
Cisco Certified Network Professional Service Provider(CCNP SP)
CCNP Service Provider Certification Program
Software and networking become more and more interconnected every day. Technology advances are enabling new applications and businesses that connect everything—people, devices, machines, and applications. And with intent-based networking, service providers can take advantage of automation to scale and secure their infrastructure. To capitalize on these opportunities, today’s service provider professionals need a broader range of skills and deeper focus in strategic technology areas. The CCNP Service Provider certification program gives you exactly that breadth and depth.
CCNP Service Provider certification help you prove your skills in the ever-changing landscape of service provider technologies. The certification covers core technologies and a service provider focus area of your choice. You choose where you want to focus. You choose where to take your career. Among the industry’s most widely recognized and respected certifications, CCNP sets you apart. It tells the world you know what you are doing. In addition, completing any CCNP certification exam earns you a Cisco Specialist certification, so you get recognized for your accomplishments along the way.
Courses
Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies v1.1 (350-501)
- Architecture
- Networking
- MPLS and Segment Routing
- Services
- Automation and Assurance
Implementing Cisco Service Provider Advanced Routing Solutions v1.1 (300-510)
- Unicast Routing
- Multicast Routing
- Routing Policy and Manipulation
- MPLS and Segment Routing
Curriculum
- 11 Sections
- 54 Lessons
- 100h Duration
Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies v1.1 (350-501)
- Introduction
1.0 Architecture
- Describe service provider architectures
- Describe Cisco network software architecture
- Describe service provider virtualization
- Describe QoS architecture
- Configure and verify control plan security
- Describe management plane security
- Implement data plane security
2.0 Networking
- Implement IS-IS (IPv4 and IPv6)
- Implement OSPF (v2 and v3)
- Describe BGP path selection algorithm.
- Implement BGP (v4 and v6 for IBGP and EBGP)
- Implement routing policy language and route maps (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS)
- Troubleshoot routing protocols
- Describe IPv6 transition (NAT44, NAT64, CGNAT, MAP-T and DS Lite)
- Implement high availability
3.0 MPLS and Segment Routing
- Implement MPLS
- Describe traffic engineering
- Describe segment routing
4.0 Services
- Describe VPN services
- Configure L2VPN and Carrier Ethernet
- Configure L3VPN
- Implement multicast services
- Implement QoS services
5.0 Automation and Assurance
- Describe the programmable APIs used to include Cisco devices in network automation
- Interpret an external script to configure a Cisco device using a REST API
- Describe the role of Network Services Orchestration (NSO)
- Describe the high-level principles and benefits of a data modeling language, such as YANG
- Describe configuration management tools, such as Ansible and Terraform
- Describe Secure ZTP
- Configure dial-in/out, TCP, TLS and mTLS certificates using gRPC and gNMI
- Configure and verify NetFlow/IPFIX
- Configure and verify NETCONF and RESTCONF
- Configure and verify SNMP (v2c/v3)
Implementing Cisco Service Provider Advanced Routing Solutions v1.1 (300-510)
- Introduction
1.0 Unicast Routing
- Compare OSPF and IS-IS routing protocols
- Troubleshoot OSPF multiarea operations (IPv4 and IPv6)
- Troubleshoot IS-IS multilevel operations (IPv4 and IPv6)
- Describe the BGP scalability and performance
- Troubleshoot BGP
- Describe IPv6 tunneling mechanisms
- Implement fast convergence
2.0 Multicast Routing
- Multicast Routing
- Describe multicast concepts
- Implement PIM-SM operations
- Troubleshoot multicast routing
3.0 Routing Policy and Manipulation
- Compare routing policy language and route maps
- Describe conditional matching
- Troubleshoot route manipulation for IGPs
- Troubleshoot route manipulation for BGP
4.0 MPLS and Segment Routing
- Troubleshoot MPLS
- Implement segment routing
- Implement segment routing traffic engineering
- Implement segment routing v6 (SRv6)