Routing and Switching Certification Comparison Chart

Certification name CCNA Years of Job Role Product/Technology experience 13 Network Specialist, Network Cisco Switches, routers, Cisco IOS, LAN, WLAN and WAN Administrator, Network Support Engineer 35 Network Engineer, System Engineer, Network Support Specialist, Network Administrator, Network Consultant, System Integrator Senior Network Engineer Cisco Switches, routers, Cisco IOS, LAN, WLAN and WAN, EIGRP, OSPF, eBGP, IPv6, Layer 2, Layer 3, advanced IP addressing and routing, configuration of secure routing solutions

Learning@Cisco

Number Pre-requisites of exams 1 None

CCNP

A valid Cisco CCNA certification

CCIE

7+

Advanced Routing and Years of Job Role Switching Specialists experience Cisco Routing and Switching 35 Cisco Channel Partners Field Specialist

Cisco Routing and Switching Sales Specialist Cisco Routing and Switching Solutions Specialist

35 13

Cisco Channel Partners Cisco Channel Partners, System Engineers and Field Engineers

Cisco Switches, routers, Cisco IOS, LAN, WLAN and WAN, 2 EIGRP, OSPF, eBGP, IPv4, IPv6, Layer 2, Layer 3, QoS, STP, MPLS, Multicast, HSRP, VRRP, NTP, DHCP; advanced IP addressing and routing, configuration of secure routing solutions; Implement technologies including Layer 2, IPv4, IPv6, MPLS, IP Multicast, Network Security, Network services and QoS; Troubleshoot and optimize network and evaluate proposed changes Product/Technology Number of exams Cisco Switches, routers, Cisco IOS, LAN, WLAN and WAN, 2 BGP, MPLS, Quality of Service (QoS), High Availability (HA), WAN optimization, and IP version 6 (IPv6); Install, configure, monitor, and support the advanced capabilities of Cisco routing and switching solutions. Cisco Switches, routers, Cisco IOS, LAN, WLAN, WAAS and 2 WAN, Cisco Lifecycle Services Cisco Switches, routers, Cisco IOS, LAN, WLAN and WAN; 1 identify customer requirements to create a networking solution

None

Pre-requisites Valid Cisco CCNP or any CCIE certification can act as a prerequisite. Cisco Sales Expert Valid Cisco CCDA, CCDP, or any CCIE certification can act as a prerequisite.

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