 4 exams (2 exams if you are pursuing the alternate track (using Foundations exam) . The fee for each of these exams is about US$125 (Except Foundations exam). The tests contains identification and situational questions. Recently, Cisco has introduced Flash based simulation questions in CCNP stream also.
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