Cisco新增12項專業化認證

Cisco公司最近發布了12項新的專業化認證,這也算得上是自2001年Cisco設立Cisco Qualified Specialist certification以來最大的變動。新增的專業化認證中大部分都是面對渠道合作夥伴的,但也有部分適合IT職業認證。

新增Cisco Qualified Specialist認證列表:
  Cisco Advanced WirelessLAN Design Specialist
  Cisco Advanced Wireless LAN Field Specialist
  Cisco Advanced Wireless LAN Sales Specialist
  Cisco Security Solutions and Design Specialist
  Cisco Advanced Security Field Specialist
  Cisco Security Sales Specialist
  Cisco Routing and Switching Solutions Specialist
  Cisco Routing and Switching Field Specialist
  Cisco Routing and Switching Sales Specialist
  Cisco Foundation Design Specialist
  Cisco Foundation Field Specialist
  Cisco Foundation Sales Specialist

就像其他Cisco專業認證壹樣,這些新增的認證項目需要1到4門考試,通常還需要考生先獲得例如象CCNA之類的認證才能報考。每門考試費用為125美元,可以在任何壹個Prometric和Vue考試中心報名參加。根據IT認證考試資源網的統計Cisco專業化認證是在2001年出爐的,加上這12門新認證,現在總數達到了36項。

所有CISCO專業化認證列表:
Access Routing and LAN Switching Certifications
  Cisco Access Routing and LAN Switching Sales Specialist 
  Cisco Access Routing and LAN Switching Specialist 
  Cisco Routing and Switching Field Specialist 
  Cisco Routing and Switching Sales Specialist 
  Cisco Routing and Switching Solutions Specialist 
Content Networking Certifications
  Cisco Content Networking Specialist 
Foundation for Channel Partners
  Cisco Foundation Express Design Specialist 
  Cisco Foundation Express Field Specialist 
  Cisco Foundation Express Sales Specialist 
IP Communications Certifications
  Cisco Advanced IP Communications Sales Specialist 
  Cisco IP Communications Express Specialist 
  Cisco IP Communications Express Sales Specialist 
  Cisco IP Contact Center Express Specialist 
  Cisco IP Telephony Design Specialist 
  Cisco IP Telephony Operations Specialist 
  Cisco IP Communications Support Specialist 
  Cisco Rich Media Communications Specialist 
  Cisco Unity Design Specialist 
  Cisco Unity Support Specialist 
Optical Certification
  Cisco Optical Specialist 
Storage Networking Certifications
  Cisco Storage Networking Design Specialist 
  Cisco Storage Networking Support Specialist 
  Cisco Storage Networking Sales Specialist 
VPN and Security Certifications
  Cisco Advanced Security Field Specialist 
  Cisco Firewall Specialist 
  Cisco IPS Specialist 
  Cisco Security Sales Specialist 
  Cisco Security Solutions and Design Specialist 
  Cisco VPN Specialist 
  Cisco VPN/Security Sales Specialist 
Wireless LAN Certifications
  Cisco Advanced Wireless LAN Design Specialist 
  Cisco Advanced Wireless LAN Field Specialist 
  Cisco Advanced Wireless LAN Sales Specialist 
  Cisco Wireless LAN Design Specialist 
  Cisco Wireless LAN Sales Specialist 
  Cisco Wireless LAN Support Specialist

The exam information about CCNP

The Composite exam (642-892) is the quickest way for currently certified Cisco Certified Network Professionals (CCNP®) and Cisco Certified Design Professionals (CCDP®) 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.

Exam Topics
The following information provides general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In order to better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.

Implement EIGRP operations
Explain the functions and operations of EIGRP (e.g., DUAL)
Configure EIGRP routing. (e.g., Stub Routing, authentication, etc.)
Verify or troubleshoot EIGRP routing configurations
Implement multi-area OSPF operations
Explain the functions and operations of multiarea OSPF
Configure multiarea OSPF routing. (e.g., Stub, NSSA, authentication, etc.)
Verify or troubleshoot multiarea OSPF routing configurations
Describe integrated IS-IS
Describe the features and benefits of integrated IS-IS
Configure and verify integrated IS-IS
Implement Cisco IOS routing features
Describe, configure or verify route redistribution between IP routing IGPs. (e.g., route-maps, default routes, etc.)
Describe, configure or verify route filtering (i.e., distribute-lists and passive interfaces)
Describe and configure DHCP services (e.g., Server, Client, IP helper address, etc.)
Implement BGP for enterprise ISP connectivity
Describe the functions and operations of BGP
Configure or verify BGP operation in a non-transit AS (e.g., authentication)
Configure BGP path selection. (i.e., Local Preference, AS Path, Weight or MED attributes)
Implement multicast forwarding
Describe IP Multicast (e.g., Layer-3 to Layer-2 mapping, IGMP, etc.)
Describe, configure, or verify IP multicast routing (i.e., PIM Sparse-Dense Mode)
Implement IPv6
Describe IPv6 addressing operations
Describe IPv6 interoperation with IPv4
Describe, configure or verify OSPF routing with IPv6 addressing
Implement VLANs
Explain the functions of VLANs in a hierarchical network
Configure VLANs (e.g., Native, Default, Static and Access)
Explain and configure VLAN trunking (i.e., IEEE 802.1Q and ISL)
Explain and configure VTP
Verify or troubleshoot VLAN configurations
Conduct the operation of Spanning Tree protocols in a hierarchical network
Explain the functions and operations of the Spanning Tree protocols (i.e., RSTP, PVRST, MISTP)
Configure RSTP (PVRST) and MISTP
” Describe and configure STP security mechanisms (i.e., BPDU Guard, BPDU Filtering, Root Guard)
Configure and Verify UDLD and Loop Guard
Verify or troubleshoot Spanning Tree protocol operations
Configure and verify link aggregation using PAgP or LACP
Implement Inter-VLAN routing
Explain and configure Inter-VLAN routing (i.e., SVI and routed ports)
Explain and enable CEF operation
Verify or troubleshoot InterVLAN routing configurations

CCNP認證資訊

CCNP是全球最大的網絡設備公司Cisco(思科)公司的認可的技術證書-Cisco認證資深網絡支持工程師,在整個Cisco認證體系處於中級證書的地位。
報考CCNP的基礎條件:

報考科目:642-892,642-845,642-825這三門為CCNP官方報考科目。
資格:已掌握CCNA全部內容並獲得CCNA證書
學歷:報考CCNP不限制考生的文憑,任何人都可以報考
能力:了解路由器、交換機的基本配置和路由協議,最好具備高中英語語法基礎
考取CCNP可以獲得什麽
方向:網絡管理及實施,網絡性能優化、安全設計
職位:網絡工程師,系統集成工程師,網絡維護工程師
能力:設定主幹路由協議利用多層交換技術建立園區網絡環境安裝配置CISCO設備並進行故障診斷和排錯
薪水:平均年薪不低於5萬人民幣,Cisco認證被恰當地稱為”獲得高技術,高薪水的頭等艙船票”