CCNP SWITCH 642-813 Official Certification Guide

by David Hucaby

CCNP SWITCH 642-813 Official Certification Guide David Hucaby, CCIE® No. 4594 CCNP SWITCH Exam Preparation CCNP SWITCH 642-813 Official Certification Guide is a best-of-breed Cisco® exam study guide that focuses specifically on the objectives for the CCNP® SWITCH exam. Network architect and best-selling author Dave Hucaby shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics. CCNP SWITCH 642-813 Official Certification Guide presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes open each chapter and allow you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. The complete exam topic list makes referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks sections help drill you on key concepts and commands you must know thoroughly. The companion CD-ROM contains a powerful testing engine that enables you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams. The assessment engine also tracks your performance and provides feedback on a topic-by-topic basis, laying out a complete study plan for review. Well regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this official study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time. CCNP SWITCH 642-813 Official Certification Guide is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners worldwide, please visitwww.cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining. This official study guide helps you master all the topics on the CCNP SWITCH exam, including This volume is part of the Official 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. Cisco Press—Cisco Certification CCNP SWITCH exam 642-813

Genres: Technical

460 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2009

About the author

David Hucaby, CCIE® No. 4594, is a lead network engineer for the University of Kentucky, where he works with healthcare networks based on the Cisco Catalyst, IP Telephony, PIX, and VPN product lines. David was one of the beta reviewers of the PIX version 7 Firewall operating system software.

Reviews

[Scott]

The current editions of this book do not include the test material covering planning, syslog, SNMPv3, or ip sla. These are included as downloads on the web site, so make sure you grab the addendum for chapter 1 and appendix B from the book’s web page. Those downloads cover the missing topics. This book is a fairly straight technical explanation of all the topics. It’s a dry read and while it can be useful, I don’t think it covers the topics in a way that left me understanding them as well as I could have.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

Typical Cisco Press material. Very high quality, concise information for anyone preparing for the exam or trying to polish their Cisco abilities.

Important to note, this book like the Boson study material should be considered supplemental only. If you attempt the exam without studying additional sources the chance of passing is slim.

[Jackie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dave Hucaby posted additional material for those topics on the exam that were not covered in his book:
http://dhucaby.wordpress.com/

[Evan Snyder · Rating 2 out of 5]

Attention CCNP Switch studiers! While I will concede this book does have some useful information and present it fairly well, it really doesn't give you the tidbits that are relevant to this exam's multiple choice questions. It will prepare you just fine for the configurations, but you're going to need to supplement your reading to pass. The practice test questions provided are absolute garbage - lots of random facts, but not the right random facts you actually need on the exam.

[Calvin Christopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read from cover to cover, took notes spanning four notepads. Be sure to check the Appendix for updated exam topics like SNMP, IP SLA, SYSLOG, etc.

A good, if not exhaustive, read.

[Santiago Alvarez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Buen libro, facil de entender en la gran mayoria de los temas. Sin embargo, le falta profundizar y tratar en algunos temas que hacen parte del examen de certificacion.

[Meshari Alafasi · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Aws Al-obaidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

So far it is good to start with in advanced switching environment!