Prior Expertise Needed

Just like any other specialist exam, the DES-5121 test also demands earning an associate-level certification previously. As per the vendor’s guideline, every DES-5121 aspirant must earn the Associate - Networking Version 1.0 before aiming at this Dell DES-5121 evaluation. Earlier, the Dell Certified Associate – Networking was also a viable option, however, now this certification is not available. Nevertheless, those who have already earned it can use it to meet the certification requirements.

Reference: https://education.emc.com/content/dam/dell-emc/documents/en-us/DES-5121_Specialist%E2%80%93Implementation_Engineer_Campus_Networking_Exam.pdf

Topics Measured by DES-5121

All in all, the official exam content is divided into nine domains that cover a wide range of networking concepts, tools, and technologies. For instance, there is a lot of attention given to campus network overview, campus networking topologies, Dell EMC N-Series switch, switch firmware upgrades, VLAN routing and private VLANs, port VLAN membership, and policy-based routing (PBR) basic operations. In addition to these, DES-5121 gives a lot of consideration to the configuration of RSTP, MSTP, RSTP-PV, PortFast, FastLink, and STP protection. Link Aggregation Group, Access Control Lists, Port Security and Authentication, and Power over Ethernet have also been given huge exposure in this test. Then, the Dell DES-5121 covers the VoIP technology plus, the examinees will be able to learn about how the IP phone obtains its configuration, describe QoS, and configure QoS on Dell EMC N-Series switches.