Cisco Systems Networking Academy
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA™) Courses 1 through 4 of the Academy program, equivalent to 280 hours of instruction, provides students with a basic foundation in networking. Students who successfully complete this portion of the program are eligible to earn Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA™) certification.
Why Become a CCNA?
Unlike Microsoft or Novell, Cisco has created certification process to give administrators a set of skills and to equip prospective employers a way to measure your skills or certain criteria. Becoming a CCNA can be your first step to a successful journey toward a new, highly rewarding, and sustainable career.
What Skills Do You Need to Become a CCNA?
To meet the CCNA certification skill level, you must undstand or perform the following:
- Install, configure, and operate simple-routed LAN, routed WAN, and switched Virtual LAN (VLAN) networks.
- Understant and able to configure IP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, serial interfaces, Fram Relay, IP RIP, VLANs, Ethernet, and access lists.
- Install and/or configure a network.
- Optimze WAN through Internet-access solutions that reduce bandwidth and WAN costs, using features such as filtering with access lists, bandwidth on demand (BOD), and dial-on demand routing (DDR).
How Do You Become a CCNA?
The way to become a CCNA is to pass one test (CCNA exam 640-801).
However, Cisco also has a two-step process taht you can take in order to become a CCNA that may be easier than taking one longer exam. The tests are:
- Exam 640-811: Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices (ICND)
- Exam 640-821: Interconnecting Cisco Networking Techologies (INTRO)
The Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Academy program includes 4 courses, equivalent to 280 hours of instruction, of advanced technologies covering complex network configurations and troubleshooting. The focus is on developing those skills that enable students to implement and build scalable campus networks using multilayer switching technologies, create and deploy a global intranet, and troubleshoot a complex network environment using Cisco routers and switches for multiprotocol client hosts and services.
How Do You Become a CCNP?
After becoming a CCNA, the four exams you must take to get your CCNP are as follow:
CCNP5: Advance Routing
642-801 BSCI Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI)
CCNP6: Remote Access
642-811 BCMSN Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN)
CCNP7: Configuring LAN Switches
642-821 BCRAN Building Cisco Remoter Access Networks (BCMSN)
CCNP8: Configuring LAN Switches
642-831 CIT Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting (CIT)
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