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CCIE Data Center (Unified Exam Topics)
Exam Description
The Cisco CCIE Data Center Written Exam (400-151) certifies expert-level skills to plan, design, implement, operate, and troubleshoot complex Data Center infrastructure. It accesses the ability to understand the requirements of Data Centers, how different components in the Data Center interoperate, and ability to translate it into the device configurations.
The Cisco CCIE Data Center Lab Exam is an eight-hour, hands-on exam which requires a candidate to configure, diagnose, and troubleshoot a series of complex Data Center scenarios for a given specification. Knowledge of troubleshooting is an important skill and candidates are expected to diagnose and solve issues as part of the CCIE lab exam.
An Evolving Technologies section is included in the Written exam only. It will enable candidates to bridge their core technology expertise with knowledge of the evolving technologies that are being adopted at an accelerated pace, such as cloud, IoT, and network programmability.
It has been recalibrated and will consist of three subdomains and a total of five tasks for which the expected depth of knowledge will be focused on conceptual comprehension. The Evolving Technologies section will account for 10 percent of the total score while the remaining core technologies will account for 90 percent.
The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In order to better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes, the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.
CCIE Data Center Unified Exam Topics v2.1 | |||
Domain | Written Exam (%) | Lab Exam (%) | |
1.0 Cisco Data Center L2/L3 Connectivity | 25% | 28% | Show Details |
1.1 Design, implement, and troubleshoot Layer 2 technologies
1.2 Design, implement, and troubleshoot overlays
1.3 Design, implement, and troubleshoot routing protocols and features
1.4 Design, implement, and troubleshoot multicast protocols
1.5 Describe interfabric connectivity
1.6 Design, implement, and troubleshoot external fabric connectivity
1.7 Design, implement, and troubleshoot traffic management
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2.0 Cisco Data Center Network Services | 15% | 17% | Show Details |
2.1 Design, implement, and troubleshoot network services insertion and redirection
2.2 Design, implement, and troubleshoot services
2.3 Design, implement, and troubleshoot RBAC
2.4 Design, implement, and troubleshoot maintenance tasks
2.5 Design, implement, and troubleshoot monitoring services
2.6 Design, implement, and troubleshoot security features
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3.0 Data Center Storage Networking and Compute | 18% | 20% | Show Details |
3.1 Describe, configure, and troubleshoot infrastructure to support block storage protocols
3.2 Design, implement, and troubleshoot data center storage networking features
3.3 Design, implement, and troubleshoot compute policies and profiles
3.4 Design, implement, and troubleshoot data center connectivity
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4.0 Data Center Automation and Orchestration | 10% | 10% | Show Details |
4.1 Implement and troubleshoot data center tasks using provided Python scripts
4.2 Describe and design data center orchestration using tools
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5.0 Data Center Fabric Infrastructure | 22% | 25% | Show Details |
5.1 Configure and troubleshoot physical fabric components
5.2 Design, implement, and troubleshoot fabric policies
5.3 Design, implement, and troubleshoot tenant policies
5.4 Analyze and troubleshoot logical fabric elements
5.5 Design, implement, and troubleshoot virtual networking
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6.0 Evolving Technologies v1.1 | 10% | N/A | Show Details |
6.1. Cloud
6.2 Network programmability (SDN)
6.3 Internet of things (IoT)
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