Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE): CCDE Lab Bootcamp 5 Day

Product Description

Overview

The CCDE practical exam is completely different to any other exam from Cisco. It is extremely high level & compared to the written exam it is not as important to understand the very details of all technologies
- but the key is to understand "what is the purpose of the network". This training is also completely different to any other training & there won't be any large power point presentations in the CCDE Lab Bootcamp. Powerpoint slideshows will only be used to compliment the scenario exercises.

There will be a number of scenario's based on practical experience (projects) of the Instructor & you will design several networks. The CCDE Trainer is "the customer". As with the actual exam there is no single right answer to the scenarios but the process & the question asked (the "why in that way") is the focus.

In step A students will get some information (on paper) like emails etc. & are being asked several tasks (very similar to the exam
- not just a few lines, but a few pages on 8pt).

In step B students will get the chance to ask their instructor several questions & then they can continue the network design exercises.

After all students have completed the one scenario, the results & more importantly the way how those results have been achieved (and which result is preferred over another) will be discussed in a workgroup fashion. Do not expect CCIE Boot Camp training methods, where you configure the same topology again & again. The CCDE Lab Exam (although called Lab exam) is hands-off. The goal of the training is to get the methodology & approach right. A sound mixture of technical understanding & commercial awareness.

Another important point is also to "read between the lines" in the information you will receive. As with actual designs the exam tries to give you information in sort of "encrypted" ways. In between the scenarios & the workshop
- the trainer will discuss technologies & approaches on the whiteboard.