CCDA (Cisco Certified Design Associate) CCDA is the foundation Design certification and consists of just one exam. CCDA certified professionals can design routed and switched network infrastructures and services involving LAN, WAN, and broadband access for businesses and organizations. Although CCNA is not required for CCDA, Cisco highly recommend it.
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, datacentre, and IP multicast complex multi-layered enterprise architectures that include virtual private networking and wireless domains.
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