CCIE Certification

The Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert, or CCIE, is a technical certification offered by Cisco Systems. The Cisco Certified
Internetwork Expert (CCIE) and Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE) certifications were established to assist the industry in
distinguishing the top echelon of internetworking experts worldwide and to assess Expert-level infrastructure network design skills
worldwide. These certifications are generally accepted worldwide as the most prestigious networking certifications in the industry.
The CCIE and CCDE community has established a reputation of leading the networking industry in deep technical networking
knowledge and are deployed into the most technically challenging network assignments. The Expert-level certification program
continually updates and revises its testing tools and methodologies to ensure and maintain program quality, relevance and value.
Through a rigorous written exam and a performance-based lab exam, these expert-level certification programs set the standard for
internetworking expertise.[1]

The program is currently divided into six different areas of expertise or "tracks". One may choose to pursue multiple CCIE tracks in
several different categories of Cisco technology: Routing & Switching, Service Provider, Security, Collaboration, Data Center, and
Wireless.

Contents
CCIE Requirements
Tracks of Expert Certification
CCIE Emeritus
Continuing Education Program
Relevance to real-world situations
See also
References

CCIE Requirements
CCIE candidates must first pass a written qualification exam and then the corresponding hands-on lab exam. Though there are no
formal requirements to take a CCIE certification exam, an in-depth understanding of the topics on the exams and three to five years
of job experience are expected before attempting certification.[2]

There are two test sets for the requirement for certification

Written Exam : Duration 120 minutes , 90 - 1 0 questions with multiple choice and simulation
Lab Exam : 8 hours Lab exam (One day), Previously , CCIE Lab Exams were two full days exams
Details: The CCIE Routing and Switching Lab exam consists of a 2 hour Troubleshooting section, a 30 minute Diagnostic section,
and a 5 hour and 30 minute Configuration section. The format dif
fers per track.

Tracks of Expert Certification

There are seven tracks of Expert Level certifications. It was designed for the requirement of the industry. It was updated over time,
and the latest tracks should be verified on CCIE of
ficial website.

CCDE : The expert-level network design engineers who is capable of translating business needs, budget, and
operational constraints into the design of a converged solution.[3]
 CCIE Routing & Switching: The most popular CCIE track. The expert-level network engineers who can plan, operate
and troubleshoot complex, converged network infrastructure.[4]
CCIE Collaboration: Suitable expert level for the Collaboration Architects, Unified Communications Architects, or
Voice and Video Network Managers[5]
CCIE Data Center: Expert of the planning, design, implementation and management of complex, modern IT data
center infrastructure. [6]
CCIE Security: Concerning the modern security risks, threats, vulnerabilities, The security experts who have the
knowledge and skills to architect, engineer, implement, troubleshoot, and support the full suite of Cisco security
technologies and solutions using the latest industry best practices to secure systems and environments. [7]

CCIE Service Provider: The expert-level ISP (Internet Service Provider) network engineers who bring the knowledge
[8]
and skill to build an extensible Service Provider infrastructure to deliver rich managed services
CCIE Wireless: The expert who is able to demonstrate broad theoretical knowledge of wireless networking and a
solid understanding of wireless local area networking (WLAN) technologies from Cisco. [9]

CCIE Emeritus
Active CCIE holders are able to apply for CCIE Emeritus status when they pass their ten year anniversary of CCIE certification.

CCIE Emeritus status generally applies to those that have moved out of "day to day" network and technical work but
would like to stay involved in the CCIE program serving as ambassadors to current and future CCIE program.
CCIE Emeritus status is a non-active CCIE holder but candidates are recognized for technical proficiency and long
term status within the CCIE program.
CCIE Emeritus holders have the opportunity to re-enter active CCIE status by taking any current CCIE-level written
exam. [10]

Continuing Education Program

The Continuing Education Program is alternative way of re-certification for the CCIE license instead of passing the written exam.
This program is managed by the principals Flexibility
, Diversity and Integrity.

Flexibility: Allowing individuals a wide range of options for the re-certification

Diversity: Several options of training: online courses, instructor-led training and authoring of content
Integrity: Achieved by having Cisco authorized content providers with re-certification requirements validate the
credits submitted by that individual[11]

Relevance to real-world situations

Regarding a new approach to networking with software-defined networking, there are some critics about CCIE certifications that
challenge corner-case scenarios of written and lab exams. However, the principle of networking is still the same and a router or a
switch is a physical device or just a piece of software, the fundamental networking operations remain the same in the real-world
[12]
internetworking. CCIE holders are still relevant to the software-defined networking era.

See also
CCNA
CCNP
Cisco certifications

References
1. "Expert Certifications" (http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/training-certifications/certifications/expert.html/)
.
Retrieved 31 July 2017.
2. http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/certifications/expert/ccie_rs/index.htmlCCIE Routing and Switching
3. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/training-certifications/certifications/expert/ccde.html
 4. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/training-certifications/certifications/expert/ccie-routing-switching.html
5. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/training-certifications/certifications/expert/ccie-collaboration.html
6. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/training-certifications/certifications/expert/ccie-data-center
.html
7. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/training-certifications/certifications/expert/ccie-security
.html
8. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/training-certifications/certifications/expert/ccie-service-provider
.html
9. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/training-certifications/certifications/expert/ccie-wireless.html
10. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/training-certifications/certifications/expert/ccie-program/emeritus.html
11. https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/certifications/cisco-continuing-education-program
12. http://www.networkworld.com/article/3097523/careers/plea-to-cisco-ccie-routing-and-switching-written-exam-needs-
to-be-fixed.html

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