CCIE RS LAB Exam Blueprint, Equipment and IOS version

CCIE ROUTING AND SWITCHING TRACK
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

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

IP Multicast
 PIM, 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

Lab Equipment and IOS Version

The lab exam tests any feature that can be configured on the equipment and the IOS versions indicated below. You may see more recent IOS versions installed in the lab, but you will not be tested on the new features of a release unless indicated below.

3725 series routers - IOS 12.4 mainline – Advanced Enterprise Services
3825 series routers - IOS 12.4 mainline – Advanced Enterprise Services
Catalyst 3550 series switches running IOS version 12.2 – IP Services
Catalyst 3560 Series switches running IOS version 12.2 - Advanced IP Services