Overview of the CCIE Routing and Switching Written Exam 350-001

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• Cisco Interactive Mentor Expert Labs, through the CIM Program
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Cisco recommends you to posses the following if you want to be a successful CCIE candidate:

• At least two years of experience implementing, deploying, operating, and troubleshooting complex Cisco networks
• Familiarity with Cisco hardware and Cisco networking solutions
• Extensive knowledge of LAN and WAN technologies, including TCP/IP and client-server architectures
• The ability to use the Cisco show and debug commands and to perform packet-level diagnostics
• An in-depth understanding of the protocols used on routers, switches, bridges, and security devices
• The ingenuity to develop innovative network designs and find creative solutions to problems
• The persistence to work on difficult design or troubleshooting issues until you have found not just an acceptable solution, but the best solution
• A willingness to lead the way in evaluating and introducing new internetworking technologies and designs that better meet users' needs

1. Cisco Device Operation
2. General Networking Theory
3. Bridging and LAN Switching
4. IP
5. IP Routing
6. QoS
7. LAN
8. WAN
9. Multiservice
10. IP Multicast

Routing and Switching Written Exam (350-001) Blueprint

1. Cisco Device Operation
1.1. Commands (show, debug)
1.2. Infrastructure (NVRAM, Flash, Memory & CPU, File system, config reg)
1.3. Operations (file transfers, Password recovery, SNMP, Accessing the device, Security, Security [password])

2. General Networking Theory
2.1. OSI Models
2.2. General Routing Concepts (Split horizon, Link state, difference between switching and routing, Summarization, Link state vs. Distance vector, loops, Tunneling)
2.3. Standards (802.x, cable specs, protocol limitations)
2.4. Protocol Mechanics (Windowing/ACK, fragmentation, MTU, handshaking, termination)

3. Bridging and LAN Switching
3.1. Transparent (IEEE/DEC Spanning tree, Translational, IRB, ACLs, MISTP)
3.2. SRB (SRT/LB, SRT, DLSw, RSRB, ACLs)
3.3. LAN Switching (Trunking, VTP, DISL, VLANS, Fast Ether Channel (FEC), CDP, CGMP)
3.4. Security (VACL, RACL, Private VLANS)
3.5. MLS

4. IP
4.1. Addressing (CIDR, subnetting, ARP, NAT, HSRP)
4.2. Services (DNS, BOOTP, DHCP, ICMP)
4.3. Applications (telnet, FTP, TFTP)
4.4. Transport (IP fragmentation, sockets, ports)
4.5. ACLs
4.6. IPv6 (Basic)

5. IP Routing
5.1. OSPF (I -Design: areas, Virtual links, stub, NSSA, ABR/ASBR redistributions, media dependencies, external vs. internal, Summarization. II - Operation: DR, BDR, adjacencies, LSA types, link state database, SPF algorithm, authentication)
5.2. BGP( I -Design: Peer Groups, Route Reflectors, Confederations, Clusters, Attributes, AS. II - Operation: Route Maps, Filters, Neighbors, decision algorithm, IBGP, EBGP)
5.3. EIGRP (Metrics, mechanics, & design)
5.4. IS-IS (Metrics, mechanics, & design)
5.5. ACLs (distribute lists, route maps, policy routing, redistribution, route tagging)
5.6. DDR (dial backup)
5.7. IGRP
5.8. RIP
5.9. RIPv2

6. QoS
6.1. Fancy Queuing
6.2. PoS and IP precedence
6.3. CoS
6.4. Weighted RED
6.5. WRR/queu scheduling
6.6. Shaping vs. Policing (rate limiting)/CAR
6.7. NBAR
6.8. 802.1X
6.9. DSCP

7. WAN
7.1. ISDN (LAPD, BRI/PRI framing, signaling, mapping, NI1s, dialer map, interface types, B/D channel, channel bonding)
7.2. Frame Relay (LMIs, DLCI, PVC, framing, traffic shaping, FECN, BECN, CIR, DE, Mapping, compression)
7.3. ATM (PVC/SVC, AAL, SSCOP, UNI/NNI, ILMI, Cell format, QoS, RFC 1483, PNNI, mapping)
7.4. Physical Layer (Synchronization, SONET, T1, E1, encoding)
7.5. Leased Line Protocols (HDLC, PPP, Async & modems, compression)
7.6. PoS
7.7. DPT/SRP

8. LAN
8.1. Data Link Layer (addressing, 802.2)
8.2. Ethernet/FE/GE (encapsulation, CSMA/CD, topology, speed, controller errors, limitations)
8.3. Wireless/802.11b

9. Multiservice
9.1. Voice/Video (H323)
9.2. codecs
9.3. SS7
9.4. RTP
9.5. RTCP
9.6. SIP
9.7. MPLS

10. IP Multicast
10.1. IGMP/CGMP (IGMPv1, IGMPv2, Designated Querier)
10.2. Addressing (Group addresses, Admin Group, Link-local L3-to-L2 Mapping)
10.3. Distribution Trees (Shared Trees, Source Trees)
10.4. PIM-SM Mechanics (Joining, Pruning PIM State, Mroute table)
10.5. Rendezvous Points (Auto-RP, BSR)