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Chapter 1: All About the Cisco Certified Network Professional and Design Professional Certification
The previously listed courses are the recommended training events for passing the exams for
the CCNP or CCDP track. However, as Cisco evolves the testing, the tests might not necessarily
correlate to the given class. In other words, the tests can cover material that is germane to the
material in the class but that might not have been covered per se. In essence, Cisco is looking
for each test to be less a fact-stuffing event and more a gauge of how well you know the
technology.
Figure 1-1 illustrates the training track for CCNP and CCDP, as of September 2000.
Figure 1-1
CCNP/CCDP 2.0 Training and Exam Track
CCNP
Prerequisites
or
or
Recommended Training
Select An Exam Path
CCNA Certification
Building Scalable Cisco
Networks (BSCN)
Building Cisco
Multilayer Switched
Networks (BCMSN)
Building Cisco
Remote Access
Networks (BCRAN)
BCMSN
E-Learning Edition
BCRAN
E-Learning Edition
Cisco Internetwork
Troubleshooting (CIT)
Single Exam Path
Foundation Exam Path
Routing 640-503
Switching 640-504
Remote Access 640-505
Support 640-506
Foundation 2.0 640-509
Support 640-506
CCDP
Prerequisites
or
or
Recommended Training
Select An Exam Path
CCNA Certification
Building Scalable Cisco
Networks (BSCN)
Building Cisco
Multilayer Switched
Networks (BCMSN)
Building Cisco
Remote Access
Networks (BCRAN)
BCMSN
E-Learning Edition
BCRAN
E-Learning Edition
Cisco Internetwork
Design (CID)
Single Exam Path
Foundation Exam Path
Routing 640-503
Switching 640-504
Remote Access 640-505
CID 640-025
Foundation 2.0 640-509
CID 640-025
CCDA Certification