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CCNP Service Provider

Standardize your team on CCNP Service Provider with a structured Cisco training path — 2 blueprint-weighted practice exams and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets Teams seat.

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2
Courses
2
Practice exams
6
Core skills
Core exam: $400, Concentration exam: $300
Exam fee (Cisco)
Network operations team reviewing Cisco routing topology on a wall display
Difficulty
Difficulty: 3 of 5 (Moderate)
Moderate
Exam fee (Cisco)
Core exam: $400, Concentration exam: $300
Courses on path
2
Official source
Cisco’s official exam page
Exam codes
  • 350-501
  • 300-510

Exam datasheet

Prerequisites
No formal prerequisites
Recommended experience
3-5 years
Recertification
3 years
Testing center

Exams and training path

Your team's CCNP Service Provider training path

Exam fees per engineer, paid to the exam vendorCore exam: $400, Concentration exam: $300

Core Exam — Required

Every engineer on the CCNP Service Provider path takes 350-501.

  1. 350-501Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies v1.1 (SPCOR 350-501)Practice exam included on every Teams seat
    Exam fee
    $US400
    Exam length
    120 minutes

    Exam blueprint: 350-501

    1. CCNP Service Provider

      This intermediate Cisco CCNP Service Provider training prepares network engineers for the 350-501 SPCOR exam, the core requirement for the CCNP Service Provider certification. The training covers the full scope of service provider network engineering, including core architecture, networking, segment routing, QoS, and automation. Gain hands-on expertise with technologies such as Segment Routing for IPv6 (SRv6), Routed Optical Networks, App-Hosting on IOS XR and IOS XE, BGP PIC and Additional Paths, Segment Routing Flexible Algorithm, and Secure Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP). This Cisco training is designed to help you build and maintain scalable, secure, and resilient service provider networks.

      David Smith, John McGovern, Keith Barker
      472 videosPractice exam73h
      Open course

    Cisco CCNP Implementing Service Provider Advanced Routing Solutions (300-510 SPRI) v1.1 (listed under 300-510) also prepares for 350-501.

Concentration Exam — Required

Every engineer on the CCNP Service Provider path takes 300-510.

  1. 300-510Implementing Cisco Service Provider Advanced Routing Solutions (SPRI)Practice exam included on every Teams seat
    Exam fee
    $US300
    Exam length
    90 minutes

    Exam blueprint: 300-510

    1. Cisco SPRI

      This Cisco SPRI course is designed to help you earn your CCNP Service Provider certification and ace the 300-510 SPRI v1.1 exam. Ideal for professionals in service provider environments, this course covers advanced routing technologies essential for maintaining complex digital networks. You'll dive into topics like CGNAT, NAT64, MAP-T, SRv6 with Flexible Algorithm, and multicast protocols such as IGMPv3, MLD, and Phantom RP. This CCNP Service Provider training is helpful as an SPRI study guide, and delivers practical, job-ready expertise for service provider engineers.

      David Smith
      343 videosPractice exam55h
      Open course

Skills your team builds

Service provider network infrastructureMPLS VPNsIP NGN architectureIP routing and switchingNetwork securityQoS and network management

Every certification course includes

  • Expert-led video training
  • Certification practice exams
  • Per-team completion reporting

Cisco career ladder

Where CCNP Service Provider sits in your team's Cisco progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

  1. Entry level

    2 certs

    CCST Cybersecurity

    100-160

    CCST Networking

    100-150

  2. Associate level

    3 certs

    CCNA

    200-301

    CCNA Automation

    200-901 CCNAAUTO

    CCNA Cybersecurity

    200-201 CCNACBR

  3. Professional level

    6 certs

    CCNP Automation

    350-901 AUTOCOR, 300-435 ENAUT…

    CCNP Collaboration

    CCNP Datacenter

    350-601 DCCOR, 300-610 DCID, …

    CCNP Enterprise

    350-401 ENCOR, 300-410 ENARSI,…

    CCNP Security

    350-701 SCOR, 300-710 SNCF, an…

    CCNP Service Provider

    350-501 SPCOR, 300-510 SPRI

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Customer outcome

Build CCNP capability across the whole team, not one engineer

Assign the CCNP Service Provider courses to the engineers who need them, and the team report shows who has started, who has finished, and who has passed the practice exam — the view leadership uses to see Cisco skills coverage across the team and where the gaps are.

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Team capability

Make CCNP a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on CCNP gives leadership a clear picture of Cisco skills coverage — who has completed the training, who is still on the path, and where the gaps are — so staffing and escalation plans rest on known capability instead of on one engineer.

Credential: CCNP Service Provider

Exam
  • 350-501
  • 300-510

Frequently asked questions about CCNP Service Provider training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating CCNP Service Provider training for their team.

How does CCNP Service Provider fit into our compliance or governance program?

Teams often cite CCNP Service Provider when documenting that the engineers running carrier routing and core infrastructure hold a validated Cisco credential. Team reporting adds per-learner progress, completion and completion exports that can support audit evidence, while your auditor's control crosswalk decides the formal mapping to any framework.

Who on the team should hold CCNP Service Provider, and what can a certified team own?

It suits the network engineers and architects who run service provider cores. The linked courses prepare them to own IS-IS and multiarea OSPF designs, including OSPFv3 and IS-IS IPv6 support, and BGP peering, routing policy, best path selection and iBGP scaling. They also cover service provider network and software architectures, high availability, virtualization, and app hosting on IOS XR and IOS XE.

What does CBT Nuggets CCNP Service Provider training include for a team?

CBT Nuggets CCNP Service Provider courses are built by named expert trainers. Where a course includes hands-on virtual labs or a practice exam mapped to Cisco's published exam objectives, the course list on this page says so. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion and exam readiness per engineer — the view managers use to run a team training program.

How do I assign and track CCNP Service Provider training for my team?

From the admin console, managers assign the CCNP Service Provider courses directly to specific engineers or role groups and track completion and practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can review or export for leadership reviews or compliance reporting.

How long does it take to certify a team on CCNP Service Provider?

The linked live courses for 350-501 SPCOR, 300-510 SPRI and BGP total about 148 hours of video. How long a team takes to certify depends on each engineer's starting point with service provider routing and on how much training time the team can schedule.

What if Cisco updates the CCNP Service Provider exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates Cisco course content as exam objectives refresh, and this page shows the current exam's status and any retirement date the vendor has announced. When Cisco restructures or renames a track, the assigned training stays aligned with the same team training plan, and the training stays current without anyone losing their progress mid-stream.

Ready to CCNP Service Provider-certify your team?

Build CCNP Service Provider capability across your team

See how CBT Nuggets helps IT leaders plan and track CCNP Service Provider training across the team — practice exams and reporting included.

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