As the Enterprises are migrating towards the controller based architectures, the skills and role required of a core network engineer are continuously evolving and more vital than ever. In order to get prepared for this network transition, the CCNA Routing and Switching certification would be the best option. CCNA R&S Certification will not only prepare you with the knowledge of foundational technologies, but it will also ensure that you stay relevant with skill sets that are needed to adopt next-generation technologies.
Prerequisites
No official prerequisites
If you are planning to take the CCNA Routing and Switching 200-120 exam, the most cost-effective option would be to purchase the CCNA version of each product. For example, most people buy a product like The Cisco Official CCNA Routing and Switching 200-120 Cert Library or you could opt for the CCNA R&S Foundation Learning Guide.
CCNA R&S Preparation Steps:
This product is going to contain two books: 1. The Cisco Official CCENT/CCNA ICND1 100-101 Cert Guide 2. The Cisco Official CCNA ICND2 200-101 Cert Guide. These two books together are going to cover all the CCNA topics, and they would also supply a reading plan from which you can choose to follow when you are going to appear for the CCNA Routing and Switching 200-120 exam.
So are you interested in studying by using questions? Cisco Press bundles the eBook version of each and every book in the Cert Library which comes with some extra practice questions, in the following products:
• The Cisco CCNA /CCENT Routing and Switching 100-101 Practice Tests and Premium Edition eBook.
• The Cisco CCNA Routing and Switching 200-101 Practice Tests and Premium Edition eBook.
The printed books in the Library come along with a DVD and the rights to a huge amount of practice tests. The Premium Edition gives you eBook files in several formats, supporting the popular eReaders, as well as extra practice exams.
To get hands-on skills, you have to use the CCNA Network Simulator. This software product acts like small networks built in with Cisco routers and switches. You will have to type commands, and the software is going to react as if you were doing the same thing on real gear.
More importantly, this product is far more than just a place where you have to type commands. It is also going to include hundreds of scripted lab exercises that would be focused on the points you must know to do well on the exam.
These products would also help you to round out your study library, with extra reference and practice tools:
Cisco CCNA Routing and Switching 200-120 Exam Practice and Flash Cards are going to provides you with more than 1,400 flashcards, practice questions and study sheets for the CCNA exams. This product includes three proven study methods line the print and online flash card, which challenges you to test your knowledge of the exam topics with long answer questions.
CCNA Routing and Switching Portable Command Guide, 3rd edition (ISBN: 1587204304) will help you to summarizes all CCNA R&S certification-level Cisco IOS® Software commands, command arguments, keywords, and associated prompts.
Finally, these studies show that many people who are pursuing the Cisco certification use the two separate primary reading sources. The CCNA Routing and Switching Foundation Learning Guide Library, also from Cisco Press, is going to include two books which are based on the two authorized Cisco courses related to CCNA i.e. the Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices, Part 1 (ICND1) and Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices, Part 2 (ICND2)courses. Each of these books is going to use the same examples, figures, and sequence as those courses.
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