CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional)




Possible roles within the network industry:
Network Operations Centre, Third Level Network Support

In addition to have an existing CCNA already, you will need to look at completing a four exams on topics based around Routing, Switching, Securing Wide Area Network, and Network Optimisation. However, there are two exams which can be taken as a one, which combines topics from the Routing and Switching exams.

Certification details from Cisco:
CCNP Overview (req. 642-901, 642-812, 642-825, and 642-845, or 640-892, 642-825, and 642-845)

Individual exam details from Cisco:
642-901 BSCI Topic Overview
642-812 BCMSN Topic Overview
642-825 ISCW Topic Overview
642-845 ONT Topic Overview
642-892 Composite (BSCI and BCMSN) Topic Overview

What to do with your certification:
Ideally you should already be in the networking industry once you have completed your CCNP, however if you are not, and lacking a little real world experience, you may want to look at roles that only involve CCNA level work, while you build up your skills.
Also remember to keep learning!

Internet Resources for CCNP: coming soon!