Lab Exam Blueprint

Please review the Lab Exam Overview for general information about the CCIE Routing and Switching lab exam. The blueprint is a detailed outline of the topics likely to appear on the lab exam. Knowledge of troubleshooting is an important skill and candidates are expected to diagnose and solve issues as part of the CCIE lab exam. The topics listed are guidelines and other relevant or related topics may also appear. In general, new product features become eligible for testing on CCIE lab exams six months after general release.



Bridging and Switching
Frame relay
Catalyst configuration: VLANs, VTP, STP, MSTP, RSTP, Trunk, Etherchannel, management, features, advanced configuration, Layer 3
Tunneling


IP IGP Routing
OSPF
EIGRP
RIPv2
IPv6: Addressing, RIPng, OSPFv3
GRE
ODR
Filtering, redistribution, summarization and other advanced features


BGP
IBGP
EBGP
Filtering, redistribution, summarization, synchronization, attributes and other advanced features


IP and IOS Features
IP addressing
DHCP
HSRP
IP services
IOS user interfaces
System management
NAT
NTP
SNMP
RMON
Accounting
SLA


IP Multicast
PIM-SM, bi-directional PIM
MSDP
Multicast tools, source specific multicast
DVMRP
Anycast


QoS
Quality of service solutions
Classification
Congestion management, congestion avoidance
Policing and shaping
Signaling
Link efficiency mechanisms
Modular QoS command line


Security
AAA
Security server protocols
Traffic filtering and firewalls
Access lists
Routing protocols security, catalyst security
CBAC
Other security features