Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for CCIE certification, but at least three years of practical experience implementing, deploying, operating, and troubleshooting complex Cisco networks is recommended. You will also need a familiarity with Cisco hardware and Cisco networking solutions, extensive knowledge of LAN and WAN technologies, and an in-depth understanding of the protocols used on routers, switches, bridges, and security devices.

Exams

To achieve CCIE certification, you must first pass a written qualification exam. After you pass the written exam, you qualify to schedule and take the      corresponding, one- day lab exam on-site at a Cisco CCIE lab. The hands-on lab exam emphasizes Cisco equipment command knowledge and      network  troubleshooting skills.

Written Exams
CCIE Routing and Switching track
350-001 Routing and Switching (version 3.0)
Lab Exams

• Routing and Switching written and lab exams no longer include the following protocols or media types: DLSW, IS-IS, ISDN, PPP over Ethernet, and ATM.
• Routing and Switching labs have been replacing the Catalyst 3550 Series switch with the Cisco Catalyst 3560 Series enterprise-class switches.

CCIE Routing and switching certified individual can perform the following tasks:

• Install, configure, and operate networks in highly complex environments with specific protocols.
• Understand and apply network protocols for routers, switches, bridges and security
• Implement Cisco hardware and networking requirements for large-scale diverse networks
• Handle difficult design and troubleshooting issues
• Develop and implement innovative network designs

Content:

1. General Networking Theory
1. General Routing Concepts
1. Link State and Distance Vector Protocols
2. Split Horizon
3. Summarization
4. Classful and a Classless routing protocol
5. Routing decision criteria
2. Routing Information Base (RIB) and Routing Protocols Interaction
1. Administrative Distance
2. Routing Table
3. RIB and Forwarding Information Base interaction
3. Redistribution
1. Redistribution between routing
2. Troubleshooting routing loop

2. Bridging and LAN Switching
1. Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
1. 802.1d
2. 802.1w
3. 802.1s
4. Loopguard
5. Rootguard
6. Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) Guard
7. Storm Control
8. Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
9. Unicast flooding
10. STP port roles, failure propagation and loopguard operation
2. LAN Switching
1. Trunks
2. VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) administrative functions
3. Ethernet
1. Speed
2. Duplex
3. Ethernet
4. Fast Ethernet
5. Gigabit Ethernet

3. IP
1. Addressing
1. Subnetting
2. Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP)
3. Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP)
4. Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
5. Network Address Translation (NAT)
2. Services
1. Network Time Protocol (NTP)
2. Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP)
3. Web Cache Communication Protocol (WCCP)
3. Network Management
1. Logging and Syslog

4. IP Routing
1. OSPF
1. Standard OSPF area
2. Stub area
3. Totally stub area
4. Not-so-stubby-area (NSSA)
5. Totally NSSA
6. Link State Advertisement (LSA) types
7. Adjacency on a point-to-point and on a multi-access (broadcast)
8. OSPF graceful restart
9. Troubleshooting failing adjacency formation to fail
10. Troubleshooting of external route installation in the RIB
2. BGP
1. Protocol on which BGP peers communicate
2. Next Hop
3. Peering
4. Troubleshooting of BGP route that will not install in the routing table
3. EIGRP
1. Best path
2. Loop free paths
3. EIGRP operations when alternate loop free paths are available and when it is not available
4. EIGRP queries
5. Manual summarization
6. Auto-summarization
7. EIGRP Stubs
8. Troubleshooting of EIGRP neighbor adjacencies
4. Policy Routing
1. Concept of policy routing

5. QoS
1. Modular QoS command-line (MQC) applied to:
1. Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR)
2. Class-based weighted fair queueing (CBWFQ) / Modified Deficit Round Robin (MDRR)
3. Policing
4. Shaping
5. Marking
6. Random Early Detection (RED)

6. WAN
1. Frame Relay
1. Local Management Interface (LMI)
2. Traffic Shaping
3. HUB and Spoke routers
4. Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN)
5. DE

7. IP Multicast
1. Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) v2
2. Group addresses
3. Shared Trees
4. Source Trees
5. Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Mechanic
6. PIM Sparse Mode
7. Auto-RP
8. Anycast RP

8. Security
1. Extended IP access lists
2. Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF)
3. IP Source Guard
4. Context Based Access Control (CBAC)

9. MPLS (New)
1. Label Switching Router (LSR)
2. Label Switched Path (LSP)
3. Route Descriptor
4. Label Format
5. Label imposition/disposition
6. Label Distribution

10. IPv6 (New)
1. IPv6 Addressing and types
2. IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
3. Basic IPv6 functionality protocols
4. IPv6 Multicast and related Multicast protocols
5. Tunneling Techniques
6. OSPFv3
7. EIGRPv6