Cisco certifications are one of the most popular certifications in ip networking. And with latest update, Cisco CCNP ENCOR and CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure are the most popular ones between Cisco certifications. To have both certifications, you should pass CCNP ENCOR 350-401 exam. But for CCIE, you should also pass the CCIE lab exam.
In this article, we will focus on these two important certification paths for network experts and we will learn some of the important key lessons of these certifications.
CCNP ENCOR 350-401
The first one is CCNP Encor 350-401. This is especially the name of the required Cisco exam. But here we will also use this keyword to talk about CCNP Enterprise. It is a senior level network certification and it is valuable between network engineers. If you would like to be a network expert, or a Cisco expert, you should pass CCNP Encor 350-401 exam and become a CCNP.
CCNP is the senior level. The beginner level is CCNA 200-301 and the expert level is CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure lab. If you take CCNP encore course and pass your exam, you will be ready for also CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure.
CCIE Enterprise Infracture
CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure certification is the top level of cisco enterprise certification. It was mainly known as CCIE Routing and switching (CCIE R&S). But after the big Cisco certification update, the name of the certification has also changed. Although this change, the value of this certification is still the same. It is one of the most valuable certifications in networking world.
If you would like to be a network expert, you should pass CCNP ENCOR and CCIE Lab exams. These two exams will teach you a lot of lessons in networking and you will be familiar with Cisco routers and switches. You will gain hands on experience on Cisco devices. A CCIE course will teach you a lot on this way. It is not only a course, but also a trainee period before your real network job as an expert.
Key Lessons of These Certifications
There are various lessons in any network certification. Like all the other certifications CCNP encore and CCIE enterprise infrastructure has some common lessons. Because you should pass CCNP encore to get these certifications. The theorical exam is the same exam. So, what are these lessons, these are given below:
Cisco SD Access
Cisco SD-WAN
MPLS
Layer 3 VPN
OSPFv2 and OSPfv3 Details
Route Redistribution
BFD
BGP Details
VLANs, SVI
EtherChannel
Spanning Tree Protocols
IGMPv2, IGMPv3, MLD
PIM
NAT Types
Quality of Service
HSRP, GLBP, VRRP
Switch Administration
Layer 2 Protocols
Automation and Scripting
Network Programmability
BGP Details
DMVPN
Access Connections
Routing Concepts
EIGRP Details
Switch Security
Router Security
IPv6 Infrastructure Security
System Management,
TFTP, SFTP, FTP Ports
Now, let’s explane some of these lessons a little detailly.
Nat Types
In this lesson, you will learn types of nat. In other words, you will focus on one of the key technology of networking. You will learn static nat, dynamic nat and pat with different examples. Beside you wil learn how to configure nat types one by one. You will do practices with static, dynamic nat and pat (port address translation).
NAT is an important technology for networking. It is especially important for IPv4 and ip addressing. So, to use NAT efficiently, you should learn nat types very well. CCNP and CCIe will cover this important lesson.
SVI
Other important lesson is Switch virtual interfaces. It is especially a swithing and routing lesson together. It is used to give ip addresses to switches in networking world. So, it is an important lesson both for CCNP and CCIE certifications.
BFD
BFD is a key technology especially for CCIE enterprise infrastructure. In many network bidirectional forwarding detection (bfd) is used to check the connection availability. If you are a network expert, you have used this technology before. Or if you are an entry level network administrator or a network engineer, you will use this technology in the future. This is a very important lesson for the network engineers who will provide high availability of the networks.
Access Connections
In access connections lesson, you will focus on wireless networking. You will learn one of the most important devices in a wireless network. This is WLC, wireless LAN controller. You will learn WLC management access connections one by one. As a CCNP and CCIE, you should know this wireless lesson very well. Because, wireless will be the future of networking.
FTP
FTP is a file transfer protocol. It is not a secure protocol but a widely used network protocol. Beside FTP, there are TFTP, SFTP and other file transfer protocol. In CCNP and CCIE courses, you will learn these protocols detailly. You will learn FTP ports one by one. You will learn the mechanism of these file transfer protocols.
Different file transfer protocols uses different ports. So, it is important to know these ftp ports. In the course of CCNP or CCIE, you will be familiar these ports.