How many exams are there in CCNP Data Centre Certification?

New CCNP Data Center certification requires only two exams: one core exam (350-601 DCCOR) and one concentration exam of your choice. SPOTO offers 100% real CCNP Data Center exam practice tests to help you get CCNP certified in the 1st try.

Data center is well known track from the Cisco certification and its the only track which takes 2 exams to pass for being CCNA Data Center certified.

Like CCNA, CCNP also have multiple exams which must be cleared by CCNP Data Center aspirant to have its credential.

To become CCNP Data Center certified professional you must clear 4 exams, 3 compulsory and one from the two options available.

Here is the list of compulsory exams with its exam codes andexam fees,

• 300-175 DCUCI, Fee - 300 USD
• 300-165 DCII, Fee - 300 USD
• 300-170 DCVAI, Fee - 300 USD

Now, here comes the two optional exams with its exam codes and exam fees,

• 300-160 DCID, Fee - 300 USD
• 300-180 DCIT, Fee - 300 USD

From the above twoexams, choose one as per your interest and area of training, to gain Cisco CCNP Data Center certification.

Prerequisites for CCNP Data Center Certification examination

Now you must know the prerequisites for the CCNP Data Center cert examand it is either a valid CCNA Certification or CCIE Certification both in DC track.

Which means you must face, 

• 200-150 DCICN, Fees - 250 USD
• 200-155 DCICT, Fees - 250 USD

OR,

400-151 - CCIE DC written exam and CCIE DC lab exam (costing in 2050 USD in total) to become eligible for attempting CCNP Data Center certification exam.

By this you can assume how many exams you have to attempt and pass just to become a CCNP Data Center certified professional.

And it's clearly tough to clear all exams one by one and this truth is known by Cisco. So, recently with the newest updation to its certifications, Cisco has made our way easier in order to be certified.

According to the new updates in Cisco certs, anyone looking to have Professional-level Data Center Certification have to pass only twoexams.

• First, the core exam called DCCOR withexam code 300-601 and
• Secondly, you get to choose any one from 5 options to be certified.

The 5 concentration exams for CCNP DC are,

• 300-610 DCID
• 300-615 DCIT
• 300-620 DCACI
• 300-625 DCSAN
• 300-635 DCAUTO

All these new CCNP Data Center exam will be live on 24th of Feb for everyone to attempt and the best part of this update is no prerequisites of CCNP certification level.

Yes, you can directly attempt Cisco Professional-level certificationexams and get certified.

To know more about recent Cisco updates, Check this blog - https://blog.networkbulls.com/cisco-unleashes-new-ccnp-certifications-with-advanced--capabilities

So, I would suggest prepare for New Cisco DATA Center cert exams at Network Bulls.

CCNP Data Center Certification has 5 Exams in it, out of which you need to pass 4 specific Exams to get CCNP DC Certification.

Exams of CCNP DC Certification:

Mandatory Exams:

Following 3 are Mandatory exams that you need to prepare for and pass, if you want to get CCNP DC Certification. These Modules cover Nexus Switching, UCS Storage, Virtualization, Automation etc.

• 300-175 Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI)
• 300-165 Implementing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCII)
• 300-170 Implementing Cisco Data Center Virtualization and Automation (DCVAI)

Candidate has option to pass any one of the following exams. I personally suggest 300-160 exam.

• 300-160 Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID)

OR

• 300-180 Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT)

Here's How to pass CCNP Data Center Certification:

• Make sure you do Hands On practice on live Nexus, UCS etc.
• Read RFCs and online books, as Cisco Press has not released updated CCNP DC Certification Guide books.
• You can also watch Video tutorials of INE. Amazing tutorials.

Best Books to prepare for CCNP DC Certification:

• Data Center Fundamentals
• Storage Networking Protocol Fundamentals
• Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) (Data Center): A Complete Reference Guide to the Cisco Data Center Virtualization Server Architecture
• I/O Consolidation in the Data Center

Don't just consider these books for your CCNP DC Exam preparation, above books may not be able to help you passing your exam, but these books will definitely help you learn in-depth knowledge about the subject.

Exam Fee of CCNP Data Center (DC) Certification Exams:

As you need to pass 4 Exams are CCNP DC to get the Certification, Exam fee for each module is 300 USD + GST (For India). So Exam fee for CCNP DC will be 1200 USD + GST for candidates writing exams in India. Total Exam fee will be 1416 USD.