Cisco Live has been and gone for another year, the biggest highlight being a huge shake up to the Cisco Certification Journey. Lets go through the first three levelsd of certification, CCENT, CCNA and finally CCNP.
Cisco Certified Entry Network Technician (CCENT) will be no more as Cisco have condensed the Cisco Certified Network Assocate (CCNA) down to a single exam for certification. In fact the entire CCNA level is just one exam with no further specialisation into categories like Voice, Wireless, and Security.
| Certification Level | Old Exams | New Exams |
| CCENT Routing & Switching | 100-105 ICND1 | No longer certifiable |
| CCNA Routing & Switching | 100-105 ICND1 and 200-105 ICND2 or 200-125 CCNA | CCNA 200-301 |
So where did the specialisation exams go? They have been moved up a level to the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
The Cisco Certified Network Professional are where the bulk of the changes are happening.
The three exams required for the Cisco Certified Professional: Routing and Switching are being retired, that being 300-101 ROUTE, 300-115 SWITCH and 300-135 TSHOOT.
Instead, 7 exams are being released for getting a Cisco Certified Professional, not Routing and Switching, but Enterprise!
To clarify, CCNP: Routing and Switching is being retired, being replaced with CCNP: Enterprise.
What are the exams then and do you need to pass all 7? Actually only one is mandoratory to pass, and you simply choose one out of the other six to pass in order to get certification.
| Mandoratory Exam: | 300-401 ENCOR |
| Choose One Of: | 300-410 ENARSI 300-415 ENSDWI 300-420 ENSLD 300-425 ENWLSD 300-430 ENWLSI 300-435 ENAUTO |
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