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THE NEW CISCO 2020 CERTIFICATION MAP
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master Cisco’s core technologies and earn industry-recognized Cisco
certifications. Cisco training covers routing and switching, security,
wireless, data center, unified communications and other Cisco product stacks.
Whether you’re an experienced network professional or a Cisco
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Cisco training is geared toward IT professionals who manage and
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for a variety of roles, including:
- Novice and experienced IT
professionals
- Network administrators
- Network engineers
- Cloud administrators
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- DevOps engineers
- Deploy and administer Cisco cloud
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Center
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work with Cisco data center components including Nexus switches, Unified
Computing and related technologies
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Cisco
offers globally recognized certifications for network design and architecture
professionals. There are multiple levels of Cisco certifications:
- Entry: These fundamental certifications serve as starting points for individuals interested
in a career in networking.
- Associate: Cisco offers several types of
associate-level credentials; CCNA for network installation and operations
and CCDA for network design.
- Professional: The professional CCNP and CCDP certifications validate your
advanced networking expertise in areas such as security, routing and
switching, collaboration and data center.
- Expert: The CCIE certification is
internationally recognized as one of the most prestigious networking
certifications.
- Architect: The highest level of accreditation through Cisco, the CCAr recognizes network designers who can support increasingly complex modern networks.
New Cisco Certifications Coming in 2020
Cisco
announced a significant evolution of their certification tracks, set to release
February 24, 2020. These changes will address the needs of the modern network,
requiring both infrastructure and software expertise. This is Cisco’s biggest
change to certifications in 25 years. New recommended training courses will be
released in the coming months ahead of the new certification releases.
Summary
of Changes:
- New DevNet track of
certification across all levels
- CCENT entry level cert is being retired
- CCNA will be consolidated to one certification, requiring one exam
- CCNP will have only five concentration areas,
requiring TWO exams
- Specialist Level is earned after the first
exam in a CCNP track
- CCIE will require 2 exams, the first being a
CCNP exam, the other a CCIE lab exam
- New courses will roll out over the next 6 months, aligned with the new certifications
- Recertification requirement will now be every 3 years
Cisco
Routing and Switching
CCNA Routing and Switching
Cisco Certified
Network Associate Routing and Switching certification demonstrates your
knowledge to deploy, maintain, secure and operate a medium-sized network using
Cisco technologies.
To earn
your CCNA Routing and Switching you can either take a single exam or two exams.
TAKE THESE COURSES
Cisco®
Interconnecting Cisco® Networking Devices Part 1 v3.0 (ICND1)
&
Cisco®
Interconnecting Cisco® Networking Devices Part 2 v3.0 (ICND2)
OR
Cisco®
Interconnecting Cisco® Networking Devices Accelerated v3.0 (CCNAX)
TAKE THESE EXAMS
Single
Exam
200-125 CCNA® v3.0
Two
Exams
100-105 ICND1 v3.0
200-105 ICND2 v3.0
EARN THESE CERTIFICATIONS
Cisco
Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
New exam goes live on February 24, 2020
CCNP Routing and Switching
Cisco® Implementing Cisco®
IP Routing v2.0 (ROUTE)
Cisco® Implementing Cisco®
Switched Networks v2.0 (SWITCH)
Cisco® Troubleshooting and Maintaining Cisco® IP Networks v2.0 (TSHOOT)
CCNP Changes
Most CCNP certifications will also be
retiring. Right now, networking professionals start a specialization track at
the CCNA level. For example, CCNA Security leads to CCNP Security. However,
after February 24, 2020, the one CCNA exam (200-301 CCNA) will cover networking
basics and then you specialize at the CCNP level. You will be required to pass
2 exams: a core exam and one concentration exam. Here’s the complete list of
the new CCNPs:
- CCNP Enterprise
- CCNP Security
- CCNP
Service Provider
- CCNP
Collaboration
- CCNP
Data Center
- Cisco Certified DevNet Professional
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