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.
Section 1: Cisco Collaboration Infrastructure
- UC Deployment models
- The chapter providing high level information on energywise in this document here
- CDP and LLDP
- PoE FAQ’s found here
- Cisco TFTP
Section 2: Telephony Standards and Signaling
Section 3: UCM
- Database Replication
- For specific UCM Features mentioned in the blueprint use the Features and Services Guide.
Section 4: IOS Features
- Admin Guide for phone registration, all features of CME, SRST, PVDM3, Voicemail (CUE)
- BACD
- Translations
- CAS
- Call Admission Control
- Dial-peer matching
Section 5: QoS and Security
- LAN QoS
- WAN QoS
- Phone Proxy
- TLS Proxy
- Learn how to calculate QoS bandwidth consumption using this as a reference
Section 6: Unity Connection
Section 7: CCX
Section 8: IM&P
- The chapter of the SRND here gives great information
Vik Malhi, CCIE#13890
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Hi VIk,
I’m going through the blue print and I am getting close to finishing up the Infrastructure study material provided in Cisco LearninNetwork. The blue print list multicast and IPv6, I’m not sure what level of multicast we are expected to know or if this only pertains to getting MMoH working. Do you have any recommended reading for these two subjects for CCIE Collab written prep?
Any chance we can get a refresh of the links you posted? Seem to be hanging on the bit links.
It would be appreciated! I would like to see what a focused list looks like as I’ve attempted the Written once and was blind-sided by some pretty intense video dsp profiles questions.
I plan on using CollabCert for the Lab portion!
Thanks!