Cisco’s CCIP (Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional) is a mid-level certification for IT professionals who have a “detailed understanding of networking technologies in the service provider arena including IP routing, IP QoS, BGP, and MPLS.” The CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) is a prerequisite for the CCIP.

The CCIP was established in 2001 and has been most recently changed in the spring of 2003. At that time, the CCNA certification became a prerequisite and the need to pass four exams was instituted. The CCIP is valid for three years.

Job roles of those pursuing this certification, which “provides individuals working in service provider organizations with competencies in infrastructure IP networking solutions,” generally include: network administrator, infrastructure administrator, infrastructure engineer, infrastructure specialist, and network engineer.

For more information:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/learning/le3/le2/le37/le8/learning_certification_type_home.html

CORE EXAMS
(640-910) 640-910 MPLS ^vs 
(642-641) 642-641 QoS ^vs 
(642-661) 642-661 BGP ^vs 
(642-801) 642-801 BSCI v2.0