Cisco Certified Network Associate
Target Audience
This certification is
intended for network administrators and technicians, new to Cisco
products
and services, responsible for implementing and managing small and
medium business networks.
Overview
The Cisco CCNA network
associate certification validates the ability to install,
configure, operate,
and troubleshoot medium-size routed and switched networks,
including implementation and
verification of connections to remote sites in a WAN. This new
curriculum includes basic mitigation
of security threats, introduction to wireless networking concepts
and terminology, and performance-based skills. This new curriculum
also includes (but is not limited to) the use of these protocols:
IP, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Serial Line
Interface Protocol Frame Relay, Routing Information Protocol
Version 2 (RIPv2),VLANs, Ethernet, access control lists
(ACLs)
Prerequisites
General networking knowledge
Requirements
Re-certification
CCNA certifications are valid for three years. To re-certify, pass
the current CCNA exam, the ICND or ICND2 Exam, a Cisco
Qualified Specialist exam (excluding Sales Specialist exams), or
any professional level exam bearing a prefix 642, or pass a CCIE
written exam on or after October 1, 2004.
Advancing to the next level or recertifying at the professional
level automatically renews all related Associate level
certifications.
CCNA Certification