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CCNP Routing and Switching Exams and Training Courses v2.0 Refresh



CCNP Routing and Switching Exams and Training Courses v2.0 Refresh

The exams and training courses have been refreshed to reflect the alignment with changing industry job roles and the addition of new study materials.
Beginning January 30, 2015, 300-101 ROUTE, 300-115 SWITCH and 300-135 TSHOOTexams will be the only exams available for registration.



Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Routing and Switching certification validates the ability to plan, implement, verify and troubleshoot local and wide-area enterprise networks and work collaboratively with specialists on advanced security, voice, wireless and video solutions. The CCNP Routing and Switching certification is appropriate for those with at least one year of networking experience who are ready to advance their skills and work independently on complex network solutions. Those who achieve CCNP Routing and Switching have demonstrated the skills required in enterprise roles such as network engineer, support engineer, systems engineer or network technician. The routing and switching protocol knowledge from this certification will provide a lasting foundation as these skills are equally relevant in the physical networks of today and the virtualized network functions of tomorrow.


Prerequisites

Valid Cisco CCNA Routing and Switching certification or any Cisco CCIEcertification can act as a prerequisite.

Exams & Recommended Training



Required Exam(s)
Recommended Training


642-902 ROUTE
Last day to test: January 29, 2015
OR

300-101 ROUTE
Implementing Cisco IP Routing (ROUTE v1.0)

OR

Implementing Cisco IP Routing (ROUTE v2.0)


AND


642-813 SWITCH
Last day to test: January 29, 2015
OR

300-115 SWITCH
Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks (SWITCHv1.0)

OR

Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks (SWITCHv2.0)


642-832 TSHOOT
Last day to test: January 29, 2015
OR

300-135 TSHOOT
Troubleshooting and Maintaining Cisco IP Networks (TSHOOT v1.0)

OR

Troubleshooting and Maintaining Cisco IP Networks (TSHOOT v2.0)

AwesomeGarrett

Looks like fun!

darkerz

I would enjoy reviewing the new books and criteria. Looking through exam objectives, it looks like cisco is getting serious about enabling folks to "Do their jobs" through the scope of their exams.

joetest

Goodbye, CCNP: Say Hello to the New CCNP Routing and Switching | Intense School

A pretty good article describing the new ccnp

p1xels

Thats disgusting. Again Cisco announced a new exam version while i have already purchased all the FLG and OCG books for CCNP. Now they haven't printed the books for the new syllabus then which book to study from?

p1xels

Everytime I start preparing cisco announces a new syllabus, now i dont have to space to keep all those books in my room. Its becoming a stack books that gives so much pain to see as it is a waste of money alltogether.
Sometimes i feel like its Cisco taking a revenge upon me!

bharvey92

Try not to panic to much p1xels, you can mix and match the exams. I've not looked into these to deeply but I'm sure the curriculum isn't changing to drastically so you will only have to learn 1/2 new topics.

Good luck with your stuides.

theodoxa

p1xels wrote: »

Thats disgusting. Again Cisco announced a new exam version while i have already purchased all the FLG and OCG books for CCNP. Now they haven't printed the books for the new syllabus then which book to study from?

You still have 4 months to take current exams and you can mix and match. So, you could for example take ROUTE (current/old exam) and it would still count towards your CCNP even if you don't complete SWITCH and TSHOOT before Jan 29, 2015.

p1xels

But Sirs, I have to again buy new books!! And most of the new series books are not yet printed. I am presently jobless and its so tough to ask your parents for money every time Cisco announces new syllabus. I know they are making money this way as well i.e. by selling books with every change of syllabus.
Plus ,if i mix-n-match, again the same thing may happen as with my ccna ... i passed the old 640-822 and then cisco announced new ccna 200-120 ,then this march 2014 they announced that the old ccna is not valid anymore ,so i cant mix-n-match!!
But later i got confirmed that my old icnd1 is still valid!!
FYI, I am not yet a CCNA and i am going to sit my icnd2 next month i.e. 200-101.

So this same confusion may again arise with CCNP old and new versions! Maybe if i clear ccnp route before jan 2015 ,then they might announce the old ccnp route cant be mix matched with new ccnp exams? then what?

Also, can you confirm if i can sit for old ccnp route 642-902 after jan 2015? and after jan 2015 , will i have to combine it with the new ccnp switch or Tshoot?

Hondabuff

p1xels wrote: »

But Sirs, I have to again buy new books!! And most of the new series books are not yet printed. I am presently jobless and its so tough to ask your parents for money every time Cisco announces new syllabus. I know they are making money this way as well i.e. by selling books with every change of syllabus.
Plus ,if i mix-n-match, again the same thing may happen as with my ccna ... i passed the old 640-822 and then cisco announced new ccna 200-120 ,then this march 2014 they announced that the old ccna is not valid anymore ,so i cant mix-n-match!!
But later i got confirmed that my old icnd1 is still valid!!
FYI, I am not yet a CCNA and i am going to sit my icnd2 next month i.e. 200-101.

So this same confusion may again arise with CCNP old and new versions! Maybe if i clear ccnp route before jan 2015 ,then they might announce the old ccnp route cant be mix matched with new ccnp exams? then what?

Also, can you confirm if i can sit for old ccnp route 642-902 after jan 2015? and after jan 2015 , will i have to combine it with the new ccnp switch or Tshoot?

Unless you pass all three old exams before the deadline, You will need all three new books to fill in the blanks of the updated content. I have passed the old Switch exam and will take the old route in Jan 2015, then I will buy the new books and skim thru on the sections I missed and take the new Tshoot exam. The exams can be mixed with the new material.

theodoxa

You can read the books on Safari Books (https://www.safaribooksonline.com/). I'm reading the rough cuts of the new CCNP books on there right now - ROUTE is basically complete and SWITCH is about 50% complete. They offer a free trial, so I would suggest reading the old book before starting your free trial so that you can focus just on the stuff that is new. For SWITCH, most of the material is the same for both the current and new exams and the new material isn't that difficult - VTPv3 (Easy), Stackwise, SDM Templates (Super Easy), Err-Disable Recovery (Super Easy), LLDP (A few minor differences from CDP), Etherchannel Misconfiguration Guard, and SPAN/RSPAN.

The physical books are scheduled for release in November.

p1xels

Hi Theodoxa,
Can you please tell me if the new CCNP Route exam is harder than the old Route syllabus? What are the hardest topics in the new syllabus overall for all the 3 papers?

Any comments from others are also welcome.

With Regards

theodoxa

p1xels wrote: »

Hi Theodoxa,
Can you please tell me if the new CCNP Route exam is harder than the old Route syllabus? What are the hardest topics in the new syllabus overall for all the 3 papers?

Any comments from others are also welcome.

With Regards

The new ROUTE definitely appears to be a lot harder with a bunch of new material and some CCNA material (PPP, Frame Relay) added in.

New Material --

Cisco Express Forwarding (This is mainly a SWITCH topic, so I don't know why it is covered in ROUTE also)
TCP/IP (ICMP, Fragmentation, TTL, MTU, MSS, Latency, Windowing, UDP, etc...)
PPP (PAP/CHAP Authentication, PPPoE)
Frame Relay (Multipoint, Point-to-Point)
DHCP Server and Relay ("ip helper-address")
Static Routing
VRF Lite (Easy)
RIPv2 (This was on the CCNA when I took it, but has since been removed)
RIPng (I did not see this explicitly listed as a ROUTE topic on the old exam, but it was part of the TSHOOT topology, so it had to have been covered somewhere - ROUTE or TSHOOT)
DMVPN (This is probably the most difficult new topic)
Easy Virtual Networking (I'm not familiar with this, but it seems to be some kind of alternative to VRF Lite)
AAA (Local DB, RADIUS, TACACS+; Only Mentions Knowing What it is/how it works, so you shouldn't have to worry about creating and applying method lists)
ACLs (Standard, Extended, Time Based, IPv6)
Unicast RPF (Easy)
SNMP (Previously an unofficial SWITCH topic; It was covered in the errata for the OCG, but was not on the official exam objectives)
Logging (See SNMP)
NTP
NAT (Static, Dynamic, Overload, NAT64, NPTv6)
Netflow

Staunchy

Just saw on Ciscopress the official cert guides for the new CCNP R&S exams release dates are scheduled for 28 November 2014. No release date for the foundation learning guides as yet....

jcarrillo26

I was wondering are they going to release the books in each individual such as route, switch, and tshoot. Or are they going to put it all in one books separating by certification basis? I just found it annoying to spread out all the concepts how they did with the ccna 200-120 exam. I think they should of adopted todd lammle way of separating the exams what will be on this exam or that exam.

theodoxa

jcarrillo26 wrote: »

I was wondering are they going to release the books in each individual such as route, switch, and tshoot. Or are they going to put it all in one books separating by certification basis? I just found it annoying to spread out all the concepts how they did with the ccna 200-120 exam. I think they should of adopted todd lammle way of separating the exams what will be on this exam or that exam.

They have 3 books (ROUTE, SWITCH, and TSHOOT). I bought the new ROUTE and SWITCH books. I'm hoping to pass (scheduled for 1/19) the old ROUTE before the deadline, but if I don't I have the new book to read up on the new topics.

BTW, upon looking at the topics again, it appears DMVPN is listed as "describe" not "configure"...which should make it a LOT less difficult. Understanding how DMVPN works isn't that difficult. That said, the new ROUTE book covers a number of topics which are not listed on the official exam topics like EIGRP Named Mode, OSPF Address-Family, etc...

jcarrillo26

Hey thanks, best of luck with your ccnp studies. I plan to pick up all three books soon.