Cisco CCNP Certification Library, 2 edition
Authors: Brian Morgan, Craig Dennis, David Hucaby, Amir Ranjbar
Venue:  (2003)

:Review and practice for the CCNP exams with the official Cisco Exam Certification GuidesCoverage of all four CCNP exams enables you to identify and fill your knowledge gaps before the exam date.CCNP BSCI Exam Certification Guide coverage includes extending IP addresses, routing principles, scalable routing protocols, managing traffic and access, and optimizing scalable internetworks.CCNP Switching Exam Certification Guide coverage includes campus network design, switch connectivity, defining common workgroups, trunking with ATM LANE, interVLAN routing, multilayer switching, HSRP, multicast networks, controlling access, and troubleshooting campus networks.CCNP Remote Access Exam Certification Guide coverage includes assembling and cabling WAN components, configuring asynchronous connections with modems, configuring PPP and controlling network access, using ISDN and DDR, configuring Cisco 700 series routers, establishing X.25 connections, managing Frame Relay connections and network performance, scaling IP address with NAT and access control with AAA, and a VPN overview.CCNP Support Exam Certification Guide coverage includes support resources, troubleshooting methods, identifying targets, Cisco troubleshooting tools, troubleshooting VLANs, and diagnosing and correcting campus TCP/IP, Novell networking, AppleTalk(r), Cisco Catalyst(r), Frame Relay, and ISDN BRI problems.CCNP Certification Library is a comprehensive review and practice self-study package for the four CCNP exams: BSCI, Switching, Remote Access, and Support. The four books contained in this package, CCNP BSCI Exam Certification Guide, CCNP Switching ExamCertification Guide, CCNP Remote Access Exam Certification Guide, and CCNP Support 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(r) 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 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 #640-901, including OSPF, EIGRP, and IS-IS. CCNP Switching Exam Certification Guide covers all the topics on the CCNP Switching exam #640-604 and helps you understand how to build campus networks using multilayer switching technologies and to manage campus network traffic. CCNP Remote Access Exam Certification Guide covers all the topics on the CCNP Remote Access exam #640-605 and tests your ability to build remote access networks to interconnect central sites to branch offices and home offices, control access to the central site, and maximize bandwidth utilization over remote links. CCNP Support Exam Certification Guide covers all the topics on the CCNP Support exam #640-606 and examines your ability to diagnose, isolate, and correct network failures and performance problems.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 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 is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco Systems that can include simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press.