Prior to June 6 2017 a person with a CCIE certification had been required to pass any CCIE Written exam every two years in order to re-certify and keep their CCIE active (excluding Emeritus). Cisco have announced an alternative method to re-certify which allows for an existing CCIE to avoid sitting another Written exam for the purpose of re-certification.
In a nutshell there are Cisco-approved training courses that can be taken that count for credits and if you get enough credits by the time you are due to re-certify, then you are good to go and don’t need to pass a Written exam. There is an administration fee of $300 in order to do this.
For full details of the “Cisco Continuing Education Program” click here.
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Routing Protocol for Low power and Lossy networks
In this article we shall take a high-level look at an IoT protocol called RPL (pronounced ripple). The long-winded name is Routing Protocol for low power and lossy networks (LLN). Candidates sitting any CCIE Written exam should have some exposure to this protocol as part of the Evolving Technologies section that was added to all CCIE Written exams in July 2016.
Imagine a network of sensors monitoring noise or heat inside a building. All these sensors are continuously transmitting data wirelessly. It doesn’t make sense if you have to replace the battery or sensor every few weeks. Sensor designs should last years before needing to be replaced. They should also be standalone and not connected to any power source. Hence the term Low-Power and Lossy Networks (LLN).
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This is a quick note for all folks out there who are planning to sit a CCIE Written exam in the near future, you may want to consider sitting the test within the next 7 days!!!!
This is because all CCIE Written exams will include a new section called Evolving Technologies as of July 25 2016. Please see here for more info.
The new section will account for 10% of every Written exam. The blueprint for the new section is shown below:
Evolving Technologies Domain
1. Cloud
1.1: Compare and contrast Cloud deployment models
Continue reading All CCIE Written Exams change in 7 days →
As well as updating the CCIE Data Center track, Cisco have recently updated all CCIE Written exams. A new section called “Evolving Technologies” has been added and accounts for 10% of all CCIE Written exams. The remaining 90% of the exam is made up from the core topics that are relevant to the specific track you are taking. The go-live date is July 2016.
The idea behind the update is to “enable candidates to bridge their core technology expertise with knowledge of the evolving technologies that organizations are adopting at an accelerated pace, such as cloud, IoT, and network programmability.”
See this link for details of the official announcement: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/ccie-enhancements
You can study for the Core Technologies section of the exam by using this: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/docs/DOC-29253
The CCIE Collaboration Written should not be under-estimated as it is a very tricky exam (if one avoids the easy options that are available having performed a quick google search). One of the challenges is that very few, if any, companies offer a quality training for this particular test.
Cisco have provided information about the exam topics here.
The suggested training material can be found here.
Having taken a quick look at the suggested training material you should realize that it will take you an entire lifetime to go and read/watch everything suggested. No criticism intended but the list is somewhat exhaustive and it would be very difficult to read the thousands of pages suggested and be able to digest everything. In this article I have tried to provide a little more focus on where candidates should channel their energy. By no means is this a comprehensive list of the entire blueprint but I think somebody with experience with Cisco Collaboration technologies will find the information here will complement their existing knowledge and help prepare for the Written exam.
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Collaboration Certification
