Mastering Cisco CCNP Enterprise: A Complete Study Guide to the ENCOR 350-401 Core and ENARSI 300-410 Concentration (Cisco Certification Mastery)

The clear, up-to-date guide to earning your CCNP Enterprise certification.
The enterprise network has changed, and so has the exam. Wireless is out of the core. Automation, SD-WAN, zero trust, and AI-assisted operations are in. Mastering Cisco CCNP Enterprise is written for the 2026 v1.2 blueprint from the ground up, so you study what the exam tests today, not what it tested five years ago.
This is a concept-first study guide. Every technology is explained with a clear diagram and a mental model you can hold onto, then configured on realistic topologies, then verified and troubleshot, because the modern exam puts hands-on skill first. You will not just memorize commands. You will understand why they work, so you can design and fix real networks under exam pressure and on the job.
Inside you will find full coverage of the ENCOR 350-401 core (architecture, virtualization, Layer 2 and Layer 3 infrastructure, network services, WAN and SD-WAN, security, assurance, and automation), a dedicated bridge into the ENARSI 300-410 concentration, more than 90 custom diagrams, hundreds of real configuration examples, and command references you will actually use.
Every chapter includes learning goals, key takeaways, exam essentials, and review questions. A complete exam-preparation part gives you a strategy for the lab-first format, a twelve-week study plan, a hands-on lab guide, and a full-length practice exam with an answer key. Appendices add a command reference, an acronym glossary, a blueprint-to-chapter map, and lab setup notes.
Whether you are stepping up from CCNA or sharpening skills you use every day, this book takes you from the fundamentals of enterprise design to the automation and security that define the modern network, and all the way to exam day.
Understand the why. Pass the exam. Build the career.