V5 Written Study Materials?
So far most of the topics I see are about the lab but what materials are people using to study for the written exam? Has anybody on here taken the v5 written exam yet?
I've seen that the OCG guide is out now but wondering if there are any good alternatives that people have experience with?
I've seen that the OCG guide is out now but wondering if there are any good alternatives that people have experience with?
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TCP/IP Illustrated OR Internetworking with TCP/IP
Routing TCP/IP Volume 1, read the whole book and don't skimp on the IS-IS chapter
Routing TCP/IP Volume 2, read the whole book
MPLS Fundamentals, read the whole book but skip the TE chapters and the ATM chapters
QoS Official Cert Guide
CEF, read the first few chapters if you are particularly interested in how it works
Interdomain Multicast Routing OR Developing IP Multicast Networks, I personally wouldn't read both and I preferred the first one
Plenty of RFCs
DocCD for everything else
Imo the best approach is to take the written about a month or so out from when you intend to take the lab otherwise you will just be worried about hitting the lab within the 18 months which may lead to you taking the lab before you are actually ready. 18 months sounds like a long time but life commitments can very often get in the way.
And above all, don't stress too much about the written. For most people who are properly studied for their CCNPs and have a few years of solid Cisco experience, this exam is very trivial and is just a ticket to the lab. If you look at my thread I started a few months ago I read only Routing TCP/IP Vol1/2 and the doccd and I passed okay. It's more of the edge topics like VSS, EIGRP OTP, PfR, 802.1x which in retrospect I should have studied for more.
EDIT. I skimmed the OCG for the v5 written, it won't cover the topics in any where the amount of detail you will need to know for the exam.
what about this book "CCIE Routing and Switching v5.0 Official Cert Guide, Volume 1 (5th Edition) by Narbik Kocharians and Peter Paluch" ? They got like 3 stars rating in amazon, is it worth it?
Sorry if I'm being really dumb here, but by DocCD do you mean Cisco Documentation?
I meant to get Routing TCP/IP Vol I, the Illustrated book seemed way too heavy on the coding of the protocol (if I'm wording that right), rather than how it is used in conjunction with routing protocols.
Routing TCP/IP Vol1/2 are CCIE essentials in my opinion, as they discuss they discuss EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP in a lot of detail which is what your knowledge will expected to be at when you are ready to take the lab.