CCNP v6.

0 Overview

June 2010

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 Contents

Overview 1

Course Design 2

Scope and Sequence 3

Instructor Training 4

Resources 5

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 Overview

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 Cisco CCNP Certification Revision
 CCNP certification revisions officially
announced by Cisco on January 26, 2010
 Revised CCNP aligns to job role of
professional-level network engineer
 More emphasis on troubleshooting—key for
employers and foundation for expert-level
skills
 Based on rigorous, customer-focused job
task analysis
 Job titles such as network engineer, system
engineer, network support specialist,
network administrator, network consultant,
system integrator

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 CCNP Certification Exam Revisions
Existing CCNP Exams
Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks
(BSCI)
#642-901, 90 min. exam
Building Cisco Multilayer Switched
Networks (BCMSN)
#642-812, 90 min. exam
Implementing Secure Converged Cisco
Wide-Area Networks (ISCW)
#642-825, 90 min. exam
Optimizing Converged Cisco Networks
(ONT)
#642-845, 90 min. exam
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Revised CCNP Exams
Implementing Cisco Routing (ROUTE)
#642-902, 120 min. exam
Implementing Cisco Switched
Networks (SWITCH)
#642-813, 120 min. exam
Troubleshooting and Maintaining
Cisco IP Networks (TSHOOT)
#642-832, 120 min. exam
No replacement
No replacement
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 CCNP v6.0 Curriculum

 3 new Networking Academy courses align with the 3

new Cisco CCNP certification exams
 CCNP ROUTE: Implementing IP Routing
Replaces CCNP 5.0 Building Scalable Internetworks

 CCNP SWITCH: Implementing IP Switched Networks

Replaces CCNP 5.0 Building Multilayer Switched Networks

 CCNP TSHOOT: Troubleshooting and Maintaining IP

Networks
New course

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 CCNP v6.0 Features and Benefits
 Provides an in-depth, theoretical overview of
advanced routing and switching and
troubleshooting complex enterprise networks
 Builds on the Cisco CCNA Discovery and CCNA
Exploration courses with more complex network
configurations, diagnosis, and troubleshooting
 Students gain significant hands-on interaction with
networking equipment to prepare them for
certification exams and career opportunities
 Hands-on labs and case studies help students
apply what they learn and develop critical thinking
and complex problem-solving skills

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 Who Should Enroll?
 College and university-level students seeking career-oriented,
enterprise-level networking skills
 IT professionals wishing to expand their core routing, switching,
and network troubleshooting skills to advance their careers
 Current CCNA certification holders who wish to build on their
CCNA knowledge base
 Individuals seeking Cisco CCNP certification

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 Cisco Networking Academy ROUTE:
Implementing IP
Routing
Curricula Portfolio SWITCH:
Implementing IP
Switched Networks
Networking for Network CCNA
TSHOOT:
Home and Small Fundamentals Security
Troubleshooting and
Businesses Maintaining IP
Routing Protocols and
Networks 
Working at a Concepts
Small-to-Medium
Business LAN Switching and
or ISP Wireless
Network
Professional Introducing Routing Accessing the WAN
and Switching in the
Enterprise CCNP
IT Essentials:
PC Hardware CCNP
Network and Software
Designing and
Supporting Computer
Specialist Networks
Security
Network
Associate
CCNA CCNA
Discovery Exploration
Network
Technician
IT
Essentials
IT Technician Packet Tracer

Student Networking Knowledge and Skills

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 Course Design

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 CCNP v6.0 User Experience
CCNP 5.0 CCNP 6.0
Yes - Cisco Press textbooks
Authored Text Yes - online
(traditional and e-book formats)
Graphical User Older GUI browser platform,
No
Interface (GUI) based on ITE style

Interactive Media No n/a

Labs Yes – launched from the GUI Yes – offered standalone

Case Studies Yes Yes – offered standalone

Chapter Quizzes Yes No

Chapter and
Yes Yes – same online delivery
Final Exams
Skills Based
Yes Yes
Assessments

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 CCNP v6.0 Course Elements

 3 courses, each 1 semester long (~ 70 hours)

 Delivered leveraging Cisco Press textbook
 Average 3 complex hands-on labs per chapter
Similar lab approach as CCNP v5.0
NETLAB compatible topologies, enabled for remote operation
 1 case study activity per course
 1 chapter exam per chapter
 1 final exam and 1 skills-based assessment per course
 Aligned to the new Cisco CCNP certification exams

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 CCNP v6.0 Curriculum
Cisco Press Books

 Each course uses a textbook developed

and published by Cisco Press in close
collaboration with Networking Academy
 Textbooks for SWITCH, ROUTE and
TSHOOT courses are available in
printed and electronic (e-Book) formats
English language only, available globally
 Order through your Pearson sales rep or
directly from www.ciscopress.com
 Visit www.ciscopress.com/ccnp for a
complete list of titles available  

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 Scope and
Sequence

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 CCNP v6.0 Curriculum
Curriculum Objectives

After completing the 3 courses, students will be able to perform the following:
Implement, monitor, and maintain routing and switching services in an enterprise campus
network.
Plan, configure, and verify the implementation of complex enterprise LAN and WAN
routing solutions

Implement IPv6, EIGRP, BGP, and OSPF in an enterprise network.

Configure secure routing solutions to support branch offices and mobile workers.

Implement the secure integration of VLANs, WLANs, voice, and video into campus
networks.

Plan, configure, and verify the implementation of complex enterprise switching solutions.

Plan and execute regular network maintenance to monitor and maintain complex
enterprise routed and switched IP networks.
Perform network troubleshooting using technology-based processes and best practices,
based on systematic and industry recognized approaches

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 CCNP v6.0 Curriculum
Course Outline
ROUTE: SWITCH: TSHOOT: Maintaining and
Chapter
Implementing IP Routing Implementing IP Switching Troubleshooting IP Networks
Analyzing the Cisco Enterprise Planning Maintenance for Complex
1 Routing Services
Campus Architecture Networks

Configuring the Enhanced Interior Implementing VLANs in Campus Troubleshooting Processes for Complex
2
Gateway Routing Protocol Networks Enterprise Networks

Configuring the Open Shortest Path Using Maintenance and Troubleshooting

3 Implementing Spanning Tree
First Protocol Tools and Applications

Maintaining and Troubleshooting Campus

4 Manipulating Routing Updates Implementing InterVLAN Routing
Switched Solutions

Implementing High Availability and Maintaining and Troubleshooting Routing

5 Implementing Path Control
Redundancy in a Campus Network Solutions

Implementing a Border Gateway

6 Securing the Campus Infrastructure Troubleshooting Addressing Services
Protocol Solution for ISP Connectivity

Implementing Routing Facilities for Preparing the Campus Infrastructure Troubleshooting Network Performance
7
Branch Offices and Mobile Workers for Advanced Services Issues

Implementing IPv6 in the Enterprise

8 Troubleshooting Converged Networks
Network

Maintaining and Troubleshooting Network

9
Security Implementations
Review and Preparation for
10 Troubleshooting Complex Enterprise
Networks

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 CCNP v6.0 Learning Environment

 Experience-oriented courses employ industry-relevant instructional

approaches to prepare students for professional jobs in the
industry
 Can be delivered as an independent curriculum or integrated into a
broader course of study, such as IT-related degree and diploma
programs or continuing education programs
 Can be offered in an in-person or a blended distance learning
(BDL) environment.

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 Instructor
Training

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 CCNP 6.0 Instructor Training

 TSHOOT training is required for ALL

instructors
 ROUTE & SWITCH training is not
required for instructors currently certified
to teach both BSI and BMSN
 CATC/RA instructors will train all local
instructors - remote/BDL options should
be available when possible

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 CCNP v6.0 Training Requirements

v5.0 Instructor v6.0 Training Required?

Training Completed
ROUTE SWITCH TSHOOT

All CCNP courses No No Yes

BMSN and BSI No No Yes

BMSN only Yes No Yes

BSI only No Yes Yes

None of the above Yes Yes Yes

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 Resources

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 For More Information
 Available for download on CCNP Course Catalog page
on Academy Connection
CCNP At A Glance
CCNP Datasheet
CCNP v6.0 Scope and Sequence
CCNP v6.0 FAQs
CCNP v6.0 Overview Presentation
 Certification information
Cisco CCNP certification
CCNP Exam Combination Tool (note: see FAQ above for exam
availability for Networking Academy students)

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