CCDE Info
CCDE Class Information
The CCDE design lab Bootcamp
starts
at 09:00h every day and ends
at around 18:00h. There will be a one hour lunch break. There will also be
several small coffee breaks where drinks and light snacks will be served.
The Cisco CCDE design lab Bootcamp consists
design modules,
full 1 day scenario mock design labs and timed exercises.
| CCDE Dates '08 |
CCDE Lab Bootcamp
Dates for 2008
Location
London / Windsor
Dates
31.03.08 -
11.04.08
16.06.08 - 27.06.08
CCDE Written Bootcamp
Dates for 2008
Location
London / Windsor
Dates
17.03.08 -
20.03.08
Flexibility
You can attend The Cisco CCDE Bootcamps either at one of
our training locations or it may take place in-house at customer premises.
Outside the UK?
No problem! Our CCDE trainers will come to you! - no matter where in the world
you are based.
1. The Cisco CCDE written Bootcamp
2. The Cisco
CCDE Design lab Bootcamp
1. The Cisco
CCDE written Bootcamp
Our Cisco CCDE written
Bootcamps are 5 days in length
and take place on a regular basis throughout our UK
based training locations.
We also offer to conduct our CCDE written Bootcamps at customers premises as required.
5 Day CCDE written Bootcamp
CCDE written Bootcamp Content
We will prepare you on all topics
you will face in the CCDE written exam!
Our only goal is to make students pass
the Cisco CCDE
written certification exam
on the
first attempt!
Who Should Attend
Candidates who want to become CCDE
(Cisco Certified Design Expert) certified.
Cisco Career Certifications
This course is part of the following Certifications:
CCDE (Cisco Certified Design Expert)
CCDE Prerequisites
There are no formal prerequisites for CCDE certification; other professional
certifications or training courses are not required.
It is expected that the candidate will have an in-depth understanding of the
topics in the exam blueprints, a minimum of seven years job experience, and a
thorough understanding of networking infrastructure principles.
CCDE Course Objectives
Expert Level Network Design and Architecture Experience
CCDE Assesses advanced Network Infrastructure Design Principles and Fundamentals
for large networks. A CCDE can demonstrate an ability to develop solutions which
address planning, design, integration, optimization, operations, security and
ongoing support focused at the infrastructure level for customer networks.
After passing the written exam, delegates can then proceed to the CCDE Lab
Boot Camp which will prepare them for the practical lab exam.
| The detailed Cisco CCDE written Bootcamp outline |
IP Routing
Explain route aggregation concepts and techniques. Purpose of route aggregation,
Scalability and fault isolation, How to Aggregate
Explain the theory and application of network topology abstraction and layering.
Layers and their purpose, Core, aggregation, distribution, access, Purpose of
Link State Topology Summarization, What is the purpose of LS topology
summarization (not how it works), Use of Link State Topology Summarization,
Where and how to build a flooding domain border
Explain the impact of fault isolation and resiliency on network design.
What is the impact of fault isolation on network reliability, Separating rapid
and/or massive changes from the remainder of the network, how to create fault
isolation, What is fate sharing, and what is it's impact
What is the impact of redundancy on convergence times
Explain metric based traffic flow and modification. How to engineer metrics to
modify traffic flow, "MPLS vs. IGP Traffic Engineering
Modifying IGP Metrics to Engineer Traffic Flow", Understanding Traffic Flow &
Metrics, Third Party Next Hop, Impact on redistribution design
Explain fast convergence techniques and mechanisms. Layer 2 Down Detection, For
all media types, Fast hello timers, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, BGP, Fast SPF Timers,
OSPF, IS-IS, Recursion and Convergence
Impact of Third Party Next Hop & BGP recursion
Explain routing protocol operation. Neighbor Relationships, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS,
BGP, Determining Loop Free Paths, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, BGP, MPLS Constrained SPF,
General Operation, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, BGP; How each protocol operates, Flooding
Domains and Stubs, OSPF/IS-IS flooding domains, EIGRP stubs, iBGP Mesh, Next hop
mechanisms in BGP, RR's, etc. Select lower operational costs and complexity.
Route Filters
Simple vs. complex, General, Redistribution, Simple designs, tags, route
filters, etc.
Explain transport mechanisms and interaction with routing protocols.
Link Characteristics, Point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, broadcast, etc. RP
Implementation on Various Links, OSPF on each link type IS-IS on each link type,
EIGRP considerations for point-to-multipoint Topology Characteristics, Full
mesh, partial mesh, ring, etc. RP Implementation on Various Topologies, OSPF/IS-IS
flood blocking, etc.
Explain generic routing and addressing concepts. Policy Based Routing
IPv6 Basics, Explain multicast routing concepts. General Multicast concepts
Tunneling
Explain how tunneling affects end service applications. Identify and select
tunneling technologies appropriate to meet network design objectives. Identify
where and when tunneling parameters must be tuned to optimize the operation of
end user applications. Knowledge of issues related to Layer 2 tunneling: i.e.
packet ordering, MTU, etc. What technologies support Layer 2 and Layer 3
tunneling: L2TPv3, GRE, ATOM, IPsec, etc. How to implement tunneling given a
specific situation: i.e. tunneling Novel IPX over a Layer 3 service provider
core, etc. Understanding of issues related to tunneling L3(IP) in L2(ATM, MPLS)
Explain, recognize, and select tunneling techniques appropriate to the size and
scale of the network requirements. What is the impact of different tunneling
technologies on scalability (Selection of a tunneling technology with
scalability as a criteria) How scalability is affected based on type of tunnels
(point-to-point, point-to-multipoint)
Explain how L3 routing is affected by tunneling technologies and select L3
routing protocols appropriate to implement tunneling and as passenger traffic in
tunnels, How L3 routing is overlaid on a given tunneling technologies, What L3
Routing Protocol would suit a given tunneling technology, topology and
scalability
Explain, recognize, and select logical and physical topologies required to meet
network design requirements. What are the best points/nodes in network to
initiate and terminate tunnels, Which model would fulfill the requirements (full
mesh, partial mesh, hierarchical)
Explain, recognize, and select methods for interconnecting tunneling
environments across one or more service provider networks. Describe different
inter-provider tunneling models (i.e. 2547, GRE, IPsec, etc.
Explain, recognize, and select methods for steering traffic with tunnels and
into tunnels. Class Based Tunnel Selection, Traffic Engineering
Explain, recognize, and select methods for providing network failover and
redundancy to meet network availability requirements. Restoration vs. Protection
(IGP Fast Convergence, FRR), Non-stop Forwarding vs. Restoration (at the IP
routing layer), Explain, recognize, and select methods for interconnecting
different types of attachment media on tunnel endpoints. Recognize and explain
the differences in mapping different L2 technologies onto an L3 tunneling
environment. Interworking, Mapping Layer 2 service onto Layer 3 at the edge
Explain, recognize, and select methods to manage the size and scale of broadcast
domains in tunneled L2VPN environments. VPLS scaling issues
Spanning Tree issues, Broadcast issues across various topologies
Quality of Service (QoS)
Measure and interpret different QoS performance metrics. Correlate performance
metrics to application performance. Knowledge of the different QoS performance
metrics: one-way delay, round-trip delay, jitter, etc. How to measure and
interpret QoS performance metrics
How QoS performance metrics relate to user applications: i.e. impact of QoS
metrics on application performance, etc.
Determine why, where and how to implement traffic classification, traffic
conditioning and PHB. Explain how DiffServ QoS tools work.
What DiffServ Terminology means (DS codepoint, Meter, DS ingress/egress node,
Remark, DS domain, etc.) Where to do Traffic Classification (edge and core of DS
Domain) What is Traffic Conditioning and where is it applied? (metering,
marking, shaping and policing)
What are traffic profiles and meaning of in/out of profile (Token bucket)
What is the difference between micro-flow and DS behavior aggregate (PHB) What
is the impact on non-DS-compliant nodes within a DS domain on SLAs What is the
issue with MF Classifier and Fragmentation
What is the issue with re-marking and OoO packets, What is the purpose of
shapers and droppers, What are different PHB models (e.g. x% minimal resources
and proportional remaining link capacity), What are issues with Different
number/type of PHBs in different part of the network, What are the benefits of
MF classification on edge and DS classification in the core, Understanding
Classification/conditioning/PHB on a per customer basis or few number of
templates, What are ways of DS Field Mapping to PHB: 1->1 or N->1 or both, What
are tools for PHB Queue management and bounding delay, jitter, packet loss (e.g.
TS, WRED, WFQ,etc.), Understanding QoS provide differentiated services only when
there is contention for resources
Explain operations of RSVP. How RSVP Application does CAC and resource
reservation, Explain generic QoS requirements for common application (VoIP,
Video, TCP, UDP, control plane traffic).
Explain QoS requirements for control plane traffic. What are generic VoIP
Requirements, What are generic Video Requirements, What are generic TCP
Requirements, What are generic UDP Requirements
Understanding of differentiation of control traffic vs data traffic
Where and how to define marking/conditioning of Control Traffic
Explain the techniques to avoid Class starvation when multiple classes are used
(EF and non-EF). How EF with a policer and MDRR/Priority Queue solves the
problem, How minimum BW assignment per class or proportional BW assignment among
all classes solves the problem
What is the impact of applications' traffic within a given queue with same DS or
different DS codepoint, What is the impact of applications' traffic riding on
the same node/link in case of failure
Explain the interaction of IP DSCP with other marking schemes (IP Prec, .1P,
MPLS EXP, ATM, Frame Relay). Interaction b/w DSCP and other technologies
(understanding/issues/concerns), Ethernet, ATM, Frame Relay, MPLS, RPR, IP Prec,
In case of tunneling layers of marking : Differentiation between tunnel marking
and data packet marking
Explain QoS based routing (PBR). Situations where one has to pick one or two of
the following to solve a problem (and understanding of the following) BGP QoS
Propagation, MTR, OER, PBR, CBTS
Management
Analyze network conditions and behavior to determine potential degradation or
failure conditions. Recognize conditions from SHOW output for data plane,
control plane, hardware, etc. Recognize conditions from DEBUG output for data
plane, control plane, hardware, etc. Recognize conditions from network behaviors
for data plane, control plane, hardware, etc. Recognize conditions from external
monitoring and reporting systems.
Explain the operation and advantages of different management access mechanisms.
How to implement out of band access to all devices in a network. What should be
considered when defining secure access to routers. Recognize when and where a
design will result in failure.
Explain the operation and use of network management protocols.
Differences between the versions of SNMP. Knowledge of puts, gets, operations
(read, write), Use of SNMP in SLA management, Identify when use of CMIP is
appropriate, Identify when use of TMN is appropriate
Identify network management tools and their uses. Recognize tools used for SLA
management Identify use of Generic On-Line Diagnostics (GOLD) Identify and
Classify tools for Event Management
State rules for use of Syslog, Knowledge of where to place Netflow Collectors,
Identify Services required for flow collection, Recognize Port number for
Netflow, Identify services required for event correlation
Identify auditable factors in a network. Identify auditable factors in a network
Explain traffic management concepts and actions based on traffic statistics.
What is a traffic matrix. When to upgrade a link or re-route traffic.
Interpretation of historical data to predict future growth and needs
Recognize configuration management tools and best practices.
Recognize uses of templating tools. Identify best practices for configuration
management (i.e. logging config changes, auditing "as running" vs "as
configured," consistent feature application, etc.)#
Describe role-based configuration access
Security
Explain the impact of security availability design in the characteristics of
a network. OOB Access, Decoupling, Paul Baran Model Compartmentalization, Use
available tools in a network security design to address identity, monitoring and
correlation aspects. SNMP, Netflow Syslog, RMON, DNS, Radius/AAA, Full Packet
Classifiers
Explain the impact of control plane design decisions on the security of a
network; implement security mechanisms to protect the control plane.
Use and impact of addressing. Use and impact of area (flooding domain/summary
points) placement. Route/Topology/Link Hiding
Adjacency Protection (MD5, GTSM, etc.), Route Validation, Route Filtering,
Routing Plan, Other routing techniques.
Explain the impact of data plane design decisions on the security of a network;
implement security mechanisms to protect the data plane.
Infrastructure Protection, Policy Enforcement (QoS, BCP38)
Prepare and explain security incident preparation and response strategies in a
network. Reaction Tools (Identification and Classification), Traceback Tools,
Remotely-Triggered Black Holes (RTBH) (destination, source, rate limit, etc.),
Sink Holes, Reactive ACLs
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CCDE written Bootcamp
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Tasks and scenarios
more complicated and challenging
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Unlimited
Coffee, Tea, Water and biscuits throughout the course
Free lunch on all 5 CCDE Bootcamp days in various restaurants
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2. The Cisco
CCDE lab Bootcamp
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become available, we will be offering it. Stay tuned.