CCNP Certification Library

Review and practice for the CCNP exams with the official Cisco Exam Certification Guides

Coverage of all four CCNP exams enables you to identify and fill your knowledge gaps before the exam date

• CCNP BSCI Exam Certification Guide, Third Edition, coverage includes advanced IP addressing concepts, routing principles, managing routing updates, and configuring EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, and basic BGP
• CCNP BCMSN Exam Certification Guide, Second Edition, coverage includes Spanning Tree Protocol, VLAN design and deployment, multicast networks, QoS solutions for voice networks, multilayer network design using the Enterprise Composite Model, and troubleshooting multilayer switched networks
• CCNP BCRAN Exam Certification Guide, Second Edition, coverage includes assembling and cabling WAN components, configuring asynchronous connections with modems, traffic control methods, scaling IP address with NAT and access control with AAA, and a DSL and VPN overview
• CCNP CIT Exam Certification Guide, Second Edition, coverage includes network information discovery and documentation, applying effective troubleshooting strategies, and isolating and correcting problems at the physical, data link, network, transport, and application layer

CCNP Certification Library, Third Edition, is a comprehensive review and practice self-study package for the four CCNP exams: BSCI, BCMSN, BCRAN, and CIT. The four books contained in this package, CCNP BSCI Exam Certification Guide, CCNP BCMSN Exam Certification Guide, CCNP BCRAN Exam Certification Guide, and CCNP CIT Exam Certification Guide, present complete reviews and ample opportunity to test your knowledge of CCNP exam topics. These authorized Cisco CCNP self-study guides are written by CCIE certified individuals and certified Cisco Systems instructors, bringing years of teaching and consulting experience together in an ideal test preparation format.

CCNP BSCI Exam Certification Guide, Third Edition, helps you evaluate your ability to build, manage, and optimize scalable, routed Cisco internetworks. This book covers all the topics on the CCNP BSCI exam 642-801, including OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, and IS-IS. CCNP BCMSN Exam Certification Guide, Second Edition, covers all the topics on the CCNP BCMSN exam 642-811 and helps you understand how to build networks using multilayer switching techniques and how to deploy a global intranet. CCNP BCRAN Exam Certification Guide, Second Edition, covers all the topics on the CCNP BCRAN exam 642-821 and tests your ability to configure, operate, and troubleshoot WAN and other remote access networks while maximizing bandwidth utilization over remote links. CCNP CIT Exam Certification Guide, Second Edition, covers all the topics on the CCNP CIT exam 642-831 and examines your ability to diagnose, isolate, and correct performance problems and failures in a converged network environment.

Every chapter in each Cisco Press Exam Certification Guide focuses your study and tests your knowledge of the subject through specially designed assessment features. "Do I Know This Already?" quizzes assess your knowledge and help you decide how much time you need to spend on each section. The detailed Foundation Topics sections review the exam topics you will need to master. Each chapter includes a Foundation Summary section full of tables and concise reviews for quick reference. Challenging chapter-ending review questions and scenario-based exercises test your knowledge of the subject matter, reinforce key concepts, and ensure that you understand how all the technologies work together in a real-world environment. Finally, each book's companion CD-ROM has a robust, customizable test engine with simulation-based question types that allows you to take practice exams that mimic the real testing environment. You can take a full sample exam, focus on particular topic areas, randomize answers for reusability, track your progress, examine your strengths and weaknesses, and refer to an electronic version of the book to review concepts.

CCNP Certification Library, Third Edition, is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco Systems that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners, please visit www.cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining.

4 Companion CD-ROMs
The four companion CD-ROMs contain test banks with a total of more than 800 practice questions, including simulation-based questions, and the full text in electronic format.

This library is in the Exam Certification Guide Series offered by Cisco Press. Books in this series provide officially developed exam preparation materials that offer assessment, review, and practice to help Cisco Career Certifications candidates identify weaknesses, concentrate their study efforts, and enhance their confidence as exam day nears.