CCIE Routing and Switching Certification Guide (4th Edition) [Hardcover]

Wendell Odom (Author), Rus Healy (Author), Denise Donohue (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1587059800 | ISBN-13: 978-1587059803 | Publication Date: December 18, 2009 | Edition: 4

• Master CCIE Routing and Switching 4.0 blueprint exam topics
• Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes
• Review key concepts with Exam Preparation Tasks
• Practice with realistic exam questions on the CD-ROM

CCIE Routing and Switching Certification Guide, Fourth Edition, is a best-of-breed  Cisco® exam study guide that focuses specifically on the objectives for the CCIE® Routing and Switching written exam. Well-respected networking professionals Wendell Odom, Rus Healy, and Denise Donohue share preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics.

 

CCIE Routing and Switching Certification Guide, Fourth Edition, presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes open each chapter and allow you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks sections help drill you on key concepts you must know thoroughly.

 

The companion CD-ROM contains a powerful testing engine that allows you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams. The assessment engine also tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, presenting question-by-question remediation to the text and laying out a complete study plan for review.

 

Well regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this official study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time.

 

CCIE Routing and Switching Certification Guide, Fourth Edition, is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners worldwide, please visit www.cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining.

 

The official study guide helps you master all the topics on the CCIE Routing and Switching written exam, including:

• Bridging and LAN switching
• IP addressing, IP services, TCP, UDP, and application protocol details
• Layer 3 forwarding concepts
• EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP routing protocols
• Quality of service
• Frame Relay
• MPLS
• IP multicast
• IPv6
• Router and switch security
• Troubleshooting

Companion CD-ROM

The CD-ROM contains 200 practice questions for the exam.

 

This volume is part of the Certification Guide Series from Cisco Press®. Books in this series provide officially developed exam preparation materials that offer assessment, review, and practice to help Cisco Career Certification candidates identify weaknesses, concentrate

their study efforts, and enhance their confidence as exam day nears.

 

Category: Cisco Press–Cisco Certification

Covers: CCIE Routing and Switching written exam 350-001 v4.0

 

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Wendell Odom, CCIE No. 1624, is a 28-year veteran of the networking industry. He

currently works as an independent author of Cisco certification resources and occasional

instructor of Cisco authorized training for Skyline ATS. He has worked as a network

engineer, consultant, systems engineer, instructor, and course developer. He is author of

several best-selling Cisco certification titles. He maintains lists of current titles, links to

Wendell’s blogs, and other certification resources at www.TheCertZone.com.

 

Rus Healy, CCIE No. 15025, has worked on several Cisco Press projects, including the

third edition of this book as a coauthor, and the second edition as a technical reviewer. Rus

is chief technology officer of Annese & Associates, Cisco’s Education Partner of the Year

for the Northeast US and Canada. Rus serves on the Board of Directors of Habitat for

Humanity of New York State and Habitat for Humanity of Ontario County, NY.

 

Denise Donohue, CCIE No. 9566, is senior solutions architect for ePlus Technology, a

Cisco Gold partner. She works as a consulting engineer, designing networks for ePlus’s

customers. Prior to this role, she was a systems engineer for the data consulting arm of

SBC/AT&T. She has co-authored several Cisco Press books in the areas of route/switch and

voice. Denise has been a Cisco instructor and course director for Global Knowledge and

did network consulting for many years. Her areas of specialization include route/switch,

voice, and data center.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1080 pages
• Publisher: Cisco Press; 4 edition (December 18, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1587059800
• ISBN-13: 978-1587059803
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.6 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,293 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid Book, for CCE RS *WRITTEN* 5 stars., December 18, 2009

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This review is from: CCIE Routing and Switching Certification Guide (4th Edition) (Hardcover)

This book is a solid read. I will warn you, it can be "high level" on a lot of different concepts. What I mean by high level is this book is more about hitting the highlights than the nitty gritty.

If you are like me, did your CCNA and your CCNP, then this book will make sense. It admits that "goes into a little more detail than the CCNP material" and that sounds about right. If you are looking for a book and you are a noob that wants to learn about networking this book is NOT for you.

Who's this book for? People that want to take the CCIE Routing and Switching Exam version 4. The book tells you that is what it's for. So again, if you are a CCNP and I mean a REAL CCNP and not some retard who memorized a bunch of answers and can actually perform REAL network duties, then you will be fine with this book.

It will cover what you need to know for the CCIE RS written which really, covers a broad set of topics and doesn't go deep into everything. The lab however will, so while this will get you through the written don't forget to add the following books:

Routing TCP/IP Volume 1 second edition, jeff doyle (CISCO PRESS)
Routing TCP/IP Volume 2, jeff doyle (CISCO PRESS)
MPLS Fundamentals, cisco press

You may also want to read the BCMSN book by cisco press as well.

So for the CCIE RS written, this book is good for that but if you want deep and explanation of line by line what things do, the background on them - this is more of a fly by but essential for your CCIE RS written exam.

So for the CCIE RS Written = 5 stars, if you are using this for the lab, 3 stars you need more, but they tell you that in the book so kudos to them :)

-Nick

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book, allot of errors, July 11, 2010

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Rob - See all my reviews

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This review is from: CCIE Routing and Switching Certification Guide (4th Edition) (Hardcover)

This book has allot of errors. Besides typos and references to tables they have some information just wrong. For example it talks about PIM-DM state refresh messages. Book says they are sent upstream from routers, however when I tested it in the lab I found that the messages can only be originated at the source interface for the S,G and sent downstream and are not enabled by default as the book would have you think. This makes me wonder about the credibility of the rest of the information in the book. Most information seems correct however. They really should have taken more time fact-checking and editing this book. Some sections are broad overviews and I find myself reading into more specifics in the CCNP books that cover the same topic.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book !, June 2, 2010

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This review is from: CCIE Routing and Switching Certification Guide (4th Edition) (Hardcover)

I bought this book to prepare my CCIE written exam and what can I say is that this book is one of the best books I've ever read on networking. I started my Cisco Career with the CCNA exam book and the style is very similar (thanks Mr Odom).

You will be able to find DIKTA topic (Do I Know This Already ?) and it really help to gauge your knowledge on the topic. I tought I knew the spanning-tree protocol and after I checked the answer I told myself that I needed to read a bit more about it .... Such a great thing !

The content is very well-structured, all concepts are supported by numerous examples so even if one doesn't understand the subject in it's depth he or she can find an answer to a specific real-world question.

This book will provide you great insight and deep understanding of a wide scope of networking subject.
It definitely helps to understand the technology. The words used by the authors are very simple to understand and it is very easy then for a non fluent english speaker (such as me).


The examples used in the scenarios makes you feel confident with the topic.

This book is A MUST Have for every serious CCIE student. I highly recommend it !

Also you will receive a DVD which let you install Boson software and practice the CCIE written exam. It is awesome to train on that product. It really helped me !

Exceptionnal work Wendell Odom, Rus Healy, Denise Donohue.