Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)
Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) Training in Coimbatore
Course Overview
The Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) is an advanced-level certification designed for network engineers, solution architects, and IT professionals who specialize in designing scalable, secure, and highly available enterprise networks. This certification validates a candidate’s expertise in designing both wired and wireless networks, integrating security, voice, and data solutions across large enterprise and service provider environments.
At Linux Training Center in Coimbatore, our CCDP training is structured to provide learners with a strong foundation in network design principles, enterprise architecture frameworks, and Cisco design best practices. Through real-world design scenarios, lab simulations, and experienced mentorship, learners gain the confidence to handle critical network infrastructure planning and high-level design tasks.
Why Cisco CCDP Certification?
In a technology-driven business landscape, network design decisions have long-term impact on performance, scalability, and security. The CCDP certification is trusted globally as a benchmark for professionals responsible for network architecture and design strategy.
CCDP-certified professionals are trained to plan and document complex enterprise networks, recommend appropriate technologies, and ensure business continuity through design excellence.
Although Cisco has retired the CCDP as part of its newer certification framework, the knowledge and design skills covered in the CCDP curriculum are still in demand and directly map to roles in network planning, pre-sales engineering, and architectural consulting.
Who Should Enroll?
This course is ideal for:
Mid-to-senior-level network engineers
Network design and pre-sales professionals
Solution architects and consultants
IT infrastructure planners
Professionals transitioning into architecture roles
Anyone preparing for or building skills aligned with the former CCDP certification path
It is recommended that learners have knowledge equivalent to CCNA and CCNP Routing & Switching/Enterprise certifications.
What You Will Learn
Enterprise architecture design concepts and Cisco design methodologies
Advanced routing and addressing design (EIGRP, OSPF, BGP)
Enterprise campus, branch, WAN, and data center design models
Designing for security, high availability, and scalability
Integration of wireless and mobility solutions
Designing for voice and video (collaboration services)
Virtualization, SDN (Software Defined Networking), and cloud-aware designs
Migration planning and documentation best practices
The course includes practical design scenarios, whiteboarding exercises, and case studies to reinforce architectural thinking.
Course Highlights
Comprehensive training aligned with Cisco’s design principles
Delivered by experienced Cisco-certified design professionals
Covers enterprise network design lifecycle from requirement gathering to delivery
Emphasis on modularity, scalability, and fault tolerance in designs
Ideal for professionals seeking to move into high-level planning roles
Classroom training and online sessions available in Coimbatore
Career Opportunities
With CCDP-level knowledge and design expertise, professionals are prepared for roles such as:
Enterprise Network Architect
Senior Network Designer
Pre-sales Network Consultant
Technical Solution Architect
Infrastructure Planner
IT Systems Design Lead
Organizations highly value individuals who can bridge technical expertise with strategic network planning.
Why Choose Linux Training Center, Coimbatore?
At Linux Training Center, we focus on shaping future-ready network architects. Our CCDP-aligned training delivers practical design expertise, not just theoretical knowledge. With real-world design labs, guidance from industry experts, and flexible learning modes, we help you move from implementation to strategy.
Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) Syllabus
MODULE 1
Chapter 1
Create structured addressing designs to facilitate summarization
a) Hierarchy, b) Efficiency, c) Scalability, d) NAT
Chapter 2
Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for IS-IS
Chapter 3
Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for EIGRP
Chapter 4
Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for OSPF
Chapter 5
Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for BGP
a) Transit prevention, b) Basic route filtering, c) Authentication, d) Communities, e) Basic traffic engineering (load distribution, creating path symmetry), f) Route reflectors
Chapter 6
Determine IPv6 migration strategies
a) Overlay (tunneling), b) Native (dual-stacking), c) Boundaries (IPv4/IPv6 translations)
MODULE 2 : Advanced Enterprise Campus Networks
Chapter 1
Design for high availability
a) First Hop Redundancy Protocols, b) Device virtualization
Chapter 2
Design campus Layer 2 infrastructures
a) STP scalability, b) Fast convergence, c) Loop-free technologies
Chapter 3
Design multicampus Layer 3 infrastructures
a) Convergence, b) Load sharing, c) Route summarization, d) Route filtering, e) VRFs
f) Optimal topologies
Chapter 4
Design a network to support network programmability, a) Describe Application Centric Infrastructures (ACI), b) Select appropriate controller to meet requirements, c) Identify and address key security issues with network programmability
MODULE 3 : WANs for Enterprise Networks
Chapter 1
Compare and contrast WAN connectivity options
a) Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN), b) Layer 2 VPN, c) MPLS Layer 3 VPN, d) IPsec
e) Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE), f) Private lines
Chapter 2
Design site-to-site VPNs
a) DMVPN, b) Layer 2 VPN, c) MPLS Layer 3 VPN, d) IPSec, e) Group Encrypted Transport VPN (GETVPN)
Chapter 3
Design for a resilient WAN strategy
a) Single-homed, b) Multi-homed, c) Backup connectivity, d) Failover
Chapter 4
Design Extranet connectivity
a) VPN, b) Private lines, c) Multitenant segmentation
Chapter 5
Design Internet edge connectivity
a) DMZ, b) NAT, c) Proxy functionality, d) Resiliency, e) Basic traffic engineering techniques (outbound/inbound load distribution, active/failover, symmetric outbound traffic flows)
MODULE 4 : Enterprise Data Center Integration
Chapter 1
Describe a modular and scalable data center network
a) Top-of-rack, b) End-of-row, c) Multitenant environments, d) Multitier topologies
Chapter 2
Describe network virtualization technologies for the data center
a) VPC, b) VSS, c) VDCs, d) VRFs, e) Multichassis EtherChannel, f) VXLAN, g) TRILL / Fabric Path
Chapter 3
Describe high availability in a data center network
a) VPC, b) VSS, c) Multichassis EtherChannel
Chapter 4
Design data center interconnectivity,
a) OTV, b) Private Line, c) L2 vs. L3, d) VPLS, e) A-VPLS
Chapter 5
Design data center and network integration
a) Traffic flow, b) Bandwidth, c) Security, d) Resiliency
MODULE 5 : Security Services
Chapter 1
Design firewall and IPS solutions
a) Modes of operation, b) Clustering, c) High availability techniques, d) IPS functionality and placement
e) Multiple contexts
Chapter 2
Design network access control solutions,
a) 802.1x, b) TrustSec, c) EAP, d) Authentication services, e) RBAC , f) Basic denial of service mitigation techniques
Chapter 3
Design infrastructure protection, a) Infra structure ACLs, b) CoPP, c) Layer 2 / Layer 3 security considerations
MODULE 6 : Network Services
Chapter 1
Select appropriate QoS strategies to meet customer requirements
a) DiffServ, b) IntServ
Chapter 2 Design end-to-end QoS policies
a) Classification and marking, b) Shaping, c) Policing, d) Queuing
Chapter 3
Describe network management techniques a) In-band vs. out-of-band, b) Segmented management networks, c) Prioritizing network management traffic
Chapter 4
Describe multicast routing concepts
a) Source trees, shared trees, b) RPF, c) Rendezvous points
Chapter 5 Design multicast services
a) SSM, b) PIM bidirectional, c) MSDP
