CCNP Certification Information

The CCNP (Certified Cisco Network Professional) certification validates and individual's networking skills at the mid-career level. Candidates who pass the required proctored exams will receive a CCNP certification from Cisco and may use the CCNP designation on their business cards. A student must complete the CCNA before the CCNP certification can be awarded.

The CCNP certification indicates advanced or journeyman knowledge of networks. Witha  CCNP, a network professional can install, configure, and operate LAN, WAN, and dial access services for organizations with networks from 100 to more than 500 nodes, including, but not limited to, the following protocols: IP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP4, IPX, Async Routing, AppleTalk, Extended Access Lists, RIPv2, IPv6, X.25, DDR, PSTN, PPP, VLANs, Ethernet, Access Lists, 802.10, FDDI, Transparent and Translational Bridging. Four courses are required to complete the CCNP.

For the most current schedule on CCNP courses, visit the WSU course schedule online.

Course Descriptions
 

TBE 3415 - CCNP Advanced Router Configuration (3 credit hours)

Course discusses Building Scalable Cisco Networks (BSCN). Address tasks that network managers and administrators need to perform when managing access and controlling overhead traffic in growing routed networks once basic connectivity has been established. Discusses router capabilities used to control traffic over LANs and WANs, as well as connecting corporate networks to an Internet Service Provider (ISP). Topics Covered: Routing principles Extended IP addresses Configuring OSPF in a single area Configuring Basic Border Gateway Protocol Implementing BGP in scalable networks Optimizing routing update operation Implementing scalability features in your network Job aides and supplements Router password recovery

 

TBE 3425 -Building Cisco Switched Networks (3 credit hours)

The course discusses Building Cisco Multilayered Switched Networks (BCMSN). It teaches network administrators how to build campus networks using multilayer switching technologies over high speed Ethernet. Teaches how routing and switching concepts and implementation technologies work together.

 

TBE 3435 - CCNP Remote Access Networks (3 credit hours)

Teaches students how to build a remote access network to interconnect central sites to branch offices and home office/telecommutes. Further teaches students how to control access to the central site, as well as maximize bandwidth utilization over the remote links. The course also covers: Identify the Cisco products that best meet the WAN connection requirements when given a WAN connection and technology requirements that include permanent or dialup access connections between the central site and telecommuters or branch offices. Assemble and configure Cisco equipment to establish appropriate WAN network connections when using a WAN topology and specifications. Implement quality of service capabilities to assure that mission critical application receive the required bandwidth when given a working WAN topology. Ensure proper connectivity using the device tools to troubleshoot protocols, technologies, and devices when given a working WAN topology.

 

TBE 3445 - CCNP Internetwork Troubleshooting

This advanced course provides networking professionals with the troubleshooting processes on Cisco routers and Catalyst switches. Hands on lab exercises cover the developments in Cisco IOS and Catalyst software. Teaches how to baseline and troubleshoot an environment using Cisco routers and switches for multi-protocol client hosts and servers connected with Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Token Ring LANs; Serial, Frame Relay, and ISDN BRI WANs.