CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) Enterprise

CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) has been the backbone of the Cisco Certification ladder. With the latest trends in technology, Cisco has re-mapped the certification ladder. After a generic CCNA (200-301), the next step of the ladders is CCNP Enterprise. The pattern of the certification ladder has changed. The papers are as follows:

Core exam: This is mandatory exam for qualifying for the CCNP certificate. Apart from this, the candidate can chose to certify in any one of the concentration exams. Please see below for more information including exam duration, certificate name, content of course etc.

Exam Coverage:

The CCNP ENCOR exam tests the knowledge and skills related to implementing core enterprise network technologies, including:

• Dual stack (IPv4 and IPv6) architecture
• Infrastructure
• Automation
• Network assurance
• Security
• Virtualization

Concentration exams: The candidate can get trained for any one of these papers and then write the exam and on passing the exam get certified as CCNP certified with specialization in that specific technology.

The candidate needs to study and certify in one of the concentration papers:

The certification of Cisco for Network Professional (CCNP) on Routing and Switching, helps in validating the ability to plan, implement, verify and troubleshoot the local and wide-area enterprise networks and work in collaboration with specialists on advanced security, voice, wireless and video solutions.

This certification is appropriate for those with at least one year of networking experience who are eager to advance their skills and work independently on complex network solutions.

The achievers of the CCNP Enterprise certification have demonstrated the skills mandatory in enterprise roles such as network engineer, support engineer, systems engineer or network technician.

The knowledge from this certification provides a long term foundation as these skills are equally relevant in the physical networks of today and the virtualized network functions of tomorrow.