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).
| CCNA Prerequisites |
| No prerequisites |
| CCNA Exams & Recommended Training | |
| Required Exam(s) | Recommended Training |
| 640-802 CCNA OR 640-801 CCNA |
Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (ICND1) v1.0 Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2 (ICND2) v1.0 Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies (INTRO) Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices (ICND) |
| OR | |
| 640-822 ICND1 | Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (ICND1) v1.0 |
| 640-816 ICND2 | Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2 (ICND2) v1.0 |
| OR | |
| 640-821 INTRO | Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies (INTRO) |
| 640-811 ICND | Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices (ICND) |
| CCNA Recertification |
| CCNA certifications are valid for three years. To recertify, either pass the current CCNA exam, or pass the ICND2 exam, or pass any 642 professional level or Cisco Specialist exam (excluding Sales Specialist exams), or pass a current CCIE written exam. |