Cisco CCIE:CCIE R&S lab v4.0 new features

Several changes after revising CCIE R&S Lab exam

Cisco revises its popular CCIE® R&S Certification-the expert level certification for network engineers.

Upcoming revision to CCIE R&S Lab certification will become effective on October 18, 2009 . Prior to that, candidates should continue using the current CCIE R&S v3.0 Exam Topics and equipment list, while students who have exams scheduled October 18, 2009 or later should prepare using the CCIE R&S v4.0 Written Exam Topics (blueprints), CCIE R&S v4.0 Lab Exam Topics and the CCIE R&S v4.0 Lab Equipment and Software Versions.

New: Main changes

Larger Technology topics added: EIGRPv6, Optimized Edge Routing/Performance Routing, IPv6 multicast, MPLS VPN, RSVP.

Technology removed: nothing big enough to notice

More focus on the skills to prepare R/S infrastructure for “advanced technology” traffic (includes prep for voice, video, security, wireless, etc)

Routers with 12.4T Advanced IP Services, switches with IOS 12.2 Advanced IP Services

New lab exam format, in order:

The Core Knowledge section (aka, open-ended questions), appx. 30 minutes
The Troubleshooting section, appx. 2 hours
The Configuration section, appx 5.5 hours

Lab vs Written: much improved alignment on technologies

Lab vs Written: continue to have a different focus in what they assess, eg, the Written assesses monitoring and theory skills on written, the lab assesses config skills. However, these are not exclusive.

Next I’ll give you a quick overview, and talk about the big changes on the lab seperately:

Troubleshooting:

As of Oct 18th, the configuration section shrinks by 2 hours to 5.5 hours (appx), with a 2 hour troubleshooting section. Important items of note:

The troubleshooting section will present a series of trouble tickets for preconfigured networks. You need to diagnose and resolve the network fault or faults.

You may proceed on to the configuration section once you finish the troubleshooting section, but you can’t go back to troubleshooting since their equipment will need to be reinitialized for the configuration portion.

To pass, you must have a passing score on each of the three sections of the lab exam.

Devices:

The equipment has changed as well, although only minimally.
Version 3.0 (effective through October 17, 2009)
3725 series routers – IOS 12.4 mainline – Advanced Enterprise Services
3825 series routers – IOS 12.4 mainline – Advanced Enterprise Services
Catalyst 3550 series switches running IOS version 12.2 – IP Services
Catalyst 3560 Series switches running IOS version 12.2 – Advanced IP Service

Version 4.0 (effective begining October 18, 2009)
1841 series routers – IOS 12.4(T) – Advanced Enterprise Services
3825 series routers – IOS 12.4(T) – Advanced Enterprise Services
Catalyst 3560 Series switches running IOS version 12.2 – Advanced IP Services

Topics:

The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the lab exam:
Implement Layer 2 Technologies
PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)
Frame Relay is still on the blue print.
Implement IPv4
Implement Performance Routing (PfR) and Cisco Optimized Edge Routing (OER)
Implement MPLS Layer 3 VPNs
Implement Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Implement Layer 3 virtual private networks (VPNs) on provider edge (PE), provider (P), and customer edge (CE) routers
Implement virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) and Multi-VRF Customer Edge (VRF-Lite)
Implement IP Multicast
Implement IPv6 multicast, PIM, and related multicast protocols, such as Multicast Listener Discovery(MLD)
Implement Network Security
Implement Zone Based Firewall
Implement Cisco IOS Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
Implement Control Plane Policing (CoPP)
Troubleshoot a Network
Troubleshoot complex Layer 2 network issues
Troubleshoot complex Layer 3 network issues
Troubleshoot a network in response to application problems
Troubleshoot network services
Troubleshoot network security
Optimize the Network
Implement SPAN, RSPAN, and router IP traffic export (RITE)
Implement Cisco IOS Embedded Event Manager (EEM)
Implement Switch-module Configuration Protocol (SCP)
Ladies and gentlemen, your new CCIE 4.0 lab! I fully expect to see all of the lab dates between now and 17 October to disappear pretty quickly as current candidates will make want to attempt the lab prior to the change-over date.

Lab Locations

In addition, Cisco has introduced Mobile CCIE Labs to provide greater access to Lab testing while greatly reducing travel time and expenses in regions without a Cisco CCIE lab location.
Visit website https://cisco.hosted.jivesoftware.com/docs/DOC-3224 for more information
Use the following links to find information on start times, directions and hotel recommendations.
Bangalore, India
Beijing, China
Brussels, Belgium
Dubai, UAE
Hong Kong, PRC
RTP, USA
San Jose, USA
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sydney, Australia
Tokyo, Japan

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