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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: Workforce Mobility Technology List

The technologies listed in this document are associated with the Workforce Mobility 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 Security

1.1 Network control and identity management

1.1.a Cisco ISE

2.0 Wireless

2.1 Enterprise wireless network

2.1.a WLAN architectures

2.1.a.i Centralized

2.1.a.ii Distributed

2.1.b Roaming optimizations

2.1.c Mesh network architecture

2.1.d RF and radio design

2.1.d.i Channel planning

2.1.d.ii Channel width

2.1.d.iii Spatial streams

2.1.d.iv Radio Resource Management

2.1.d.v Client considerations, such as transmit power, RSSI, SNR

2.1.e Antenna types

2.2 Regulatory domains

2.3 Site survey

2.3.a Floor maps

2.3.b Coverage requirements

2.3.c Building materials

2.3.d Attenuation

2.3.e Interferences

2.3.f Capacity planning

2.3.g AP cell areas

2.3.h Wired network

2.3.h.i PoE

2.3.h.ii Switch port capacity

2.3.h.iii Uplink capacity

2.3.i Outdoor/indoor locations

2.3.j Survey types

2.3.j.i Walkthrough

2.3.j.ii Predictive

2.3.j.iii Active

2.3.j.iv Passive

2.3.k Heat maps

2.4 Requirement gathering and analysis

2.4.a Areas of coverage

2.4.a.i Expected coverage per area

2.4.a.ii Client density

2.5 Multicast over wireless

2.6 mDNS

2.7 Location services and solutions

2.7.a RTLS

2.7.b DNA Spaces

2.7.b.i Analytics

2.8 Automation, Assurance, Insights, and Telemetry (Legacy and DNAc)

2.8.a AVC/NetFlow

2.8.b DNAc

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