It was a year or two ago that Cisco split up the CCNA into two exams. (ICND and INTRO). Yesterday it was announced that things were changing again into ICND1 and ICND2 exams along with creating another certification. Passing just the first ICND makes you a Cisco Certified Entry Network Technician, then passing the second gets you the CCNA. From the news release:
Laying the groundwork for more rigorous certification, CCENT validates the knowledge and skills needed to configure and verify small routed and switched networks, including the ability to configure IP addressing, implement basic security measures and understand the concepts of wireless networking.
Cisco Press, of course, has both new CCNA and CCNENT books on the way. For those that will be doing their studying during this transition and already bought books, using the Digital Short Cuts would be cheaper than buying new books. (I previously looked at a couple of PDF based products)
A cursory look at the new CCNA exam shows that the trend of migrating content from the CCNP stream into the CCNA stream is continuing. I see some basic IPv6 and Wireless, DHCP, and security topics in there, and some more details on switching protocols.
If you don’t want to take the one big exam, you take both ICND1 (640-822) and ICND2 (640-816). Last day to test the old exams is November 6th, with the new exams coming out August 1st.
I’m always in favour of raising the bar on certifications, though I’m not sure how much traction this CCENT certification will get seeing as it’s a stepping stone to an already entry level certification. However, if it helps get more people into the game, I’m all for that.
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