Introducing the new CCNP Enterprise certification
New exams go live on February 24, 2020
CCNP Enterprise Exam Overview
Achieving CCNP Enterprise certification proves your skills with enterprise networking solutions.
To earn CCNP Enterprise certification, you pass two exams:
One that covers core enterprise technologies and one enterprise concentration exam of your choice, so you can customize your certification to your technical area of focus.
Core Exam
Concentration exams (anyone)
REQUIRED EXAMS
Core exam:
Concentration exams (choose one):
The above courses should have hyperlinks ( as given next pages detailed)
Implementing Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (350-401 ENCOR)
Associated Certifications:
This exam will be pre-requisite exam to be eligible to attain any one of the below Certifications:
350-401 ENCOR Exam overview
This exam tests your knowledge and skills related to implementing core enterprise network technologies, including:
ENCOR Exam Topics
1.0 Architecture 15%
Explain the different design principles used in an enterprise network
Analyze design principles of a WLAN deployment
Differentiate between on-premises and cloud infrastructure deployments
Explain the working principles of the Cisco SD-WAN solution
Explain the working principles of the Cisco SD-Access solution
Describe concepts of wired and wireless QoS
Differentiate hardware and software switching mechanisms
2.0 Virtualization 10%
Describe device virtualization technologies
Configure and verify data path virtualization technologies
3.0 Infrastructure 30%
Layer 2
Layer 3
Wireless
IP Services
4.0 Network Assurance 10%
5.0 Security 20%
Configure and verify device access control
Configure and verify infrastructure security features
Describe REST API security
Configure and verify wireless security features
Describe the components of network security design
6.0 Automation 15%
Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services (ENARSI 300-410)
Associated Certifications:
ENARSI Exam overview
This exam tests your knowledge of implementation and troubleshooting for advanced routing technologies and services, including:
ENARSI Exam Topics
1.0 Layer 3 Technologies 35%
Troubleshoot administrative distance (all routing protocols)
Troubleshoot route map for any routing protocol (attributes, tagging, filtering)
Troubleshoot loop prevention mechanisms (filtering, tagging, split horizon, route poisoning)
Troubleshoot redistribution between any routing protocols or routing sources
Troubleshoot manual and auto-summarization with any routing protocol
Configure and verify policy-based routing
Configure and verify VRF-Lite
Describe Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
Troubleshoot EIGRP (classic and named mode)
Troubleshoot OSPF (v2/v3)
Troubleshoot BGP (Internal and External)
2.0 VPN Technologie 20%
Infrastructure Security 20%
4.0 Infrastructure Services 25%
Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Solutions (300-415 ENSDWI)
Associated Certifications:
(300-415 ENSDWI) Exam overview
This exam tests your knowledge of Cisco’s SD-WAN solution, including:
(300-415 ENSDWI) Exam Topics
1.0 Architecture 20%
Describe Cisco SD-WAN Architecture and Components
Describe WAN Edge platform types, capabilities (vEdges, cEdges)
2.0 Controller Deployment 15%
Describe controller cloud deployment
Describe Controller on-Prem Deployment
Configure and verify certificates and whitelisting
Troubleshoot control-plane connectivity between controllers
3.0 Router Deployment 20%
Describe WAN Edge deployment
Configure and verify SD-WAN data plane
Configure and verify OMP
Configure and verify TLOCs
Configure and verify CLI and vManage feature configuration templates
4.0 Policies 20%
Configure and verify control policies
Configure and verify data policies
Configure and verify end-to-end segmentation
Configure and verify SD-WAN application-aware routing
Configure and verify direct Internet access
5.0 Security and Quality of Service 15%
Configure and verify service insertion
Describe application-aware firewall
Configure and verify QoS treatment on WAN edge routers
Management and Operations 10%
Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks (ENSLD 300-420)
Associated Certifications:
(ENSLD 300-420) Exam overview
This exam tests your knowledge of enterprise design, including:
(ENSLD 300-420) Exam Topics
1.0 Advanced Addressing and Routing Solutions 25%
Create structured addressing plans for IPv4 and IPv6
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
2.0 Advanced Enterprise Campus Networks 25%
Design campus networks for high availability
Design campus Layer 2 infrastructures
Design multicampus Layer 3 infrastructures
Describe SD-Access Architecture
Describe SD-Access fabric design
3.0 WAN for Enterprise Networks 20%
Compare WAN connectivity options
Design site-to-site VPN
Design high availability for enterprise WAN
Describe Cisco SD-WAN Architecture
Describe Cisco SD-WAN design considerations
Network Services 20%
Select appropriate QoS strategies to meet customer requirements (DiffServ, IntServ)
Design end-to-end QoS policies
Classification and marking
Design network management techniques
Describe multicast routing concepts (source trees, shared trees, RPF, rendezvous points)
Design multicast services (SSM, PIM bidirectional, MSDP)
5.0 Automation 10%
Choose the correct YANG data model set based on requirements
Differentiate between IETF, Openconfig, and Cisco native YANG models
Differentiate between NETCONF and RESTCONF
Describe the impact of model-driven telemetry on the network
Compare dial-in and dial-out approaches to model-driven telemetry
Designing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks (ENWLSD 300-425)
Associated Certifications:
ENWLSD 300-425 Exam overview
This exam tests your knowledge of wireless network design, including:
ENWLSD 300-425 Exam Topics
1.0 Wireless Site Survey 25%
Collect design requirements and evaluate constraints
Describe material attenuation and its effect on wireless design
Perform and analyze a Layer 1 site survey
Perform a pre-deployment site survey
Perform a post deployment site survey
Perform a predictive site survey
Utilize planning tools and evaluate key network metrics
2.0 Wired and Wireless Infrastructure 30%
Determine physical infrastructure requirements
Determine logical infrastructure requirements
Design radio management
Apply design requirements for these types of wireless networks
Design high-density wireless networks and their associated components (campus, lecture halls, conference rooms)
Design wireless bridging (mesh)
3.0 Mobility 25%
4.0 WLAN High Availability 20%
Design high availability for controllers
Design high availability for APs
Implementing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks (ENWLSI 300-430)
Associated Certifications:
ENWLSI 300-430 Exam overview
This exam tests your knowledge of wireless network implementation, including:
ENWLSI 300-430 Exam Content
1.0 FlexConnect 15%
Deploy FlexConnect components such as switching and operating modes
Deploy FlexConnect capabilities
Implement Office Extend
2.0 QoS on a Wireless Network 10%
Implement QoS schemes based on requirements including wired to wireless mapping
Implement QoS for wireless clients
Implement AVC including Fastlane (only on WLC)
3.0 Multicast 10%
Implement multicast components
Describe how multicast can affect wireless networks
Implement multicast on a WLAN
Implement mDNS
Implement Multicast Direct
4.0 Location Services 10%
Deploy MSE and CMX on a wireless network
Implement location services
5.0 Advanced Location Services 10%
Implement CMX components
Implement location-aware guest services using custom portal and Facebook Wi-Fi
Troubleshoot location accuracy using Cisco Hyperlocation
Troubleshoot CMX high availability
Implement wIPS using MSE
6.0 Security for Wireless Client Connectivity 20%
Configure client profiling on WLC and ISE
Implement BYOD and guest
Implement 802.1X and AAA on different wireless architectures and ISE
Implement Identity-Based Networking on different wireless architectures (VLANs, QoS, ACLs)
7.0 Monitoring 15%
Utilize reports on PI and Cisco DNA center
Manage alarms and rogues (APs and clients)
Manage RF interferers
Troubleshoot client connectivity
8.0 Device Hardening 10%
Automating Cisco Enterprise Solutions (ENAUTO 300-435)
Associated Certifications:
300-435 ENAUTO Exam overview
This exam tests your knowledge of implementing enterprise automated solutions including
Course Content
1.0 Network Programmability Foundation 10%
2.0 Automate APIs and Protocols 10%
3.0 Network Device Programmability 20%
Compare publication and subscription telemetry models
Describe the benefits and usage of telemetry data in troubleshooting the network
Describe Day 0 provisioning methods
4.0 Cisco DNA Center 20%
Compare traditional versus software-defined networks
Describe the features and capabilities of Cisco DNA Center
Implement Cisco DNA Center event outbound webhooks
Implement API requests for Cisco DNA Center to accomplish network management tasks
Implement API requests for Cisco DNA Center to accomplish network management tasks using these APIs
Troubleshoot Cisco DNA Center automation process using Intent APIs
5.0 Cisco SD-WAN 20%
6.0 Cisco Meraki 20%
Describe features and capabilities of Cisco Meraki
Create a network using Cisco Meraki APIs
Configure a network using Cisco Meraki APIs
Implement a Python script for Cisco Meraki Alert WebHooks