Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 672 pages
- Published by: Cisco Press
- Edition: 4th Edition July 28, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 158720147X
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1587201479
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Book Dimensions:
9.7 x 7.9 x 1.7 inches
- Weighs: 2.7 pounds
Product Description
CCNP BSCI Official Exam Certification Guide
Fourth Edition
- Master all 642-901 exam topics with the official study guide
- Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes
- Review key concepts with foundation summaries
- Practice with hundreds of exam questions on the CD-ROM
Brent D. Stewart
Clare Gough, CCIE® No. 2893
CCNP BSCI Official Exam Certification Guide, Fourth Edition, is a best of breed Cisco® exam study guide that focuses specifically on the objectives for the BSCI exam. Successfully passing the BSCI 642-901 exam certifies that you have the knowledge and skills necessary to use advanced IP addressing and routing in implementing scalability for Cisco integrated services routers (ISR) connected to LANs and WANs.
CCNP BSCI Official Exam Certification Guide, Fourth Edition, follows a logical organization of the CCNP® BSCI exam objectives. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing readers' retention and recall of exam topics. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes open each chapter and allow you to determine how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists and Foundation Summary tables make referencing easy and give you a quick refresher whenever you need it. Scenario-based exercises help you think about exam objectives in real-world situations, thus increasing recall during exam time. Challenging chapter-ending review questions help you assess your knowledge and reinforce key concepts.
The companion CD-ROM contains a powerful testing engine that allows you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams. The assessment engine also tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, presenting question-by-question remediation to the text.
Well regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this book helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time.
Brent D. Stewart, CCNP and certified Cisco instructor, is a network administrator at CommScope, where he focuses on the design and implementation of an international IP network. Brent has worked in fiber-optic manufacturing R&D and as a network consultant.
Clare Gough, CCIE® No. 2893, is an instructor and a consultant with more than 18 years of practical experience in computer networking.
The official study guide helps you master all the topics on the CCNP BSCI exam, including
- Essential routing principles for designing and managing scalable networks
- EIGRP, OSPF, and IS-IS functions and operation
- Basic BGP configuration
- Multicast routing
- Cisco IOS® routing features, including redistribution, route filtering, and DHCP
- IPv6 addressing and the transition from IPv4 to IPv6
Companion CD-ROM
The CD-ROM contains an electronic copy of the book and more than 200 practice questions for the BSCI exam, including simulation-based questions, all available in study mode, test mode, and flash card format.
This volume is part of the Exam Certification Guide Series from Cisco Press®. Books in this series provide officially developed exam preparation materials that offer assessment, review, and practice to help Cisco Career Certification candidates identify weaknesses, concentrate their study efforts, and enhance their confidence as exam day nears.
Category: Cisco Certification
Covers: CCNP BSCI exam 642-901
About The Author
Brent D. Stewart, CCNP, CCSI, is a network administrator at CommScope, where he focuses on design and implementation of an international IP network. Brent has worked in fiber-optic manufacturing R&D, as a network consultant, and as a certified Cisco instructor. Brent participated in the development of BSCI while with Global Knowledge and developed Internetbased versions of several CCNP classes. Brent received a B.S. in physics from Lenoir-Rhyne College and is currently finishing an M.S. in computer science/information security from James Madison University.
Brent lives in Hickory, North Carolina, with his gorgeous wife, Karen, and their wonderfully mischievous children, Benjamin, Kaitlyn, Madelyn, and William.
Reader Reviews
If you're preparing for the BSCI exam, you need this book. Personally, I like to use the online version (at Safari Books) so I can cut/paste notes. I took this approach to the CCNA volumes and passed the test easily on the first try. However, I did not pass the BSCI on the first try. Compared to the CCNA volumes, the self test included with this book is not very helpful. It basically reiterates the "Do you know this already?" questions at the beginning of each chapter. I only bought the text for access to the CDROM test questions, so that was a little frustrating. Too, certain sections of the book don't cover what you need to know on the test. Specifically, IPv6, multicast and IS-IS are short on detail. Overall, if you use this book in conjunction with lab work, you will get close to passing. However, if you're like me, it might take a second try. Cisco has some good white papers on configuring IPv6 and PIM routing -- I'd take a look at them.
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