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How To Become a Cisco CCNP |
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Congratulations on your decision to earn your CCNP certification!
As a CCIE, I can tell you that Cisco certifications are both
financially and personally rewarding.
To earn your CCNP, you first have to earn your CCNA certification.
Then you're faced with a decision - take the three-exam CCNP
path, or the four-exam path? They're both quite demanding,
so let's take a look at each path.
The four-exam CCNP path includes the Building Scalable Cisco
Internetworks exam (BSCI), Building Cisco Multilayer Switched
Networks exam (BCMSN), Building Cisco Remote Access Networks
(BCRAN), and Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting (CIT) exam.
The three-exam path combines the BSCI and BCMSN exams into
a single exam, called the Composite exam.
I'm often asked what order I recommend taking the exams in.
After earning your CCNA, I recommend you begin studying for
the BSCI exam immediately. You will find the fundamentals
you learned in your CCNA studies will help you a great deal
with this exam. You're going to add to your CCNA knowledgebase
quite a bit when it comes to OSPF and EIGRP, as well as being
introduced to BGP.
I don't have a preference between the BCMSN and BCRAN exams,
but I do recommend you take the CIT exam last. You'll be using
all the skills you learned in the first three exams to pass
the CIT. It's a very demanding exam, and it's a little hard
to troubleshoot technologies that you haven't learned yet!
The CCNP is both financially and personally fulfilling. Once
you complete your CCNA studies, take a little breather and
then get started on your CCNP studies. The more you know,
the more valuable you are in today's ever-changing IT job
market.
About the Author:
Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933, is the owner of The Bryant Advantage
(http://www.thebryantadvantage.com), home of free CCNA and
CCNP tutorials, The Ultimate CCNA Study Package, and Ultimate
CCNP Study Packages. Video courses and training, binary and
subnetting help, and corporate training are also available.
Pass the CCNA exam and CCNP exam with Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933!
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