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.
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
SLA
IP Multicast
PIM-SM, 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.
