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Overview Of Cisco CCNP Data Center Certification

Certification: Cisco CCNP Data Center - Cisco Certified Network Professional Data Center

Certification Overview

The Ciscoinformation Centre qualification is for the professionals who are in the field of business services, presales, technology architects, design and for implementation engineers. It is a job based training certification programme that allows a professional to maximize his investment in his education so that he can increase his value in the field of data center network. The exam and its courses almost cover all the data center concepts which directly save time and your money in the field of design equipment and maintenance.

This certification helps a person to build a solid foundation for a career in installing, managing data and configuring data centers and make you globally apart from other professional. CISCO CCNP Data Center Certification enables you to expand your career and be an expert in the field of data center and maintaining its network.

Who can do this certification?

This certification is designed for the entire professionals who are into the field of presales, business services and data center design. It is very useful certification for them to enhance their career in their field and make their mark globally. A professional need to have a valid CCNA Data Center certification or any CCIE certification to obtain CCNP Data Center Certification and you don't need to have any experience but however Cisco recommend to have at least four years of professional experience in the field of data center before you plan for this program.

Benefits

The professional who has this certification are mostly sought by many big multinational companies. In addition to that a professional should have at least 3-5 year of knowledge in the field of data center. Most of the professional who have this certification are placed with huge packages and placed in the position of Technology Architect, business forces architect, Design Engineer as well as Support Engineer. This certification allows a user to enhance their skills in the field of data center and helps you to concentrate in the data center education which will help you to grow in your company and your job role.

Associate exams

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Prerequisites

There is not much prerequisites for this certification, you need to have a minimum 4 years of professional experience in the field of data center. This is not the mandatory part to have the certification but Cisco highly recommend having minimum 4 years of experience. In addition to experience you need to have a valid CCNA Data Center certification or any CCIE certification conducted by Cisco. This will help the professional to build a strong career in the field of data center and grow fastly in his company and role.

Examination Overview

CCNP Data Center certification includes from six different levels of exam. Generally many professional choose only four exams which are available with CCNP Data Center. The six different levels exam includes:

  1. Designing Cisco Unified Exam
  2. Implementation Cisco Unified Computing Exam
  3. Designing Cisco Unified Fabric Exam
  4. Implementing Cisco Unified Fabric Exam
  5. Troubleshooting Cisco Unified Fabric Exam
  6. Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Exam.

These all exams include a 90-minute exam that comprises of 65 to 70 questions and all these examinations are conducted in English only. The professional who is preparing for Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric Design are tested in the field of designing Cisco data center unified fabric solution and a candidate should have in depth knowledge of the data center in order to qualify this exam. This exam will cover almost all the topics and reference of routing, network topologies, design concept, storage networking concept, and safety and organization architecture. It is recommended to review all the topics before taking exam and you can found out all the topics related queries and their answers available in the Cisco website.

The candidate who all are preparing for Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Design Exam should have well knowledge in scheming Cisco data centre combined computing and design centre. This exam mostly covers all the topic of system virtualization setting, presentation and administration, reliability and scalability. A professional should always review the topics in the Cisco website before starting to prepare for the exam.

For the Cisco Implementation Exam, candidate need to have well versed knowledge in the field of setting up computing environment, storage resources, management function and virtualization environment.

Validity of certification

The certificate is valid for a lifetime once achieved and no renewal is needed.

Expert Reviews

This certification is always good for the professional who would like to build their career in the field of data center and would like to grow faster in the company and in their role. It will give boost to their career and enhance their skills.

Michelle Gabriel

Vice president, The AST group of industries, Atlanta, U.S.A