CCIE Routing and Switching V5.0 Official Cert Guide

The second of two volumes, this is Cisco's official, complete self-study resource for the BGP, QoS, IP multicast, security, WANs, and MPLS 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 Software on 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.

Terry Vinson, CCIE No. 35347 (Routing and Switching, Data Center), is a seasoned instructor with nearly 25 years of experience teaching and writing technical courses and training materials. Terry has taught and developed training content, as well as provided technical consulting for high-end firms in the north Virginia/Washington, D.C. area. His technical expertise lies in the Cisco arena with a focus on all routing and switching technologies as well as the latest data center technologies, including Nexus switching, unified computing, and storage-area networking (SAN) technologies. Terry currently teaches for CCIE R&S and Data Center Bootcamps for Micronics Training, Inc. and enjoys sailing and game design in his “free time.”