CISCOCCIE Enterprise Infrastructure
The CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure certification validates expert-level skills in designing, deploying, operating, and optimizing complex enterprise network infrastructures. It covers network infrastructure, software-defined networking, transport technologies, security, and automation. Earning this credential positions you as a technical leader capable of maximizing the potential of enterprise network solutions.
707 practice questions · Updated 2025-01-01
5Domains
21Objectives
186Concepts
707Questions
CCIE-ENTERPRISE-INFRASTRUCTURE Curriculum
Every domain, objective, and concept the CCIE-ENTERPRISE-INFRASTRUCTURE exam measures.
- Switch administration
- Layer 2 protocols
- VLAN technologies
- VLAN access and trunking
- VLAN troubleshooting
- EtherChannel configuration
- EtherChannel troubleshooting
- Spanning Tree Protocol fundamentals
- Spanning Tree Protocol variants
- Spanning Tree Protocol tuning
- Spanning Tree Protocol protection
- Administrative Distance
- Static Routing for Unicast
- Static Routing for Multicast
- Policy-Based Routing (PBR)
- VRF-Lite Configuration
- VRF-Aware Routing with Static and Dynamic Protocols
- Route Leaking Between VRFs
- Route Filtering with BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, and Static
- Redistribution Between Routing Protocols
- Routing Protocol Authentication
- Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
- Layer 3 MTU
- EIGRP Adjacency Establishment
- EIGRP Neighbor States and Failure Detection
- EIGRP Metric Calculation
- EIGRP Feasible Distance and Reported Distance
- EIGRP Successor and Feasible Successor Selection
- EIGRP DUAL Algorithm Operation
- EIGRP Packet Types and Operations
- EIGRP Reliable Transport Protocol (RTP)
- EIGRP Named Mode Configuration
- EIGRP Named Mode Features
- EIGRP Route Summarization
- EIGRP Load Balancing
- EIGRP Convergence Optimization
- EIGRP Stub Routing and Query Reduction
- EIGRP Scalability Considerations
- OSPF Adjacency Formation
- OSPF Adjacency Requirements and Failure
- OSPFv3 Address Family Support
- OSPFv3 Link-State Advertisement (LSA) Types
- OSPF Network Types
- OSPF Area Types
- OSPF Path Preference
- OSPF Route Summarization
- OSPF Operations: LSA Flooding and Database Synchronization
- OSPF Operations: SPF Calculation
- OSPF Optimization: Timers and Fast Convergence
- OSPF Optimization: LSA Throttling and Incremental SPF
- OSPF Scalability: Hierarchical Design and Area Partitioning
- OSPF Scalability: Stub and NSSA Areas
- OSPF Scalability: Virtual Links and Area 0
- IBGP and EBGP peer relations
- BGP path selection algorithm
- Routing policy implementation
- AS path manipulation
- BGP convergence and scalability
- Soft reconfiguration and route refresh
- Layer 2 Multicast Fundamentals
- IGMP Snooping
- Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR)
- Reverse Path Forwarding (RPF) Check
- RPF Check Implementation
- PIM Protocol Overview
- PIM Dense Mode (PIM-DM)
- PIM Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)
- PIM Rendezvous Point (RP)
- PIM BSR and Auto-RP
- PIM-SM Tree Switching
- PIM Assert and Prune Mechanisms
- Underlay Network Design
- Overlay Network Architecture
- Fabric Design Principles
- Fabric Deployment Workflows
- Fabric Border Handoff Mechanisms
- Segmentation and Policy Enforcement
- SD-WAN Controller Architecture
- SD-WAN Underlay Network
- Overlay Management Protocol (OMP)
- Configuration Templates
- Centralized Policies
- Localized Policies
- GRE tunnel basics
- Static GRE tunnel configuration
- GRE tunnel verification
- GRE tunnel troubleshooting
- MPLS Operations
- MPLS Label Stacking and Penultimate Hop Popping
- MPLS L3VPN Architecture
- VRF and Route Distinguisher
- Route Target and VPN Route Exchange
- L3VPN Data Plane and Label Stack
- L3VPN Configuration and Verification
- DMVPN Phase 3 dual hub architecture
- NHRP redirect and shortcut establishment
- Troubleshooting spoke-to-spoke tunnel failures
- Troubleshooting dual hub redundancy and failover
- Verifying DMVPN Phase 3 operation
- Control Plane Policing (CoPP)
- Control Plane Protection (CPPr)
- Implementing CoPP
- Verifying and Monitoring CoPP
- AAA Overview
- AAA Authentication Configuration
- AAA Authorization Configuration
- AAA Accounting Configuration
- RADIUS and TACACS+ Integration
- AAA Troubleshooting
- Switch Security Features
- Router Security Features
- IPv6 Infrastructure Security Features
- Device management fundamentals
- SNMP architecture and versions
- SNMPv2c configuration
- SNMPv3 configuration
- SNMP operations and troubleshooting
- Logging fundamentals
- Syslog configuration
- Log management and analysis
- Differentiated Services Architecture
- Classification and Trust Boundary
- Network Based Application Recognition (NBAR)
- Marking DSCP Values in IPv4 and IPv6 Headers
- Policing
- Shaping
- Congestion Management
- Congestion Avoidance
- Hierarchical Quality of Service (HQoS)
- End-to-End Layer 3 QoS Using MQC
- First-Hop Redundancy Protocols Overview
- HSRP Configuration and Operation
- VRRP and GLBP Configuration
- NTP Fundamentals
- NTP Configuration on Cisco Devices
- PTP and Other Time Sync Protocols
- DHCP Operation and Messages
- DHCP Server Configuration on Cisco IOS
- DHCP Relay and Client Configuration
- DHCP Snooping and Security
- NAT Concepts and Types
- NAT Configuration on Cisco IOS
- NAT Verification and Troubleshooting
- IP SLA ICMP probes
- IP SLA UDP probes
- IP SLA TCP probes
- Tracking objects
- Tracking lists
- Flexible NetFlow configuration
- Flexible NetFlow analysis and troubleshooting
- Traffic capture fundamentals
- Capture tools and methods
- Capture configuration and filtering
- Analyzing captured traffic
- Troubleshooting tools overview
- Using troubleshooting tools
- Interpreting tool output
- JSON syntax and structure
- JSON parsing and generation
- XML syntax and structure
- XML parsing and generation
- YAML syntax and structure
- YAML parsing and generation
- Jinja templating basics
- Jinja control structures
- Jinja in network automation
- EEM applet basics
- EEM applet event detection
- EEM applet actions
- EEM applet configuration and verification
- Guest shell overview
- Guest shell activation and access
- Guest shell resource management
- Running scripts in Guest shell
- Integrating Guest shell with EEM
- vManage API Authentication
- vManage API Endpoints and Resources
- vManage API Request Construction
- vManage API Response Parsing
- Cisco DNA Center API Authentication
- Cisco DNA Center API GET Requests
- Cisco DNA Center API POST Requests
- Cisco DNA Center API PUT Requests
- Model-Driven Telemetry Fundamentals
- Telemetry Subscription Configuration
- Telemetry Data Verification
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