CCDE STUDY Plan by Mohamed Radwan

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Required Resources:
§  Time:
o    at least 2 hours during weekdays
o    4 – 6 hours during the weekend

§  Resources:
o    Books are available on Safari Books Online  oreilly.com
o    Videos Available on ciscolive.com
o    Exam Simulations available on leanpub.com
§  CCDE Practice Design Scenarios by Marwan Alshawi
§  CCDE: The Practical Guide by Mohamed Radwan
o    CCDE Simulator https://agileis.com.au/training/ccdesimulator/
o    CCDE Technology Training: Self-paced
o    CCDE Bootcamp: Self-paced

§  Money:
o    Safari Online subscription $39 per month (register for 2 months)
o    Cisco Live Free
o    CCDE Practice Scenarios:
§  CCDE Practice Design Scenarios $220
§  CCDE: The Practical Guide $99
o    CCDE Technology Training
§  Self-paced: $397
o    CCDE Bootcamp
§  Self-paced: $297
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Optimal Routing Design:
BGP Design and Implementation:
Must Read

Definitive MPLS Network Designs:

CCDE Study Guide
End to End QoS Network Design Quality of Service in LANs WANs and VPN

Comparing, Designing, and Deploying VPNs:

Deploying IPv6 Networks:
Designing Network Security, 2nd Edition:
Developing IP Multicast Networks, Volume I:
Additional Reading

MPLS Enabled Applications

Top-Down Network Design, 2nd Edition
The Art of Network Architecture
Selecting MPLS VPN
Network Security Architecture
Network Management Fundamentals

MPLS and VPN Architectures, Volume II

MPLS and VPN Architectures:
OSPF Network Design Solutions, 2nd Edition
QoS for IP/MPLS Networks
Basics (good to have)

Fault-Tolerant IP and MPLS Networks

Advanced MPLS Design and Implementation
MPLS Fundamentals
Layer 2 VPN Architectures:
Traffic Engineering with MPLS:
Network Security Principles and Practices:
Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures (ARCH)
Weeks Technology Training Books to read Chapters

1 1)      ISIS Optimal Routing Design 5

2 2)      OSPF Optimal Routing Design 4

3 3)      EIGRP Optimal Routing Design 3

4 4)      RIP & IGP Comparison Optimal Routing Design 7

5 5)      BGP Basics BGP Design and Implementations All

6)      BGP Designs,

6 BGP Design and Implementations All
Enhancement, New Features

7 7)      MPLS Definitive MPLS Network Designs

8 8)      MPLS Applications Definitive MPLS Network Designs

MPLS Enabled Application / MPLS

9 9)      MPLS TE
Traffic Engineering

10 10)    QoS End to End QoS Network Design

11 End to End QoS Network Design

12

13 11)    Multicast Routing Routing TCP/IP, Volume II 7,8,9

IP Multicast Design
12)    Multicast Flavors & All
14 CCIE Routing and Switching v5.0
Services 7, 8
Official Cert Guide

15 13)    Security Network Security Architecture All

16 14)    IPSec & Other Tunnelling Comparing VPN

17 15)    IPv6 Deploying IPv6 Networks:

 CCIE Routing and Switching v5.0
Official Cert Guide 3
18 16)    Switching & DC
Designing Cisco Network Service 2, 5
Architectures (ARCH 4th Edition)

19 17)    SDN/NFV Emerging Technologies by Nick Russo

20 18)    Cloud/IoT http://njrusmc.net/pub/etech.pdf

21 19)    Management & Operations Network Management Fundamentals
22 20)    Design Skills
23 Review
24 CCDE Written Exam Review

25

26

27 Prepare for CCDE Practical

first four
28 Analyze Design Requirements Top-down network design -- 3rd Edition
chapters

29 The art of network Architecture

30 The art of network Architecture

31 Develop Network Design CCDE Study Guide
32 CCDE Study Guide
33
34 Implement Network Design Selecting MPLS VPN
35

36 validate and optimize Network Design

37
38 Review
39 Review
40
Videos To watch

BRKRST-2335 IS-IS Network Design and Deployment

BRKRST-2310 Deploying OSPF in a Large-Scale Network

BRKRST-2337 - OSPF Deployment in Modern Networks

BRKRST-2336 EIGRP Deployment in Modern Networks 

BRKIPM-3363 - Advanced Fast Routing Convergence: Network Availability

and Simplicity

BRKRST-3371 - Advances in BGP

BRKRST-3321 - Advanced - Scaling BGP
BRKRST-3051 Core Network Design: Minimizing Packet Loss with IGPs and
MPLS

BRKIPM-3071 - Advanced MPLS Designs

BRKIPM-2102 - Deploying IP/MPLS VPNs

BRKRST-2045 - Advanced Technologies and Concepts for Extending L3 VPN
Over IP-Based WAN Transport

BRKRST-2044 Enterprise Multi-Homed Internet Edge Architectures

BRKCAM-3012 - Advanced Campus QoS Design

BRKCRS-2501 - Campus QoS Design Simplified
BRKRST-2042 Highly Available Wide Area Network Design

BRKIPM-2261 - Deploying IP Multicast

BRKIPM-3017 - mVPN Deployment Models

BRKMPL-1261 - IP Multicast - Concepts, Design and Troubleshooting

BRKRST-2041 - WAN Architectures and Design Principles

BRKSEC-4054 DMVPN Deployment Models [2012 San Diego] 

BRKSEC-4054 Advanced Concepts of DMVPN: DMVPN Phases

BRKSEC-2020 - Firewall Deployment
BRKRST-2116 - IPv6 From Introduction to Intermediate in 90 Minutes
BRKIPM-3010 Which Routing Protocol? - IPv4 and IPv6 Perspective.
BRKCAM-3013 - Advanced Enterprise Multilayer and Routed Access Campus
Design
BRKDCT-3313 - FabricPath Operation and Troubleshooting

BRKCAM-2009 - Multilayer Campus Architectures and Design Principles

BRKCRS-3036 Enterprise Campus Design: Routed Access

BRKEWN-3014 - Best Practices to Deploy High-Availability in Wireless LAN

Architectures

BRKSPG-2116 - Advances in IP+Optical

BRKMPL-2105: MPLS Solutions for Cloud Networking

BRKMPL-2109: Inter-AS MPLS Solutions

BRKCRS-2261: Deploying Layer 2 Networks - Avoiding Loops, Drops,

Flooding
BRKSEC-2000: Secure Enterprise Design
TECSEC-2011: IPSec and SSL VPNs

Exam Day, Best of Luck J

Additional Reading Practice

Use of OSI IS-IS for Routing in TCP/IP and Dual Environments

IS-IS Mesh Groups

The OSPF Not-So-Stubby Area (NSSA) Option

Alternative Implementations of OSPF Area Border Routers

Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGP

BGP Route Reflection: An Alternative to Full Mesh Internal BGP (IBGP)

RFC 3013: Recommended Internet Service

Provider Security Services and Procedures

Comparing, Designing, and Deploying

VPNs:

Layer 2 VPN Architectures:

RFC 2475 – An Architecture for

Differentiated Services

Developing IP Multicast Networks,

Volume I:

Network Security Principles and Practices:

The Generalized TTL Security Mechanism (GTSM)

BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

Capabilities Advertisement with BGP-4

Autonomous System Confederations for BGP

Large-Scale Network Design: By Russ White (O'REILLY)

Large-Scale Network Design: By Russ White (O'REILLY)

CCDE Practical Guide: Scenario 1

CCDE Practical Guide: Scenario 2

CCDE Practical Guide: Scenario 3

CCDE Practical Guide: Scenario 4
CCDE Practice Design: Scenario 1
CCDE Practice Design: Scenario 2
CCDE Practice Design: Scenario 3
CCDE Practice Design: Scenario 4

Zig Zsiga Free CCDE Practice Scenario

Nick Russo Free CCDE Practice Scenario

Mindset:
o    Think “WHY” instead of “HOW, and WHAT”
o    Understand and educate the customer
o    Technologies are great, however, need to use to them for benefit of customer’s requirements
o    Be the Bridge between Business and Technical domains

Skills:
o    Identify - bridge - Deliver – Advocate
o    Analytical Skills
o    Problem Solving
o    Evaluate and weight possible solutions/options
o    Requirements gathering
o    Consider rules, regulations, and constraints
o    Translates business needs into technical requirements
o    Sound Knowledge of Design Pillars

Prerequisites:
o    No official prerequisites for CCDE
o    In my opinion candidate should have:
§  At least 7 years’ experience
§  3 – 5 years design experience
§  Customer facing (Pre-Sales) is a plus

General Tips:
1-      Evaluate yourself (SWOT Analysis)  use this sheet
https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en_us/training-events/le31/le46/cln/marketing/learning-matrix/CCDE-W
2-      Documents will remain for the whole scenario, you can get back to it whenever u want
3-      Highlights are really useful
4-      Learn the skill on how to “Defend your answer”
5-      Watch out  Branching Questions

Exam Day Tips:

1-      Take a Light Meal
2-      At least 8 hours Sleep
3-      Master fast reading techniques
4-      using highlighting colors for the scenario's documentations
5-      keep focus and concentrating till the end of each scenario
6-      It is easy to start strong but by time and while approaching to the last scenario you will be tired and
7-      Don’t panic or get disappointed if the customer choice is different than the one you proposed (actua
ustomer’s requirements

rketing/learning-matrix/CCDE-Written-Learning-Matrix.xlsx
it whenever u want

st scenario you will be tired and mentally exhausted

han the one you proposed (actually this a real-life example)