CCIE R&S Written Materials

I’m scheduled to take the CCIE R&S Written exam on 10 July at Cisco Live, and I’ve been asked by a handful of people on Twitter exactly what materials I’m using.  I figured it would be a good idea to let everyone know so that we all can determine whether or not I’m on the right track.  I may get to the exam and find out that the books I’ve been reading aren’t even close.  It’s happened before.

CCNP Routing and Switch Quick Reference, 2nd Edition :  This doesn’t have the required details, but I read it to get the rust off the more-basic topics.  A good read-through at lunch does wonders for the memory.

CCIE Routing and Switching Certification Guide, 4th Edition : I’m using this book as the cornerstone of my studies, and my study schedule is based off of the topics in here.  I’m not expecting all the details to be in this book, but it seems to be going along with the blueprint pretty well.  We shall see, shan’t we?

Routing TCP/IP Volume I, 2nd Edition, Routing TCP/IP Volume 2 : I’m not reading the Doyle Bibles cover-to-cover; instead, I’m using them for cross reference.  If I’m reading anything that makes no sense or that is worded awkwardly, I just read that section of the Doyle Bible to clear it up.  It’s been working great so far.

RFCs : Any RFC mentioned in the text goes into my pile of reading materials.  A lot of these are fairly short, but some of them are a huge struggle to work through.  I would find it hard to believe if you told me you enjoyed RFC 2328.

Obviously, I hope this will be enough to get me through the exam.  We’ll know in less than a month, won’t we?  This would put me halfway through my goals for the year with many months to spare…months I’ll need for a lab attempt.

Send $1400 any questions my way.