If you want to get an insight into the minds of the authors of the CCDE Lab exam, the following digital ebook is a must read: CCDE Quick Reference
Although it is officially only for the CCDE written preparation, we highly recommend it to read through it prior to the practical exam as well. It’s concise, down to the point and especially the Routed Design Theory and the Topology Design Theory are very important in relation to the CCDE Practical Exam as well.
You have surely seen the CCDE Practical Exam Simulator on Cisco’s website which gives you a look and feel on how the actual CCDE Practical Exam looks like. Many CCDE delegates have been trying to figure out the right solutions by running through it again and again.
Our instructor, Radu Hambasan, has scored 100% in his first try when the CCDE Exam Simulation was released. I had a chat to him last night and he mentions that it is really about the “why” behind designs. That’s why he has passed the CCDE Practical Exam at his first attempt.
In all our CCDE Practical Boot Camps, Radu will also go through the CCDE Exam simulator and will explain why he has chosen one answer over the other. His major objective during our CCDE Bootcamps is that delgates learn to analytically think like Radu himself and benefit from his long Network Design experience with large companies.
Hi all,
we received a couple of questions last week in regards to the practical CCDE exam structure. Many of you who have done the CCIE, know very well, that the CCIE is all about doing it “the Cisco way”. However the CCDE exam is different. There is a very good video on youtube from one of the CCDE exam authors – Russ White.
You need to listen to every sentence very carefully, as like with politicians, every word and sentence has a distinct meaning. Russ White mentions that the CCDA and CCDP certifications are pretty much geared around Cisco especially, whereas the CCDE is more about Network Design principles in general (sometimes, but not always the Cisco way).
Here the youtube video:
Also we would like to point out that pure text book knowledge is not sufficient to pass the exam. In our CCDE Bootcamp we cover the Design principles extensively.
Our instructor Radu Hambasan, doesn’t teach any classes other than the CCDE, because he works also as a real-world Design Consultant. A pure instructor can’t tell you about the real world and the challenges in commercial environments, as all they usually know is their labs and the slides they present. A CCDE Training can only be taught by someone who has extensive real world Design experience.
Hello all,
our next CCDE Written Training Course will take place in w/c 22.02 in London
our next CCDE Practical Lab Training Course will take place in w/c 01.03 in London
We also offer a 5 Day CCDE Practical Bootcamp in Chicago in w/c 22.02 (02/22/2009)
We still have a few seats on all 3 courses left.
All CCDE Delegates from Cisco Gold and Cisco Silver Partners receive a great discount.
Visit: http://www.ccdebootcamp.com for details
We were informed by a CCDE Delegate this morning, that there is a special link to book the CCDE Practical Exam on Pearson Vue. The CCDE Exam is being treated as an event, rather than a normal exam. Additionally, CCDE delegates wishing to book the CCDE Lab exam need to provide a Promo Voucher, which has been posted on the Cisco Learning Network CCDE Blog, but also the staff of Pearson is passing them out.
http://www.pearsonvue.com/cisco/ppc/london
Promo Code our delegate received from Pearson: “CCDEMar2010″
We have received quite a few emails recently on which books should be read or at least flown through before coming on our practical CCDE Bootcamp.
We have compiled a list of recommended books (from Cisco) for both the CCDE Written Qualification as well as the CCDE Practical Lab Exams:
http://www.ccdebootcamp.com/ccde-recommended-books-list.html
Out of All the Books mentioned there, we HIGHLY recommend the following ones:
Book 1:
Campus Network Design Fundamentals
Book 2:
Comparing, Designing, and Deploying VPNs
Book 3:
Optimal Routing Design (A MUST READ)
Book 4:
Network Management Fundamentals
Book 5:
Data Center Fundamentals
Book 6:
Definitive MPLS Network Designs (A MUST READ)
In addition to that, we recommend the following from Cisco’s website:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns742/networking_solutions_program_category_home.html
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Campus/routed-ex.html
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/solutions/Enterprise/WAN_and_MAN/QoS_SRND/QoS-SRND-Book.html
Also we recommend going through the offical RFCs:
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2328.txt
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc793.txt
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2784.txt
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2547.txt
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1771.txt
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1195.txt
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2474.txt
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1112.txt
