| nCP Certification
Description |
 The
nGenius Certified Professional (nCP)
Program is a training and certification
program designed to provide network and
systems administrators with the fundamental
knowledge needed to analyze network performance
and troubleshoot enterprise network infrastructures.
Internetworking professionals that achieve
nCP certification possess a fundamental
knowledge of NetScout probes and nGenius® Performance
Manager to support network and application
analysis of internetworking implementations.
Through this new training and certification
offering, both system administrators and
end users will be extended the opportunity
to receive academic recognition of their
knowledge and skill sets relative to NetScout
Systems' hardware and software platforms.
| The nGenius Certified Professional (nCP) Designation |
The nGenius Certified Professional designation indicates a focus that reflects a candidate's knowledge in configuring and administering NetScout's nGenius Performance Manager System to analyze and troubleshoot mixed topologies within an enterprise network infrastructure.
nGenius Certified Professionals are recognized as having demonstrated a fundamental knowledge of NetScout probe configuration and implementation as well as network and application analysis through the use of nGenius Performance Manager.
Evaluation of a candidate's knowledge is conducted through participation in a three-day, lecture/laboratory-based training session and the successful completion of a comprehensive written assessment. The nGenius Certified Professional designation is awarded to the successful candidate upon completion of the training session and the nCP Written Assessment with a score of 80% or greater.
nCP Certification is available to any candidate that attends the nGenius Performance Manager v4.x training session. The nCP assessment is provided to all candidates in hardcopy during the course and must be completed prior to the conclusion of the training session.
nCP certification is offered in accordance with the latest NetScout product releases and is bound to a specific version of CDM firmware and nGenius Performance Manager. NetScout reserves the right to modify or cancel this program as necessary to accommodate business requirements.
| MasterCare Customer Certification |
Qualified customers may be eligible for discounts on MasterCare support for obtaining nCP status upon completion of the three-day nGenius Performance Manager v4.x training course. For more information, please contact your NetScout Sales Representative.
| Required Internetworking Background |
- One or more years of systems/network administration and troubleshooting internetworking technologies.
- Solid understanding of internetworking protocol operations.
- Fundamental understanding of RMON/RMON2.
| Required Training Session |
As part of the certification process, all candidates are required to complete the nGenius Performance
Manager V4.x training session.
| The nGenius Certified Professional Written Assessment |
In conjunction with the lecture/laboratory-based nGenius Performance Manager Administrator training session, candidates are required to successfully complete a written assessment that is designed to evaluate the candidate's knowledge and skill sets relative to the nGenius Performance
Manager platform and NetScout probes.
For more information and to try a sample test online, click here. |
