The course expands on what you learn from the Cisco CCNA course with a focus on theoretical and practical knowledge needed for the service provider environment. Through a combination of lessons and hands-on practice, you will learn about architectures, protocols, software and hardware platforms, and solutions within the service provider realm. While this course does not lead directly to a certification exam, it does cover foundational knowledge critical to success in the service provider technology track.
The CCNP Service Provider is considered the hallmark of excellence in implementing Cisco technologies for service provider networks. Those backbone networks that provide bandwidth and network access are some of the largest, most complex networks in the world and many are powered by Cisco equipment.
This CCNP Service Provider training is considered professional-level Cisco training, which means it was designed for network engineers. This service provider network infrastructure skills course is designed for network engineers with three to five years of experience with service provider network infrastructure.
Experienced network engineers. For network engineers who've already been working in service provider-level networks for several years, this CCNP Service Provider course is the perfect way to round out your experience and ensure there's no element you've overlooked the last several years. From high levels of detail in VPN services to thorough coverage of advanced networking protocols, after this training, no service provider network problem or configuration will ever take you off-guard.