Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)

Overview

The CCDP certification (Cisco Certified Design Professional) indicates an advanced knowledge of network design and principles for the Cisco Internetwork Infrastructure. CCDA certified professionals can 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. There are two exams in common between the CCNP and CCDP, out of the three required exams. If you have a CCNP certification, you can therefore attain your CCDP certification by passing a single test (642-873 ARCH).

To help prepare for the exams, we provide you with all the required resources including the online self-paced courses and an online reference library of eBooks (includes Cisco Press Books) and how-to articles.

Click here for a free consultation

Study Time	Approximately 71 hrs	Duration	12 months
Pre-requisites	Designing Cisco Network Service Architecture
Requirements	Click here for a list of technical requirements

Required Exams

You can obtain the certification by passing the ARCH exam and either the composite exam (642-892) or the separate BSCI and BCMSN exams.

642-892 Composite	CCNP/CCDP Composite Exam
642-873 ARCH	Designing Cisco Network Service Architecture

OR

642-901 BSCI	Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI) v3.0
642-812 BCMSN	Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks
642-873 ARCH	Designing Cisco Network Service Architecture

Course Outline

BSCI:

• Executing the Project
• Introducing EIGRP
• Configuring OSPF
• The IS-IS Protocol
• Manipulating Routing Updates

• Implementing BGP
• Implementing Multicast
• Implementing IPv6

BCMSN:

• Network Requirements
• Defining VLANs
• Implementing Spanning Tree
• Implementing Inter-VLAN Routing
• Implementing High Availability in a Campus Environment

• Wireless LANs
• Configuring Campus Switches to Support Voice
• Minimizing Service Loss and Data Threat in a Campus Network

ARCH:

• Cisco SONA and the Cisco Enterprise Architecture
• Enterprise Campus Network Design
• Advanced Addressing and Routing Design
• Advanced WAN Services Design Considerations
• Enterprise Data Centre Design
• Storage Area Network Design Considerations

• E-Commerce Module Design
• Security Services Design
• IPsec and SSL VPN Design
• IP Multicast Design
• VoWLAN Design
• Network Management Capabilities with Cisco IOS Software

Course Duration

12 months

Study Time

Approximately 71 hrs

Prerequisites

Candidates for the CCDP must be a valid CCNA and CCDA.

Requirements

Processor	Pentium III 500 MHz or better
Screen Resolution	1024 x 768 or higher @ 256 colours
Internet Connection	56K or higher (broadband recommended)
Memory	At least 128 MB of RAM
Platform / Browser	Windows 2000 or higher with Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x or higher, or Firefox 2.0 or higher Mac OS X 10.1 with Microsoft Internet Explorer for Mac 5.x Mac OSX 10.3 or above with Firefox 2.0 and above, or Safari 2.x and above
Browser Settings	Browser Cookies Enabled JavaScript Enabled Pop-up Blockers Disabled Refresh on Every Page Can not be behind a firewall that blocks cookies or blocks access to a secure server. Turn off pop-up blocking. (For Internet Explorer Users, you need to disable pop-up blocking for knowledge.elementk.com)
Browser Plug-ins	Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or hig Apple QuickTime 5.0 or higher Adobe Flash Player 8.0.22 Adobe Shockwave 7.0.2, 8.0, 8.5, 8.5.1 or higher
Other	Soundcard with speaker or headphones