Monday, February 14, 2011

How to Prepare for CCIE R&S PART2

Let’s assume you have passed the CCNP, and have met the basic criteria of  good foundation of knowledge and practical grasp mentioned in my last post.

Before going in more detail please note that CCIE is not only content oriented paper, its strictly a technology oriented paper where your understanding of technology, analytical thinking, and your versatility in huge list of topics is tested in practical scenarios.

That's why most of the people reach at the CCIE (Written) Level with the help of some shortcuts but then they fall flat at this level and enter into a kind of dead lock, where going back to basics becomes ego problem and going ahead extremely hard.

CCIE R&S has two parts:

1. Written
2. Lab

One must pass written exam before registering the LAB, today we will cover the written paper, how to study, which books are recommended and what to study.

CCIE R&S (Written):

Written part of the CCIE is quite boring and lengthy but please notes that it’s very very important phase.

It will provide a strong foundation to your concepts and understanding, and strong grip on most of the topics.

 If you have studied well in your CCNP preparations then going through these topics won’t be very difficult for you. To start preparation of CCIE Written exam, you must download the Written Exam Topics from Cisco Website from the following link:

https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/docs/DOC-4374

Official Books List:

https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/docs/DOC-4601

I know the List of Books is quite long, but let me tell you that you cannot study complete CCIE from one book, that's why CISCO has shared the list of topics and expect the candidates to study topic wise.

You can also find the online study resources from the following link:
http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/rs/online_resources.html

And for Video Trainings, you can also buy Internetworkexpert's CCIE R&S Written Videos/Class on Demand Videos or IPEXPERT CCIE R&S Class on demand DVDs.

You need to take print of Written Exam topics and read them topic by topic from the mentioned above Books/Online Resources/Videos. Once you feel confident that you have covered most of the topics, you can register your Written Exam from VUE's Website.

To Be Continued....

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