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.
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
