Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)

This Cisco network design course is ideal for you if you are an IT professional with a good understanding of networking and Cisco technology. Our Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) course will help you build on your good computer literacy and solid technical knowledge, and covers the tools required to understand how a campus network can be built, what models can be used, which practices should be avoided, and which network design principles should guide you to ensure a successful implementation.

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This Cisco training course will give you an advanced knowledge of the network design principles and concepts.

With Cisco certification as a CCDP, you will have gained the status of a network professional able to discuss, design and create advanced addressing and routing, security, network management, data centre, and IP multicast complex multi-layered enterprise architectures that include virtual private networking and wireless domains.

The Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) curriculum includes building scalable internetworks, building multilayer switched networks, and designing network service architecture.

Entry Requirements

Candidates should have completed exam number 640-802 Cisco Certified Network Associate, or exam number 640-822 Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 and exam number 640-816 Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2

Minimum System Requirements

Hardware Requirements

Minimum Pentium® 1 GHz
Minimum G3 machine for Macintosh®
Minimum 128 MB RAM
Minimum 256 MB RAM for Macintosh®
1024 x 768 screen resolution is recommended
56K or high-speed Internet
Operating Systems
Microsoft® Windows® operating system (32-bit and 64-bit) (not Windows NT)
Windows 7 using Internet Explorer 8
openSUSE® (SUSE® Linux) - 9.2-9.3, 10.0-10.3, 11.0-11.1
Macintosh OS® X™ - 10.4, 10.5
Macintosh OS® X™ 10.6

Supported Browsers

Internet Explorer® - 6.x-8.0 (not on Macintosh)
Firefox® - 2.0 -3.6.10 (not on Macintosh)
Safari™ - 3.0-5.0.2 (only on Apple - Macintosh)

Minimum Requirements for Plug-Ins

Flash® 6.0 - 10

What will I gain?

Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)

Assessment

You will need to take and pass the following exams:

642-813 Switch 1.0: Implementing CISCO IP Switched Networks

642-874 Designing CISCO Network Service Architecture

642-902 Route 1.0: Implementing CISCO IP Routing

Please note that examination fees are additional to course fees.

What will I get?

Full online content via a learning portal
Access to a virtual bookshelf containing all the textbooks you might need during your studies
Access to all components of the courses from any PC with internet connection
Test-Preps. These consist of test questions at a level of difficulty similar to that of your qualifying exams.
They come with an test-mode option, which limits the time available to complete it, or in a study mode, which makes detailed feedback available to explain the right and wrong answers for every question
SkillSoft's mentors are available online 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year for the most popular certification exams to provide support, guidance and encouragement.
Other courses have mentors available online Monday to Friday, 2pm-10pm GMT
The support period is 12 months from the date of enrolment.