To my disappointment having completely read the CCNP Routing and Switching ROUTE 300-101 Official Cert Guide and the Implementing Cisco IP Routing (ROUTE) Foundation Learning Guide (CCNP ROUTE 300-101) for the CCNP Route Exam, these books are not aligned with the exam blueprint.
Looking at the exam blueprint, topics like CHAPv2 and Frame-Relay are still covered but are not used as much. CHAPv2 is not mentioned in either book. Secondly, technologies like IPSec VPN and MPLS get little coverage in the books but are prevalent in deployments today. Additionally there no real configuration examples for DMVPN.
Cisco Press claims to be the official certification guides for the exams, it gives me great concern that the exam blueprint and the official certification guide are not in sync. Wendell Odom [https://www.certskills.com/]. who wrote a number of the original certification guides always did a great job in matching the book to the exam blueprint and providing exercises to reinforce learning. He no longer the author on the CCNP certification guides as Wendell focuses on the CCNA Routing and Switching.
The last time I went thru CCNP certification I used the Cisco Press Exam Certification Guides and Sybex CCNP books which included exercises. Sybex no longer publishes CCNP books.
Before taking the test, I think I’ll find a lab workbook and execute the exercises on VIRL.
To my disappointment having completely read the CCNP Routing and Switching ROUTE 300-101 Official Cert Guide and the Implementing Cisco IP Routing (ROUTE) Foundation Learning Guide (CCNP ROUTE 300-101) for the CCNP Route Exam, these books are not aligned with the exam blueprint.
Looking at the exam blueprint, topics like CHAPv2 and Frame-Relay are still covered but are not used as much. CHAPv2 is not mentioned in either book. Secondly, technologies like IPSec VPN and MPLS get little coverage in the books but are prevalent in deployments today. Additionally there no real configuration examples for DMVPN.
Cisco Press claims to be the official certification guides for the exams, it gives me great concern that the exam blueprint and the official certification guide are not in sync. Wendell Odom [https://www.certskills.com/]. who wrote a number of the original certification guides always did a great job in matching the book to the exam blueprint and providing exercises to reinforce learning. He no longer the author on the CCNP certification guides as Wendell focuses on the CCNA Routing and Switching.
The last time I went thru CCNP certification I used the Cisco Press Exam Certification Guides and Sybex CCNP books which included exercises. Sybex no longer publishes CCNP books.
Before taking the test, I think I’ll find a lab workbook and execute the exercises on VIRL.
