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Posted on August 25, 2008 - by sam

CCNP Training

CCNP training is part of the certification process for those pursuing a professional level certificate in Cisco products. CCNP certification recognizes success in installing, configuring and troubleshooting local and wide area networks (LANs and WANs) with 100 to 500 or more nodes.

In order to get your CCNP, you’ll need to know how to manage the routers and switches that form the network core, as well as other edge applications that integrate voice, wireless, and security. The CCNP training will cover all of these topics, and more, so that graduates have a thorough, professional knowledge.

CCNP training is a mixture of classroom and lab instruction, and is offered by a variety of Cisco partners and training programs around the world. In order to pursue the CCNP, students must have first completed the prerequisite CCNA certification. There are also intensive CCNP boot camps that are geared towards getting your certification in a very short period of time, even as quickly as 5 days.

Students who successfully pass the CCNP exam will receive their certification, which must be renewed every three years. As far as the value of the CCNP out in the field, it’s increasingly important to have more than just your basic CCNA certification, as more and more employers are looking past the CCNA and expecting that job candidates have at least their CCNP, so training and certification will definitely improve your job prospects in the workplace.