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Cisco is one of the most important network vendors in networking world. Almost one of every two network device is Cisco in computer networks. So, the network certifications of Cisco is also important for network engineers, network administrators and network technicians. One of the important certifications of Cisco is Cisco CCNP, Cisco Certified Network Professional.

CCNP is the senior level certification of Cisco networking. After CCNA certification, network enigneers who want to learn deeper on network infrastructure, learn CCNP lessons and pass CCNP Exam. One of the most important and widely chosen one is on enterprise infrastructure. CCNP ENCOR 350-401.

CCNP ENCOR 350-401

CCNP ENCOR 350-401 is the official exam of Cisco for this CCNP level certification. It is also required before CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure Lab exam. If you would like to have CCNP certification on enterprise networks, or if you would like to continue with CCIE enterprise infrastructure, you should pass this exam. This exam will cover all ccnp lessons of Cisco and you will need many theorical information on networking details. So which lessons you should learn before this exam? Let’s talk about this a little.

First of all this is the equivalent of previous CCNP Routing and Switching Exam of Cisco. So, you will learn routing protocols detailly in a CCNP Course. What will be these routing protocols? These are:

  • OSPF
  • EIGRP
  • BGP

You will learn the details of these network protocols. For example, you will learn OSPF tables, EIGRP mechanisms, BGP path selection algorithm, OSPF messages, EIGRP states, BGP Path attributes and more. 

Routing protocols will not be the only focus. You will also focus some IP services like DNS, DHCP, NAT etc. You will also learn how to configure them. For example, you will learn tracer router, you will see how to do Cisco dhcp configuration on packet tracer. You will learn types of NAT, static NAT, dynamic ANT, PAT and more. You will learn how to configure these services on Cisco devices. CCNP certification is a good path to learn such detailed lessons.

Beside routing protocols and ip services like types of nat, dhcp configuration, there is also important area that CCNP ENCOR 350-401 covers. This is switching lessons. You will learn VLANs, Spanning Tree Protocols, switch virtual interface and more with a ccnp study guide. For example, by learning switch virtual interfaces, you will combine switching and routing together.

For all these lessons, you will benefit packet tracer labs and configurations. You will use these configuration labs as tracer router.

These lessons are only some of the lessons you will learn in a CCNP training. You will learn more lessons on Cisco networking with such a training.