Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise
Cisco CCNP Enterprise (ENCOR + ENARSI)
Professional-level course
Preparation for the Cisco CCNP Enterprise certification - the 350-401 ENCOR core exam and the 300-410 ENARSI concentration, following the exam topics Cisco publishes. Participants leave able to design, build and troubleshoot an enterprise network: OSPF, EIGRP and BGP, VRF and DMVPN, infrastructure security, assurance and automation.
- Registration
- Waiting list
- Duration
- 70 academic hours
- Format
- In personHybrid
- Level
- Professional
- Certification
- Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise
- Exam
- 350-401 ENCOR + 300-410 ENARSI
- Language
- Hebrew, course materials in English
- For organisations
- 10 intensive days - at the academy or hybrid
What you will be able to do
- Implement and troubleshoot OSPF, EIGRP and BGP in a multi-site enterprise network
- Control routing with redistribution, policy-based routing and VRF-Lite
- Build a single-hub DMVPN and describe MPLS Layer 3 VPN services
- Harden the infrastructure with AAA, control plane policing and uRPF, and apply TrustSec and MACsec
- Monitor the network with NetFlow, SPAN, IP SLA and syslog, and use Catalyst Center for assurance
- Automate device configuration with Python, NETCONF/RESTCONF and EEM applets
The syllabus
8 modules over 70 academic hours. Open a module for its topics.
- Enterprise campus and WAN architecture, Catalyst SD-WAN and Catalyst Center
- Virtualisation - VRF and virtual paths between sites
- The ENCOR v1.2 blueprint - six domains and their weights
- Layer 2 infrastructure in the switched campus
- OSPF and EIGRP
- eBGP between sites and towards providers
- NAT and network services
- syslog and NetFlow
- SPAN and IP SLA
- Catalyst Center assurance
- AAA and device hardening
- ISE and TrustSec
- MACsec
- Reading Python components and scripts
- NETCONF and RESTCONF
- EEM applets for configuration, troubleshooting and data collection
- Catalyst Center and SD-WAN APIs, and AI in network operations
- EIGRP, OSPF and BGP - implementation and troubleshooting
- Route redistribution and policy-based routing
- VRF-Lite
- MPLS operations and Layer 3 VPN - how they work
- DMVPN with a single hub
- AAA, control plane policing (CoPP) and uRPF
- Troubleshooting syslog, SNMP, DHCP, NetFlow and IP SLA
- Troubleshooting tickets on a multi-site CML topology
- Exam preparation for ENCOR and ENARSI
Who it is for
Who takes this course, and what you need before the first session.
Network engineers with CCNA-level experience who run an enterprise network
Engineers at integrators and service providers who build customer networks and troubleshoot them
Teams standardising on Cisco routing and switching who want the professional-level certification
Prerequisites
Cisco sets no prerequisite for the exams; the course assumes CCNA-level knowledge and day-to-day work on a routed network.
The exam and the certification
CCNP Enterprise takes two exams: the core, Implementing Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (350-401 ENCOR) v1.2, 120 minutes, and the concentration, Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services (300-410 ENARSI) v1.1, 90 minutes. Both are in English, at a Pearson VUE test centre or online through OnVUE proctoring. Cisco sets no prerequisite; passing ENCOR on its own earns Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Core, and passing ENARSI earns Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Advanced Infrastructure Implementation. The certification is valid for 3 years and is renewed by retaking an exam, moving up to CCIE or earning 80 Continuing Education credits; ENCOR is also the qualifying exam for the CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure lab.
The certification
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise
How it is sat
Through Pearson VUE, in English - at a test centre or online with OnVUE. Grading is pass or fail, and Cisco Learning Credits are accepted as payment.
Validity
Three years. Recertify by retaking the exam, passing a higher-level exam, or Continuing Education credits - 30 at Associate level, 80 at Professional.
Booking and retakes
Booked and paid through Pearson VUE. A failed exam can be retaken after five calendar days; Cisco publishes the fees in US dollars, and the local price appears at booking.
Where this course sits on the Cisco ladder. The lit rung is the one it prepares for; the whole path, with what each level requires, is on the Cisco track page.
- CCNA Associate - 200-301
- CCNP Professional - 350-401 ENCOR and a concentration exam Preparation at the academy
- CCIE Expert - ENCOR and a hands-on lab exam
The labs
The course runs in Cisco Modeling Labs on real Cisco images: a multi-site topology with OSPF areas, EIGRP, eBGP towards two providers, VRF-Lite segments and a DMVPN hub, alongside Catalyst switches in the academy rack in Shoham for the campus Layer 2 work. You build the topology across the course, add NetFlow, IP SLA and syslog, harden it with AAA, CoPP and uRPF, and then work troubleshooting tickets against it. The automation module runs Python, NETCONF/RESTCONF and EEM against the same devices.
Two ways to take the course
The waiting list for the next open cohort, or an intensive format for a team - which a team can have on its own dates, whatever the open cohorts are doing.
The next cohort
The next cohort is in planning - 70 academic hours at the academy in Shoham. A hybrid option is available, with part of the sessions remote. Join the waiting list and you hear the dates first; the list is also what decides which course opens next.
For your team
10 intensive days - at the academy in Shoham, or hybrid with part of the sessions remote. Small groups, and a syllabus adjusted to your equipment and environment.
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