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 Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician

Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician

The Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT) certification is ideal for an entry-level Cisco technician who can install, maintain, and troubleshoot a small Cisco network.

With CCENT certification training at New Horizons St. Louis, the student will learn:

  • Building a simple network
  • Establishing Internet Connectivity
  • Managing Network Device Security
  • Building a Medium-sized Network
  • Introducing IPv6 ICND1 Super Lab
!Prerequisites
 
  • None
 

Step 1

Take These Courses

Cisco® Interconnecting Cisco® Networking Devices Part 1 v3.0 (ICND1)

Step 2

Take These Exams

ICND1
Cisco Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1

Step 3

Earn These Certifications

Cisco CCENT

 Cisco Certified Network Associate Level (CCNA)

CCNA Routing and Switching

Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching certification demonstrates your knowledge to deploy, maintain, secure and operate a medium-sized network using Cisco technologies.

To earn your CCNA Routing and Switching you can either take a single exam or two exams.

!Prerequisites
 
  • Valid CCENT or any CCIE certification
 

Step 1

Take These Courses

Recommended Courses

Cisco® Interconnecting Cisco® Networking Devices Part 1 v3.0 (ICND1)

Cisco® Interconnecting Cisco® Networking Devices Part 2 v3.0 (ICND2)

Cisco® Interconnecting Cisco® Networking Devices Accelerated v3.0 (CCNAX)

Step 2

Take These Exams

Single Exam

200-125 CCNA® v3.0

Two Exams

100-105 ICND1 v3.0

200-105 ICND2 v3.0

Step 3

Earn These Certifications

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

CCNA Security

A Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Security certification proves your skills to develop a security infrastructure, recognize threats and vulnerabilities to networks, and mitigate security threats

!Prerequisites
 
  • CCENT, CCNA Routing and Switching or CCIE
 

Step 1

Take This Course

Recommended Courses

Cisco® Implementing Cisco® Network Security v3.0 (IINS)

Step 2

Take This Exam

210-260
(IINS)

Step 3

Earn This Certification

CCNA Security

CCNA Cloud

A Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Cloud certification proves your skills to perform entry-level provisioning and support of Cisco cloud solutions.

!Prerequisites
 
  • No Prerequisites
 

Step 1

Take These Courses

Cisco® Understanding Cisco® Cloud Fundamentals v1.1 (CLDFND)

Cisco® Introducing Cisco® Cloud Administration v1.1 (CLDADM)

Step 2

Take These Exams

201-451
CLDFND

210-455
CLDADM

Step 3

Earn This Certification

CCNA Cloud

CCNA Collaboration

A Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Collaboration certification proves your skills with the convergence of voice, video, data and mobile applications.

!Prerequisites
 
  • No Prerequisites
 

Step 1

Take These Courses

Cisco® Implementing Cisco® Collaboration Devices v1.0 (CICD)

Implementing Cisco Video Network Devices, Part 1 (CIVND1)

Cisco® Implementing Cisco® Video Network Devices, Part 2 v1.0 (CIVND2)

Step 2

Take These Exams

210-060
CICD

210-065
CIVND

Step 3

Earn This Certification

CCNA Collaboration

CCNA Data Center

A Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Data Center certification proves your skills in data center network design, implementation, and maintenance.

!Prerequisites
 
  • No Prerequisites
 

Step 1

Take These Courses

Cisco® Introducing Cisco® Data Center Networking v1.0 (DCICN)

Cisco® Introducing Cisco® Data Center Technologies v1.0 (DCICT)

Step 2

Take These Exams

640-911
DCICN

640-916
DCICT

Step 3

Earn This Certification

CCNA Data Center

CCNA Service Provider

A Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Service Provider certification proves your skills to deploy, maintain and improve carrier-grade network infrastructures

!Prerequisites
 
  • No Prerequisites
 

Step 1

Take These Courses

Cisco® Building Cisco® Service Provider Next-Generation Networks, Part 1 v1.01 (SPNGN1)

Cisco® Building Cisco® Service Provider Next-Generation Networks, Part 2 v1.01 (SPNGN2)

Step 2

Take These Exams

640-875
SPNGN1

640-878
SPNGN2

Step 3

Earn This Certification

CCNA Service Provider

CCNA Wireless

A Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Wireless certification proves your basic Cisco Wireless LAN’s configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting and support skills for optimal performance of Cisco Wireless networks.

!Prerequisites
 
  • CCENT, CCNA Routing and Switching OR CCIE
 

Step 1

Take This Course

Cisco® Implementing Cisco® Wireless Network Fundamentals v1.0 (WIFUND)

Step 2

Take This Exam

200-355
WIFUND

Step 3

Earn This Specialization

CCNA WIRELESS

CCNA Design

A Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Design certification proves your skills on design methodologies and objectives, addressing and routing protocols, and network expansion considerations within basic campus, data center, security, voice, and wireless networks.

!Prerequisites
 
  • CCENT,CCNA Routing and Switching, or CCIE
 

Step 1

Take This Course

Cisco® Designing for Cisco® Internetwork Solutions 2.1 (DESGN)

Step 2

Take This Exam

200-DESGN

Step 3

Earn This Certification

CCNA Design

 Cisco Certified Network Professional Level (CCNP)

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

After achieving your CCNA Routing and Switching certification you are ready to take the next step and earn your CCNP in one or more specialty areas, including Routing & Switching, Design, Security, Wireless or Voice.

Cisco CCNP Routing and Switching

The Cisco CCNP Routing and Switching certification is ideal for Cisco professionals who specialize in Cisco routing and switching technologies, and validates the ability to plan, implement, verify and troubleshoot local and wide-area enterprise networks and work collaboratively with specialists on advanced security, voice, wireless and video solutions.

!Prerequisites
 
  • CCNA or CCIE
 

Step 1

Take These Courses

Cisco® Implementing Cisco® IP Routing v2.0 (ROUTE)

Cisco® Implementing Cisco® Switched Networks v2.0 (SWITCH)

Cisco® Troubleshooting and Maintaining Cisco® IP Networks v2.0 (TSHOOT)

Step 2

Take These Exams

300-101
ROUTE (v 2.0)

300-115
SWITCH (v 2.0)

300-135
TSHOOT (v 2.0)

Step 3

Earn This Certification

Cisco CCNP Routing and Switching

CISCO CCNP Security

The Cisco CCNP Security certification program is for Cisco engineers responsible for Security in Routers, Switches, Networking devices and appliances, as well as choosing, deploying, supporting and troubleshooting Firewalls, VPNS, and IDS/IPS solutions for their networking environments.

!Prerequisites
 
  • CCNA or CCIE
 

Step 1

Take These Courses

Cisco® Implementing Cisco® Edge Network Security Solutions v1.0 (SENSS)

Cisco® Implementing Cisco® Threat Control Solutions v1.5 (SITCS1)

Cisco® Implementing Cisco® Secure Access Solutions (SISAS)

Cisco® Implementing Cisco® Secure Mobility Solutions v1.0 (SIMOS)

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Step 2

Take These Exams

300-206
SENSS

300-207
SITCS

303-208
SISAS

300-209
SIMOS

Step 3

Earn This Certification

CISCO CCNP Security

CISCO CCNP Voice

The Cisco CCNP Collaboration certification is ideal for Cisco professionals who want to develop advanced collaboration skills designing, deploying, configuring, and troubleshooting Cisco Collaboration and Unified communications applications, devices and networks

!Prerequisites
 
  • CCNA Collaboration or any CCIE certification
 

Step 1

Take These Courses

Cisco® Implementing Cisco® IP Telephony & Video, Part 1 v1.0 (CIPTV1)

Cisco® Implementing Cisco® IP Telephony & Video, Part 2 v1.0 (CIPTV2)

Cisco® Troubleshooting Cisco® IP Telephony and Video v1.0 (CTCOLLAB)

Cisco® Integrating Cisco® Unified Communications Applications v8.0 (CAPPS)

Step 2

Take These Exams

300-070
CIPTV1

300-075
CIPTV2

300-080
CTCOLLAB

300-085
CAPPS

Step 3

Earn This Certification

CISCO CCNP Collaboration

CISCO CCNP Data Center

The Cisco CCNP Data Center certification allows you to choose a concentration for your data center education according to specific needs.

!Prerequisites
 
  • CCNA Data Center or any CCIE certification
 

Step 1

Take These Courses

Cisco® Data Center Unified Computing Implementation v5.0 (DCUCI)

Cisco® Implementing Cisco® Data Center Unified Fabric v5.0 (DCUFI)

And

Cisco® Data Center Unified Computing Design v5.0 (DCUCD)

Cisco® Designing Cisco® Data Center Unified Fabric v5.0 (DCUFD)

Or

Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCT)

Cisco® Troubleshooting Cisco® Data Center Unified Fabric v5.0 (DCUFT)

Step 2

Take These Exams

642-999
DCUCI

642-997
DCUFI

And

642-998
DCUCD

642-996
DCUFD

Or

642-035
DCUCT

642-980
DCUFT

Step 3

Earn This Certification

CISCO CCNP Data Center

CISCO CCDP

The Cisco CCDP certification is ideal for Cisco Senior Network Design Engineers, Principle System Engineer, Network/Solution Architects and CCDA professionals looking to build upon your fundamental Cisco network design expertise the Cisco CCDP certification program focuses on advanced addressing and routing protocols, WANs, services virtualization, and integration strategies for multi-layered Enterprise architectures.

!Prerequisites
 
  • CCDA, CCNA Routing and Switching or any CCIE
 

Step 1

Take These Courses

Cisco® Implementing Cisco® IP Routing v2.0 (ROUTE)

Cisco® Implementing Cisco® Switched Networks v2.0 (SWITCH)

Cisco® Designing Cisco® Network Service Architecture v3.0 (ARCH)

Step 2

Take These Exams

300-101
ROUTE

300-115
SWITCH

300-320
ARCH

Step 3

Earn This Certification

CISCO CCDP

CISCO CCNP Wireless

The Cisco CCNP Wireless certification addresses the need for designing, implementing, and operating Cisco Wireless networks and mobility infrastructures.

!Prerequisites
 
  • CCNA Wireless or any CCIE
 

Step 1

Take These Courses

Cisco® Conducting Cisco® Unified Wireless Site Survey v2.0 (CUWSS)

Cisco® Implementing Cisco® Unified Wireless Voice Networks (IUWVN)

Cisco® Implementing Cisco® Unified Wireless Mobility Services v2.0 (IUWMS)

Cisco® Implementing Advanced Cisco® Unified Wireless Security (IAUWS) 2.0

Step 2

Take These Exams

642-732
CUWSS

642-742
IUWVN

642-747
IUWMS

642-737
IAUWS

Step 3

Earn This Certification

CISCO CCNP Wireless

Cisco Training at New Horizons St. Louis

Cisco continues to dominate the enterprise networking space, and networking capabilities are in high demand.

Get the networking training to meet your business, team or professional growth goals. New Horizons St. Louis offers best-in-class Cisco training for routing and switching, security, wireless, data center, Unified Communication and other Cisco products.

Whether you’re an experienced network professional or just starting a career in technology, Cisco training opens the door to new IT networking career opportunities.

Start with New Horizons St. Louis Cisco-authorized training then explore the multiple certification paths depending on your job role and level of experience.

Understanding Cisco Certifications

There are multiple levels of Cisco IT certifications. Associate level credentials are the foundation level of networking certifications. For more advanced certifications covering different technologies and job roles, elevate to the Professional level.

Choose one or more Cisco career specializations, match your job role with specific technical expertise and enhance your core networking knowledge across security, data center or network programmability.

Comprehensive St. Louis Cisco training from New Horizons offers training and certifications for every expertise level, including:

IT Certification

Specialist Certifications

  • Entry
  • Associate
  • Professional
  • Expert
  • Architect
  • Collaboration
  • Data Center
  • Security
  • Service Provider

Cisco Training St. Louis

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January 23 – deadline to purchase exam vouchers for the current Cisco certifications
February 23 – deadline to take exams for the current Cisco certifications
February 24 – first available date to test for the new Cisco certifications

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Cisco Learning Credits

Training with Cisco Learning Credits

Through our partnership with Cisco, New Horizons St. Louis offers Cisco learning credits to help organizations save on training with pre-paid credit bundles.

With the integration of Cisco training into your network solution, your team becomes more efficient, granting your business a competitive advantage.

You can purchase Cisco Learning Credits with any Cisco hardware, software or services order or on their own. Learning Credits are sold in packs of 10, 100, 500 and 1500, and each credit is worth $100 toward training at New Horizons St. Louis.

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  • Easily monitor Cisco training history and progress
  • Use credits for Cisco live events

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To learn more about Cisco Learning Credits, visit www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/resources/learning-credits/clc-customers.html

New Cisco Certifications 2020

Cisco announced a significant evolution of their certification tracks, set to release February 24, 2020. These changes will address the needs of the modern network, requiring both infrastructure and software expertise. This is Cisco’s biggest change to certifications in 25 years. New recommended training courses will be released in the coming months ahead of the new certification releases.

Summary of Changes:

  • New DevNet track of certification across all levels
  • CCENT entry level cert is being retired
  • CCNA will be consolidated to one certification, requiring one exam
  • CCNP will have only five concentration areas, requiring TWO exams
  • Specialist Level is earned after the first exam in a CCNP track
  • CCIE will require 2 exams, the first being a CCNP exam, the other a CCIE lab exam
  • New courses will roll out over the next 6 months, aligned with the new certifications
  • Recertification requirement will now be every 3 years

Have questions? Download the Cisco 2020 Certifications FAQ today!

Learn more about Cisco Certification changes

The current Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT) will be retired. At the Associate level will be the new CCNA, which will validate a broad range of foundational knowledge and skills. It will have just one exam covering networking and security fundamentals, as well as automation and programmability. Previously, CCNA candidates typically had to take multiple exams to earn one of 10 different CCNA certifications. The new CCNA exam (#200-301) is scheduled to go live Feb. 24, 2020. The new CCNA will replace these current certifications:

  • CCNA Cloud
  • CCNA Collaboration
  • CCNA Cyber Ops
  • CCNA Data Center
  • CCDA Design
  • CCNA Industrial
  • CCNA Routing and Switching
  • CCNA Security
  • CCNA Service Provider
  • CCNA Wireless

There will be a new course coming out for CCNA, expected this summer, which will cover the foundations now covered in both ICND1 and ICND2, while the more advanced info in both of those courses will be moving to the new CCNP level courses, expected to release prior to February 2020.

There will be six CCIE tracks, and they no longer have dedicated CCIE written exams. Instead, candidates must pass the CCNP core exam and then take the 8-hour CCIE lab in the concentration of choice. For instance, to earn the CCIE Security you’d have to pass the CCNP Security core exam (SCOR 300-701) and then sit for the 8-hour lab, CCIE Security v6.0. That’s consistent across all the new CCIEs with the exception of CCIE Enterprise.

In the case of the Enterprise track, you have two options: CCIE Enterprise Wireless and CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure. Both of these tracks adopt the CCNP Enterprise exam (ENCOR 300-401) as their written exam, and then diverge at the lab requirement. They each have a dedicated lab requirement specific to the track: CCIE Enterprise Wireless v1.0 and CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure v1.0. Here’s the complete list of the new CCIEs:

  • CCIE Enterprise Wireless
  • CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure
  • CCIE Security
  • CCIE Service Provider
  • CCIE Collaboration
  • CCIE Data Center

Most CCNP certifications will also be retiring. Right now, networking professionals start a specialization track at the CCNA level. For example, CCNA Security leads to CCNP Security. However, after February 24, 2020, the one CCNA exam (200-301 CCNA) will cover networking basics and then you specialize at the CCNP level. You will be required to pass 2 exams: a core exam and one concentration exam. Here’s the complete list of the new CCNPs:

  • CCNP Enterprise
  • CCNP Security
  • CCNP Service Provider
  • CCNP Collaboration
  • CCNP Data Center
  • Cisco Certified DevNet Professional

Passing any one of these exams will earn you the Cisco Certified Specialist title in that concentration.
Passing the second exam will earn you the CCNP in that focus area.

Cisco is launching a new certification track — DevNet. The DevNet track will combine programming (primarily with Python) and infrastructure. There will be four levels to the DevNet track:

  • Cisco Certified DevNet Associate (CCNA-level)
  • Cisco Certified DevNet Specialist
  • Cisco Certified DevNet Professional (CCNP-level)
  • Cisco Certified DevNet Expert (CCIE-level) – Coming soon

These tracks follow the same conventions as the other five tracks. You can either take the associate-level core exam to get certified at the CCNA level, pass one exam to become a Specialist, or take two exams to earn the professional-level certification.

Cisco Certification Roadmap