CCIE Routing and Switching Written v5

Network theory

• Describe basic software architecture differences between IOS and IOS XE
• Identify Cisco express forwarding concepts
• Explain general network challenges
• Explain IP operations
• Explain TCP operations

Network implementation and operation

• Evaluate proposed changes to a network

Network troubleshooting

• Use IOS troubleshooting tools
• Apply troubleshooting methodologies
• Interpret packet capture

LAN switching technologies

• Implement and troubleshoot switch administration
• Implement and troubleshoot layer 2 protocols
• Implement and troubleshoot VLAN
• Implement and troubleshoot trunking
• Implement and troubleshoot EtherChannel
• Implement and troubleshoot spanning-tree
• Implement and troubleshoot other LAN switching technologies
• Describe chassis virtualization and aggregation technologies
• Describe spanning-tree concepts

Layer 2 multicast

• Implement and troubleshoot IGMP
• Explain MLD
• Explain PIM snooping

Layer 2 WAN circuit technologies

• Implement and troubleshoot HDLC
• Implement and troubleshoot PPP
• Describe WAN rate-based ethernet circuits

Addressing technologies

• Identify, implement and troubleshoot IPv4 addressing and subnetting
• Identify, implement and troubleshoot IPv6 addressing and subnetting

Layer 3 multicast

• Troubleshoot reverse path forwarding
• Implement and troubleshoot IPv4 protocol independent multicast
• Implement and troubleshoot multicast source discovery protocol
• Describe IPv6 multicast

Fundamental routing concepts

• Implement and troubleshoot static routing
• Implement and troubleshoot default routing
• Compare routing protocol types
• Implement, optimize and troubleshoot administrative distance
• Implement and troubleshoot passive interface
• Implement and troubleshoot VRF lite
• Implement, optimize and troubleshoot filtering with any routing protocol
• Implement, optimize and troubleshoot redistribution between any routing protocol
• Implement, optimize and troubleshoot manual and auto summarization with any routing protocol
• Implement, optimize and troubleshoot policy-based routing
• Identify and troubleshoot sub-optimal routing
• Implement and troubleshoot bidirectional forwarding detection
• Implement and troubleshoot loop prevention mechanisms
• Implement and troubleshoot routing protocol authentication

RIP [v2 and v6]

• Implement and troubleshoot RIPv2
• Describe RIPv6 [RIPng]

EIGRP [for IPv4 and IPv6]

• Describe packet types
• Implement and troubleshoot neighbor relationship
• Implement and troubleshoot loop free path selection
• Implement and troubleshoot operations
• Implement and troubleshoot EIGRP stub
• Implement and troubleshoot load-balancing
• Implement EIGRP [multi-address] named mode
• Implement, troubleshoot and optimize EIGRP convergence and scalability

OSPF [v2 and v3]

• Describe packet types
• Implement and troubleshoot neighbor relationship
• Implement and troubleshoot OSPFv3 address-family support
• Implement and troubleshoot network types, area types and router types
• Implement and troubleshoot path preference
• Implement and troubleshoot operations
• Implement, troubleshoot and optimize OSPF convergence and scalability

BGP

• Describe, implement and troubleshoot peer relationships
• Implement and troubleshoot IBGP and EBGP
• Explain attributes and best-path selection
• Implement, optimize and troubleshoot routing policies
• Implement and troubleshoot scalability
• Implement and troubleshoot multiproctocol BGP
• Implement and troubleshoot AS path manipulations
• Implement and troubleshoot other features
• Describe BGP fast convergence features

ISIS [for IPv4 and IPv6]

• Describe basic ISIS network
• Describe neighbor relationship
• Describe network types, levels and router types
• Describe operations
• Describe optimization features

Tunneling

• Implement and troubleshoot MPLS operations
• Implement and troubleshoot basic MPLS L3VPN
• Implement and troubleshoot encapsulation
• Implement and troubleshoot DMVPN [single hub]
• Describe IPv6 tunneling techniques
• Describe basic layer 2 VPN -wireline
• Describe basic L2VPN - LAN services

Encryption

• Implement and troubleshoot IPsec with preshared key
• Describe GET VPN

Device security

• Implement and troubleshoot IOS AAA using local database
• Implement and troubleshoot device access control
• Implement and troubleshoot control plane policing
• Describe device security using IOS AAA with TACACS+ and RADIUS

Network security

• Implement and troubleshoot switch security features
• Implement and troubleshoot router security features
• Implement and troubleshoot IPv6 first hop security
• Describe 802.1x

System management

• Implement and troubleshoot device management
• Implement and troubleshoot SNMP
• Implement and troubleshoot logging

Quality of service

• Implement and troubleshoot end-to-end QoS
• Implement, optimize and troubleshoot QoS using MQC
• Describe layer 2 QoS

Network services

• Implement and troubleshoot first-hop redundancy protocols
• Implement and troubleshoot network time protocol
• Implement and troubleshoot IPv4 and IPv6 DHCP
• Implement and troubleshoot IPv4 network address translation
• Describe IPv6 network address translation

Network optimization

• Implement and troubleshoot IP SLA
• Implement and troubleshoot tracking object
• Implement and troubleshoot netflow
• Implement and troubleshoot embedded event manager
• Identify performance routing [PfR]

Follow-on Courses

The following courses are recommended for further sutdy: