Certification Overview
RCSP-NPM certification, often known as the Riverbed certified solutions Professional - Network Performance Management - NPM certification program can be achieved by only those individuals who have revealed immensely advanced knowledge and rich experience with the application of Riverbed Cascade and the product Suite. The mandatory steps involved in the certification course will constitute a training program through a training partner on the Essentials and performance monitoring of NPM 200. This will be followed by an interactive hands on experience session to test out the newly acquired skills such as performing deployment, troubleshoot and maintaining the Riverbed Cascade and the product suite inside the organizations. While the training program is much highly recommended, taking the training course alone won't promise you certification.
Who can do this certification?
The RCSP - Network Performance Management - NPM certification is an open source certification program. That means the certification can be taken by anyone who have the interest and desire to know about the Riverbed Cascade product Suite. Anyone who wants to be specialized in field of Networking and performance management must opt this course, without any second thoughts. The certification will be legalizing your skills and knowledge just as in case of a technical professional who possess strong background in theoretical and practical application, troubleshooting, configuring and implementing the Riverbed Cascade product in the networking environment.
Benefits
With the RCSP - Network Performance Management - NPM certification, you are not only going to be provided with a well-respected IT credential but also provide you experience to analyze and solve complex problems with the hands-on training experience to gain widespread exposure to different tasks, applications and functions which can be utilized in your job and in turn can be beneficial for you as well as the organization.
Associated Exam
The only thing standing between you and the RCSP - Network Performance Management - NPM certification is just one test. The exam number of 299-01 is the only hurdle you will require to clear in categorize to achieve till the destination of the certification. More details related to the certification exam are provided later here.
Prerequisites
Several training courses are advised for the candidates to prepare you both physically and mentally for the big task coming up. Riverbed Training Partner Network guided path of learning along with hands-on experience are regularly provided by Riverbed for training in each and every topic related to exam. Sometimes, it may also be possible that a single training may support you with multi topics for different exams. In such a case, these courses provide an added initiative. However, experience in the field and knowledge are sole requirements of this certification, without whom, it is going to be nearly impossible for the candidate to secure the certification.
Examination overview
Topics that will have biggest impact in the examination are listed as:
- TCP RFC and its extensions for great performance, differentiated services and code point, simple network and management protocol.
- Protocol of spanning tree, bridges, routers and switches inter connections, internet working protocols, net flow and cascade profiler.
- Gateway, pilot, sensor and express using Riverbed Cascade Product Suite Deployment, configuring and installing cascade pilot.
- Reporting, operation, analytics, deployment, sizing and network evaluation through Cascade Pilot.
- Configuring and installing Cascade Shark, sizing, analytics, monitoring, operation and deployment through Cascade Shark Appliance, filters and API documentation.
- File system backing up and restore, traditional backup operations and troubleshooting, restoring operations using interface, performing the same operation on through different modes of Riverbed Cascade Product and services.
By the end of this course, you will have acquired the skills to protect the backed up data and analyze the performance of the system, introduction to the Riverbed Cascade services. Any previous experience will be highly beneficial at this stage as it will only broaden your employment opportunities after the course. A model test paper can also be undertaken through the website of the provider.
The exam for Riverbed Certified Solutions Professional - Network Performance Management - NPM certification will consist of 65 questions to be answered in 90 minutes time range. Minimum marks necessary to clear the test successfully are 70%.
Validity of the certification
The RCSP - Network Performance Management - NPM certification is valid for a time period of 2 years. After this time limit, you must recertify your certification to show you can still keep pace with the market and improve your specialized development.
Expert Review
The perfect approach to express your proficiency with Riverbed Cascade Suite and appliances, protocols and Cascade versions and application is to acquire one of the industry-recognized Riverbed certification.
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