CCIEServiceProviderUnifiedExamTopics4.

ExamDescription:TheCiscoCCIEServiceProviderVersion4.1examunifieswrittenandlabexam
topicsdocumentsintoauniquecurriculum,whileexplicitlydisclosingwhichdomainspertaintowhich
exam,andtherelativeweightofeachdomain.

TheCiscoCCIEServiceProviderWrittenExam(400201)isatwohourtestwith90110ques onsthat
validateprofessionalswhohavetheexpertisetodesign,implement,diagnose,andtroubleshoot
complexServiceProviderhighlyavailablenetworkinfrastructureandservicesbasedondualstack
solutions(IPv4andIPv6);understandhowthenetworkandservicecomponentsinteroperate;and
understandthefunctionalrequirementsandtranslateintospecificdeviceconfigurations.Theexamis
closedbookandnooutsidereferencematerialsareallowed.

AnEvolvingTechnologiessectionisincludedintheWrittenexamonly.Itwillenablecandidatestobridge
theircoretechnologyexpertisewithknowledgeoftheevolvingtechnologiesthatarebeingadoptedat
anacceleratedpace,suchascloud,IoT,andnetworkprogrammability.

TheCiscoCCIEServiceProviderLabExamisaneighthour,handsonexamwhichrequiresacandidate
toconfigure,diagnose,andtroubleshootaseriesofcomplexnetworkscenariosforagivenspecification
basedondualstacksolutions(IPv4andIPv6).Knowledgeoftroubleshootingisanimportantskilland
candidatesareexpectedtodiagnoseandsolveissuesaspartoftheCCIElabexam.Thecandidatewill
notconfigureallendusersystem;however,thecandidateisresponsibleforalldevicesresidinginthe
network.

Thefollowingtopicsaregeneralguidelinesforthecontentlikelytobeincludedontheexam.However,
otherrelatedtopicsmayalsoappearonanyspecificdeliveryoftheexam.Inordertobetterreflectthe
contentsoftheexamandforclaritypurposes,theguidelinesbelowmaychangeatanytimewithout
notice.

Domain Domain WrittenExam LabExam

Number Percentage(%) Percentage(%)
1.0 CoreRouting 25 30
2.0 ServiceProviderArchitectureandServices 21 22
3.0 AccessandAggregation 18 21
4.0 HighAvailabilityandFastConvergence 14 15
5.0 ServiceProviderSecurity,Operation,andManagement 12 12
6.0 EvolvingTechnologies 10 n/a


1.0 CoreRouting
1.1. InteriorGatewayProtocol
1.1.a. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootISIS
1.1.b. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootOSPFv2andOSPFv3
1.1.c. DescribeandoptimizeIGPscaleandperformance
1.2. BorderGatewayProtocol
1.2.a. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootIBGP,EBGP,andMPBGP
1.2.b. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootBGProutepolicyenforcement
1.2.c. DescribeBGPpathattribute
1.2.d. DescribeandoptimizeBGPscaleandperformance
1.2.e. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootadvancedBGPfeatures
1.3. MultiprotocolLabelSwitching
1.3.a. DescribeMPLSforwardingandcontrolplanemechanisms
1.3.b. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootLDP
1.3.c. DescribeandoptimizeLDPscaleandperformance
1.4. MPLSTrafficEngineering
1.4.a. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootRSVP
1.4.b. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootISISandOSPFextensions
1.4.c. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootMPLSTEpolicyenforcement
1.4.d. DescribeMPLSTEattributes
1.4.e. DescribeandoptimizeMPLSTEscaleandperformance
1.4.f. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootMPLSadvancedfeatures,forexample:Segment
RoutingandMPLSTEInterAS
1.5. Multicast
1.5.a. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootPIM(PIMSM,PIMSSM,andPIMBIDIR)
1.5.b. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootRP(AutoRP,BSR,Static,AnycastRP,andMSDP)
1.5.c. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootmVPN
1.5.d. Describeandoptimizemulticastscaleandperformance
1.6. QualityofService
1.6.a. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootclassificationandmarking
1.6.b. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootcongestionmanagementandscheduling
1.6.c. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootcongestionavoidance
1.6.d. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootMPLSQoSmodels(Pipe,ShortPipe,andUniform)
1.6.e. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootMPLSTEQoS(MAM,RDM,CBTS,PBTS,andDSTE)

2.0 ServiceProviderArchitectureandServices
2.1. Serviceproviderarchitectureconcepts
2.1.a. Describenetworkarchitecturecomponentandserviceprovidernetworkdomains,for
example:PE,P,CE,MetroEthernetCore,Aggregation,RANBackhaul,andeNodeB
2.1.b. DescribeCiscoIOS,CiscoIOSXE,andCiscoIOSXRsoftwarearchitecturecomponents,for
example:XRKernel,SystemManager,andInterprocesscommunication
2.2. Virtualizationconcepts
2.2.a. Describephysicalroutervirtualization,forexample:SDR,MultipleLogicalRouters,and
SatelliteNetworkVirtualization
2.2.b. DescribeNetworkFunctionVirtualizationarchitectureconcepts,forexample:Service
FunctionChaining,ESP,EPN,andNFVI
2.3. CarrierEthernet
2.3.a. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootELINE,forexample:VPWS
2.3.b. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootELANandETREE,forexample:VPLSandHVPLS
2.3.c. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootEVPN
2.3.d. DescribeIEEE802.1ad(QinQ),IEEE802.1ah(MacinMac),andITUG.8032(REP)
2.4. L3VPN
2.4.a. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootL3VPN
2.4.b. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootInterASL3VPN
2.4.c. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootmulticastVPN
2.4.d. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootunifiedMPLSandCSC
2.4.e. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootsharedservices,forexample:Extranetand
Internetaccess
2.5. OverlayVPN
2.5.a. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootL2TPv3
2.5.b. DescribeLISP
2.6. Internetservice
2.6.a. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootIPv6transitionmechanism,forexample:NAT44,
NAT64,6RD,MAP,andDSLite
2.6.b. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootInternetpeeringrouteandtransitpolicy
enforcement

3.0 AccessandAggregation
3.1. Transportandencapsulationtechnologies
3.1.a. Describetransporttechnologies,forexample:optical,xDSL,DOCSIS,TDM,andGPON
3.1.b. DescribeEthernettechnologies
3.1.c. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootlinkaggregationtechniques
3.2. PECEconnectivity
3.2.a. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootPECEroutingprotocols,forexample:static,OSPF,
RIP,RIPng,EIGRP,ISIS,andBGP
3.2.b. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootrouteredistribution
3.2.c. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootroutefiltering
3.2.d. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootlooppreventiontechniquesinmultihomed
environments
3.2.e. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootMultiVRFCE
3.3. QualityofService
3.3.a. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootclassificationandmarking
3.3.b. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootcongestionmanagementandscheduling,for
example:policing,shaping,andqueuing
3.3.c. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootcongestionavoidance
3.4. Multicast
3.4.a. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootIGMPandMLD
3.4.b. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootPIM
3.4.c. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootRP
3.4.d. Describeandoptimizemulticastscaleandperformance

4.0 HighAvailabilityandFastConvergence
4.1. SystemlevelHA
4.1.a. DescribeMultichassis/clusteringHA
4.1.b. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootSS0/NSF,NSR,andGR
4.1.c. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootIGPLDPSync
4.1.d. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootLDPSessionProtection
4.2. Layer1/2/3failuredetectiontechniques
4.2.a. DescribeLayer1failuredetection
4.2.b. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootLayer2failuredetection
4.2.c. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootLayer3failuredetection
4.3. Routing/fastconvergence
4.3.a. Describe,implement,andoptimizeIGPconvergence
4.3.b. Describe,implement,andoptimizeBGPconvergence
4.3.c. Describe,implement,andoptimizeIPFRRandMPLSTEFRR

5.0 ServiceProviderSecurity,Operation,andManagement
5.1. Controlplanesecurity
5.1.a. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootcontrolplaneprotectiontechniques,forexample:
LPTSandCoPP
5.1.b. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootroutingprotocolsecurity,forexample:BGPTTL
securityandprotocolauthentication
5.1.c. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootBGPprefixsuppression
5.1.d. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootLDPsecurity,forexample:authenticationand
labelallocationfiltering
5.1.e. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootBGPprefixbasedfiltering
5.1.f. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootBGPsec
5.2. Managementplanesecurity
5.2.a. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootdevicemanagement,forexample:MPP,SSH,VTY
5.2.b. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootloggingandSNMPsecurity
5.2.c. DescribebackscatterTraceback
5.3. Infrastructuresecurity
5.3.a. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootuRPF
5.3.b. DescribeLawfulintercept
5.3.c. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootiACL
5.3.d. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootRTBH
5.3.e. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootBGPFlowspec
5.3.f. DescribeDDoSmitigationtechniques
5.4. Timingandsynchronization
5.4.a. Describetimingprotocol,forexample:NTP,1588v2,andSyncE
5.5. Networkmonitoringandtroubleshooting
5.5.a. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootsyslogandloggingfunctions
5.5.b. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootSNMPtraps,RMON,EEM,andEPC
5.5.c. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootNetFlowandIPFIX
5.5.d. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootIPSLA
5.5.e. Describe,implement,andtroubleshootMPLSOAMandEthernetOAM
5.6. Networkconfigurationandchangemanagement
5.6.a. Describeconfigurationchange,implementation,androllback


6.0 EvolvingTechnologies
6.1Cloud
6.1.aCompareandcontrastClouddeploymentmodels
6.1.a[i]Infrastructure,platform,andsoftwareservices(XaaS)
6.1.a[ii]Performanceandreliability
6.1.a[iii]Securityandprivacy
6.1.a[iv]Scalabilityandinteroperability
6.1.bDescribeCloudimplementationsandoperations
6.1.b[i]Automationandorchestration
6.1.b[ii]Workloadmobility
6.1.b[iii]Troubleshootingandmanagement
6.1.b[iv]OpenStackcomponents
6.2NetworkProgrammability(SDN)
6.2.aDescribefunctionalelementsofnetworkprogrammability(SDN)andhowtheyinteract
6.2.a[i]Controllers
6.2.a[ii]APIs
6.2.a[iii]Scripting
6.2.a[iv]Agents
6.2.a[v]Northboundvs.Southboundprotocols
6.2.bDescribeaspectsofvirtualizationandautomationinnetworkenvironments
6.2.b[i]DevOpsmethodologies,toolsandworkflows
6.2.b[ii]Network/applicationfunctionvirtualization(NFV,AFV)
6.2.b[iii]Servicefunctionchaining
6.2.b[iv]Performance,availability,andscalingconsiderations
6.3InternetofThings(IoT)
6.3.aDescribearchitecturalframeworkanddeploymentconsiderationsforInternetofThings
6.3.a[i]Performance,reliabilityandscalability
6.3.a[ii]Mobility
6.3.a[iii]Securityandprivacy
6.3.a[iv]Standardsandcompliance
6.3.a[v]Migration
6.3.a[vi]Environmentalimpactsonthenetwork