My school offers a Cisco course spanning two years. The end result is you taking the Certification Exam 640-607.
So me and my friends have been studying for finals and everything, figuring we have plenty of time to take the exam, maybe in Early or Mid July. Well, the 24th they announce that as of the 30th, they will no longer be offering their standard test, but a whole new test, with different stuff in the curriculum. Some things rarely covered and not needed for the old test will be involved in this test.
You can either take the 640-801 single exam, or 2 exams. Also, Cisco gives people enrolled in their program a voucher for 50% off the test. The OLD TEST.
Man am I pissed off at Cisco. Looks like its time to cram.
From Cisco's Website:
Here
A Two-Step Approach:
The two-step approach introduced in the CCNA program offers candidates the ability to certify at their own pace and skill levels. The two step approach does not replace the existing one exam option, but enables candidates to achieve the certification in two stages by passing a new Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies (INTRO) exam and a new Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND) exam to achieve CCNA certification.
"Given the popularity and success of the CCNA program, we continue to enhance CCNA to meet our customers needs through skills assessment aimed at today's rapidly-evolving job requirements," said Don Field, senior manager, Internet Learning Solutions Group, Cisco Systems, Inc. "The two-step approach offers those new to the networking field the option to test their networking knowledge in stages."
The two-certification paths for CCNA include:
- Passing the CCNA 640-801 exam (available on June 30, 2003); or
- Passing the INTRO 640-821 exam (currently as beta exam 641-821) and ICND 640-811 exam (available on June 30, 2003). Each exam will be valid for three years for the candidate from the date of passing.
Revisions to the CCNA content:
The revised CCNA 640-801 exam replaces existing CCNA 640-607 exam and is designed to better assess the networking skills of entry level candidates. CCNA curriculum includes understanding the functions and operations of local area networks (LAN), Cisco IOS fundamentals, wide area networks (WAN), virtual private networks (VPN), and Storage Area Networks (SAN). Other topics covered in the CCNA curriculum are IP Addressing, Cisco Command Line Interface (CLI), Routing and Switching technologies and protocols. CCNA certification content, technology and testing remains focused on real-world skills assessment with labs and exam simulations being key components of CCNA courses and exams.
So me and my friends have been studying for finals and everything, figuring we have plenty of time to take the exam, maybe in Early or Mid July. Well, the 24th they announce that as of the 30th, they will no longer be offering their standard test, but a whole new test, with different stuff in the curriculum. Some things rarely covered and not needed for the old test will be involved in this test.
You can either take the 640-801 single exam, or 2 exams. Also, Cisco gives people enrolled in their program a voucher for 50% off the test. The OLD TEST.
Man am I pissed off at Cisco. Looks like its time to cram.
From Cisco's Website:
Here
A Two-Step Approach:
The two-step approach introduced in the CCNA program offers candidates the ability to certify at their own pace and skill levels. The two step approach does not replace the existing one exam option, but enables candidates to achieve the certification in two stages by passing a new Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies (INTRO) exam and a new Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND) exam to achieve CCNA certification.
"Given the popularity and success of the CCNA program, we continue to enhance CCNA to meet our customers needs through skills assessment aimed at today's rapidly-evolving job requirements," said Don Field, senior manager, Internet Learning Solutions Group, Cisco Systems, Inc. "The two-step approach offers those new to the networking field the option to test their networking knowledge in stages."
The two-certification paths for CCNA include:
- Passing the CCNA 640-801 exam (available on June 30, 2003); or
- Passing the INTRO 640-821 exam (currently as beta exam 641-821) and ICND 640-811 exam (available on June 30, 2003). Each exam will be valid for three years for the candidate from the date of passing.
Revisions to the CCNA content:
The revised CCNA 640-801 exam replaces existing CCNA 640-607 exam and is designed to better assess the networking skills of entry level candidates. CCNA curriculum includes understanding the functions and operations of local area networks (LAN), Cisco IOS fundamentals, wide area networks (WAN), virtual private networks (VPN), and Storage Area Networks (SAN). Other topics covered in the CCNA curriculum are IP Addressing, Cisco Command Line Interface (CLI), Routing and Switching technologies and protocols. CCNA certification content, technology and testing remains focused on real-world skills assessment with labs and exam simulations being key components of CCNA courses and exams.
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