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Congratulations to Our Future CCNP Engineers: ENCOR Training Camp at Iowa State University

Congratulations future CCNP engineers, onsite at Iowa State University, with the Iowa State University logo

From October 19 to 23, four network engineers spent the week on campus at Iowa State University working through our CCNP Enterprise ENCOR training camp, and they earned every minute of it. Congratulations to Lyle Lovig, Christopher Morgan, Jason Skretta and Michael Vinson. I'm proud of the work you put in.

5
Days onsite at Iowa State
20
Hours of hands-on labs
50
Total hours of participation
4
New ENCOR camp graduates
The graduates

Certificates earned

Each of these engineers completed the full camp, logging fifty total hours of participation, and earned a thinQtank Learning certificate of completion for the Cisco Certified Network Professional training camp. Well done, all four of you.

The class

Five days, real gear, no shortcuts

ENCOR (350-401) is the core exam for both CCNP Enterprise and CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure, and it covers a lot of ground. We didn't just talk through slides. Out of fifty hours together, they spent 20 with their hands on the equipment: building, breaking and fixing enterprise networks until the concepts stuck.

Layer 2 and Layer 3

VLANs and trunking, spanning tree, EtherChannel, OSPF, EIGRP and eBGP.

Virtualization and services

VRF, GRE and IPsec tunnels, NAT, HSRP and VRRP, and multicast.

Assurance and security

SNMP, syslog, NetFlow, SPAN and IP SLA, plus AAA, ACLs and control plane policing.

Automation

Python basics, JSON and YANG, and controller APIs for Catalyst Center and SD-WAN Manager.

Twenty hours of lab time is where the real learning happens. Anyone can memorize what a command does. These engineers know what to do when the output doesn't look right.
What's next

Your class doesn't end today

Finishing the camp is a big step, but it isn't the finish line. Here's what you have from here:

  • 90 days of Class Hub access: remote labs, class video recordings, practice exams and the student forum.
  • Six months of mentoring with CCIE engineers when you get stuck.
  • 24 months of free retakes of any or all of the course, in person or live online.
  • Your next exam: pass 350-401 and you earn Cisco Certified Specialist, Enterprise Core. Add one concentration exam, such as ENARSI or ENSLD, and you're CCNP Enterprise.

Thank you, Iowa State University

A big thank you to Iowa State University for hosting this class on campus and for being a great partner. Bringing hands-on, instructor-led Cisco training to Iowa is something we're proud to do together.

Want to be in the next class?

ENCOR runs again Nov 9-13 in Atlanta and Dec 7-11 in Sterling, VA, in person or live online. Request information and we'll walk you through dates, funding and the Class Hub.

Call 855-868-4467 or email website@thinqtanklearning.com

— Scott

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