Product Description

• Master all 642-845 exam topics with the official study guide
• Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes
• Review key concepts with foundation summaries
• Practice with hundreds of exam questions on the CD-ROM

 

Amir Ranjbar, CCIE® No. 8669

 

CCNP ONT Official Exam Certification Guide is a best of breed Cisco® exam study guide that focuses specifically on the objectives for the Optimizing Converged Cisco Networks exam (642-845 ONT). Successfully passing the ONT 642-845 exam certifies that you have the knowledge and skills necessary to optimize and apply effective QoS techniques for converged networks.

 

CCNP ONT Official Exam Certification Guide follows a logical organization of the CCNP® ONT exam objectives. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your retention and recall of exam topics. You can organize your exam preparation through the use of the consistent features in these chapters. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes open each chapter and allow you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists and concise Foundation Summary information make referencing easy and give you a quick refresher whenever you need it. Challenging chapter-ending review questions help you assess your knowledge and reinforce key concepts.

 

The companion CD-ROM contains a powerful testing engine that allows 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, presenting question-by-question remediation to the text. Well regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this book helps you master the concepts and techniques that can enable you to succeed on the exam the first time.

 

Amir Ranjbar, CCIE® No. 8669, is a certified Cisco instructor and an internetworking consultant. He conducts Cisco official courses such as BCMSN, BSCI, ONT, CVOICE, BGP, and MPLS for Global Knowledge, the largest Cisco training partner. Amir has a bachelor’s degree in computing and information science and a master’s degree in knowledge-based systems from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada.

 

The official study guide helps you master all the topics on the CCNP ONT exam, including

• Implementing a voice-over-IP (VoIP) network
• Implementing QoS on converged networks
• Specific IP QoS mechanisms for implementing the DiffServ QoS model

• AutoQoS
• Wireless security
• Basic wireless management

 

Companion CD-ROM

The CD-ROM contains an electronic copy of the book and more than 200 practice questions for the ONT exam, which are all available in study mode, test mode, and flash card format.

 

This volume is part of the Exam 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.

 

Category: Cisco Certification

Covers: ONT Exam 642-845

 

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #54561 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 408 pages

About the Author

Amir S. Ranjbar, CCIE No. 8669, is an internetworking trainer and consultant. Born in Tehran,

Iran, he moved to Canada in 1983. He received his bachelor’s degree in computer science (1989)

and master of science degree in knowledge-based systems (1991) from the University of Guelph

in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. After graduation, Amir worked as a programmer/analyst for Statistics

Canada until 1995 when he was hired by Digital Equipment Corporation as a certified Microsoft

trainer. After performing training on Microsoft Backoffice products such as Windows NT,

Exchange Server, and Systems Management Server for three years, he shifted his focus to Cisco

Systems. In 1998, he joined GEOTRAIN Corporation, which was later acquired by Global

Knowledge Network, and worked for them as a full-time Certified Cisco Systems Instructor until

2005. In October 2005, Amir started his own business (AMIRACAN Inc.) in the field of

internetwork consulting, but his major activity is still conducting training for Global Knowledge

Network on a contractual basis. His areas of specialty are MPLS, BGP, QoS, VoIP, and advanced

routing and switching.

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Customer Reviews

Neo
Minimal Fluff. Clear and concise explanations, very good examples. I used the book to study for the ONT exam, which I successfully completed. There are a few methods that are covered and all I was interested in was, what the methods are, why were they developed, when to use them and how. The book proved to be right on the money. I would recommend this book as a Reference source as well.

Personally, I wish they would write technical books in this fashion using the following headings: Method, Why developed/Issues addressed, When to use and How.

Just forget all the fluff and get down to the Nitty Gritty.

One of the better Cisco Press Exam Guides
This is one of the few Exam Certification Guides I'd say is enough to pass with, if it's the only thing you have to study with. It does a very good job of covering the exam. There are times (Chapter 7 in particular) where I wanted to strangle the author, as he kept repeating the same things. The book is very thin compared to the other CCNP Official Exam Cert guides, so there may have been some padding involved.

Regardless, the box is a good solid core. Combine it with some good test prep software like Transcender, and you should easily pass ONT

will get you by
This book is the only study material you will need to get you by with a passing score on the ONT exam. However, you will want to try to get your hands on the SDM which can be done with any newer router providing those flash files are installed. Pay attention to the print screens on the WLC and WLSE as you most likely will not be able to get your hands on those. The book is concise,(300 pp) to the point, slightly ardous, but all business. Probably the best choice for re-cert as the more recent CCNP course material is covered- most notably VOIP topology basics and Wireless Security strategies. Voip knowledge and experience seems to be increasingly in demand in the recent job markets.