Transcript CISCO Networking Academy

Why is internetworking technology
essential for Technology majors ?
• Internet changes everything
• This is a networked economy and everything is
networked
• No business can run without networks
• Internet quickly becomes a utility
• Then what is behind the internet?
• What internetworking technology consists of ?
• You can pursue a career in internetworking
Internet Changes Everything
This is a networked economy!!!
• Our government, businesses,
schools, any organizations, or
even at homes can’t run with a
network in place
• Then who are designing,
setting up, operating,
managing, maintaining, and
troubleshooting these
increasing numbers of networks
• Tremendous manpower
demand implication
Internetworking technologies
• LAN, MAN, WAN
• OSI and TCP/IP networking models
• LAN devices and connecting media
• Cable fabrication and testing
• Switching and Ethernet technology
• IP addressing and subnetting
• Routing
• TCP/UDP and porting addressing
• Application protocols (DNS, DHCP, SMTP, HTTP, Telnet, etc.)
• Connecting and testing a network
Pursuing a career in internetworking
with our Cisco Academy programs
• To make you aware of an opportunity in the
Department of Technology that may allow you
to pursue a career in a fast growing profession
• That is Internetworking!!!
– Technicians
– Administrators/Managers
– Engineers
– Designers
Business 2.0 (May 2006)
Top 5 IT skills in most demand
• 1. Network administration (70%)
• 2. Windows administration (69%)
• 2. Desktop support (69%)
• 4. Database management (58%)
• 5. Wireless network management (47%)
– From Robert Half Technology IT skills survey
(2/2009)
Internetworking Job Market
• Hiring practices in rank order
– 1. practical experience
– 2. industry or vendor certification
– 3. bachelor’s degree
• Experiences is still the no. 1 credential while
certification has grown in significance in entry job
credential
• What Cisco Academy offers you is the #2 on the
above list
– To facilitate your acquiring of certifications in
internetworking field
Cisco networking skill shortage
(10/07, Network World)
Types of Cisco Certifications
• Career certifications
– Entry level (CCENT)
– Associate level (CCNA, CCDA)
– Professional level (CCNP, CCDP, CCSP, CCVP)
– Expert level (CCIE, CCDE)
• Specialist certifications
– On a specific technology like wireless, optical,
firewall, VPN, etc.
Nature of Cisco career certifications
• Network Support
• Network Design
• Network Security
• Network Voice
What is Cisco Career Certification?
• Network support
– Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• Cisco Certified Entry Network Technician (CCENT)
– Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
• Network design
– Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)
– Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)
• Network security
– CCNA security
– Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
• Network voice
– CCNA voice
– Cisco Certified Voice Professional (CCVP)
• Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE)
– routing & switching, security, voice, service provider, storage, design
2007 salary survey (www.tcpmag.com)
2007 salary survey (www.tcpmag.com)
2007 salary survey (www.tcpmag.com)
The simple fact in pursuing a
career in internetworking now
• CCNA certification becomes the de facto
entry requirement
What is CCNA curriculum?
• Cisco-designed curriculum
– In its 4th generation now since 1997
– Flash video, simulation, game, graphic intensive
• Web-based curriculum
– Easy web access
• On-line assessment and records keeping
– All knowledge tests are handled on-line
• Design for CCNA certification
– Map curriculum contents to certification tests
• Four semesters curriculum
– Contents divided into 4 classes
Hands-On Learning
• I hear and I forget, I see and I
remember, I do and I understand
• Students design, build, and
maintain actual networks
• Students assessed on ability to
apply skills
• Develops problem-solving and
critical thinking skills
• Students have fun and put what
they learn into practice
New CCNA Exploration curriculum (CCNA
4.0, Fall 2007)