Hi, I'm planning to do ccna course. What are the various stages of this course? Do i need to do ccnp,ccne course also alongwith ccna?

Asked by PV on 25 November 2008 at 8:22 AM.

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The Cisco certified Network Associate (CCNA) credential is the premium certification for professionals who design and develop custom business solutions with Cisco routers and switches. Cisco Certifications focus on both routing and switching, as well as WAN switching solutions in network design and network support, providing you with flexible options for career development. One may advance to CCIE status by first achieving Associate certification in these tracks.
To demonstrate to your customers and colleagues that you have attained an unparalleled level of expertise in the network design and support arenas in today's technology industry. CCNAs receive the following benefits:

Industry recognition of your knowledge and proficiency with Cisco products and technologies.
CCNA logo to enable you to identify your status to colleagues or clients.
Affiliation with more than 10,000 CCNAs worldwide.
Semester One OSI model and industry standards, Network topologies, IP addressing, including subnet masks, Networking component, and Basic network design.
Semester Two Introduction to router configuration and routers and routing protocols.
Semester Three Advanced router configurations, LAN switching theory and VLANs, advanced LAN and LAN switched design, Novell IPX, and Threaded case study.
Semester Four WAN theory and design, WAN technology, PPP, Frame Relay, and ISDN, Network troubleshooting, National SCANS skills, and Threaded case study.

MCSE certification is based on Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows Server systems. The responsibilities performed by a MCSE are installation, configuration and troubleshooting of networking systems. MCSE tracks, which are MCSE on Microsoft Windows 2000 and MCSE on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, include specializations in Messaging and security.

MCSE certificate prepares the student to better their performance in the role of Network Administrator, Network Engineer, Network Integrator and Network Analyst in an enterprise Network that is either LAN or Microsoft based network.

Microsoft MCSE provides the candidate the skills to
Analyze operation requirements of any organization
Design and implement business solutions based on either a Windows Platform or Windows Server Products
MCSE certification course is appropriate for
Systems engineers
Network engineers
Technical support engineers
Systems analysts
Network analysts
Technical consultants
Choose MCSE 2003: If you are aiming at:
Planning, Designing and implementing Microsoft Windows server solutions and architectures for medium to large sized companies.
MCSE since you have done MCSE -200 or MCSA 2003
You require:
At least one year of experience in implementation and administration of Desktop and network operating systems.
Choose MCSE 2000 If you are aiming at:
Planning, Designing and implementing based on Windows 2000 Platform in medium to Large sized companies.
Planning for a future in both Server 2000 and Professional operating systems.
You require:
At least one year of experience in implementing and administering network operating systems.

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