CCDE Written Learning Matrix
CCDE Written Learning Matrix
. The goal of this learning matrix is to help you attain your goal to become certified by providing study resources tailored to you
. It is intended to be used as a reference, and not to provide a complete list of all resources available. The matrix focusses prim
. These widely available preparation resources can be in the form of specific chapters of books, Cisco Validated Design docume
webinars, VoDs, SRNDs, white papers, case studies, design guides, Design TechNotes, reference guides, etc.
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Validated Design documents (CVDs), Cisco Live 365 presentations, courses,
be found here
within this matrix. But it will certainly improve your skills, which will serve as the foundation you need to build upon.
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1.2 b Spanning tree tuning techniques CCIE Routing and Switching v5.0 Official Cert Guide,
Volume 1, 5th Edition -
http://www.ciscopress.com/store/ccie-routing-and-
switching-v5.0-official-cert-guide-9781587143960
Chapter 3 - Spanning Tree Protocol - (RootGuard,
BPDUGuard and BPDUFilter)
Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures
(ARCH) Foundation Learning Guide: (CCDP ARCH 642-
874), 3rd Edition -
http://www.ciscopress.com/store/designing-cisco-
network-service-architectures-arch-9781587142888
Chapter 5 - Enterprise Data Center Design - (Scaling
Spanning Tree and High Availability)
1.3 Describe mechanisms that are available for creating loop-free topologies
1.3 a REP
1.3 b Multipath CCIE Routing and Switching v5.0 Official Cert Guide,
Volume 1, 5th Edition -
http://www.ciscopress.com/store/ccie-routing-and-
switching-v5.0-official-cert-guide-9781587143960
Chapter 3 - Spanning Tree Protocol - Configuring and
Troubleshooting EtherChannels
1.3 c Switch clustering Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures
(ARCH) Foundation Learning Guide: (CCDP ARCH 642-
874), 3rd Edition -
http://www.ciscopress.com/store/designing-cisco-
network-service-architectures-arch-9781587142888
Chapter 2 - Enterprise Campus Network Design -
Supporting Virtual Switching Systems Designs
1.3 e Loop detection and mitigation CCIE Routing and Switching v5.0 Official Cert Guide,
Volume 1, 5th Edition -
http://www.ciscopress.com/store/ccie-routing-and-
switching-v5.0-official-cert-guide-9781587143960
Chapter 3 - Chapter 3. Spanning Tree Protocol
(LoopGuard, EtherChannel Misconfiguration Guard,
UDLD, Bridge Assurance)
1.4 Describe the effect of transport mechanisms and their CCNP Routing and Switching ROUTE 300-101 Official
interaction with routing protocols over different types of links Cert Guide - http://www.ciscopress.com/store/ccnp-
routing-and-switching-route-300-101-official-cert-
9781587205590
Chapter 4 - Fundamental EIGRP Concepts -
Neighborship over WANs
Chapter 7 - Fundamental OSPF Concepts - OSPF
Neighbors and Adjacencies on WANs
1.5 Describe multicast routing concepts CCIE Routing and Switching v5.0 Official Cert Guide,
Volume 2, 5th Edition -
http://www.ciscopress.com/store/ccie-routing-and-
switching-v5.0-official-cert-guide-9781587144912
Chapter 7 - Introduction to IP Multicasting
Chapter 8 - IP Multicast Routing
Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures
(ARCH) Foundation Learning Guide: (CCDP ARCH 642-
874), 3rd Edition -
http://www.ciscopress.com/store/designing-cisco-
network-service-architectures-arch-9781587142888
Chapter 10 - IP Multicast Design
1.6 Describe the impact of fault isolation and resiliency on network design
1.6 a Fault isolation
2.1 b When to leak routes / avoid suboptimal routing Optimal Routing Design -
http://www.ciscopress.com/store/optimal-routing-
design-paperback-9781587142444
Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (Protocol Specific)
2.1 c Determine aggregation location and techniques
2.4 Describe the impact of fault isolation and resiliency on Optimal Routing Design -
network design or network reliability http://www.ciscopress.com/store/optimal-routing-
design-paperback-9781587142444
2.4 a Fault isolation Optimal
Chapter 7Routing Design
- Fast Down -
Detection
http://www.ciscopress.com/store/optimal-routing-
design-paperback-9781587142444
Chapters 1, 2
2.5 Describe metric-based traffic flow and modification Optimal Routing Design -
http://www.ciscopress.com/store/optimal-routing-
design-paperback-9781587142444
2.5 a Metrics to modify traffic flow Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6 (Protocol Specific)
2.6 Describe fast convergence techniques and mechanisms Optimal Routing Design -
http://www.ciscopress.com/store/optimal-routing-
design-paperback-9781587142444
Chapter 7 - High Availability and Fast Convergence
2.7 b Microloops
2.7 c Transport
2.8 Describe unicast routing protocol operation (OSPF, EIGRP, IS- Optimal Routing Design -
IS, BGP, and RIP) in relation to network design http://www.ciscopress.com/store/optimal-routing-
design-paperback-9781587142444
Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6 (Protocol Specific)
2.1 Describe the interaction between routing protocols and topoloOptimal Routing Design -
http://www.ciscopress.com/store/optimal-routing-
design-paperback-9781587142444
Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6 (Protocol Specific)
2.11 Describe generic routing and addressing concepts Routing TCP/IP, Volume 1, 2nd Edition -
http://www.ciscopress.com/store/routing-tcp-ip-
volume-ii-ccie-professional-development-
9781587054709
Chapter 1
2.12 Describe multicast routing concepts Routing TCP/IP, Volume II (CCIE Professional
Development) -
http://www.ciscopress.com/store/routing-tcp-ip-
volume-ii-ccie-professional-development-
9781587054709
Chapter 5
Routing TCP/IP, Volume II (CCIE Professional
Development) -
http://www.ciscopress.com/store/routing-tcp-ip-
volume-ii-ccie-professional-development-
9781587054709
Chapter 5
2.12 a General multicast concepts
2.12 e mVPN
2.13 Describe IPv6 concepts and operation Deploying IPv6 Networks - http://www.ciscopress.com/store/deploying-ipv6-n
4.10 Describe tools and technologies for identity management Network Security Architectures -
http://www.ciscopress.com/store/network-security-
architectures-paperback-9781587142970
Chapter 9 - Identity Design Considerations
4.11 Describe tools and technologies for 802.11 wireless deployme Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions (DESGN)
Foundation Learning Guide: (CCDA DESGN 640-864),
3rd Edition -
http://www.ciscopress.com/store/designing-for-cisco-
internetwork-solutions-desgn-foundation-
9780132711265
Chapter 10 - Identifying Design Considerations for
Basic Wireless Networking
4.13 Describe tools and technologies for SAN fabric deployment Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures
(ARCH) Foundation Learning Guide: (CCDP ARCH 642-
874), 3rd Edition -
http://www.ciscopress.com/store/designing-cisco-
network-service-architectures-arch-9781587142888
Chapter 6 - SAN Design Considerations
Cisco Live 365 presentations - Cisco Validated Designs
https://www.ciscolive.com/online/connect/search.ww
BRKDCT-1044 - FCoE for the IP Network Engineer (2012 Data Center Design Summary: Storage Infrastructure p.14-17 -
San Diego) - http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/solutions/CVD/Aug2
https://www.ciscolive.com/online/connect/search.ww#l 014/DataCenterDesignSummary-AUG14.pdf
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1044&searchType=session&tc=0&sortBy=&p=
Courses Other Completed?
IPSpace.net blog -
http://blog.ipspace.net/2010/09/ribs-and-fibs.html
Anycast RP -
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios/solutions
_docs/ip_multicast/White_papers/anycast.html
Configuring PIM -
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/dat
acenter/nexus5000/sw/multicast/5_0_3_N1_1/Cisco
_n5k_layer3_multicast_config_gd_rel_503_N1_1/pi
m.html
IPv6 Fundamentals, Design and Deployment (IP6FD) 3.0 - IPv6 Addressing White Paper - August 2013 -
http://tools.cisco.com/GlobalLearningLocator/courseDetails.do? http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/solutions/CVD/Au
actionType=executeCourseDetail&courseID=5653 g2013/CVD-IPv6AddressingWhitePaper-AUG13.pdf
Implementing Cisco MPLS (MPLS) 2.3 -
http://tools.cisco.com/GlobalLearningLocator/courseDetails.do?
actionType=executeCourseDetail&courseID=5543
Implementing Cisco Quality of Service (QOS) 2.5 - Cisco Catalyst 3560 and 3750 QoS Simplified...
http://tools.cisco.com/GlobalLearningLocator/courseDetails.do? Seriously! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?
actionType=executeCourseDetail&courseID=5924 v=6UJZBeK_JCs
Implementing Cisco Quality of Service (QOS) 2.5 - Cisco Catalyst 3560 and 3750 QoS Simplified...
http://tools.cisco.com/GlobalLearningLocator/courseDetails.do? Seriously! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?
actionType=executeCourseDetail&courseID=5924 v=6UJZBeK_JCs