CCDP - Cisco Certified Design Professional

The CCDP certification indicates advanced journeyman knowledge of intelligent network design concepts and principles. A CCDP credentialed network professional can discuss, design, and create advanced addressing and routing, security, network management, data center, and IP multicast complex multi-layered enterprise architectures that include virtual private networking and wireless domains.

To attain this certification you must pass three exams: Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI); Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN); and Designing Cisco Network Architectures (ARCH).

You can elect to take the composite exam (642-892 Composite) in place of the BSCI and BCMSN exams, shortening the path to certification by one exam.

Valid CCNA and CCDA

BSCI Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks [5 days]

Exam 642-901 BSCI

AND

BCMSN Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks 5 days [5 days]

Exam: 642-812 BCMSN or 642-892 Composite

AND

ARCH Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures [5 days]

Exam: 642-873 ARCH