Cisco Systems, Inc.

Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)

Credential: Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)  In-Demand resource  GI Bill resource
Credentialing Agency: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Renewal Period: 3 years

Cisco Systems, Inc., Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) certification is an advanced network design certification designed for seasoned IT professionals with progressive end-to-end network design expertise. With a CCDP certification, a network professional can perform the conceptual, intermediate, and detailed design of a network infrastructure that supports desired network solutions over intelligent network services, to achieve effective performance, scalability, and availability. The CCDP certification is appropriate for Senior Network Design Engineers, Principle System Engineer, and Network/Solution Architects. The Cisco CCDP certification program focuses on advanced addressing and routing protocols, WANs, services virtualization, and integration strategies for multi-layered Enterprise architectures. Candidates seeking this certification must first hold valid CCDA and CCNA Routing and Switching certifications, or valid CCDA and CCNP Routing and Switching certifications, or any CCIE/CCDE certifications, and successfully pass three written exams.

More information can be found on the certifying agency's website.

Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

 

Eligibility Requirements (View Details)

  • Credential Prerequisite: CCDA and CCNA Routing and Switching certifications, or CCDA and CCNP Routing and Switching certifications, or any CCIE/CCDE certifications
  • Experience
  • Education
  • Training
  • Membership
  • Other
  • Fee

Note: This credential may have multiple options for becoming eligible. Listed are the minimum requirements based on the minimum degree required. To view other options, see the Eligibility tab.

Exam Requirements (View Details)

  • Exam
  • Written Exam
  • Oral Exam
  • Practical Exam
  • Performance Assessment

RECERTIFICATION SUMMARY

Renewal Period: 3 years

  • Continuing Education
  • Exam
  • Continuing Education OR Exam
  • Fee
  • Other

AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION

Cisco Systems, Inc.

170 West Tasman Dr.
San Jose, CA  95134

Phone: (800) 553-NETS

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Candidate must have a valid Cisco CCDA and CCNA Routing and Switching, or valid Cisco CCDA and CCNP Routing and Switching certifications, or any Cisco CCIE/CCDE certification.

The Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) credential has the following other requirements:

  • Candidates must agree to follow the Cisco Candidate Conduct Policy.
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  • Network Principles (10%)
    • Identify Cisco Express Forwarding concepts
    • Identify Cisco Express Forwarding concepts
    • Describe IP operations
    • Explain TCP operations
    • Describe UDP operations
    • Recognize proposed changes to the network
  • Layer 2 Technologies (10%)
    • Configure and verify PPP
    • Explain Frame Relay
    • Describe administrative distance
    • Configure and verify EIGRP neighbor relationship and authentication
  • Layer 3 Technologies (40%)
    • Identify, configure, and verify IPv4 addressing and subnetting
    • Identify IPv6 addressing and subnetting
    • Configure and verify static routing
    • Configure and verify default routing
    • Evaluate routing protocol types
    • Troubleshoot passive interfaces
    • Configure and verify VRF lite
    • Configure and verify filtering with any protocol
    • Configure and verify redistribution between any routing protocols or routing sources
    • Configure and verify manual and autosummarization with any routing protocol
    • Configure and verify policy-based routing
    • Identify suboptimal routing
    • Explain ROUTE maps
    • Configure and verify loop prevention mechanisms
    • Configure and verify RIPv2
    • Describe RIPng
    • Describe EIGRP packet types
    • Configure and verify EIGRP stubs
    • Configure and verify EIGRP load balancing
    • Describe and optimize EIGRP metrics
    • Configure and verify EIGRP for IPv6
    • Describe OSPF packet types
    • Configure and verify OSPF neighbor relationship and authentication
    • Configure and verify network types, area types, and router types
    • Configure and verify OSPF path preference
    • Configure and verify OSPF operations
    • Configure and verify OSPF for IPv6
    • Describe, configure, and verify BGP peer relationships and authentication
    • Configure and verify eBGP (IPv4 and IPv6 address families)
    • Explain BGP attributes and best-path selection
  • VPN Technologies (10%)
    • Configure and verify GRE
    • Describe DMVPN (single hub)
    • Describe Easy Virtual Networking (EVN)
  • Infrastructure Security (10%)
    • Describe IOS AAA using local database
    • Describe device security using IOS AAA with TACACS+ and RADIUS
    • Configure and verify device access control
    • Configure and verify router security features
  • Infrastructure Services (20%)
    • Configure and verify device management
    • Configure and verify SNMP
    • Configure and verify logging
    • Configure and verify Network Time Protocol (NTP)
    • Configure and verify IPv4 and IPv6 DHCP
    • Configure and verify IPv4 Network Address Translation (NAT)
    • Describe IPv6 NAT
    • Describe SLA architecture
    • Configure and verify IP SLA
    • Configure and verify tracking objects
    • Configure and verify Cisco NetFlow

  • Layer 2 Technologies (65%)
    • Configure and verify switch administration
    • Configure and verify Layer 2 protocols
    • Configure and verify VLANs
    • Configure and verify trunking
    • Configure and verify EtherChannels
    • Configure and verify spanning tree
    • Configure and verify other LAN switching technologies
    • Describe chassis virtualization and aggregation technologies
  • Infrastructure Security (20%)
    • Configure and verify switch security features
    • Describe device security using Cisco IOS AAA with TACACS+ and RADIUS
  • Infrastructure Services (15%)
    • Configure and verify first-hop redundancy protocols

  • Advanced Addressing and Routing Solutions for Enterprise Networks (22%)
    • Create structured addressing designs to facilitate summarization
    • Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for IS-IS
    • Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for EIGRP
    • Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for OSPF
    • Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for BGP
    • Determine IPv6 migration strategies
  • Advanced Enterprise Campus Networks (20%)
    • Design for high availability
    • Design campus Layer 2 infrastructures
    • Design multicampus Layer 3 infrastructures
    • Design a network to support network programmability
  • WANs for Enterprise Networks (17%)
    • Compare and contrast WAN connectivity options
    • Design site-to-site VPNs
    • Design for a resilient WAN strategy
    • Design Extranet connectivity
    • Design Internet edge connectivity
  • Enterprise Data Center Integration (17%)
    • Describe a modular and scalable data center network
    • Describe network virtualization technologies for the data center
    • Describe high availability in a data center network
    • Design data center interconnectivity
    • Design data center and network integration
  • Security Services (13%)
    • Design firewall and IPS solutions
    • Design network access control solutions
    • Design infrastructure protection
  • Network Services (11%)
    • Select appropriate QoS strategies to meet customer requirements
    • Design end-to-end QoS policies
    • Describe network management techniques
    • Describe multicast routing concepts
    • Design multicast services

Testing Information

Testing for this credential is handled by Pearson VUE. The test centers are located in the U.S. They also have some test centers on military bases.

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For more information on the Cisco Systems, Inc. testing process, visit the agency website.

RECERTIFICATION

Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)

Renewal Period: 3 years

The Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) credential has the following recertification information:

To recertify, certification holders must pass ONE of the following before the certification expiration date:

  • Any current 642-XXX Professional-level or any 300-XXX Professional-level exam, or
  • Any current CCIE Written Exam, or
  • The current CCDE Written Exam OR current CCDE Practical Exam, or
  • The Cisco Certified Architect (CCAr) interview AND the CCAr board review to extend lower certifications

In Demand

This certification is considered in demand

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Some

Credential is related to some tasks associated with the duties of the military occupation (at least one critical task but less than 80%)

Most

Credential is directly related to most of the major duties associated with the military occupation (at least 80%)

Other

Credential is related to this military occupation, but is more advanced or specialized and therefore will likely require additional education, training, or experience

Promotion Points

This certification has been approved for promotion points.

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Star

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Skill Level

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Early Career

1-3 years experience; Enlisted E1 through E4

Mid Career

4-10 years experience; Enlisted E5 through E6

Late Career

10+ years experience; Enlisted E7 and Above

Early Career

1-3 years experience; Enlisted “A” School through E5

Mid Career

4-10 years experience; Enlisted E6 through E7

Late Career

10+ years experience; Enlisted E8 and Above

LaDR

This credential is recommended on the rating Learning and Development Roadmap (LaDR) for Sailors currently in the pay grade indicated on the icon, BUT MAY BE TAKEN BY SAILORS IN OTHER PAY GRADES.

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GI Bill®

Reimbursement for exam fees has been approved for payment through the GI Bill. Click for external link to GI Bill licensing and certification information.

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ANSI

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ICAC

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ABSNC

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NCCA

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IAS

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Low

May be difficult to attain: minimum education requirement is a Bachelor's degree, and/or minimum experience is 10 or more years.

Note: In some cases “years of experience” refers to time actively on duty or while holding a certain occupation or prior certification and not always in consecutive calendar years. Additional years required for certain preliminary stages may not be included in this classification. For requirements measured in hours, 1080 hours was considered a year. For days, 365 days was considered a year. Please review all prerequisites and requirements for eligibility, and additional information for details.

Medium

Moderate ease of attainment: minimum education requirement = Associate's and/or prerequisite and/or minimum experience = more than 2 years and less than 10 years of experience.

Note: In some cases “years of experience” refers to time actively on duty or while holding a certain occupation or prior certification and not always in consecutive calendar years. Additional years required for certain preliminary stages may not be included in this classification. For requirements measured in hours, 1080 hours was considered a year. For days, 365 days was considered a year. Please review all prerequisites and requirements for eligibility, and additional information for details.

High

Highly attainable: mimum education requirement = HS or less and/or minimum experience = 2 years or less experience and no additional requirements.

Note: In some cases “years of experience” refers to time actively on duty or while holding a certain occupation or prior certification and not always in consecutive calendar years. Additional years required for certain preliminary stages may not be included in this classification. For requirements measured in hours, 1080 hours was considered a year. For days, 365 days was considered a year. Please review all prerequisites and requirements for eligibility, and additional information for details.

MOS is Military Occupational Specialty
ASI is Additional Skill Identifier
WOMOS is Warrant Officer Military Occupational Specialty

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Updated: October 16, 2019
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