The New Cisco Ccip And Ccie C&s Certifications

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I just taught the CCIE Workbooks, MLSTE, for the first time, with revised labs (approximately same content, different layout and lots of optional extensions). I hadn't realized until now how fast MPLS VPN's get into some intermediate to advanced BGP (MBGP), thinking like an ISP. (iBGP next hop is the exit point from the SP cloud, etc.). We had lots of fun (really!) making all sorts of things work. Suggestion: if you're thinking about doing MPLS VPN's or taking the MLSTE course, you'll want to take the BSCN course first, or be up on at least BGP basics! (I did an ad hoc backfill for those thin on BGP, but the more people know coming in, the more we can cover.)

Congratulations to Mentor Technologies' Wayne Gustavus, consultant, for recently passing his CCIE (#7426). That brings us back up to 21 CCIE's employed or contracting with Mentor.

Cisco just announced a new career certification and CCIE path at SuperComm, the CCIP. Since the article from two months ago discussed Cisco certifications, we'll add to that by going over
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... for this month's article. The previous article on Cisco certifications can be found at Cisco Certifications. I do plan to get back to technical articles next month.

Mentor Technologies is very interested in offering courses for the revised and new certifications. We'll be rolling out all sorts of additional courses in the next few months. Senior instructors went over the list last week and it's amazing. Check our web pages for details, course outlines, current information and schedule. In particular, we plan to offer at least some of the courses for security certification, the basic design/overview course for CISS specialization, and courses for the CCIP track as discussed below.

CCIP stands for Cisco Certified Internetworking Professional, which fits in under a general heading of "Communications and Services".The CCIP certification is intended to recognize individuals with end-end access/infrastructure competency, with a telecommunications emphasis. (My interpretation of this phrasing: Service Provider staff). Areas included under ccie voice lab boot camp, IP multicast, cable, DSL, content networking, telephony. The CCNA certification is highly recommended as a prerequisite (since you'll need to have a basic knowledge of networking and subnetting.)