Talk: CCNP

Q. What changes have been made to the Cisco CCNP certification?
A. On 29 July 2014, Cisco announced changes to the Cisco CCNP® certification for network professionals. The name of the certification has changed from “CCNP” to “CCNP Routing and Switching,” and the three exams, ROUTE, SWITCH, and TSHOOT, have been revised. The new exams include more emphasis on IPv6 and additional focus on Cisco StackWise®, virtual switching services, and Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN). Please visit the Cisco Learning Network for more details.

Q. What are the new CCNP R&S certification exams?
A. The following three new CCNP certification exams are now available:

• 300-101 ROUTE – Implementing Cisco IP Routing
• 300-115 SWITCH – Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks
• 300-135 TSHOOT – Troubleshooting and Maintaining Cisco IP Networks

Q. What is the NetAcad’s recommendation if I need to teach CCNP R&S SWITCH course now when the Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks Foundation Learning Guides is not available?
A. Due to the delay in the release of the Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks Foundation Learning Guide, we ask instructors to consider leveraging the CCNP R&S SWITCH Official Cert Guide to teach your course. The CCNP R&S SWITCH Official Cert Guide covers the same topics as the Foundation Learning Guide but the content is organized differently. The SWITCH Content Map FLG vs Cert Guide will support instructors using the CCNP R&S SWITCH Official Cert Guide as an interim course textbook

Q. Will the CCNP R&S Instructors PPTs be revised?
A. No. The CCNP R&S Instructors PPTs will not be revised. We encourage instructors to leverage the PPTs from CCNP 6.0, revise and share the revision with the community. Instructor may also leverage the file containing the images used in the CCNP R&S FLG.

CCNP RS 7.0 = 3 courses, each 1 semester long (about 70 hours)