CCNP Quick Reference

As a final exam preparation tool, the CCNP Quick Reference provides a concise review of all objectives on the four CCNP exams, including BSCI (642-901), BCMSN (642-812), ISCW (642-825) and ONT (642-845). This book provides you with detailed, graphical-based information, highlighting only the key topics in cram-style format. The easy-to-reference format and succinct presentation help you drill on key exam topics.

With this document as your guide, you will review topics on routing, switching, secure remote access networks, network security, and quality of service (QoS). This fact-filled Quick Reference allows you to get all-important information at a glance, helping you to focus your study on areas of weakness and to enhance memory retention of essential exam concepts.

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Denise Donohue, CCIE® No. 9566, is manager of Solutions Engineering for ePlus Technology in Maryland. Denise was a Cisco instructor and course director for Global Knowledge and did network consulting for many years.

Brent Stewart, CCNP®, CCDP®, CCSI, MCSE, is a network administrator for CommScope. He is responsible for designing and managing a large-scale worldwide IP network. He participated in the development of BSCI with Cisco and has written and taught extensively on CCNA® and CCNP.

Jerold Swan, CCIE No. 17783, CCNP, CCSP®, is a senior network engineer for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe Growth Fund in Ignacio, CO. Prior to that he was a Cisco instructor and course director for Global Knowledge.

Complete coverage of all four CCNP exams:
• EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP
• Optimizing routing
• IP multicast
• IPv6
• VLAN implementation
• Spanning Tree
• InterVLAN routing
• Layer 3 redundancy
• Wireless LANs
• VoIP in campus networks
• Campus network security
• Frame-mode MPLS
• IPsec
• Cisco device hardening
• Cisco IOS® threat defenses
• Cisco VoIP
• QoS and AutoQoS
• Wireless scalability


This volume is part of the Quick Reference series from Cisco Press. Products in this series provide exam candidates with a concise review to help reinforce knowledge of key exam topics.