Cisco Routing and Switching

Certification Comparison Chart

LEARNING@CISCO

Certification Years of Related Job Role Product / Technology Number of Prerequisites

Name Experience covered in the course Exams

CCENT 0–2 • Entry-level Hardware: 1 None

Network Engineers • Cisco Routers
• Help Desks • Cisco Switches
• Network
Administrators Software:
• Cisco IOS
• IPv6
• OSPF
• VLANs
• ACLs
• WLAN, LAN and WAN

CCNA Routing 1-3 • Network Hardware: 2 None

and Switching Specialists • Cisco Routers
• Network • Cisco Switches
Administrators
• Network Support Software:
Engineers • Cisco IOS
• IPv6
• IOS Licensing
• OSPF
• VLANs
• ACLs
• Etherchannel
• EIGRP
• SNM
• Netflow
• WLAN, LAN and WAN

CCNP Routing 3-5 • Network Engineers Hardware: 3 Valid CCNA

and Switching • System Engineers • Cisco Routers Routing and
• Network Support • Cisco Switches Switching
Specialists Certification
• Network Software:
Administrators • Cisco IOS
• Network • eBGP
Consultants • EIGRP (IPv6)
• System Integrators • OSPF v3
• QoS
• Layer 2
• IPv4
• Layer 3
• IPv6
• RIP v2 and RIP ng
• Advanced IP Addressing
and Routing

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Cisco Routing and Switching
Certification Comparison Chart
LEARNING@CISCO

Certification Years of Related Job Role Product / Technology Number of Prerequisites

Name Experience covered in the course Exams

CCNP Routing • WLAN, LAN and WAN

and Switching • Configuration of secure
Cont. routing Solutions
• DMVPN (Dynamic
Multipoint VPN)
• Cisco StackWise
• VSS (Virtual Switch
Services)

CCIE Routing 7+ • Senior Network Hardware: 2 None

and Switching Engineers • Cisco Routers
• Cisco Switches

Software:
• Cisco IOS
• eBGP
• EIGRP
• OSPF
• QoS
• Layer 2
• IPv4
• Layer 3
• IPv6
• MPLS
• Multicast
• HSRP
• VRRP
• NTP
• DHCP
• Advanced IP Addressing
and Routing
• WLAN, LAN and WAN
• Configuration of secure
routing Solutions
• Troubleshoot and
optimize network and
evaluate proposed
changes

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