Cisco® CCNP® Certification Revised
Effective August 15, 2006
The CCNP® certification validates a network professional´s ability to install, configure and troubleshoot converged local and wide area networks with 100 to 500 or more nodes. Network Professionals who achieve the CCNP® certification have demonstrated the knowledge and skills required to manage the routers and switches that form the network core, as well as edge applications that integrate voice, wireless, and security into the network.
Updated Course Information:
BSCI v3.0 has replaced BSCI v2.2
BCMSN v3.0 has replaced BCMSN v2.2
BCRAN v2.2 will reach End Of Life October 15, 2006
CIT v5.2 will reach End Of Life October 15, 2006
ISCW v1.0 is a new course as part of the CCNP® certification track
ONT v1.0 is a new course as part of the CCNP® certification track
Updated Exam Information
Building Scalable Cisco® Internetworks (BSCI 642-901) is a qualifying exam for the CCNP®, CCDP®, and CCIP® certifications. The BSCI 642-901 exam will certify that the successful candidate has important knowledge and skills necessary to use advanced IP addressing and routing in implementing scalability for Cisco® ISR routers connected to LANs and WANs.
The exam covers topics on Advanced IP Addressing, Routing Principles, Multicast Routing, IPv6, Manipulating Routing Updates, Configuring basic BGP, Configuring EIGRP, OSPF, and IS-IS.
* FYI, the last day to test for BSCI 642-801 is December 31, 2006.
Building Converged Cisco® Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN 642-812) is a qualifying exam for the CCNP® and CCDP® certifications. The BCMSN 642-812 exam will certify that the successful candidate has important knowledge and skills necessary to implement scalable multilayer switched networks.
The exam includes topics on Campus Networks, describing and implementing advanced Spanning Tree concepts, VLANs and Inter-VLAN routing, High Availability, Wireless Client Access, Access Layer Voice concepts, and minimizing service Loss and Data Theft in a Campus Network.
* FYI, the last day to test for BCMSN 642-811 is December 31, 2006.
Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area Networks (ISCW 642-825) is a qualifying exam for the CCNP® certification. The ISCW 642-825 exam will certify that the successful candidate has important knowledge and skills necessary to secure and expand the reach of an enterprise network to teleworkers and remote sites with focus on securing remote access and VPN client configuration.
The exam covers topics on Cisco® hierarchical network model as it pertains to the WAN, teleworker configuration and access, frame mode MPLS, site-to-site IPSEC VPN, Cisco® EZVPN, strategies used to mitigate network attacks, Cisco® device hardening and IOS® firewall features.
* FYI, the last day to test for BCRAN 642-821 is December 31, 2006.
Optimizing Converged Cisco® Networks (642-845 ONT) is a qualifying exam for the CCNP® certification. The ONT 642-845 exam will certify that the successful candidate has important knowledge and skills in optimizing and providing effective QoS techniques for converged networks.
The exam topics include implementing a VOIP network, implementing QoS on converged networks, specific IP QoS mechanisms for implementing the DiffServ QoS model, AutoQoS, wireless security and basic wireless management.
* FYI, the last day to test for CIT 642-831 is December 31, 2006.
The Composite exam (642-891) is the quickest way for currently certified CCNP® and CCDP® professionals to obtain recertification. The exam tests skills and knowledge pertaining to the Building Scalable Cisco® Internetworks (BSCI) and Building Cisco® Managed Switched Networks (BCMSN) courses. Composite may be taken to recertify CCNP® and CCDP® certifications; it may also be taken in place of the BSCI and BCMSN exams required for CCNP® and CCDP® certifications. Candidates must successfully pass both routing and switching subsections of the Composite exam to successfully pass the exam.
* FYI, the last day to test for Composite 642-891 is December 31, 2006.
A Note about CCNP® Recertification:
CCNP® certifications are valid for three years. To recertify, pass any 642 exam that is part of the professional level curriculum after 8/18/06, or pass a current CCIE® written exam.
* The second level in general Cisco® Career Certifications is professional-level certifications such as CCNP®, CCSP™, CCDP®, and CCIP™ each falling within a different certification path (or track) for meeting varying career needs. Think of this level as the advanced, or journeyman, level of certification that shows expertise with networking foundations.
Dear Todd,
I do not know who you are, what you do other than writing this book, you just taught me Subnetting, and I love you! Preparing for CCNA, have an A+ certification already, never took a single course, with your great book I believe I will get CCNA certificate. Thank you and do not loose your enthusiasim and great teaching skills. Take care of yourself and thank you again.
Thanks, Betti, I appreciate you writing to me.
Cheers!
Todd Lammle
HELLO SIR,
I AM PREPARING FOR CCNA WITHOUT ANY SUPPORT LIKE COACHING CLASSES ONLY I AM READING YOUR BOOK,PLS PROPER GUIDE ME FOR SELF STUDY ABOUT CCNA
THANKING YOU
Hi Todd,
This is Jay here from India.I took my CCNA 640-801 today and cleared it.I owe my complete success to your book(CCNA 640-801 5th edition).It helped me a lot in building a strong foundation in networking.Now i am planning to aim further and take CCNP exam also.It would be of great help if you could let me know whether any of your books is published containg the revised CCNP syllabus.Any details please mail me at kaimal_jay@yahoo.co.in.
Thank you both for your kind words and encouragment.
I am working hard on my 6th edition, which will be published by fall of 2007.
Keep up the hard work and study hard!
I don’t have any CCNP material, other then the courses at GlobalNet Training.
Cheers!
Todd Lammle
Hi Todd,
I’m a newly converted fan of your books, I have two edition of your CCNA books and i must say they are by far the most enjoyable way i have yet to have done to study for my certifications. I used both a CBT based course and two other ccna books, but i found i always ended up returning to yours for the areas i haden’t mastered or needed clarification. Also having learnt your method of subnetting first, i found the others looking both clumsy and inneffective at teaching subnetting so i skipped their method and went straight to their questions which i found too easy to be any challenge having completed your written labs and review questions.
I really do find your occasional encouragements and amusing quotes rather funny and have been known to laugh out loud when studying with your ccna book (which has bemused others around seeing me laugh whilst reading a thoroughly technical book ^^).
Many thanks for your dedicated work and I am anxiously awaiting your ccnp updated books as I am now studying towards it and have more faith in your books then i do in the cisco variety. Although i’m reduced to studying with theirs i will certainly buy yours as soon as they are released to go over thoroughly even once i have my ccnp qualification, just to ensure i have the most current information and tips and tricks available to me.
Big props and big thanks,
Rory Vorster.
Rory, thanks for writing and the encouraging post. I apprecaite it.
Good luck with your studies.
Cheers!
Todd Lammle
Hi Todd,
I have used your book for the CCNA preparation. I have cleared the CCNA with flying colors (982 in INTRO and 950 in ICND) and I owe this to you. I am now interested in doing CCNP
Please do let me know which of your books should I refer to for preparing the CCNP. If possible, please email me at paras211@gmail.com
Thank you for writing.
As of today, 06/10/07, I have finished my latest book in the CCNA series. It was the toughest book I have ever written is about twice the size of my last book. It certainly does cover some CCNP material, inluding wireless and IPv6, but the new CCNA test which comes out around August 1st is suppose to be seriously hard. If you have not finished your CCNA test, I encourage you to quickly do so!
I won’t have any CCNP books out this year, but do plan on having some CCNP study books out in the first quarter of 2008.
Writing books has become harder and harder, so I have to plan, study and write for much longer periods of time.
Good luck with your certs.
Cheers!
Todd Lammle
what books you’ll recommend i’ll use for CCNP?
There are many good books out there for CCNP material, but the money you spend up front for personal training is well spent. I took a bootcamp course from Todd personally, and murdered my CCNA test. I took the class at GlobalNet Training, and it only took a week to learn the material. The CCNP class was every bit as good – you can take one from GlobalNet and save yourself some time, not to mention you could net a job with a much higher compensation cap with a CCNP. If you’ve got the CCNA nasty beaten, then I recommend doing what I did – sign up for one of the GlobalNet CCNP bootcamps, crank it out, and apply for a job with better pay.
Thanks again, Todd!
George (Pods 13&14 in Dallas, late 2005)
George!
I hope to see you back at CCNP at GlobalNet!
Good luck with your studies.
Cheers!
Todd Lammle
Hi Todd,
I had used used your book to crack my ccna, since then i have moved forward and gotten my qos 642-642 certificate. I had all the while been using routersim and had early this year upgraded to the version that has bsci. I’m now looking to study for my 642-901 exam and i’m looking for a book that i can use with my Network Visualizer 4.0 with BSCI.
Please advise.
Thanks and God Bless
Todd,
Would you happen to have a study guide for the A+ Certification?
Thanks in Advance,
Julie Bellflower
Julie, I don’t have any books for A+ or even a class in that area. I pretty much have everything else but that!
Good luck.
Cheers!
Todd Lammle
Todd,
I credit you as the secret of my success. I have used all of your books to obtain my CCNP. I read your materials not only to obtain certifications, but to apply the knowledge on the job. I have two questions:
1) Are you working on a book for 642-825(ISCW) and 642-845(ONT)? I know they haven’t been released by Cisco yet, but I always buy your books first. I have checked the Sybex site and have seen nothing. If you are working on it or know of a release date, I would appreciate it.
2) I am looking at the CCSP. And I don’t see any books for the following courses:
A) 642-552
B) 642-503
C) 642-522
D) 642-533
Any ideas?
I really appreciate the time and effort you have put into these.
Thanks,
Val
hi todd,
your book is one of the best but i think that it should be more better.so many thing are missed in your book of ccna,like the diagrm of leased line connection, set user name on router with console password etc
First, Val, I am so busy just trying to stay up with the current Cisco CCNA objectives that it is unlikely that I will be writing anything more advanced this year. I do have course material at GlobalNet Training that I write, but I do not publish that material – it is only used as instructor led training.
Mahboob, thank you for your comments. I spent the last year updating my book, which is why my 5th edition is so out of date…I haven’t updated it in almost two years! However, you’ll find my new 640-802 book chocked full of all new information, from introduction to advanced. It’s the Cisco CCNA encyclopedia! Check it out, I think it will provide you with what you were looking for.
Cheers!
Todd Lamle
Hi Todd, I had earlier sent this but did not get a reply for it, i hope you can reply this time.
I had used used your book to crack my ccna, since then i have moved forward and passed my qos 642-642 exam. I had all the while been using routersim and had early this year upgraded to the version that has bsci. I’m now looking to study for my 642-901 exam and i’m looking for a book that i can use with my Network Visualizer 4.0 with BSCI.
Please advise.
Thanks and God Bless
Hi, Jichi, thanks for writing. I suppose that Cisco will come out with some titles in that area, but I couldn’t tell you when.
I do write books for those, but only coursware to use in my classes at GlobalNet Training.
And, there won’t be any simulator any time soon that can help you with anything other then CCNA (regardless of what the marketing machines may tell you).
Cheers!
Todd Lammle
Hi Todd,
I am going to be deployed for a while and I am looking to get CCNP certified overseas. I don’t know if I will have internet available to me, do you have any recomendations on what books to take and if there is any software that would simulate what I need to get certified? (I am taking a laptop) I am already a CCNA and your book really helped me because it was alot easier to understand than the Cisco Press books. Any advice would help.
Ericka, good luck with your deployment, I pray you’ll be home soon.
Hopefully you had time to search on amazon for some titles that will work for you.
Good luck and God speed!
Todd
Hello Todd,
I passed the CCNA exam.I used your book CCNA Sybex 5th Edition. A great book to
prepare for CCNA. I would recommend this book for any CCNA aspirant. Keep up with your good work. I am starting to prepare for CCNP, do you any titles for CCNP especially for the composite 642-892. Also please advice if it’s better to take one exam at a time or take the composite and then the remaining two exams.
Appreciate your help.
Thank you,
Aj
Aj, I don’t have any titles for CCNP coming out in the public market at this time. As some of my other posts mention, the material I created for CCNP is used exclusively at GlobalNet Training.
Good luck with your studies.
Cheers!
Todd Lammle
Hi Todd,
Thanks for the excellent book resources that you have given us. I was wondering whether you are planning to release the new CCNP 642-825 and 642-845 exams. Please let me know.
Thanks
Raga
Rega, thanks for writing.
I do have CCNP material but do not sell them online or through Sybex/Wiley at this point.
The corriculm I have is used exclusively at my bootcamps at GlobalNet Training.
So, if you’re looking for self study material, you’ll have to search amazon or cisco for other published titles.
Good luck.
Cheers!
Todd Lammle
I have to get back on the certification track. With the new CCNA exam out, what is the best book to study from?
Well, some people like the Cisco Press book, and some people like my CCNA Study Guide. Some people buy both, and I always think that is it good to read more then one authors work.
Remember, regardless if you buy my book or Cisco’s book, you will have a hard time passing if you don’t also get some hands-on experience.
Cheers!
Todd Lammle
Hi Todd,
I’m self studying and planning to purchase a Cisco kit . Could you please recommend equipment that would remain useful through the CCNA and CCNP. I have a budget of $1000. I’m using your CCNA book and have found it by far the most readable text out there.
Regards,
Sadiq
hello todd
Nice to see your blog. I am a technical trainer in Microsoft , Novell and Cisco products. I really a huge fan of your way of presentation in your self study guides. The way you present the topic makes me feel that you are talking directly to me as an individual .
your down to earth explanation of the topic is highly appreciated , keep the good work.
shyamlal
India
hi Mr lammle
just want to thank for your ccna 640-802 guid , i have neither heard about networking nor working for a networking company ;even though that was so “cool” to know about that using your guid,and more i just success my CCNA .jus want to let you know you made it easy and funny what was known “netwoking”.thank you so much ,i’m now on CCNP ISCW i just start preparing ,and i’m sure as long as writers like you exist i will surely again get it .
sincerly
Hi,Todd
I am Viral from India.I am going to apply for CCNA exam I want to Know that the difference between V.35 and G.703 modem with all necessary detail. I have purchased your book 640-802 6 th edition.You looks too good in all the videos. I have found solution of many doubts in that but i want to know about this two modem and their functionality.
Thanking You
Viral Thakkar
What is the difference between G-703 and V 35?
V-35 is a balanced connectivity provided with Winchester type connector. It has 34 pins, DTE type connector terminated with end equipment, whereas G – 703, is an unbalanced co-axial cable with BNC connector (75 ohms)which is terminated with end equipment.
more details are available on the seperate individual interfaces on the internet.
Hi Todd
I just can’t describe how user-friendly your CCNA books have been to me. I just finished my CCNA and I’m now on with my CCNP. I would appreciate it if you have any book to recommend for the study.
If u wouldn’t mind this is my mail address: mcall4it2007@yahoo.com
Thanks in advance
Tood, I’d like to let you know I’ve been studying your CCNA book for about ten weeks, and I have some problems with it.
Several of the tests have wrong answers or missing exhibits, which make it impossible to know a real score. When I took the actual CCNA exam last week, I failed, mainly because some of the questions I missed were not covered in your book. Among them were ..’how do you find the mac address of a host?’.. Some important router commands are not mentioned.
I also have a big problem with Lasalle Training, which took my $2000 for 7 Saturday sessions, and then left me without any kind of support for questions. They have ‘Transcender’ sample exams, which have more errors and irrelevent (ISDN) questions than your book does, so naturally I feel they aren’t too concerned about their success rate.
So I have spent and wasted a lot of time and money on this, without much assistance from Cisco, Lasalle, or you.
I tried the Cisco website, as I was directed, and found that it is inaccessible without a password. I have asked four times, but got nowhere. Each time they sent a stock email explaining that someone will contact me. No one has yet.
So I read the glowing accounts of success here, and I can’t help but feel that you only allow positive feedback to be shown, while there are many problems with your book and a lack of support by vendors.
Lasalle is well aware of my dissatisfaction; I will also let others know how disappointed I am with Todd Lammle, too.