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Take Your CCNP All the Way to the FBI

Friday, July 16th, 2010
If you’re interested in a career as an IT professional, but don’t want to be stuck in a boring office, then maybe the FBI is right for you. Investigating high-tech crime is becoming a huge priority, and the FBI needs talented people with excellent tech skills to work on those cases. One way to join the ranks of Mulder, Scully and all of those other cool FBI agents is to have your bachelor’s degree and one of Cisco’s advanced certifications like the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE).
Recently Cisco has streamlined the entire CCNP program,
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trimming it down from four exams to three. Here’s a quick breakdown of the three new exams:
ROUTE (642-902)
The ROUTE exam went live this March. According to the Cisco, passing the ROUTE (642-902) exam will “certify that the successful candidate has the knowledge and skills necessary to use advanced IP addressing and routing in implementing scalable and secure Cisco ISR routers connected to LANs and WANs.”
SWITCH (642-813)
SWITCH (642-813) became available on March 10, 2010. The Cisco Learning Network site says that passing this exam “will certify that the successful candidate has important knowledge and skills necessary to to plan, configure and verify the implementation of complex enterprise switching solutions using Cisco’s Campus Enterprise Architecture.”
TSHOOT (642-832)
TSHOOT is Cisco’s toubleshooting and problem solving component of the CCNP. It became available on April 30, 2010.  “TSHOOT 642-832 exam will certify that the successful candidate has important knowledge and skills necessary to (1) plan and perform regular maintenance on complex enterprise routed and switched networks and (2) use technology-based practices and a systematic ITIL-compliant approach to perform network troubleshooting.”
Training products for all three of the new CCNP courses are available now from PrepLogic. If you’re a Networking Unlimited Access user, you’ll see these titles automatically be added to your menu of available courses. If you have any questions about a career in technology (including becoming an awesome CCNP FBI Agent!), or you’d like to find out how you can have Unlimited Access to our entire training library, give our guys a call at 1-800-418-6789.
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If you’re interested in a career as an IT professional, but don’t want to be stuck in a boring office, then maybe becoming an FBI agent is right for you. According to Yahoo! Education, investigating high-tech crime is becoming a huge priority, and the FBI needs talented people with excellent tech skills to work on those cases. One way to join the ranks of Mulder, Scully and all of those other cool FBI agents is to have your bachelor’s degree and one of Cisco’s advanced certifications like the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE). Read more to find out how you can become a high-tech FBI Agent.

Recently Cisco has streamlined the entire CCNP program, trimming it down from four exams to three. Here’s a quick breakdown of the three new exams:

ROUTE (642-902)
The ROUTE exam went live this March. According to the Cisco, passing the ROUTE (642-902) exam will “certify that the successful candidate has the knowledge and skills necessary to use advanced IP addressing and routing in implementing scalable and secure Cisco ISR routers connected to LANs and WANs.”

SWITCH (642-813)
SWITCH (642-813) became available on March 10, 2010. The Cisco Learning Network site says that passing this exam “will certify that the successful candidate has important knowledge and skills necessary to to plan, configure and verify the implementation of complex enterprise switching solutions using Cisco’s Campus Enterprise Architecture.”

TSHOOT (642-832)
TSHOOT is Cisco’s toubleshooting and problem solving component of the CCNP. It became available on April 30, 2010.  “TSHOOT 642-832 exam will certify that the successful candidate has important knowledge and skills necessary to (1) plan and perform regular maintenance on complex enterprise routed and switched networks and (2) use technology-based practices and a systematic ITIL-compliant approach to perform network troubleshooting.”

Training products for all three of the new CCNP courses are available now from PrepLogic. If you’re a Networking Unlimited Access user, you’ll see these titles automatically be added to your menu of available courses. If you have any questions about a career in technology (including becoming an awesome CCNP FBI Agent!), or you’d like to find out how you can have Unlimited Access to our entire training library, give our guys a call at 1-800-418-6789.

PrepLogic Focus on CCNP Route (642-902) and CCNP Switch (642-813)

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Earlier this year, Cisco announced broad changes to the Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP) certification. The requirements for the certification were consolidated to three certification exams, CCNP Route (642-902), CCNP Switch (642-813) and CCNP TSHOOT (642-832). The curriculum changes were designed to be a better gauge of a Cisco professionals job-specific abilities.

The new criteria have been well-received. According to one source  “this is the best thing Cisco could have done as far as refocusing their networking content. The condensed and restructured courses enable network professionals to study in a better flow. The new path makes more sense and simplifies the learning process by testing the easier, hardware and configuring skills first, via the routing and switching exams, and then moving onto more complex troubleshooting skills in the final exam.”

Just last week, the CCNP Route and CCNP Switch exams became available to the public. So now that they’re out, let’s take a brief refresher on what you’re going to see on these new CCNP certification exams.

The CCNP Route (642-902) exam will test the knowledge and skills necessary to use advanced IP addressing and routing in implementing scalable and secure Cisco ISR routers connected to LANs and WANs. The exam covers configuration of secure routing solutions to support branch offices and mobile workers.  CCNP Route (642-902) exam topics include:

  • Implement an EIGRP based solution, given a network design and a set of requirements
  • Implement a multi-area OSPF Network, given a network design and a set of requirements
  • Implement an eBGP based solution, given a network design and a set of requirements
  • Implement an IPv6 based solution, given a network design and a set of requirements
  • Implement an IPv4 or IPv6 based redistribution solution, given a network design and a set of requirements
  • Implement Layer 3 Path Control Solution

The CCNP Switch (642-813) exam will test the knowledge and skills necessary to to plan, configure and verify the implementation of complex enterprise switching solutions as well as implement secure integration of VLANs, WLANs, voice and voice.  CCNP Switch (642-813) exam topics include:

  • Implement VLAN based solution, given a network design and a set of requirements
  • Implement a Security Extension of a Layer 2 solution, given a network design and a set of requirements
  • Implement Switch based Layer 3 services, given a network design and a set of requirements
  • Prepare infrastructure to support advanced services
  • Implement High Availability, given a network design and a set of requirements

CCNP TSHOOT (642-832) is currently in Beta testing with the real exam expected to be available April 30, 2010. PrepLogic is currently developing a full complement of training for the new 2010 CCNP including Practice Exams, Printables, Quiz Me and Lecture Series audio training, Mega Guides and video training. You can expect to see the first products hit the shelves this spring. If you have questions about the new CCNP, give PrepLogic a call at 1-800-418-6789.