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CCIE: Recommended Study Resources and Topics Outline

This book serves as only one of many that you will have to read during your studies. The following books are a brief list of the ones that will be of great value during your studies; another list is provided on the CCIE page, mentioned previously:

Stevens: TCP/IP Illustrated

Comer: Internetworking with TCP/IP

Perlman: Interconnections, Second Edition: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols

Doyle: Routing TCP/IP , Volume I and II

Halabi: Internetwork Routing Architectures

Hamilton/Clark: Cisco LAN Switching

Caslow, Bruce: Bridges, Routers, and Switches

Cisco Press: CCIE Network Design and Case Studies

Diker-Pildush: Cisco ATM Solutions

Table 18-1 provides a rough outline (but by no means a complete list) of CCIE study topics. It offers a solid starting point for a list of topics that the CCIE candidate should become very familiar with.

Table 18-1. CCIE Study Topic Outline

Main Topic	Subtopics
Frame Relay	Frame Relay switching Frame Relay subinterfaces Point-to-point links and multipoint links Frame Relay map statements: bridge, LLC, DLSw and other keywords RFC 1490 encapsulation Bridging over Frame Voice over Frame PPP over Frame Frame Relay ARP and Inverse ARP operation Frame Relay traffic shaping
HDLC	Compression types
PPP	PPP authentication: PAP/CHAP PPP callback PPP multilink DDR techniques Compression types IPCP
ISDN	Dialer maps/DDR Running every protocol over ISDN: IPX, IP, and so on How to handle routing protocols over ISDN, such as EIGRP, OSPF, IGRP, and others Snapshot routing Dialer watch Demand circuits Complex IPX and IP ACLs to control dialing
BGP	Route reflectors Use of loopbacks Synchronization rule IBGP versus EBGP Route maps and route redistribution AS path filters BGP path selection process and path manipulation: MED, local preference, weight, and so on BGP confederations BGP communities Advertising supernets, summarization BGP maps
OSPF	Redistribution to and from every routing protocol Summarization with summary address and area range statements OSPF over Frame and X.25 OSPF demand circuits Route maps and route filters with OSPF OSPF costs and administrative distance Stub areas, NSS areas, and backbone areas Authentication: Type I and Type II Designated router and BDR selection: priority command Default route propagation
EIGRP	EIGRP for IP and IPX Redistribution to and from every routing protocol Summarization Route maps and route filters with EIGRP MD5 authentication EIGRP over ISDN Split-horizon issues with multipoint networks Administrative distance
IGRP	Redistribution to and from every routing protocol Snapshot routing/IGRP over ISDN Split-horizon issues with multipoint networks Default networks Administrative distance Issues from lack of VLSM support
RIP	Redistribution to and from every routing protocol Snapshot routing/RIP over ISDN Split-horizon issues with multipoint networks RIP Version 1, issues from lack of VLSM support RIP Version 2
IPX	IPX routing protocols: NLSP/RIP/EIGRP Static SAPs, SAP filtering and propagation Network filtering Redistribution between NLSP, RIP, and EIGRP ACLs to control IPX dialing over ISDN Snapshot routing/IPX over ISDN Tunneling IPX Split-horizon issues with multipoint networks SPX and watchdog spoof IPX frame types, such as type 20 frames
DLSw	TCP, FST, direct, and Frame Relay peers Backup peers Promiscuous peers Border peers and peer groups Costed peers Explorer control and LLC control with DLSw LSAP filters
Bridging	Transparent bridging Spanning Tree control Bridging over Frame Relay Source-route bridging Remote source-route bridging Translational bridging Explorer control and flooding LSAP filters Integrated routing and bridging Default gateways
Controlling routing and traffic	Standard access lists Extended access lists Named access lists Dynamic and reflective access lists Route maps and policy routing Propagating default routes
Queuing	Weighted fair queuing Priority queuing Custom queuing Generic and Frame Relay traffic shaping RSVP, WRED basic configurations
General Cisco IOS Software topics	Access server configuration Jump register configuration Password recovery for Catalyst switches and routers Configuration through TFTP and autoinstall Exec control: timeouts, privilege levels, and so on Security Logging
Cisco IOS Software features	NAT: Dynamic, static, and pooled NTP: NTP authentication and stratum settings DNS HSRP: tracking and priority IRDP Snapshot routing Dialer watch Mobile IP ARP manipulation SNMP: read/write keys, set and get traps UDP flooding: IP Forward command GRE tunneling
Catalyst switches	Cat 55 xx VLAN creation Cat 39 xx VLAN creation Cat 29 xx VLAN creation VTP domains Spanning Tree control Port security and IP access control ISL, 802.1Q trunking VLAN propagation and control over trunks Routing between VLANs Multicast routing
Multicast routing	Joining multicast groups Sparse- and dense-mode operation
ATM	Classical IP, routing over ATM VPI, VCD, and VCI definition ARP control PVC mapping
Voice	Voice over IP Voice over Frame Voice over ATM FXO and FXS and E&M circuits H.323
VPN	Encryption types IPSec-protected BGR tunnels IPSec transport and tunnel mode Transform sets, crypto maps "Key" authentication
Removed topics (removed in 2)	ATM LANE AppleTalk LAT DECnet Apollo Banyan VINES ISO CLNS XNS X.25

The practice labs are designed to give you an accurate representation of what a CCIE Lab Exam actually looks like. Many topics on the practice labs are not covered in this volume. As mentioned previously, one book ”not even one this size ”can possibly cover all the topics on the CCIE exam, at least in any depth. Topics such as BGP, IPX, multicast, and IPSec will be covered in CCIE Practical Studies , Volume II.

The labs are divided into two parts and are timed labs. Each lab has different hardware requirements and might require some prestaging to make the labs operate properly. As with the real lab, the answers are not provided. The solutions are posted on Cisco Press Web site at www.ciscopress.com/1587200023. We are doing this to encourage you to actually practice the labs and to exhaust all possible means of designing a solution before having to look at the answers. You should allow yourself 8 1/2 hours to complete each lab.