Alcatel Certifications

[dathan]

Hi All,

I am new to Alcatel devices and i am having experience only on Cisco. Currently my job requires me to support, configure, implement and design networks consists of Alcatel devices. I am a CCNP and would to take some certifications so that i would have better knowledge of Alcatel devices and its services. When i browse through the Alcatel-Lucent exams, i found the following.
Alcatel-Lucent Scalable IP Networks
Alcatel-Lucent Interior Routing Protocols and High Availability
Alcatel-Lucent Border Gateway Protocol
Alcatel-Lucent Multiprotocol Label Switching

i would like to take the above exams but totally confused where to start with. Each exam have a field called "Credit Towards Certifications:". which states another set of exams. So please advice where should i begin? I am totally confused.

regards
dathan

[devnull]

Depends on what networks you want to build zhe courses you state are (i think) from the NRS, which is carrier grade routing.
Cisco equivalent probably CCIP/CCIE Service provider

MPLS/BGP/... ? Then you need the courses..
Building smaller networks mostly L2/L3 switches, maybe with OSPF? Then you should go for ACFE OMNISwitch R7 and ACSE (way more work than ACFE) OmniSwitch R7.
ACFE less than CCNA
ACSE more than CCNP