... information.
What’s on the Switching Exam?
As with other Cisco exams, the exact exam content is not publicly known. In fact, Cisco makes
fairly general SwitchingExam content available to the ... Street
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How to Use This Book to Pass the Exam 11
After completing the core chapters ... should you want to pass the CCNPSwitching exam? Because it’s one of the milestones towards
getting the CCNP certification; no small feat in itself. What would getting the CCNP mean to you? A
xiii
...
...
Overview of Cisco Certifications 4
Exams Required for Certification 5
Other Cisco Certifications 6
What’s on the Switching Exam? 6
Topics on the Exam 7
Recommended Training Path for CCNP and CCDP ... information.
What’s on the Switching Exam?
As with other Cisco exams, the exact exam content is not publicly known. In fact, Cisco makes
fairly general SwitchingExam content available to the ... of switching
technology
Table 1-3
CCNP/ CCDP SwitchingExam Topics (Continued)
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Contents
Introduction xxiii
Goals and Methods xxiii
Who Should Read This Book? xxiii
Strategies for Exam...
...
Overview of Cisco Certifications 4
Exams Required for Certification 5
Other Cisco Certifications 6
What’s on the Switching Exam? 6
Topics on the Exam 7
Recommended Training Path for CCNP and CCDP ... 1-3 lists the exam topics in the order that they are found within this book.
Table 1-3
CCNP/ CCDP SwitchingExam Topics
Chapter Topics
Chapter 2, “Campus Network Design Models” Switching Functionality, ... should you want to pass the CCNPSwitching exam? Because it’s one of the milestones towards
getting the CCNP certification; no small feat in itself. What would getting the CCNP mean to you? A
...
... You Pass the CCNP Remote Access Exam 4
Overview of Cisco Certifications 5
The Remote Access Exam and the CCNP and CCDP Certifications 6
Exams Required for Certification 7
Other Cisco Certifications ... Remote Access Exam? 9
Topics on the Exam 9
Recommended Training Path for CCNP and CCDP 11
How to Use This Book to Pass the Exam 13
One Final Word of Advice 14
You Have Passed Other CCNP Exams and ... training track for CCNP and CCDP, as of September 2000.
Figure 1-1
CCNP/ CCDP 2.0 Training and Exam Track
CCNP
Prerequisites
or
or
Recommended Training
Select An Exam Path
CCNA Certification
Building...
... CIT exam, the
later Support exams, and most recently the beta exam for the new CIT exam.
CCNP candidates often ask me how I think the new CIT exam is different from the previous Support
exam ... corresponding exam are both troubleshooting methodology
oriented. Technology-specific material is assumed to have been covered by the other CCNP courses
and exams.
The CIT exam is one of the four exams ...
Professional (CCNP) certification in the Routing and Switching career track. The other three exams
are the 642-801 BSCI (routing), 642-811 BCMSN (switching) , and 642-821 BCRAN (remote
access) exams....
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The BSCI exam is not an easy exam. This is to say that you cannot simply read one book and
expect to pass it. In fact, the exam is ... for Certification 8
What’s on the BSCI Exam 9
Cisco BSCI Exam Outline File Excerpts from Cisco.com 9
Author’s Note About Exam Content 12
Topics in This Book 13
How to Use This Book to Pass the Exam...
... and Switching Processes 105
Switching in 7000, 7500, 4000, 3000, and 2500 Series Routers 107
Switching in 7000 Series Routers 108
Switching in 7500 Series Routers 110
Netflow Switching 112
Switching ... Guide
•
Cisco product catalog
•
Router and hub installation and configuration guides
•
Switch installation and configuration guides, switch command reference guides, and
switch MIB reference guides
•
Client/server ...
This book’s target audience is primarily those who want a condensed, exam- oriented book
to prepare them for the CCNP Support exam. On the other hand, very often a great portion
of my students...
... 1
Cisco Certifications, the Routing Exam, and This Book’s Features 3
Goals of This Book 4
This Book’s Intended Audience 5
Overview of Cisco Certifications 6
Exams Required for Certification ... instead of just claiming that you know it.
The CCNP Routing Exam Certification Guide is designed to help you attain CCNP
certification. It is a CCNP- certification book from the only Cisco-authorized ... 8
What’s on the Routing 2.0 Exam 9
Cisco Routing Exam Outline File Excerpts From CCO 9
Author’s Note About Exam Content 12
Topics in This Book 13
How to Use This Book to Pass the Exam 15
I’ve Taken BSCN—Now...
... for CCNP, you must pass multiple exams. This book deals with the Routing 2.0
exam Sylvan Promteric exam #640-503. The qualifying exams, the CCNA and the CCDA,
require only a single exam. The exams ... Foundation exam BSCN, BCMSN, and BCRAN
#640-506 Support exam Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting (CIT)
CCDP #640-503 Routing exam BSCN
#640-504 Switchingexam BCMSN
#640-505 Remote Access exam BCRAN
#640-509* ... Cisco Certifications, the Routing Exam, and This Book’s Features
Exams Required for Certification
In 2000, Cisco initiated a major revamping of the career certification exams. Several new exams...
... Associate Certification
Figure 1-1
Cisco Routing and Switching Certifications
Exams Required for Certification
To certify for CCNA, a single exam is required: Sylvan Prometric exam number ...
Certification
Exam
Number Name
Course Most Closely Matching Exam
Requirements
CCNA 640-507 CCNA Exam Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND)
CCDA 640-441 CCDP Exam Designing Cisco Networks
CCNP ... on the CCNA exam more topics are covered on the exam
than are in the course. Table 1-1 outlines the exams and the courses with which they are most
closely matched.
Table 1-1
Exam- to-Course...