Is bsci the replacement for bscn?

Look at this link
http://cisco.com/warp/public/10/wwt...grams/ccnp.html

It looks like they may have just renamed the course or something. Also would one use the same books or is there new curriculum? Or am I just confusing myslef? Any feedback would be great.

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They sure renamed BSCN to BSCI after adding the IS-IS Routing Protocol to the course and it now appears in the Course Outline on the page
http://cisco.com/pcgi-bin/front.x/w...networking:ISIS

and/or other Ciscopress reference books that have included it, such as this Routing TCP/IP Volume 1
http://ciscopress.com/catalog/product.asp?product_id={37DFB87F-2989-45A6-8D01-0521D33054E7}&session_id={893615F1-42DA-46C9-B24A-2008C7F22FC4}

I hope this helps clear you confusion and Good Luck.

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Yes it does. Thank You. I justed looked at the site two days ago and the recommended training was bscn and then yesterday it wa bsci. I thought it was a cached page or something. I wa deleting my temp files and everyting. but no matter what I could not get the darn bscn to come up. Now I know why

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This may sound dumb but it looks like the ccnp is now ccip(cc internetworking p). does that sound right?

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The BSCI (640-901) and the CCIP ciriculum has in place for over a year now.

There is only one course that is contained in both the CCN/DP tracks and the CCIP track that is complementary, that is now the BSCI course. (Up until a few weeks ago you couldn't use the BSCI course for the CCN/DP tracks.)

As we are aware the CCNP and CCDP requires
Routing
Switching
Remote

and either the Support or the CCDA/CID exams

There are no prerequisites for a CCIP
CCNP requires CCNA
CCDP requires CCNA and CCDA

The BSCI track requires passing only 3 exams:
Routing - BSCI (generally BSCN & IS-IS)
Multicast / QOS
and one in a series of 7 electives.
Cable
Content Networking
DSL Networks
METRO
MPLS
Packet Telephony
Security

So take 3 exams, acquire your cert. more then likely your boss won't know the difference for another year or so. Just don't try configuring one of my switches or remote connections.

- Bob

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"Just don't try configuring one of my switches or remote connections."

Is this if I get ccip, ccnp or it doesn not matter what I get?

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