CCIE is one of the
widely recognized IT industry certifications and is probably the most respected
of them. Sometimes, it is compared to PhD, speaking of networking. CCIE
certified persons are experts in at least one networking field (often, more
than one). The most widespread and, thus, the oldest is the Routing and
Switching CCIE program, but there are also other tracks in the CCIE. For
example, VoIP experts are certified as CCIE Voice, while network security
experts get CCIE Security certifications. There are also CCIE Service Provider,
CCIE Wireless, CCIE Storage Networking, and CCIE Provider Operations. Regardless
of the track, one thing is always the same – the CCIE certified person has gone
through some tough preparation and an even harder onsite practical test,
provided by Cisco. This certification is administered by the Cisco Corporation,
but is recognized and respected as a certificate of an ultimate networking
talent by everyone.
This
certification’s greatest value is that there are no easy ways, brain-dumps, and
cheats in the process. Due to the fact that this is an onsite, practical
examination that continues for eight hours, there’s no question why. Moreover,
Cisco has fostered and improved their CCIE certification program almost for 30
years, since 1993. Persons with CCIE certifications bring a lot of advantages
to their firms, like faster and improved access to proper support staffs within
Cisco, but even more significantly, by simply being specialists everyone can
rely on.
So, what does a
networking expert has to do to turn into a CCIE? Here are several tips that
will help you to prepare for the CCIE program and exam effectively.
- Be ready
to spend at least 6 to 9 months studying and working hard, both day and night. If
you have an opportunity, plan to spend one month prior to your examination date
on studying only.
- CCIE is an
expert-level certification, so a certified CCIE has to be expert in their
particular field. This demands tons of reading along with practice. Take a look
at Cisco’s site and products and check on Cisco Press books.
- Select the
CCIE track that suits you best in terms of interest and current networking
experience. Remember, there are six tracks available: CCIE Voice, CCIE Service
Provider, CCIE Routing and Switching, CCIE Wireless, CCIE Storage Networking,
and CCIE Security.
- Learn,
prepare, and pass the written qualification examination for the chosen track.
Cisco Press has published certification guides for the majority of popular
tracks and, normally, this isn’t a big issue for students. Getting well
prepared for the qualification exam will compensate during laboratory
preparation, since this should provide a sound theoretical base.
- Choose a
reliable partner for CCIE training, who has a proven methodology and track
record, combined with harmonized studying solutions, which include extensive
self-learning materials and classes led by an instructor for the second certification
part – the all-feared CCIE lab exam.
- Comprehend
advanced concepts and theory related to the track you chose and start a
targeted, technology-focused study by watching and listening to video and audio
on demand products along with practicing your own technologies. Listening to
instructions and watching videos at your comfort is a perfect CCIE preparation
impetus.
- Start
doing multiprotocol exercises from your laboratory practice workbooks to
strengthen theory, advanced technologies, and knowledge altogether.
- Attend one
of the classes led by the instructor to strengthen advanced knowledge. These
classes are widely regarded as CCIE Boot Camps and are quite intense. They
normally continue for a week and are meant to fill-in any gaps in your
knowledge that are present at this preparation point.
- Do
advanced and the most complicated lab exercises you can to perfect
troubleshooting skills and advanced knowledge. Most respected CCIE training
sellers offer self-study materials of various difficulties. Both beginners and
experienced engineers can easily be stunned by the complexity levels of certain
material. These toughest challenges and practice lab exercises have to be
executed on a later stage of your preparation process.
- Attend
specialized Lab Experience classes to practice taking the lab. Same as with
self-study materials, there are weeks of lab experience available, where
students are plunged into the most complicated practical lab works, thoroughly
watched by instructors with the purpose to reproduce the real practical lab
exam conducted by Cisco. These classes are invaluable at the last-stage
preparation for the exam.
Follow these tips
and you will be able to get prepared to becoming one of just 20,000 certified
CCIE’s in the world. Sounds like a true honor, doesn’t it?
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