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Introduction: A License to Design

Chapter Description

Design methodology isn’t just focused on technology; an architect or designer also needs to focus on business priorities to bring true value to a solution. Martin J. Duggan, author of CCDE v3 Practice Labs: Preparing for the Cisco Certified Design Expert Lab Exam, explores what you can expect in the CCDE v3 Practice Exam.

CCDE Practical Exam v3.0: Large-Scale Networks Technology List

The technologies shown in this document are associated with the Large-Scale Networks area of expertise of the CCDE v3 practical exam. Candidates are expected to have a deep understanding of these technologies. Each of these technologies may appear in any delivery of the exam.

Note: The technologies listed here are in addition to the technologies listed in the CCDE Core Technology list.

1.0 Transport Technologies

1.1 Carrier Ethernet

1.2 Ring-based (such as SONET/SDH, OTU)

1.3 Frame relay (migration only)

1.4 Wireless (including satellite links, microwave links)

1.5 Optical

2.0 Layer 2 Control Plane

2.1 Loop detection protocols and loop-free topology mechanisms

2.1.a REP

2.2 Transport mechanisms and their interaction with routing protocols over different link types

3.0 Layer 3 Control Plane

3.1 Factors affecting convergence

3.1.a Transport

3.2 Generic routing and addressing concepts

3.2.a Large-scale NAT

3.3 Multicast routing concepts

3.3.a Multicast delivery/implementation models

3.3.b mVPN

4.0 Network Virtualization

4.1 Multiprotocol Label Switching

4.1.a Segment routing

4.1.b LDP and SR interworking

4.1.c MPLS traffic engineering

4.2 QoS techniques and strategies

4.2.a End-user requirements

4.2.b DiffServ

4.2.c IntServ

4.3 EVPN

4.3.a Management plane

4.3.b Control plane

4.3.c Data plane (such as VXLAN, MPLS, PBB)

4.3.d Segmentation

4.3.e Policy

4.3.e.i Security

4.3.e.ii Topologies

4.3.e.iii Multiple site strategy

5.0 Security

5.1 Infrastructure security

5.1.a Data plane protection techniques

5.1.a.i uRPF

5.1.a.ii RTBH

6.0 Automation

6.1 Lifecycle management/closed-loop automation

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