Product Description

CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Certification Guide, Third Edition, is a best of breed Cisco exam study guide that focuses specifically on the objectives for the CCIE Routing and Switching written exam. Senior instructor and best-selling author Wendell Odom shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics.

• Master CCIE 350-001 exam topics with the official study guide
• Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes
• Review key concepts with foundation summaries
• Practice with hundreds of exam questions on the CD-ROM 

CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Certification Guide, Third Edition, presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. “Do I Know This Already” quizzes open each chapter and allow you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Foundation Topic sections present detailed overviews of all exam objectives. Key Topic icons allow you to identify and quickly review the most important exam topics. Foundation summaries reinforce key exam concepts with review exercises and important tables.

 

The companion CD-ROM contains a powerful testing engine that allows you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams. The assessment engine also tracks your performance and provides feedback on a chapter-by-chapter basis, presenting question-by-question remediation to the text and laying out a complete study plan for review.

 

Well regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review exercises and practice questions, this completely revised and updated third edition helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time.

 

CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Certification Guide, Third Edition, is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners worldwide, visit www.cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining.

 

Wendell Odom, CCIE No. 1624, has been in the networking industry since 1981. He currently teaches QoS, MPLS, and CCNA courses for Skyline Advanced Technology Services (http://www.skyline-ats.com). Wendell has worked as a network engineer, consultant, systems engineer, and as an instructor and course developer and has taught authorized Cisco courses for the majority of the last 14 years.

 

The official study guide helps you master all the topics on the CCIE Routing and Switching written exam, including:

• Bridging and LAN switching
• IP addressing, IP services, and TCP, UDP, and application protocol details
• Layer 3 forwarding concepts
• EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP routing protocols
• Quality of service (QoS)

• Frame Relay
• MPLS
• IP Multicast
• IPv6
• Router and switch security

 

Companion CD-ROM

The CD-ROM contains an electronic copy of the book

and more than 250 practice questions for the CCIE Routing and Switching written exam, all available in study mode, test mode, and flash card format.

 

This volume is part of the Exam Certification Guide Series from Cisco Press. Books in this series provide officially developed exam preparation materials that offer assessment, review, and practice to help Cisco Career Certification candidates identify weaknesses, concentrate their study efforts, and enhance their confidence as exam day nears.

 

Category: Cisco Press—Cisco Certification

Covers: CCIE Routing and Switching written exam 350-001 v3.1

 

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41315 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 984 pages

About the Author

Wendell Odom

CCIE No. 1624, has been in the networking industry since 1981. He currently teaches QoS, MPLS, and CCNA courses for Skyline Advanced Technology Services. Wendell also has worked as a network engineer, consultant, and systems engineer, and as an instructor and course developer. He is the author of all prior editions of CCNA Exam Certification Guide

as well as Cisco QOS Exam Certification Guide , Second Edition, Computer Networking First-Step , CCIE Routing and Switching Official Exam Certification Guide , Second Edition, and CCNA Video Mentor, all from Cisco Press.

Rus Healy, CCIE No. 15025, wrote Chapter 20, “IP Version 6,” and made updates, large and small, to most other chapters in updating the book for the Cisco CCIE Routing and Switching version 3.0 blueprint. He has worked on several Cisco Press projects, including the second edition of this book, as a technical reviewer. Rus is a principal SE with Annese & Associates, the largest Cisco Upstate New York Silver partner. He was instrumental in guiding Annese to Cisco Silver partnership and their three Cisco Advanced Specializations (Wireless LAN, Security, and Unified Communications). In addition to the CCIE Routing and Switching certification, Rus holds Cisco CCDP and CCVP certifications, several Cisco Qualified Specialist certifications in Unified Communications, and the Cisco Technology Solution Specialist (TSS) designation in Unified Communications. Along with his wife, Nancy, and children, Gwen and Trevor, Rus lives in the Finger Lakes region of New York. He and his family enjoy camping, boating, skiing, bicycling, and many other family activities. Rus is also an avid amateur radio contest operator, particularly using Morse Code. He was a member of the U.S. team in the 2002 World Radio Team Championship in Helsinki, Finland. Rus is also active in the Ontario County, New York chapter of Habitat for Humanity and in St Mary’s Church in Honeoye, New York.

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CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Certification Guide, Third Edition

Introduction

The Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification may be the most challenging and prestigious of all networking certifications. It has received numerous awards and certainly has built a reputation as one of the most difficult certifications to earn in all of the technology world. Having a CCIE certification opens doors professionally typically results in higher pay and looks great on a resume.

Cisco currently offers several CCIE certifications. This book covers the version 3.0 exam blueprint topics of the written exam for the CCIE Routing and Switching certification. The following list details the currently available CCIE certifications at the time of this book's publication; check http://www.cisco.com/go/ccie for the latest information. The certifications are listed in the order in which they were made available to the public.

• CCIE Routing and Switching

• CCIE Security

• CCIE Service Provider

• CCIE Voice

• CCIE Storage Networking

Each of the CCIE certifications requires the candidate to pass both a written exam and a one-day, hands-on lab exam. The written exam is intended to test your knowledge of theory, protocols, and configuration concepts that follow good design practices. The lab exam proves that you can configure and troubleshoot actual gear.

Why Should I Take the CCIE Routing and Switching Written Exam?

The first and most obvious reason to take the CCIE Routing and Switching written exam is that it is the first step toward obtaining the CCIE Routing and Switching certification. Also, you cannot schedule a CCIE lab exam until you pass the corresponding written exam. In short, if you want all the professional benefits of a CCIE Routing and Switching certification, you start by passing the written exam.

The benefits of getting a CCIE certification are varied, among which are the following:

• Better pay

• Career advancement opportunities

• Applies to certain minimum requirements for Cisco Silver and Gold Channel Partners, as well as those seeking Master Specialization, making you more valuable to Channel Partners

• Better movement through the problem-resolution process when calling the Cisco TAC

• Prestige

• Credibility for consultants and customer engineers, including the use of the Cisco CCIE logo

The other big reason to take the CCIE Routing and Switching written exam is that it recertifies an individual's associate-, professional-, and expert-level Cisco certifications. In other words, passing any CCIE written exam recertifies that person's CCNA, CCNP, CCIP, CCSP, CCDP, and so on. (Recertification requirements do change, so please verify the requirements at http://www.cisco.com/go/certifications.)

CCIE Routing and Switching Written Exam 350-001

The CCIE Routing and Switching written exam, as of the time of publication, consists of a two-hour exam administered at a proctored exam facility affiliated with Pearson VUE (http://www.vue.com/cisco). The exam typically includes approximately 100 multiple-choice questions. No simulation questions are currently part of the written exam.

As with most exams, everyone wants to know what is on the exam. Cisco provides general guidance as to topics on the exam in the CCIE Routing and Switching written exam blueprint, the most recent copy of which can be accessed from http://www.cisco.com/go/ccie.

Cisco changes both the CCIE written and lab blueprints over time, but Cisco seldom, if ever, changes the exam numbers. (Cisco changes the exam numbers of the associate- and professional-level certifications when it makes major changes to what is covered on those exams.) Knowing that the content will change over time, this book includes Appendix C, "CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Updates: Version 1.0." This appendix will include coverage of any newly added topics to the CCIE Routing and Switching written exam. When Cisco changes the blueprint, the authors will add content to cover the new topics at http://www.ciscopress.com/title/9781587201967 and make that content available to all readers who have bought the earlier edition of the book. For future printings, Cisco Press will put that new content into Appendix C.

The CCIE Routing and Switching written exam blueprint, as of the time of publication, is listed in Table I-1. Table I-1 also lists the chapter(s) that cover each topic.

Table 8-1 CCIE Routing and Switching Written Exam Blueprint

Blueprint Topic

Chapter(s)

I. General Networking Theory

A. General Routing Concepts

4, 6, 7, 10

1. Link State and Distance Vector Protocols

7

2. Split Horizon

7

3. Summarization

4, 10

4. Classful and a Classless Routing Protocol

6

5. Routing Decision Criteria

10

B. Routing Information Base (RIB) and Routing Protocols Interaction

10, 11

1. Administrative Distance

10

2. Routing Table

10

3. RIB and Forwarding Information Base Interaction

10, 11

C. Redistribution

10

1. Redistribution Between Routing

10

2. Troubleshooting Routing Loop

10

II. Bridging and LAN Switching

A. Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

1, 3, 18

1. 802.1d

Customer Reviews Excelent review book for those on the CCIE track This is a tough topic to jam into one book but Wendell Odom did just that. The target of this book is someone is preparing for the CCIE Written exam and it is not intended to give a full depth of knowledge on all topics. In fact in one case Mr Odom flat out says he are not going to cover much on frame relay because most engineers are very familiar with the topic. Also typical Cisco Press books end with a review of the topic covered in that chapter but this one does not, in basically all chapters he introduces something new with minimal detail. I say all that to point out you have to make sure you are the intended target, someone close to taking the CCIE Written. This will not give you enough details on its own but its a great read. Also the review sections are great knowledge builder because they give you terms you need to know and the CD includes blank forms for you to fill in help build that knowledge. I definitely say this a book you want to read on your way to a CCIE. I found it to be very informative will be reading it again along my to being a CCIE. The only complaint I have is that there are a number of typo's (as many tech books have) but this is the 3rd edition and I would hope most would have been fixed by now. CCIE exam guide The CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Certification Guide by Wendell Odom is comprehensive,concise and cost effective. The content of the book covers the CCIE 3.0 written exam blueprint in sufficient detail.There is no unnecessary fluff anywhere in the book. We all know that CCIE material is not exactly light reading, but the CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Certification Guide goes into technical details without being tedious. Yes, there are typos but this does not detract from the overall usefullness of this book. CCIE training/prep classes are not cheap and a typical class may cost thousands of dollars. For anyone preparing for the CCIE written exam by self study, Wendell Odom's book is a great resource to have in your library. Excellent book This is an excellent book for the CCIE Ver 3 Routing & Switching exam. I needed Ver 3 for recertification and found the book to be most helpful. Wendell Odom is an excellent author. I've got several of his CCIE books and each and every one of them is excellent. My Amazon.com aStore | Shopping Cart | the greatest shop Browse by Category New Category (1) the greatest shop Listmania! Capacity planning, Load balancing, Contents delivery, Caching Andrew Moriarty's CCIE R&S List Similar Items Routing TCP/IP, Volume II (CCIE ... by Jeff Doyle $68.00 Routing TCP/IP, Volume 1 (2nd Ed... by Jeff Doyle $72.00 Cisco LAN Switching (CCIE Profes... by Kennedy Clark $64.00