CCNP Service Provider Track

The new CCNP Service Provider course has two exams: a Core exam, and a Concentration exam of your choice.

Core exam - Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (Exam 350-501 SPCOR)

Concentration exam, pass ANY ONE of the below exams:

• Implementing Cisco Service Provider Advanced Routing Solutions (Exam 300-510 SPRI)
• Implementing Cisco Service Provider VPN Services (Exam 300-515 SPVI)
• Automating Cisco Service Provider Solutions (Exam 300-535 SPAUTO)

SPCOR

Core exam - Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (Exam 350-501 SPCOR)

The Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies v1.0 (SPCOR 350-501) exam is a 120-minute exam associated with the CCNP Service Provider, CCIE Service Provider, and Cisco Certified Specialist - Service Provider Core certifications. This exam tests a candidate's knowledge of implementing core service provider network technologies including core architecture, services, networking, automation, quality of services, security, and network assurance.

Course Details:

• Describe service provider architectures
• Describe Cisco network software architecture
• Describe service provider virtualization
• Describe QoS architecture
• Configure and verify control plane security
• Describe management plane security
• Implement data plane security
• Implement IS-IS (IPv4 and IPv6)
• Implement OSPF (v2 and v3)
• Describe BGP path selection algorithm
• Implement BGP (v4 and v6 for IBGP and EBGP)
• Implement routing policy language and route maps (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS)
• Troubleshoot routing protocols
• Describe IPv6 transition (NAT44, NAT64, 6RD, MAP, and DS Lite)
• Implement high availability
• Implement MPLS
• Describe traffic engineering
• Describe segment routing
• Describe VPN services
• Configure L2VPN and Carrier Ethernet
• Configure L3VPN
• Implement multicast services
• Implement QoS services
• Describe the programmable APIs used to include Cisco devices in network automation
• Interpret an external script to configure a Cisco device using a REST API
• Describe the role of Network Services Orchestration (NSO)
• Describe the high-level principles and benefits of a data modeling language, such as YANG
• Compare agent vs. agentless configuration management tools, such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, and SaltStack
• Describe data analytics and model-driven telemetry in service provider
• Configure dial-in/out telemetry streams using gRPC
• Configure and verify NetFlow/IPFIX
• Configure and verify NETCONF and RESTCONF
• Configure and verify SNMP (v2c/v3)