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Cisco Certification and Courses

Ascolta and Brandman University are proud to present a selection of authorized Cisco certification courses. Regarded as the most sought after certifications in the IT world, Cisco Career Certifications are widely respected and bring valuable, measurable rewards to network professionals, their managers, and the organizations that employ them.

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Cisco Routing and Switching

Cisco CCNA - ICND1

Tuition Fee: $3,195
Processing Fee: $350
Total Fee: $3,545

This course focuses on providing the skills and knowledge necessary to install, operate, and troubleshoot a small branch office Enterprise network, including configuring a switch, a router, connecting to a WAN and implementing network security. A learner should be able to complete configuration and implementation of a small branch office network under supervision.

Cisco CCNA - ICND2

Tuition Fee: $3,195
Processing Fee: $350
Total Fee: $3,545

This course focuses on providing the skills and knowledge necessary to install, operate, and troubleshoot a small to medium-size branch office Enterprise network, including configuring several Cisco Catalyst switches and Cisco routers, connecting to a WAN and implementing network security.

Cisco CCNA - CCNAX Bootcamp (ICND1+ICND2)

Tuition Fee: $3,595
Processing Fee: $350
Total Fee: $3,945

ICND1 provides the fundamental knowledge prerequisite to successfully complete the ICND2 course. Together, the ICND1 and ICND2 courses provide the preparation that Cisco recommends for the Cisco Certified Network Associate examination. CCNA Bootcamp allows you to get that preparation in just one work week.

Students will learn fundamental computer networking concepts and apply them as they configure a LAN/WAN network using Cisco routers and Catalyst switches. Through lectures, discussions, demonstrations, exercises, and laboratory projects, students are given information sufficient to identify and recommend the best Cisco solutions for anywhere from small to enterprise-sized businesses. CCNA ACC also provides the installation, configuration, and troubleshooting information that technical support people require to install, manage, and configure Cisco products.

Cisco CCNP - ROUTE

Tuition Fee: $3,295
Processing Fee: $350
Total Fee: $3,645

Learn LAN and WAN routing solutions.

Implementing Cisco IP Routing (ROUTE) v1.0 is an instructor-led training course presented by Cisco training partners to their end customers. This five-day course is designed to help students prepare for Cisco CCNP® certification. The ROUTE course is a component of the CCNP curriculum.

The ROUTE course is designed for network engineers with at least one year of professional work experience, who are ready to advance their skills and work independently on complex network solutions. Students will learn to plan, configure and verify the implementation of secure enterprise LAN and WAN routing solutions using a range of routing protocols. Course also covers configuration of solutions to support branch offices and mobile workers.

Cisco CCNP - SWITCH

Tuition Fee: $3,295
Processing Fee: $350
Total Fee: $3,645

Learn to manage complex enterprise campus switching solutions from planning to implementation.

Implementing Cisco Switched Networks (SWITCH) v1.0 is a five-day instructor-led training course, designed to help students prepare to plan, configure, and verify the implementation of complex enterprise switching solutions for campus environments using the Cisco Enterprise Campus Architecture. These skills are validated in the Cisco CCNP® Routing and Switching certification, a professional-level certification specializing in the routing and switching field. This course is a component of the Cisco CCNP Routing and Switching curriculum. This course is designed to give students a firm understanding of how to manage switches in an enterprise campus environment. This training class reinforces the instruction by providing students with hands-on labs.

Cisco CCNP - TSHOOT

Tuition Fee: $3,295
Processing Fee: $350
Total Fee: $3,645

Learn the techniques to identify and resolve problems in large, complex networks.

Troubleshooting and Maintaining Cisco IP Networks (TSHOOT) v1.0 is an instructor-led training course that is presented by Cisco training partners to customers who use Cisco products. This five-day course is designed to help network professionals improve the skills and knowledge that they need to maintain their network and to diagnose and resolve network problems quickly and effectively. It also assists the network professional in preparing for Cisco CCNP® certification. This course is a component of the CCNP curriculum.

The course is designed to teach professionals who work in complex network environments the skills that they need to maintain their networks and to diagnose and resolve network problems quickly and effectively. The course will provide information about troubleshooting and maintaining particular technologies, as well as procedural and organizational aspects of the troubleshooting and maintenance process.

Cisco Voice

Cisco CCNP - CIPT1

Tuition Fee: $3,495
Processing Fee: $350
Total Fee: $3,845

Learn to configure and implement Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Part 1 v 8.0.

Implementing Cisco Unified Communications Manager, (CIPT1) prepares you for implementing a Cisco Unified Communications Manager solution at a single-site environment. This course focuses primarily on Cisco Unified Communications Manager Version 8.0, which is the call routing and signaling component for the Cisco Unified Communications solution.

You will perform post-installation tasks, configure Cisco Unified Communications Manager, implement Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) and H.323 gateways, and build dial plans to place on-net and off-net phone calls. You will also implement media resources, Cisco IP Phone Services, Cisco Unified Communications Manager native presence, and Cisco Unified Mobility.

Cisco CCNP - CIPT2

Tuition Fee: $3,495
Processing Fee: $350
Total Fee: $3,845

Learn to use Cisco Unified Communications solution with multsite troubleshoot WAN failure, and much more.

Implementing Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Part 2 (CIPT2) v8.0 prepares you for implementing Cisco Unified Communications solution in a multisite environment. It covers globalized call routing, Cisco Service Advertisement Framework (SAF) and Call Control Discovery (CCD), tail-end hop-off (TEHO), Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST), and mobility features such as Cisco Device Mobility and Cisco Extension Mobility.

You will apply a dial plan for a multisite environment including TEHO, configure survivability for remote sites during WAN failure and implement solutions to reduce bandwidth requirements in the IP WAN. You will also enable Call Admission Control (CAC) including Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Preconditions and automated alternate routing (AAR).

Cisco CCNP - CIPT Accelerated (CIPT1+CIPT2)

Tuition Fee: $4,395
Processing Fee: $440
Total Fee: $4,835

Learn to implement Cisco Unified Communications IP Telephony.

Cisco Unified Communications IP Telephony Boot camp (CIPT BC) v8 prepares you for installing and configuring a Cisco Unified Communications Manager solution in a single site and multi site environment. This course focuses primarily on Cisco Unified Communications Manager Release v8, the call routing and signaling component for the Cisco Unified Communications solution as well as the new features introduced in UCMv8. It also includes H.323 and Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) gateway implementation, the use of a Cisco Unified Border Element, and configuration of Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST), plus different mobility features.

In this course you will perform post-installation tasks, configure Cisco Unified Communications Manager and switches, implement Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) gateways, and build dial plans to place on-net and off-net phone calls. This includes exercises to build a multinational E164 normalized dialplan as used in large LDAP structures.

You will also implement media resources, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), voice-mail integration, and numerous user telephone features. It will aslo include configuring survivability for remote sites during WAN failure and implementing solutions to reduce bandwidth requirements in the IP WAN. You will enable call admission control (CAC) and automated alternate routing (AAR), a feature that allows rerouting of calls over the public switched telephone network (PSTN) in case of no available bandwidth. There are labs for implementing Cisco Unified Communications Manager Device Mobility, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Extension Mobility, Cisco Unified Mobility, and the Services Advertisement Framework (SAF), a new feature of UCM v8.

Cisco Data Center

DCUFI

Tuition Fee: $3,795
Processing Fee: $350
Total Fee: $4,145

Learn how to operate the Cisco Nexus 2000, 5000, and 7000 Switches.

In this course, you will learn the key components and procedures needed to install, configure, manage, and troubleshoot the Cisco Nexus 7000 and 5000 Switches in the network and SAN environment.

DCUCI

Tuition Fee: $3,695
Processing Fee: $350
Total Fee: $4,045

Learn to install and provision a Cisco UCS system using v1.4 firmware, hypervisors, and applications.

Data Center Unified Computing Implementation (DCUCI) is designed to serve the needs of engineers and technicians implementing Cisco UCS B-Series blade servers and Cisco UCS C-Series rack servers.

DCUCI v4.0 updates and replaces DCUCI v3.0 and guides you through rack installation, and provisioning of server hardware, operating systems/hypervisors and applications. There is significant content devoted to management, maintenance, and troubleshooting. DCUCI v4.0 articulates Cisco data center virtualization solutions and explains how to execute a virtualization solution based on a detailed implementation plan.