Cisco Wireless Networking Essentials) is the required exam. Valid for 3 years. Professional Certifications Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Certifications validate knowledge and skills required to install, configure, and troubleshoot converged local- and wide-area networks with 100 to 500 or more end-devices. One needs a valid CCNA certification to obtain a CCNP certification. CCNP Routing and Switching The CCNP validates the ability to plan, implement, verify, and troubleshoot local and wide-area enterprise networks and work collaboratively with specialists on advanced security, voice, wireless, and video solutions. In addition to CCNA Exams, professionals must pass three separate professional-level exams. The certification track changed in July 2010, with various migration paths available for those that had begun, but not completed, the CCNP certification process. In July 2014, Cisco released version 2.0 of the CCNP exams and training courses, "to reflect the alignment with changing industry job roles and the addition of new study materials." 29 January 2015 was the last day to test using the v1.0 exams. As of 30 January 2015, only the v2.0 exam is offered. Required exams (v1.0): 642-902 ROUTE: Implementing Cisco IP Routing (ROUTE) 642-813 SWITCH: Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks (SWITCH) 642-832 TSHOOT: Troubleshooting and Maintaining Cisco IP Networks (TSHOOT) Required exams (v2.0): 300-101 ROUTE: Implementing Cisco IP Routing (ROUTE) 300-115 SWITCH: Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks (SWITCH) 300-135 TSHOOT: Troubleshooting and Maintaining Cisco IP Networks (TSHOOT) CCDP With a CCDP certification, a network professional can discuss, design, and create advanced addressing and routing, security, network management, data center, and IP multicast enterprise architectures that include virtual private networking and wireless domains. An active CCDA certification acts as a prerequisite for this certification. Required exams: 300-101 ROUTE: Implementing Cisco IP Routing (ROUTE) 300-115 SWITCH: Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks (SWITCH) 300-320 ARCH: Designing Cisco Network Service Architecture Note that CCDP requires 300-101 ROUTE and 300-115 SWITCH. After passing CCNP and CCDA, CCDP requires only 300-320 ARCH. CCNP Collaboration You are required to pass these four exams: 300-070 CIPTV1 Implementing Cisco IP Telephony and Video, Part 1 (CIPTV1) 300-075 CIPTV2 Implementing Cisco IP Telephony and Video, Part 2 (CIPTV2) 300-080 CTCOLLAB Troubleshooting Cisco IP Telephony and Video (CTCOLLAB) 300-085 CAPPS Implementing Cisco Collaboration Applications (CAPPS) CCNP Data Center CCNP Data Center validates knowledge of data center design, equipment installation, and maintenance. Five required exams: 300-175 DCUCI Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI) 300-165 DCII Implementing Cisco Data