Thursday 26 December 2013

What’s been added and removed from the new CCIE exam?

What’s been added and removed from the new CCIE exam?

So what topics were explicitly added, removed or moved from one CCIE exam to the other?
Topics explicitly moved from the version 4 CCIE Lab exam to the version 5 CCIE Written exam are as follows:
•Describe IPv6 Multicast
• Describe RIPv6 (RIPng)
• Describe IPv6 Tunneling Techniques
• Describe Device Security using IOS AAA with TACACS+ and RADIUS
• Describe 802.1x
• Describe Layer 2 QoS
• Identify Performance Routing (PfR)
Topics removed from version 5 of the CCIE Routing & Switching exam all together include the following:
• Flexlink, ISL, Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling
• Frame-Relay (LFI, FR Traffic Shaping)
• WCCP
• IOS Firewall and IPS
• RITE, RMON
• RGMP
• RSVP QoS, WRR/SRR
Topics added to version 5 of the CCIE Routing & Switching Written exam are as follows:
• Describe basic software architecture differences between IOS and IOS XE
• Identify Cisco Express Forwarding Concepts
• Explain General Network Challenges
• Explain IP, TCP and UDP Operations
• Describe Chassis Virtualization and Aggregation Technologies
• Explain PIM Snooping
• Describe WAN Rate-based Ethernet Circuits
• Describe BGP Fast Convergence Features
• ISIS (for IPv4 and IPv6)
• Describe Basic Layer 2 VPN - Wireline
• Describe Basic L2VPN - LAN Services
• Describe GET VPN
• Describe IPv6 Network Address Translation
Topics added to both the version 5 CCIE Routing & Switching Written and Lab Exams are as follows:
• Use IOS Troubleshooting Tools
• Apply Troubleshooting Methodologies
• Interpret Packet Capture
• Implement and Troubleshoot Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
• Implement EIGRP (multi-address) Named Mode
• Implement, Troubleshoot and Optimize EIGRP and OSPF Convergence and Scalability
• Implement and Troubleshoot DMVPN (single hub)
• Implement and Troubleshoot IPsec with pre-shared key
• Implement and Troubleshoot IPv6 First Hop Security

CCIE Exam Category Changes

CCIE Exam Category Changes

Version 4 of the CCIE exam had the following 11 categories:1. Implement Layer 2 Technologies
2. Implement IPv4
3. Implement IPv6
4. Implement MPLS Layer 3 VPNs
5. Implement IP Multicast
6. Implement Network Security
7. Implement Network Services
8. Implement Quality of Service
9. Troubleshooot a Network
10. Optimize a Network
11. Evaluate proposed changes to a Network (written only)

Version 5 of the CCIE exam not only consolidated some of the categories but also listed the percent of each category that is included in both the CCIE Written and the CCIE Lab exams. This is huge as you know going into the exam where the highest percentage of points are going to be.

Version 5 of the CCIE exam and their respective weight for the 6 categories is as follows:                                       % Written % Lab
1. Network Principles                  10       0
2. Layer 2 Technologies              15      20
3. Layer 3 Technologies              40      40
4. VPN Technologies                   15      20
5. Infrastructure Security            5        5
6. Infrastructure Services           15      15