Course overview  

Do you want to learn how to install, configure and maintain large, multi-protocol networks?  

The expertise you develop when preparing for the CCNP certification will add to your skill set and help you expand your professional options.  

CCNP is an advanced course on installing, configuring and operating local and Wide Area Networks. The focus is on developing those skills that enable students to implement scalable networks, build campus networks, create and deploy global intranets and troubleshoot in a Cisco environment.  

This course is 90% practically based and all your taught contact time is in the practical laboratory. 

|Professional accreditation  

This course is awarded by Cisco Systems.

Course content  

The course is of 280 hours duration, split into four Cisco semesters. Each semester is stand-alone, lasting 70 hours.In addition to the 70 hours, you will be expected to contribute 20 hours of private study. The CCNP course is 90% practical.

Topics

Building Scalable Inter-Networks (BSI)

• Configure EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP routing protocols
• Multicast routing
• IPv6, and DHCP configuration

Implement Secure Converged WANS (ISCW)

• Implement basic teleworker services
• Implement Frame-Mode MPLS
• Implement a site-to-site IPSec VPN
• Describe network security strategies

Building Multilayer Switched Networks (BMSN)

• Introduction to Campus Networks
• Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)
• Spanning Tree Protocol
• Inter-VLAN Routing

Optimising Converged Networks (ONT)

• Implementing a VOIP network
• Implementing QoS converged networks
• AutoQoS
• Wireless security and wireless management  

Assessment  

The course is assessed through a mixture of online assessments, practical laboratory testing and student performance.  

Special features  

The programme is a comprehensive e-learning programme which provides students with the internet technology skills essential in a global economy. 

Career opportunities  

This professional course will equip you for employment as a computer network manager or network engineer.  

Attendance  

2 evenings per week, Tuesdays and Thursdays.  

Special facilities  

Each period is taught through a combination of on-line learning and practical hands-on experience in our specially designed Cisco laboratories. 

Entry level 

1. CCNA 640 - 801 Certification.

2. Completed and passed units 1 - 4 of the CCNA v3.1 Academy Programme.

3. Computer Networking HND or Degree.

4. Relevant and extensive industrial experience.

An interview will be required to assess your industrial experience for point 4 above. 

Contact  

 

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