Cisco certificates are valid for 3 years. Currently, if you want a CCNP certificate, you must pass the following competitions:
642-901 BSCI - Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks
• Contest number: 642-901
• Certificates issued: CCNP, CCIP and CCDP
• Time: 90 minutes (50-60 questions)
• Languages: English, Japanese
642-812 BCMSN - Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks
• Contest number: 642-812
• Certificates issued: CCNP, CCIP and CCDP
• Exam time: 90 minutes (50-60 questions)
• Languages: English, Japanese
642-825 ISCW - Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area Networks
• Contest number: 642-825
• Certificate issued: CCNP
• Exam time: 90 minutes (50-60 questions)
• Languages: English, Japanese
642-845 ONT - Optimizing Converged Cisco Networks
• Contest number: 642-845
• Certificate issued: CCNP
• Time: 90 minutes (50-60 questions)
• Languages: English, Japanese
Note : You can only attend these contests until July 31, 2010.
Note : 642-892 competition in conjunction with BSCI and BCMSN competitions can replace 642-901 BSCI and 642-812 BCMSN.
The 642-892 competition will receive CCNP, CCIP and CCDP certification. Exam takes place within 90 minutes with 50 to 60 questions.
You can only attend this contest until July 31, 2010.
Changes in the contest:
Starting from February 10, 2010, some alternative competitions in the CCNP certification exam will be popularized.
These competitions include:
• 642-902 ROUTE - Implementing Cisco IP Routing (takes the place of 642-901 BSCI)
• 642-813 SWITCH - Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks (takes the place of 642-812 BCMSN)
Details of these competitions are as follows:
642-902 ROUTE - Implementing Cisco IP Routing
• Contest number: 642-902
• Certificate issued: CCNP, CCIP and CCDP
• Time: 120 minutes (52 questions)
• Languages: English, Japanese
642-813 SWITCH - Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks
• Contest number: 642-813
• Certificate issued: CCNP, CCIP and CCDP
• Time: 120 minutes (52 questions)
• Languages: English, Japanese.
There is still another contest that has CCNP certification like 642-832 TSHOOT Troubleshooting and Maintaining Cisco IP Networks:
642-832 TSHOOT Troubleshooting and Maintaining Cisco IP Networks
• Contest number: 642-832
• Certificate issued: CCNP
• Time: 120 minutes (53 questions)
• English language
Candidates can still attend a trial contest for registered candidates: 643-832 TSHOOT Troubleshooting and Maintaining Cisco IP Networks, taking place from February 16 to March 26, 2010.
Cisco is expected to free for the first 150 contestants to pass this competition. Other contestants wishing to attend the competition will have to pay a fee ($ 50)
Candidates who pass the 643-832 test will be charged for certification as the official exam.
In this article, we have provided you with the prerequisites of CCNP and the current requirements for this certification. Hopefully it will help you.