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CCDA Certification - Cisco Certified Design Associate
CCNA Course: Designing Cisco Networks
The CCDA certification (Cisco Certified Design Associate) indicates a foundation or apprentice knowledge of network design for the small office/home office (SOHO) market. CCDA certified professionals can design routed and switched networks involving LAN, WAN, and dial access services for businesses and organizations with networks of fewer than 100 nodes.
Gaining and Certifying Foundation Skills
Candidates who pass proctored exams will receive a CCDA certificate from
Cisco and may use the CCDA designation on their business cards.
The CCDA is awarded
in one track:
- Routing and Switching
CCDA Prerequisites
Knowledge and skills to install, configure, and operate small networks.
CCNA certification is highly recommended.
CCDA Exams & Recommended Training
Exam Recommended Training
640-441 DCN Designing Cisco Networks (DCN)
CCDA Recertification
Exam: 640-441 DCN
CCDA certifications are valid for three years.
(Advancing to the next level or recertifying at the Professional level
automatically renews the related CCDA certification)
BENEFITS OF CCDA CERTIFICATION
Overall, Cisco certification validates an individual's achievement, so
it increases the holder's professional credibility by ensuring high standards
of technical expertise.
In particular, the CCDA certification indicates knowledge of network design
for the Small Office, Home Office (SOHO) market and for medium-size organizations
whose simple LAN, routed WAN, and switched LAN networks have fewer than
500 nodes.
A CCDA can do the following:
- Determine the customer's
requirements for network performance, security, capacity, and scalability
- Design a network
structure that meets these requirements
- Articulate the
benefits of the design to the customer's satisfaction
- Develop and test
a prototype network that validates the design-and demonstrate that proof
to the customer's satisfaction
Positions for a CCDA include:
- Level 1 network
design engineer
- Level 1 systems
engineer
- Sales representative
for Cisco Channel Partner
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