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CCIE Written - Recommended Study Material

This page lists all suggested reading material that may be used, in preparation for taking the CCIE Routing & Switching certification Written Exam.

CCIE Routing and Switching v5.0

By Narbik Kocharians
Peter Paluch
Terry Vinson

Volume 1

Fifth Edition

CCIE Routing and Switching v5.0

By Narbik Kocharians
Terry Vinson

Volume 2

Fifth Edition

Cisco Press Titles

CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Certification Guide, 3rd Edition (Odom, Healy, Mehta, ISBN# 1587201968)
CCIE Practical Studies Volume I (Solie, ISBN# 1587200023)
CCIE Practical Studies Volume II (CCIE Self-Study) (Solie, Lynch, ISBN# 1587050722)
CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Quick Reference Sheets: Exam 350-001 v3.0 (Sequeira, ISBN #1-58705-337-3)
CCIE Routing and Switching Flash Cards (Sequeira and Wallace, ISBN# 1587201291)
CCIE Routing and Switching Practical Labs (Duggan, Gorito, ISBN# 1587051478)
Cisco BGP-4 Command and Configuration Handbook (Parkhurst, ISBN# 158705017X)
Cisco Catalyst QoS: Quality of Service in Campus Networks (Flannagan, Froom, Turek: Cisco Press)
Cisco Frame Relay Solutions Guide (Chin: Cisco Press, ISBN# 1587051168)
Cisco LAN Switching (Clark, Hamilton, ISBN# 1578700949)
Cisco OSPF Command and Configuration Handbook (Parkhurst, ISBN# 1587050714)
Developing IP Multicast Networks, Volume I (Beau Williamson, ISBN# 1578700779)
Implementing Cisco IPv6 Networks (IPv6) (Regis Desmeules, ISBN# 1587050862)
Inside Cisco IOS Software Architecture (Bollapragada, Murphy, White, ISBN# 1578701813)
Internet Routing Architectures, Second Edition (Sam Halabi, ISBN# 15787050862)
MPLS and VPN Architectures (Guichard, Pepelnjak, ISBN# 1587050021)
MPLS and VPN Architectures, Volume II (Apcar, Guichard, Pepelnjak, ISBN# 1587051125)
Routing TCP/IP, Volume I, Second Edition (Carroll, Doyle, ISBN# 1587052024)
Routing TCP/IP, Volume II (CCIE Professional Development) (Doyle, DeHaven Carroll, ISBN# 1578700892)
Troubleshooting IP Routing Protocols (CCIE Professional Development Series) (Aziz, Liu, Martey, Shamim, ISBN# 1587050196)
Troubleshooting Remote Access Networks (CCIE Professional Development) (Nedeltchev, ISBN# 1587050765)
Building Service-Aware Networks (Khan, ISBN: 1-58705-788-3)
Cisco Field Manual: Router Configuration (Hucaby, McQuerry; ISBN: 1-58705-024-2)
Cisco Field Manual: Catalyst Switch Configuration (Hucaby, McQuerry; ISBN: 1-58705-043-9)
Cisco Network Security Troubleshooting (Hoda; ISBN: 1-58705-189-3)
Comparing, Designing and Deploying VPNs (Lewis, 1-58705-179-6)
Deploying IPv6 Networks (Popoviciu, Levy-Abengnoli, Grossetete; ISBN: 1-58705-210-5)
Troubleshooting VPNs (Lewis, ISBN: 1-58705-104-4)

Other Publications

Cisco Documentation
Configuring IPv6 for Cisco IOS (Edgar Parenti, Jr., Eric Knnip, Brian Browne, Syngress, ISBN# 1928994849)
Interconnections: Bridges & Routers, Second Edition (Perlman, Addison Wesley, ISBN# 0201634481)
"Internetworking Technology Overview" Available through Cisco Store under doc # DOC-785777
Internetworking with TCP/IP, Vol.1: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture (4th Edition)
(Comer, Prentice Hall, ISBN# 0130183806)
IPv6: Theory, Protocol, and Practice, 2nd Edition (Pete Loshin, Morgan Kaufmann, ISBN# 1558608109)
LAN Protocol Handbook (Miller, M&T Press, ISBN# 1558510990 )
Routing In the Internet (2nd Edition) (Huitema, Prentice Hall, ISBN# 0130226475)
TCP/IP Illustrated: Volumes 1, 2, and 3 (Stevens/Wright, Addison Wesley, ISBN# 0201633469, 020163354X, 0201634953)

IETF & Lookup Resources

Online Resources

Emerging Technologies

Cisco Press books | Suggested reading
Designing Networks and Services for the Cloud: Delivering business-grade cloud applications and services (ISBN-10: 1-58714-294-5)
Understanding Cisco Cloud Fundamentals video lessons (ISBN-10: 1-58720-665-X)
An Introduction to Software Defined Networking (SDN) Live Lessons (ISBN-10: 0-7897-5381-2)
Evolving Technologies Study Guide - By: Nicholas J. Russo CCIE #42518 (RS/SP)

Reference URLs

Cisco Live presentations

BRKDEV-2003 - Programming the Network: Let's Get Started
BRKRST-2051 - SDN - From Concepts To Reality
BRKRST-1014 - Introduction to Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Programmability
BRKCDN-1005 - Better Network Management Through Network Programmability
BRKNMS-2030 - Onboard Automation with Cisco IOS Embedded Event Manager
BRKNMS-2446 - Do IT with DevOps
BRKDEV-2001 - DevOps in Programmable Network Environments
BRKCRT-2603 - Cloudy with a chance of SDN
BRKSDN-2761 - OpenDaylight: The Open Source SDN Controller Platform
BRKSDN-1903 - A Model-driven Approach to Software Defined Networks with Yang, Netconf/Restconf
BRKCRS-2444 - The Internet of Things: an Architectural Foundation and its Protocols
BRKSPG-2611 - IP Routing in Smart Object Networks and the Internet of Things
BRKIOT-2020 - The Evolution from Machine-to-Machine (M2M) to the Internet of Everything: Technologies and Standards
DEVNET-1108 - Cisco Executives Discuss the Internet of Things
On-Demand Cisco Live Session Library

CCIE Community Events

CCIE Technical webinars

Cisco DevNet

DevNet Sandbox
Coding 101

Recommended Courses

Cisco - Introducing Network Programmability Fundamentals
Cisco - Introduction to APIC EM Deployment
Cisco - Understanding Cisco Cloud Fundamentals (CLDFND) 1.0

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