How to obtain the best score in CCNP exam?
Certification: Cisco CCNP Routing and Switching - Cisco Certified Network Professional Routing and Switching
Cisco has maintained its standard of quality certifications. One of the reasons why Cisco is so popular is that Cisco does not give you the certification the easy way. You really need to work hard to achieve the level of certification. Cisco is famous for its tough and practicality of exams. In addition to this, there is a very strange way of marking which an ordinary man cannot understand. CCNP as is a professional level of the certifications so the standard is maintained hard. In this article you will be provided with the way to understand the marking system of Cisco. After that you would be given main and important topics which are regularly asked by Cisco in previous exams including which labs to use, how to use several labs and what resources could help you in achieving your dream score.
Marking System of Cisco
The exams provided by Cisco to a candidate are always not the same. The questions are regularly changed by the pros of Cisco and on the basis of the questions the marking is done. The score is based on different question and not on the exams. The passing scores change every batch and Cisco announces the passing marks with the result report. This is a sort of strange way of marking but it is effective too. You may notice that if you take the same exam with your friend on the same day then you both would have different questions and different passing marks. This is because the marks are based on value of question and not on exam. Each type of question has different weight and together they make your net score. You should target 80-85% score to get the certification.
After this it is time to share with you important topics which will help you throughout the exam preparation. The topics are provided separately under the heading of the exam. Route is considered as the hardest part of CCNP.
ROUTE
As far as Route is concerned, you must focus on implementation of an EIGRP solution in a given network design which helps in determining the network resources, creation of an EIGRP plan of implementation and verification including creation and configuration of EIGRP route systems. Similarly the Multi-Area OSPF network within a network design determining the network resources needed, including the creation of OSPF implementation and verifying plan and also configuration of the same routing is also important. Another important topic is an eBGP based solution in a network design with the determination of network resources and creation of eGBR implementation and verifying plans. Also pay your attention to the IPv6 based solution in a network design and all sorts of determinations of network resources and creation of IPv6 verifying and implements plans. Its main feature of interoperating with IPv4 makes it unique from other route certifications so concentrate on this one. It is practice of Cisco to ask question form this section. In addition to this the redistributing solution related to IPv4 and IPv6 based network is also important. It tells you about the creation of re distribution plan based on a verification analysis. Closely study the configuration of a re distribution implementation and verifying plans. The identification of major differences related to IPv6 and IPv4 are also part of this topic which is an important fact to know because many of the students consider it among minor details and leave it. Implementation of Layer 3 controlling path which is about the creation of a layer 3 controlling path and re distributions based on this pattern can give you hard time because it is more practical than theoretical. You must be able to create the layer controlling path and verifying plan. Lastly, the basic teleworker and branch services may also be a tricky one. You must be able to explain the broadband technologies which are even present in under developed countries, configurations of basic broadband connections and networks, descriptions related to the modern VPN technologies and configurations of GRE and branch access technologies.
SWITCH
Switch is much easier as compared to ROUTE. SWITCH mainly focuses on the configuration and verification of the complex enterprise switch solutions and also the security of the integration of VLANs and WLANs networks. The main topics with respect to exam include the implementation of VLAN solving issues including creation of VLAN switch with implementing and verifying issues. Another important topic which is often asked by Cisco in SWITCH exam is related to implementation of security extension of L2 resolving like creation of an implementing plan for security, configuration of port security and private local area networks and configuration of VASL and PACL. Another topic to concentrate on is SWITCH based on L3 service which also includes the creation of L3 security, configurations of router inter faces, verification plan for L3 services and debugging commands. Don’t forget to prepare the implementation of high availability designs and redundancy protocols like supervisor redundancy and verifying plan.
TSHOOT
The maximum practical type TSHOOT is also a difficult exam with a lot of new and useful material. TSHOOT certifies that the candidate has necessary knowledge in planning and performance of complex routed and switched networks. In addition to this it also has systematic ITIL-complaint approach to perform network troubleshoot. Its main topics which are often asked in Cisco exam include topics from SWITCH and ROUTE and few topics from CCNA like DHCP, NAT, SSH and few other topics which are not found in any of the previous exams. The other important topics include development of plans for monitoring and managing provided networks, performance of monitoring tools, performance of routine devices, troubleshooting of EIGRP, OSPF, EBGP, DHCP, NAT, IPv6, troubleshooting related to routing of local area networks and wide area networks and troubleshooting related to switches like L1, L2, L3 switches.
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