CCIE Documentation CD
CCIE Documentation CD
I. Technology Documentation
A. Not accessible during lab exam but useful for preparing.
a. www.cisco.com > Support > Configure > Technology
a. FAQ – Standards – White papers – Design Guides – Config Examples
B. Technology Documentation for CCIE
a. FAQ - Read / Take notes on Q&A FAQs for the following (Core L3 topics) FAQs
should have even the more obscurer topics that don't go into other documentation
like certification books. Recommended below
a. IGPs
b. BGP
c. MPLS
d. Multicast
e. IPv6
b. WHITE PAPER - topics have good technology info, however some topics may be
legacy. Good to go through anyway.
a.
c. DESIGN TECHNOTES
a. Lists specific designs/scenarios and how to configure them appropriately
d. CONFIGURE
a. Configurations – how to
II. Product Documentation for CCIE
A. Base categories of which we will use for the CCIE lab below:
1. Products (www.cisco.com > Support > Configure)
a. Cisco IOS > IOS > 12.4 > 12.4T
b. Switches > Campus LAN Switches - Access > Cat 3560
i. IOS and Switches are going to be the main categories for the lab exam
(shown above)
2. IOS Documentation
a. Configuration Guides
I. Configure > Configuration Guides
ii. Step by step list for what you need to do for implementation of a specific
technology (example DHCP server)
iii. Don't need to reference
I. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM
II. Carrier Ethernet
III. Dial and Access in general
IV. LAN Switching – Switching module in router (pretty much like catalyst
IOS – no need to reference.
iv. Reference
I. IBM Technologies > Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB > BVIs)
II. Dial and Access > Part 9: PPP Configuration > Configuring Media-
Independent PPP and Multilink PPP
I. CHAP / PAP Authentication
II. Configuring IP Address Pooling
III. Configuring IP Address Assignment
IV. Configuring Multilink PPP
V. NOTE – PPP is an intermediary encapsulation between your L2 and
L3 layers.
III. IP (vast majority under IP)
I. Cisco IOS IP Addressing Services Configuration Guide Release
12.4T
II. Cisco IOS IP Application Services Configuration Guide Release
12.4T
I. Examples of topics for the above
I. DHCP Server
II. DNS Server
III. Network Address Translation
IV. FHRPs
V. Things related to IP, but not routing control plane.
VI. Always look for How to Configure... or Configuration Task
List...
VII. TCP MSS Adjustment etc...
III. Mobile IP (A little)
IV. Multicast For sure
V. BGP
VI. IGPs
I. EIGRP
II. OSPF
III. RIP
IV. ODR (encode routing updates in CDP)
V. IPv6
VI. BFD
VII. NOTE: Features to detect failure
I. Bidirection Forwwarding Detection
II. GRE
III. IP SLA
IV. Enhanced Object Tracking
IV. Broadband
I. Broadband Access Aggregation and DSL Configuration Guide 12.4T
I. Providing Protocol Support for Broadband Access Aggregation of
PPPoE sessions (Server)
II. PPP over Ethernet Client
V. MPLS
I. Part 1
II. Part 2 (first part)
III. L3 VPNs
VI. Network Management (learn/practice but no need to be an expert)
I. Netflow – Netflow of course
II. Network Managment – stuff like CDP/Syslog/TCL/EEM/CPU
thresholds etc....
VII. QoS
VIII.Security Services and VPN
I. Secure Connectivity – SSH
II. Securing the Control Plane – Control Plane Policing
III. Securing the Data Plane – IPSec Tunnels DMVPN (not in our scope)
I. Firewall Feature Sets are in our scope
I. ACLs
II. Reflexive Access Lists
III. Dynamic Access Lists
IV. Context-Based Access Control
V. Zone-Based Policy Firewall
VI. IPS
b. Reference Guides
I. Reference Guides > Command References
ii. Command References
I. Used when you know what you are trying to accomplish, but you don't
remember what the syntax or arguments are
I. (Example – OSPF Hello modification)
c. Software Downloads, Release and General Information
i. Master Index > Cisco IOS Master Command List, Release 12.4T (SHOWS
ALL COMMANDS)
ii. Release Notes
I. New Feature Descriptions
I. Shows features and technology available compared to other IOS
images.
3. Catalyst IOS Documentation
a. Configuration Guides – Just like IOS
b. Reference Guides – Just like IOS
c. Available in PDF format
a. Don't count on this for the exam
b. Good for eReaders