SYNOPSIS
Cisco’s
CCDA (Cisco Certified Design Associate) is an introductory to mid-level
certification for IT professionals who can design routed and switched network
infrastructures involving LAN, WAN, and dial access services for businesses and
organizations. The CCDA has as its prerequisite the knowledge
and skills to install, configure, and operate basic network infrastructures.
As well, Cisco highly recommends holding the CCNA (Cisco Certified Network
Associate).
The CCDA is a prerequisite to the CCDP (Cisco Certified Design
Professional) certification and got its start several years ago.
A candidate needs to pass this one exam to achieve CCDA
certification and the CCDA is valid for three years.
Job roles of those
pursuing this certification generally include: network administrator, network
infrastructure administrator, infrastructure engineer and network designer.
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