CCNP Service Provider
E181696
CCNP Service Provider is a professional-level Cisco certification focused on designing, implementing, and troubleshooting scalable carrier-grade service provider networks.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CCNP SP | 1 |
| CCNP Service Provider canonical | 1 |
| Cisco Service Provider track | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1590591 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CCNP Service Provider Context triple: [Cisco Certified Network Professional, hasTrack, CCNP Service Provider]
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A.
CCIP
CCIP is the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a public institution that supports and represents businesses in the Paris region through services, training, and economic development initiatives.
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B.
Cisco Certified Network Professional
Cisco Certified Network Professional is an advanced-level IT certification that validates a professional’s ability to plan, implement, verify, and troubleshoot local and wide-area enterprise networks.
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C.
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) is an expert-level networking certification that validates advanced skills in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting complex enterprise network infrastructures.
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D.
Cisco Certified Network Associate
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) is an entry-level IT certification that validates foundational skills in networking, IP connectivity, security, and related technologies for Cisco-based and general network environments.
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E.
Cisco Networking Academy
Cisco Networking Academy is a global IT and cybersecurity education program that provides training and certifications in networking and related technologies through schools, colleges, and online platforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CCNP Service Provider Target entity description: CCNP Service Provider is a professional-level Cisco certification focused on designing, implementing, and troubleshooting scalable carrier-grade service provider networks.
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A.
CCIP
CCIP is the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a public institution that supports and represents businesses in the Paris region through services, training, and economic development initiatives.
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B.
Cisco Certified Network Professional
Cisco Certified Network Professional is an advanced-level IT certification that validates a professional’s ability to plan, implement, verify, and troubleshoot local and wide-area enterprise networks.
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C.
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) is an expert-level networking certification that validates advanced skills in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting complex enterprise network infrastructures.
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D.
Cisco Certified Network Associate
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) is an entry-level IT certification that validates foundational skills in networking, IP connectivity, security, and related technologies for Cisco-based and general network environments.
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E.
Cisco Networking Academy
Cisco Networking Academy is a global IT and cybersecurity education program that provides training and certifications in networking and related technologies through schools, colleges, and online platforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cisco certification
ⓘ
professional-level certification ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
CCNP Service Provider
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cisco Service Provider track
|
| category |
IT networking certification
ⓘ
professional certification ⓘ |
| covers |
BGP
ⓘ
MPLS ⓘ OSPF ⓘ QoS ⓘ multicast ⓘ network automation ⓘ network design ⓘ network implementation ⓘ network troubleshooting ⓘ programmability ⓘ routing protocols ⓘ segment routing ⓘ |
| examFormat | proctored exam ⓘ |
| examType | computer-based test ⓘ |
| examVendor | Pearson VUE ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
carrier-grade networks
ⓘ
scalable network infrastructures ⓘ service provider networks ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
CCNP Service Provider
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
CCNP SP
|
| intendedFor |
professionals working for ISPs
ⓘ
professionals working for large-scale network providers ⓘ professionals working for telecom operators ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| level | professional ⓘ |
| offeredBy | Cisco Systems ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cisco Career Certifications
ⓘ
surface form:
Cisco Certification Program
|
| preparesFor |
designing service provider networks
ⓘ
implementing service provider networks ⓘ troubleshooting service provider networks ⓘ |
| replaced | CCIP ⓘ |
| requires | passing multiple exams ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
network consultants
ⓘ
network specialists ⓘ service provider network engineers ⓘ systems engineers ⓘ |
| validityPeriod | 3 years ⓘ |
| verifiesSkill |
advanced routing in service provider environments
ⓘ
service provider network operations ⓘ traffic engineering ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: CCNP Service Provider Description of subject: CCNP Service Provider is a professional-level Cisco certification focused on designing, implementing, and troubleshooting scalable carrier-grade service provider networks.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cisco Service Provider track
this entity surface form:
CCNP SP