Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Why Network Specialists Must Go For CISCO CCNP Training

By Kristen Baird


It is a fact that technology has come to stay. For this reason, information technology experts are in high demand especially those who have the CISCO CCNP training. The Certified Network Professional is the organization that does the certification of individuals to ensure that they have the appropriate training and years of experience for them to be considered as experts in the field.

This certification has become the required standard by which the technology industry ranks the technicians' expertise and having this certification will make the technician stand out in the job market.

Cisco has a core networking certification and professional-level programme known as the CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional). Persons who earn this certification are able to plan, install, configure as well as troubleshoot LAN's or WAN's, for both large and small companies. In addition to this core CCNP certification, there are six other areas of certification designation, these are CCNP Data Center; Security; Service Provider Operations; Service Provider; Voice and CCNP Wireless.

A technician, network engineer or administrator who has at least one year's practical experience, wishing to expand the skill set they have into working on complex networks will need to go under got the Certified Network Professional certification process.

Before the prospective candidate can sit the exams to achieve CCNP certification they need to confirm that they possess a valid CCNA Switching and Routing certification or any recognized CCIE certification. The CCNP certification exams are a set of three; Implementing Cisco IP Routing - 120 minutes, 45-55 questions; 642-813 SWITCH - Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks - 120 minutes, 35-45 questions and 642-832 TSHOOT - Resolve issues with and Maintaining Cisco IP Networks - 135 minutes, 35-40 questions.

In addition to the above the person desirous of having gaining Certified Network Professional certification must be the holder of a valid CCNA Routing and Switching certification or any CCIE certification that is valid. They must also sit and pass three exams, namely, Implementing Cisco IP Routing, Implementing IP Switched and Troubleshooting and Maintaining Cisco IP Networks.

The candidate who fails an exam can take the exam again after five working days. The applicable fees will need to be paid again. Examination fees differ based on your location, local or foreign, and whether foreign currency is used.

If you are unsuccessful in the exams you can pay the applicable exam fees and re-sit the exam after five business days. Examination fees may differ based on the country or region that you are in and the exchange rate applicable at the time, therefore you should contact the examination center nearest you as early as possible to confirm the fees. Candidates can also register for the exams through any available Prometric or Pearson VUE testing center. You will need to be registered in order to do the exams. Your Certified Network Professional certification from CISCO is valid for three years after which you will need to be re-certified.




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