LTRCCDE-3006

LTRCCDE-3006
CCDE Lab
Elaine Lopes, CCDE & CCAr Exam Product Manager
Cisco - CCIE#4478
Lukasz Bromirski, SE Manager
Cisco – CCIE#15929, CCDE#2012:17
Yuri Lukin, Solutions Integration Architect
Cisco - CCIE#22899, CCDE#2012:4
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Agenda
• CCDE and Practical Exam Overview

• Critical Question Types
• Taking the CCDE Lab
• CCDE Lab Debriefing
• CCDE Practical Study and Exam Tips
• CCIE / CCDE Program Updates
• Q&A
CCDE and Practical Exam Overview
CCDE Overview
• Why CCDE?
• Design is not widely taught or practiced
• The root cause of many network problems
is poor network design
• CCDE Overview
• Expert-level certification
• Assesses network design principles
• Focused on translating business and technical requirements into
network designs
• Which technologies fit where, and why
• Vendor-agnostic
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CCDE Design Use Cases
Add Replace
Merge/ Technology Technology Scaling Design
Divest / Service / Service Failure
Design Lifecycle
Analyze
Design
Implement & Deploy
Validate & Optimize
CCDE Technology Domains
Layer 3 Network
(EIGRP, Virtualization,
Layer 2 OSPF, IS-IS, Tunneling, MPLS
BGP) (L2VPN, L3VPN,
MPLS-TE)
Security IPv6, QoS,

(Enterprise, Multicast,
Data Center
SP) Network
Management
CCDE Practical Exam
The Scenario
• Context is established through the use of exhibits
• Business and technical requirements
• Dig for information on each exhibit:

• Vertical and their unique characteristics: retail, hospital, service provider, etc.
• Provided vs. missing information/requirements
• Constraints: technical, business, regulatory, compliance, policy
• Technologies, topologies and boundaries: current and proposed
• Locations: divestiture, merge, scaling
• Speeds and Feeds
• Problems to be solved
• Opportunities to be seized
• Application characteristics/requirements
• Risk and risk mitigation
• OpEx,CapEx, Lifecycle
This list is not all inclusive
CCDE Practical Exam
The Scenario, cont.
• Using this information, you…
• Determine what the constraints, technical and business requirements are
• Provided, implicit or missing
• Understand the unique characteristics of the use case and the design phase you’re in
• Compare and contrast technical solutions
Requirements Weight (optional) Design Solution 1 Design Solution 2 Design Solution 3

etc.
Requirement 1 fully meets fully meets doesn’t meet
Requirement 2 2 partially meets fully meets fully meets
Requirement 3 etc. doesn’t meet partially meets fully meets
11 18 15
• Determine which technology fits where, and why

• Determine how to deploy specific technologies
• Respond to customer ideas and queries
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Critical Question Types
Multiple Choice
• Question or instructions that require one or multiple responses
• Options can be exhibits
• Typically worth 1 point
Stem
A. option
B. option
C. option
D. option
Branch
Stem – Child of B
• Used on decision-making: A. option
Make a decision on the parent Stem - Parent
Justify your decision on the B. option
child/children A. option
C. option
There may be more than 1 solution, and B. option
D. option
scoring will account for all optimal (worth C. option
more points) and suboptimal solutions
(worth less points) D. option
Stem – Child of D
• May not be apparent A. option
• Only 1 level deep B. option
• Next question level-sets the C. option
decision the remaining of the
scenario will adopt * Options A, C do not branch out D. option
May or may not be a good decision
Table
A task requiring the candidate to select either one option or multiple options per row.
• Used to compare/contrast
• Typically worth multiple points: 1 point per single row|column or groups of
rows|columns
Stem
Column A Column B Column C
Row 1 single option per row
Row 2
Row 3
Stem
Column A Column B Column C
Row 1
multiple options per row
Row 2
Row 3
Drag&Drop and Label Drag&Drop
A task requiring the candidate to drag and drop options from one side of the interface to
another, by populating or ordering the options.
• Used to select, order or categorize multiple options
• Typically worth multiple points: 1 point per group of targets or labels
Stem Stem
option target option Label
target
option target option
target
option target option
option option Label
target
option option
target
Hotspot
A task requiring the candidate to click on some part of the presented
graphic, select one on a set of figures, or drag icons into a canvas to
assemble a meaningful image. May be worth multiple points.
Hotspot
A task requiring the candidate to click on some part of the presented
graphic, select one on a set of figures, or drag icons into a canvas to
assemble a meaningful image. May be worth multiple points.
Simulation
• A simulation approximate live systems (subset) and applications without actually
using real methods. Detailed instructions are provided on how to interact with it.
• Complex scoring, typically is worth multiple points.
• Used to place, remove and connect devices on a topology, and to select design
features on devices and links on a topology
CCDE Practical Exam
Scoring
• Multiple valid solutions are taken into consideration for scoring
• Optimal and suboptimal
• Some items are worth multiple points, with partial scoring
• Some items are unscored
• Must achieve minimum score to pass on the entire exam
• The cutscore is unique for each administration, depending on which 4 scenarios are on the
exam
• Based on statistical analysis
• Cutscore varies to guarantee exams are balanced
• Assures all exams are in the same difficulty level
• All candidates are submitted to the same passing standards since the inception of the program
• Candidates receive a score receipt at the end of the exam, the score report will take 10-12
weeks to be mailed.
Taking the CCDE Lab
Taking the CCDE Lab
• Getting started
• Double click on the “CCDE Tutorial and Demo” icon on your Desktop to launch the CCDE scenario
• This scenario is 2h and 15min long to accomodate a 15min-break, up to you to take it or not at the
break time
• During the scenario

• Observe both the countdown timer and the progress bar to manage your time during the exam
• Make sure to spend enough time to read and comprehend the exhibits, and plan to spend the entire
time of this session
• If you finish early, please wait until we start the debriefing
• After the scenario

• The final display will show your score report, please observe it won’t print
CCDE Lab Debriefing
Scenario Recap - 1
• Best Buddy Pet Store Chain overview
• Best Buddy is trying to overcome their lack of technical expertise, grow to new markets,
and deploy new applications
• What does growing into new markets sound like to you?
Scenario Recap - 1
• What does growing into new markets sound like to you? Scaling!
• Which are “Scaling” considerations for Retail Stores?
• What is the cause of the growth –organic or planned?
• What problems are being experienced because of this growth?
• What solutions do you need to implement – more modularization, move network components to better
places, or… ?
Scenario Recap - 1
places, or… ?
• What does deploy new applications sound like to you?
Scenario Recap - 1
places, or… ?
• What does deploy new applications sound like to you? Add Technology/Service!
• Which are “Add technology/Service” considerations for Retail Stores?
• What is the impact on the existing network? Bandwidth, delay, jitter, convergence times, traffic flow,
current technologies in use – are these still the right decisions to make?
• What is the impact on existing applications? Will the quality of any existing services be impacted by
adding this new application?
Scenario Recap - 2
• After creating new areas, Best Buddy’s partner GoodNutrit lost connectivity.
• Best Buddy is looking into replacing their legacy frame relay circuits.
• What does losing connectivity sound like to you?
Scenario Recap - 2
• What does losing connectivity sound like to you? Design Failure!

• Which are “Design Failure” considerations?
• Address root causes?
• What solutions do you need to implement –more modularization, move network components to
better places, or… ?
Scenario Recap - 2

• What does replacing legacy circuits sound like to you?
Scenario Recap - 2

• What does replacing legacy circuits sound like to you? Replace

Technology/Service!
• Which are “Replace Technology/Service” considerations?
• What is the impact on the existing design?
• What is the impact on the existing applications and services?
• Are there any scaling issues that will arise with the replacement?
If Best Buddy was an actual customer…
• What information would you ask for?
• Do you typically get exactly what you asked for?
• More, less or simply different?
• When you get something, do you frequently notice something is missing and you
need to ask for more?
• Does it happen that you don’t have at your disposal the best possible options to
choose from?
Claim 1: Analyze Design Requirements
Claim 1.1: Analyze business requirements, conflicts, and constraints
Drag the top three business challenges Best Buddy is facing today from the left,
and drop them into the three Challenge spaces on the right in no particular order.
Increased OPEX & CAPEX Business Challenge
Budget issues Business Challenge
Business Model Innovation Business Challenge
Rapid Growth
Mergers & Acquisitions Integration
Industry Compliance
Relevant Documentation: Company Overview
…Currently it is a chain of 331 stores in all southwest American states: California, Nevada, Utah,
Colorado, Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Best Buddy has retail locations in the major cities
of each state and in many rural areas. Through acquisitions Best Buddy also expanded to 75 international
locations: Finland, England, France, and Italy in Europe, and Japan in Asia.
…. The majority of Best Buddy’s revenue is from the brick and mortar locations but there is pressure to
expand the online retail presence from both the business partners and stockholders. Due to the success
of the Best Buddy brand and the breadth of their partner relationships, many of Best Buddy suppliers and
partners have offered to enter into exclusive agreements with Best Buddy managing all online e-
commerce.
…. This has encouraged Best Buddy to expand their business with plans to open 115 new stores across
the United States this year and 80 new stores in Europe and Asia. With the rapid expansion of the pet
product and services business, Best Buddy is also expecting a rapid increase in the number of companies
in their ecosystems.
…. They have experienced recent attrition of some of their key network engineers and have recently failed
a PCI-DSS credit card compliance audit due to insufficient protection of customer credit card information.
Increased OPEX & CAPEX Business Model Innovation
Budget issues Business Challenge
Business Challenge
Rapid Growth
Industry Compliance
Budget issues Rapid Growth
Business Challenge
Industry Compliance
Budget issues Rapid Growth
Industry Compliance
Claim 2: Develop Network Designs
Claim 2.3: Incorporate best practices within the network design
Mark the QoS mechanism that should be enabled on the CE routers in the US
retail stores to implement the QoS design and to preserve end-to-end DSCP
markings by checking all checkboxes that apply
Network Location Traffic Policing Classification/ CBWFQ

Shaping Marking
Outbound traffic to SP1
Inbound traffic from SP1
Outbound traffic to SP2
Supporting Documentation: Proposed Changes email
…We have secured a great deal from two MPLS service providers that will provide us with
international coverage for MPLS Layer 3 VPN service. Each store, in the US, EMEA, and
Japan will have a 100 Mb/s Ethernet connection with a 1.5 Mb/s committed rate to service
provider 1 and a T1 to service provider 2. The data centers in the US, EMEA, and Japan will
also connect to both MPLS provider clouds on line-rate gigabit Ethernet connections.
….
Supporting Documentation: New applications email
…In order to make the VoIP seamless to the users, we want to maintain as close to toll
quality as possible. We are also going to add a standard definition video application so that
training and 1:1 meetings can occur between headquarters and the remote sites.
….
We have confirmed with both service providers that they can offer QoS on our Layer 3 VPN
service. These applications, when active, would take priority over the data traffic. Since the
only critical data traffic at the stores is the Point of Sale system, we would like to protect that
from other data traffic by reserving 250 Kb/s for that traffic flow.
….
Supporting Documentation: QoS information email
….
• The video system requires 384 Kb/s of bandwidth. 64 Kb/s for the audio and 320 Kb/s
video. The vendor recommends adding 10% buffer for the bandwidth allocation on the
video stream for small bursts and layer 2 overhead.
• We will be using G.711 for the on-network VoIP application
….Based on feedback from the vendors, we are using the following DSCP values:
Application DSCP
VoIP Bearer EF
VoIP Signaling CS3
Video Bearer CS4
Video Signaling CS3
Point of Sale AF21
All Other BE
Supporting Documentation: QoS information email
…. SP1 has responded back that they use pipe tunnel mode and SP2 has confirmed that
they use uniform tunnel mode. I have attached the QoS profiles each service provider has
available for us. Both providers confirmed that they are not performing traffic shaping in the
core of their network but they do engineer dedicated bandwidth for routing protocols.
…. The video conferencing equipment has the capability to mark the voice and video
independently. For the best experience, the vendor recommends using LLQ for the VoIP
traffic. The video media should also be in a LLQ whenever possible and if unavailable, a
dedicated data queue.
Supporting Documentation: QoS Profiles
SP1 QoS Profile SP2 QoS Profile
VoIP Bearer
VoIP and
Video
Bearer
Video Bearer
VoIP and VoIP and
Video Video
Signaling Signaling
Point of Sale Point of Sale
All Other All Other

Shaping Marking
Outbound traffic to SP1 X don’t care
Outbound traffic to SP2 don’t care

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Shaping Marking
Outbound traffic to SP1 X don’t care X X
Inbound traffic from SP1 X
Outbound traffic to SP2 don’t care X X
Inbound traffic from SP2 X
1 pt. 1 pt.
Claim 3: Implement Network Designs
Claim 3.1: Analyze implementation options
Best Buddy decided to move forward with a MPLS Layer 3 VPN network to
replace frame relay in the US and the leased lines in EMEA and Japan. There will
be a point-to-point Ethernet connection between the two US data centers, and the
international data centers will keep their current interconnects. Which design
option is the cheapest solution that meets the stated requirements?
Supporting Documentation: Network Overview
…Best Buddy has a hub and spoke frame relay network with two different service providers
that connects the main data center to all US-based stores. US-based stores have a T1
connection to each service provider with a 512 Kb/s PVC to the data center.
…. The main data center hosts multiple applications that are used across the company
including the e-commerce web site and supporting systems, a database of all Best Buddy
products, back office point of sale systems, workforce management systems, and a
customer database containing customer purchase histories, frequent shopper IDs, and
billing information.
…. The store cash registers use the Point of Sale system at headquarters to process credit
card transactions. If there is an outage of the main system, the stores have one cash
register that can process credit cards over the local POTS connections and all other credit
card transactions must be processed manually.
Supporting Documentation: Assistance with performance
issues email
…. We know that IT has been a weak spot for us as out network just grew faster than we
ever expected. Thanks for the initial feedback on what you believe are our technical
challenges with the current design. We have decided that we want to aggressively work
towards increasing the scalability of the network while removing the single points of failure
that could impact uptime for our e-commerce site and the retail stores. ….
Supporting Documentation: Upgrade WAN and add a data
center email
…Our management team has decided to address the resiliency of the network design by
adding a data center and upgrading our US network from the current frame relay network to
a newer technology. They would like to realize operational cost savings with this migration
but that is secondary to making sure the business requirements are met.
…. Recently we have had issues in the data center that caused the stores to lose
connectivity with the Point of Sale systems. Although the stores can run credit cards locally,
the limitations of the local system is causing long wait times at the store. Store managers are
pointing to these outages as key reasons for poor sales numbers. It is acceptable for us to
have some stores go offline occasionally but these widespread outages that affect a large
number or all of the stores is a major problem. Management is requiring the new design
create high availability for all of the core systems in the US data center. ….
Incorrect Option
Incorrect Option
Incorrect Option
Correct Option
Claim 4: Validate and Optimize Network Designs
Claim 4.3: Optimize design
The utilization on the connection between the call center and Best Buddy during reported
issues is 90-100% and the LLQ bandwidth is set to 35%. Peak call volume has been
measured at 45 calls and average call volume during the product launch is between 35-40
simultaneous calls.
Which design change can be made to solve this call quality issue and maximize cost
savings?
A. Change the CODEC for calls across the MLPPP bundle to G.729.
B. Order three additional T1s for the MLPPP bundle.
C. Adjust the VoIP payload size for calls across the MLPPP bundle to 240 bytes.
D. Install a 10 Mb/s MPLS connection and remove the existing MLPPP bundle.
E. Enable cRTP header compression on the link between the call center and US DC 1.
Supporting Documentation: Network Overview
… Best Buddy has outsourced customer care calls to a call center company based in
Manilla. The call center provides a toll free number for every country that Best Buddy has a
business presence. The call center partner in Manilla is connected to the US data center via
4 T1s configured in a multi-link PPP bundle. This connection is primarily used for agents to
access the product database, customer database, and the workforce management system
for ticket logging. It is also used during high call volume periods to deliver VoIP from the call
center ACD to Best Buddy employees temporarily acting as customer service agents. QoS is
configured on this connection with LLQ used to protect the VoIP traffic when it is in use. …
Supporting Documentation: VoIP CODEC Bandwidth
Requirements
CODEC Bandwidth
Requirement
g.711 82.8 Kbps
g.728 28.5 Kbps
g.723.1 (6.3kbps) 18.9 Kbps
g.726 (32kbps) 50.8 Kbps
g.729 26.8 Kbps
Claim 4: Validate and Optimize Network Designs
Claim 4.3: Optimize design
The utilization on the connection between the call center and Best Buddy during reported
issues is 90-100% and the LLQ bandwidth is set to 35%. Peak call volume has been
measured at 45 calls and average call volume during the product launch is between 35-40
simultaneous calls.
Which design change can be made to solve this call quality issue and maximize cost
savings?
A. Change the CODEC for calls across the MLPPP bundle to G.729.
B. Order three additional T1s for the MLPPP bundle.
C. Adjust the VoIP payload size for calls across the MLPPP bundle to 240 bytes.
D. Install a 10 Mb/s MPLS connection and remove the existing MLPPP bundle.
E. Enable cRTP header compression on the link between the call center and US DC 1.
CCDE Practical Study and Exam Tips
CCDE Study Tips
• Honestly assess your strengths in • Design Mindset
all technologies and blueprint • Focus on design chapters of
domains recommended books
• Prioritize your studies based on • Don’t worry about configuration
weaknesses unless it helps solidify your
understanding of the technology
• Design experience is key
• Evaluate past work projects
• Read as many case studies and
design reviews as possible
• Join a study group that shares real
world design challenges
Interacting With the CCDE Practical Exam
Understand
• Don’t get overwhelmed by the
amount of information provided
• Take the time to comprehend and
absorb the question
• Don’t be so fast on your decision Connect
• Don’t make false assumptions
• Real-life: will have to work around • Always consider the provided
constraints and bad decisions customer requirements and
constraints
Take action • Connect the question with
• Apply the best design strategy previous questions and
to answer the questions scenario information
• Consolidate the information to • Look at the bigger picture
support your answer – look
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CCDE Preparation Resources
• CCDE Written exam blueprint:
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/certifications/ccde/written_exam/exam-
topics
• CCDE Written exam study/learn:
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/certifications/ccde/written_exam/study-
material
• CCDE Practical exam blueprint:

https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/certifications/ccde/practical_exam/exa
m-topics
• CCDE Practical exam study/learn:
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/certifications/ccde/practical_exam/stud
y-material
• CCDE Study Group: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/groups/ccde-study-group

• Unleashing CCDE Blog: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/blogs/unleashing-ccde
• Follow us on Twitter: @elopes01, @LukaszBromirski and @ylukin00
CCIE/CCDE Program Update
CCIE/CCDE Program update
“It’s not the strongest of the
• Evolving Technologies species that survives, nor the
• Agile Revisions most intelligent, but the one
most responsive to change.”
• Learning Matrix
(Charles Darwin)
• Continuing Education
• Virtual Reality
• Stay Connected
The Evolution of CCIEs
Changing Priorities: Role, Technologies
% of CCIEs Prioritizing Area

Design/Architecture 58
Data Center 41
Leading… Network Optimization 36
SDN 33
Strongly involved in today.. Systems Integration 30
Cloud 35
Network Programming 28
Accelerating… Internet of Things 23

Project/Product Mgmt 20
CCIEs are preparing for.. Analytics 8
Source: L@C Customer Insights Survey, Cisco, November 2016
The Evolution of CCIEs
Changing Priorities: Role, Technologies
Traditional skills New skills

The Hybrid Engineer
Cisco Certifications Evolution
New Certifications
For New Job Roles
Security
IoT and Cloud

Data
Analytics Baseline
Skills
Business Network
Skills Program-
mability
CCIE/CCDE Program Updates
Recent updates
CCIE Data Center CCIE SECU CCIE SP CCIE WIR

v2.0 v5.0 v4.1 v3.1
July 2016 January 2017 June 2017 November 2017
All written BPs Learning Matrix Continuing

incorporate new Education
Evolving technology
domain Agile
CCIE/CCDE Written
Evolving Technologies
 New landing page for Evolving Technologies covered within the written exam
http://www.cisco.com/go/ccieET
Major vs. Minor Exam Revisions
Major Revisions Minor Revisions
• 20 % to 80% change between revisions • Up to 20% change between revisions

• Steep learning curve • Easy bite size learning model
• Alignment issues with latest technologies • Better alignment technologies
Every 3-5 years Every 1-2 years
Sample: Major Minor Minor Minor Major ?
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/expert-level-certifications-agile-blueprints
Minor Revisions AGILE
Minor Revisions Major Revisions

Definition Minor revision entails smaller but Major revision entails larger
frequent changes to the exam track infrequent changes to the exam track
Frequency
Every 1-2 years Every 3-5 years
Blueprint (Exam Topics) Percent Change

Below 20% Above 20%
Software Changes Yes (if needed) Yes
Hardware/Equipment Model Changes Yes, but kept to a minimum Yes

(including real & virtual), and EOL devices (focus on Virtualization, or EOL)
Notification / Announcement ~ 4 months ~ 6 months
Sample: Major Minor Minor Minor Major ?
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/expert-level-certifications-agile-blueprints
CCIE Learning Matrix
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/learning_center/study_learn_content
Learning Matrix Reference books with specific chapters
Resources identified
Cisco® Validated Design documents
Cisco Live! 365 presentations
Training courses
Webinars
VoDs
Solution Reference Network

Designs (SRNDs)
The matrix focusses primarily on Cisco and Cisco Press content
White papers
Case studies, design guides, Design

TechNotes, reference guides, etc.
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 To encourage candidates to diversify their skill sets
 Currently available for CCIE/CCDE only (in active or suspended state)
 Launched June 6th 2017
Option 1 : Written exam Option 2: Continuing Education
1. Enroll to the program

2. Earn 100 credits (by completing any of the
Take the qualification exam (no policy change)
approved offerings)
3. Administrative fee
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 Repeating the same course will not count towards recertification credits.
 Credits, once used, cannot be reused for any other certification track or level.
 Credits must be used (1) before they expire, or (2) during the certification cycle in which they were
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 The Continuing Education administrative fee will need to be paid once you have earned the required
number of credits.
www.cisco.com/go/continuingeducation
Useful links
Introduction video
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/docs/DOC-32760
Homepage
www.cisco.com/go/continuingeducation
CE Portal
https://ce.cisco.com
FAQ
https://learningcontent.cisco.com/cln_storage/text/cln/marketing/continuing-education-faqs-v3.pdf
Program Catalogue
https://learningcontent.cisco.com/cln_storage/text/cln/marketing/continuing-education-catalog-sample.pdf
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CCDE Practical Exam
The Scenario: initial questions to ask to elicit requirements
• Business objectives, pain points and perceived constraints
• Who are the key stakeholders, sponsors, end users?
• Why is there a project in the first place? What are the drivers for the redesign of your existing
network?
• What are the current pain points?
• Which business outcomes the customer expects to achieve?
• What is the business growth plan 3-5 years, capacity planning, scaling requirements?
• Are there any regulatory constraints such as HIPAA, PCI, Fed, and Local Government that affect the
organization and industry? Other known constraints?
• Is there specific equipment, vendors, or protocols preferred or are absolutely out of the question?
• What are the implementation timelines and milestones?
• What are the key success factors? Are there known barriers to success?
• What is the customer tolerance to risk? Conservative or bleeding edge?
CCDE Practical Exam
The Scenario: initial questions to ask to elicit requirements, cont.
• Desired characteristics and capabilities
• What is the current state of the network (baseline), to compare after the implementation of the new design?
• Are there any documentation available, features in use, versions, is standardization consistent?
• What is the financial investment (cost/budget, cost-benefit analysis) x desired business, operational, and innovation
outcomes, followed by a technical translation of these needs/goals to a technology environment?
• What are the desired characteristics of the new network: redundancy/resiliency/convergence, speed, security, cost,
application performance, simplicity, manageability, capabilities? Load balancing, load sharing?
• Footprint, policies, method of access and traffic patterns

• What is the geographical distribution, connectivity options/capabilities on the branches?
• Where do the servers reside in the network, their known vulnerabilities and how the services align with the security
policies?
• What are the current and future traffic patterns, north-south, east-west, or both?
• What are the current and future applications' requirements and tolerance to delay, packet drop, and jitter?
• What is the company security, infrastructure policies? Do you have specific design/architecture principles to adhere to?
Any project management methodology or tools? Network management?
• What are the established SLA's if any, and the level of success achieved for these SLA's?
• Does the network supports the business, the network is the business, or both?
• Will there be a test lab or group, a prototype, a development area?
Certification Process
Overview
CCDE Practical Exam

352-011
Section One
CCDE
Written pass Section Two pass
Exam Lunch
352-001
Section Three
Section Four
CCDE Practical Exam
352-011 Exam Information
• Location: Pearson VUE • Format:
Professional Test Centers; event • 4 distinct scenario-based sections
based (only offered on specific • Approximately 20-35 items per scenario
dates and now available WW) • Scored & non-scored items
• NO “skip question”, NO “go back”
• Duration: 9 hours (8 hour exam • A 24 inch monitor
plus 1 hour lunch break *) • Pre-requisite: CCDE Written
• Scenario section: Uses a • Upcoming Dates:
hypothetical story to set the context • February 27, 2018
of a complex design test that is • May 30, 2018
credible, real-life, and covers • August 1, 2018
multiple steps • November 14, 2018
* Lunch is not provided

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• CCDE and Practical Exam Overview

Implement & Deploy

Validate & Optimize

Security IPv6, QoS,

• Dig for information on each exhibit:

Requirements Weight (optional) Design Solution 1 Design Solution 2 Design Solution 3

Requirement 2 2 partially meets fully meets fully meets

Requirement 3 etc. doesn’t meet partially meets fully meets

• Determine which technology fits where, and why

• During the scenario

• After the scenario

• What does deploy new applications sound like to you?

• What does losing connectivity sound like to you?

• What does losing connectivity sound like to you? Design Failure!

• What does losing connectivity sound like to you? Design Failure!

• What does replacing legacy circuits sound like to you?

• What does losing connectivity sound like to you? Design Failure!

• What does replacing legacy circuits sound like to you? Replace

Budget issues Business Challenge

Business Model Innovation Business Challenge

Mergers & Acquisitions Integration

Budget issues Business Challenge

Mergers & Acquisitions Integration

Budget issues Rapid Growth

Mergers & Acquisitions Integration

Budget issues Rapid Growth

Mergers & Acquisitions Integration

Network Location Traffic Policing Classification/ CBWFQ

Inbound traffic from SP1

Outbound traffic to SP2

Inbound traffic from SP2

Point of Sale Point of Sale

All Other All Other

Network Location Traffic Policing Classification/ CBWFQ

Outbound traffic to SP2 don’t care

Network Location Traffic Policing Classification/ CBWFQ

• CCDE Practical exam blueprint:

• CCDE Study Group: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/groups/ccde-study-group

% of CCIEs Prioritizing Area

Accelerating… Internet of Things 23

CCIEs are preparing for.. Analytics 8

Source: L@C Customer Insights Survey, Cisco, November 2016

Traditional skills New skills

IoT and Cloud

CCIE Data Center CCIE SECU CCIE SP CCIE WIR

All written BPs Learning Matrix Continuing

• 20 % to 80% change between revisions • Up to 20% change between revisions

Every 3-5 years Every 1-2 years

Sample: Major Minor Minor Minor Major ?

Minor Revisions Major Revisions

Blueprint (Exam Topics) Percent Change

Software Changes Yes (if needed) Yes

Hardware/Equipment Model Changes Yes, but kept to a minimum Yes

Notification / Announcement ~ 4 months ~ 6 months

Sample: Major Minor Minor Minor Major ?

Cisco® Validated Design documents

Cisco Live! 365 presentations

Solution Reference Network

Case studies, design guides, Design

Option 1 : Written exam Option 2: Continuing Education

1. Enroll to the program

The catalog includes courses offered by Authorized Cisco

 CCIE/CCDE Techtorial @CL (8hrs) 10