Yesterday Cisco announced the CCIE v5 blueprints. The majority of the changes look good to me and seem to more accurately reflect todays networks. I like it, myself. More technologies I use and less that I don’t. :) It also looks like VIRL/CML will be pretty useful for those preparing for the v5 lab exam. More on that later…
The rest of this post is intended to be a collection of information regarding the new blueprint so you can do your own research. If you run across useful articles, please leave them in the comments and I’ll add them.
Official Cisco Documents
- Press Release
- CCIE Routing and Switching Written and Lab Exam Content Updates (summary of changes PDF)
- CCIE Routing and Switching Certification Revision
- CCIE Routing and Switching Written Exam v5.0 (400-101) Exam Topics
- CCIE Routing and Switching Lab Exam Topics v5.0
- LAB Equipment and IOS Software
- Written Exam v5.0 (400-101)
- Lab Exam v5.0
Blog Posts
Brian McGahan (4xCCIE, CCDE) from INE: CCIE R&S Version 5 Updates Now Official
Bob McCouch (CCIE): Some Thoughts on CCIE R&S v5
Daniel Dib (CCIE): CCIE RS v5 – My Thoughts
Tom Hollingsworth (CCIE): CCIE Version 5: Out With The Old
Marko Milivojevic (2xCCIE) from IPexpert: CCIE R&S Lab Version 5 – Don’t Panic
Short post from Ethan Banks (CCIE): Burst: CCIE Routing & Switching v5
Webinar
IPexpert will have a free vSeminar on the updates on Dec. 6. Register here: CCIE R&S V5.0 Blueprint vLecture :: An Overview of the Changes