Cisco Ccie Routing and Switching Version 5.0 Official Certification Guide

The first of two volumes, this is Cisco's official, complete self-study resource for the LAN switching, IP networking, and IGP routing areas of the new CCIE Routing and Switching 5.0 exam. Designed for experienced networking professionals, it covers every objective in these areas concisely and logically, with extensive teaching features designed to help you retain more and gain deeper insight. You'll find:

• A Getting Started Chapter and New Study Plan Template on DVD to help you organize and optimize your study plan so you won't waste a minute
• Pre-chapter quizzes to assess your knowledge upfront and focus your study even more efficiently
• Foundation topics sections that explain concepts and configurations, and link theory to actual configuration commands
• Key topics sections calling attention to every figure, table, and list you must know
• Chapter-ending exercises promoting retention and offering multiple forms of review
• New Part Reviews with mind mapping exercises and additional exam questions to help you consolidate your knowledge of concepts presented across multiple chapters
• Exam Preparation sections with even more chapter review features
• Final Preparation Chapter providing tools and a complete final study plan
• Customizable Practice Test Softwareon DVD, with hundreds of exam-realistic practice questions

Narbik Kocharians, CCIE No. 12410 (Routing and Switching, Security, SP), is a Triple CCIE with more than 32 years of experience in the IT industry. He has designed, implemented, and supported numerous enterprise networks. Narbik is the president of Micronics Training Inc. (www.micronicstraining.com), where he teaches CCIE R&S and SP boot camps.

Peter Paluch, CCIE No. 23527 (Routing and Switching), is an assistant professor, Cisco Networking Academy instructor, and instructor trainer at the Faculty of Management Science and Informatics, University of Zilina, Slovakia. Peter has cooperated in various educational activities in Slovakia and abroad, focusing on networking and Linux-based network server systems. He is also active at the Cisco Support Community, holding the Cisco Designated VIP award in LAN & WAN Routing and Switching areas since the award program inception in 2011. Upon invitation by Cisco in 2012, Peter joined two Job Task Analysis groups that assisted defining the upcoming CCIE R&S and CCNP R&S certification exam topics. Peter holds an M.Sc. degree in Applied Informatics and a doctoral degree in the area of VoIP quality degradation factors. Together with his students, Peter has started the project of implementing the EIGRP routing protocol into the Quagga open-source routing software suite, and has been driving the effort since its inception in 2013.