The CCNP certification covers various tracks, and each track consists of multiple exams. Common tracks within the CCNP certification include:
CCNP Enterprise: This track is designed for professionals working with enterprise networking solutions. It includes topics such as advanced routing, switching, and troubleshooting.
CCNP Security: Focused on network security, this track covers areas such as secure access, VPNs, firewalling, intrusion prevention, and content security.
CCNP Data Center: Geared toward professionals working with data center technologies, covering areas like data center infrastructure, networking, storage, and automation.
CCNP Collaboration: Targeted at professionals involved in collaboration technologies, including voice, video, and unified communications.
CCNP Service Provider: Focused on service provider technologies and solutions, covering areas like advanced routing, services, and troubleshooting in a service provider network.
The specific exams and requirements for each CCNP track can change, so it’s important to check the official Cisco website or contact Cisco directly for the most up-to-date information on the CCNP certification program. Cisco offers official training materials, including books and online courses, to help candidates prepare for the exams. Additionally, there are many authorized Cisco Learning Partners that offer instructor-led training for CCNP tracks.
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocols – EIGRP
- Establishing Neighbors
- Topology Table
- IP Routing Table
- Optimizing EIGRP Convergence
- Route Filtering
- Route Summarization
- Authentication
Open Shortest Path First – OSPF
- Planning
- Verification
- Configuration
- Neighbors
- Adjacencies Formation (on LAN & WAN)
- Link State Advt – LSAs
- Link State Database
- Route Filtering & Summerization
- Areas & Special Areas
- Authentication
- Virtual Links
Path Control
- Redistribution into EIGRP
- Redistribution into OSPF
- Redistribution with Distribute Lists
- Redistribution with Route Map
- Configure and verify Static & Default routing
- Policy Based Routing – PBR
Border Gateway Protocol – BGP
- Internal BGP
- External BGP
- Configure and verify ACL
- Neighbors
- Verifying BGP Tables
- Route Filtering
IPv6
- IPv6 Addressing
- IPV6 Routing
- Configuring IPv6 Address
- Tunnels
SWITCH – (642-813) Building Campus Network
- Layer 2 Switch
- Layer 3 Switch
- Tables used in Switching
- Switch port Configuration
- Ether Channel
- STP & PVST+
- Adv. STP (RSTP & MST)
- Inter VLAN Routing
- Multi-Layer Switching (MLS)
Designing Campus Networks
- Hierarchical Network Design
- Modular Network Design
- Router Redundancy in Multilayer Switching
- HSRP
- VRRP
- GLBP
Campus Network Services
- IP Telephony
- Wireless LANs
Securing Switched Networks
- Port Security
- Port-based Authentication
- Mitigating Spoofing Attacks
- Best practices for Securing Switches