New CCNP v6.0 Curriculum

Cisco annouces a new CCNP v6.0 Curriculum which aligns with updated Cisco certification.

Cisco recently updated its Cisco CCNP certification for network engineers through a comprehensive process involving customers and partners from around the globe. The revision focuses on the competencies that are needed to plan, implement, and troubleshoot the latest routed and switched networks and is designed to be more predictive of job readiness.

The revised CCNP certification requires candidates to complete three 120-minute exams that validate the key competencies of network engineers: ROUTE 642-902, SWITCH 642-813, and TSHOOT 642-832. ROUTE and SWITCH replace the current BSCI and BCMSN exams; however the TSHOOT exam covers new material on troubleshooting multisite enterprise networks. Learn more about the redesigned CCNP certification on the Cisco Learning Network.

The Networking Academy CCNP v6.0 curriculum consists of three new courses that align with the new Cisco certification exams:

CCNP: Implementing Cisco IP Routing (ROUTE), which replaces Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI), is scheduled for release in July 2010
CCNP: Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks (SWITCH), which replaces Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN), is scheduled for release in July 2010
CCNP: Troubleshooting and Maintaining Cisco IP Networks (TSHOOT) is scheduled for release in April 2010

These three new courses will replace the current four CCNP v5.0 courses. Please note that two of the v5.0 courses, Implementing Secure Cisco Wide Area Networks (ISCW) and Optimizing Converged Cisco Networks (ONT),do not have a direct replacement. The content of these courses has been either incorporated into the three new courses, or dropped from the CCNP curriculum.