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List of Changes in ICND1 and ICND2 exams

A comprehensive analysis of changes made to ICND1 and ICND2 exams. Please follow these guidelines, if you are going to prepare for your ICND1 and ICND2 exams.

Changes in ICND1:

Candidates who currently have a CCENT or have passed 640-820 ICND1 exam and would like to pursue a CCNA Routing and Switching certification using the 200-101 ICND2 exam or any of the other Associate-level exams, the following shows content that has been added to the new curriculum and exam for 100-101 ICND1. Candidates are  encouraged to gain the knowledge difference before attempting to take the Associate-level exams.

Topics Removed from the ICND1 Exam: 

• Securing the Network 
• Understanding the Challenges of Shared LANs 
• Solving Network Challenges with Switched LAN Technologies 
• Wireless LANs 
• Using Cisco SDM 
• Configuring Serial Encapsulation 
• Enabling RIP 

Topics Added to the ICND1 Exam: 

• Implementing VLSM 
• Scaling the Network with NAT and PAT 
• Managing Traffic Using ACLs 
• Implementing VLANs and Trunks 
• Routing Between VLANs 
• Implementing single area OSPF 
• Introducing Basic IPv6 
• Understanding IPv6 
• Configuring IPv6 Routing 

Changes in ICND2:

Candidates who currently have a CCNA Routing and Switching certification and are preparing to recertify, should be made aware that the 200-101 ICND2 exam has been redesigned. Candidates are encouraged to review the topic modifications before attempting to take the 200-101 ICND2 exam.

Topics Removed from the ICND2 Exam: 

• Routing Between VLANs 
• Securing the Expanded Network 
• Implementing VLSM 
• Scaling the Network with NAT and PAT 

Topics Added to the ICND2 Exam: 

• Troubleshooting VLAN Connectivity 
• Understand Spanning Tree Protocol 
• Understand and configure Etherchannel 
• Understand Layer 3 Redundancy Protocols 
• Troubleshooting IPv4 Network Connectivity 
• Troubleshooting IPv6 Network Connectivity 
• Implementing EIGRP 
• Troubleshooting EIGRP 
• Implementing EIGRP for IPv6 
• Multi-area OSPF IPv4 Implementation 
• Understanding and configuring OSPFv3 
• Understanding and configuring clients for SNMP, Syslog and Netflow 
• Managing Cisco devices 
• Understanding and verifying Cisco licensing

Well, please prepare all these topics before appearing for your CCNA/ICND exams.