As I begin the journey to CCIE Voice I have decided, as I did with CCIE Security, to use the CCBootcamp and Cisco Press Products. I purchased the CCBootcamp CCIE Voice Written Study Guide. The Study Guide was written by Avner Izhar and Brad Ellis, and Published by Network Learning, Inc. They are a Cisco Learning Partner. Being that I work for a Cisco Learning Partner, Ascolta, we actually dont cross paths to often. I know that my company has much respect for Network Learning and I do as well after using their products for CCIE Security preparation.
So far I am about 90 pages into the study guide.
Chapter 1 was about Network Infrastructure and was very basic in my opinion. Of course this topic doesn’t vary much between the different CCIE tracks.
Chapter 2 is about Quality of Service, which is a topic I have been teaching for some time now. So far it is good. There are some terms being used that I haven’t really heard too much, but thats not a big. deal.
I am looking forward to Chapter 3- General VOIP Theory.
Each chapter ends with a series of questions to test you skills. With the CCIE Security I found these questions to be invaluable so I am hoping they prove to be the same here. As I progress further into my CCIE Voice Studies I will keep posting about the products I use. I think if more people did that it would give potential candidates a better feel for what is out there perhaps assist in their decision. After all, the CCIE is quite a commitment, both financially as well as in regards to ones time.
I welcome any questions you may have. Also, if you find anything on this site useful please share it!
Given your experience, what is a good time frame to study for the written CCIE Voice if I’m already a CCVP and use my knowledge in my daily activities?
If You are already a CCVP then the written should be a snap. You should check out the outline for the written and compare it to the CCVP. Most of its covered. You can probably knock out the written in a month or less maybe.
HTH
Brandon
Hi Brandon. How is your studying coming along using the CCBootcamp study guide? I assume the CIE Written still covers CallManager 4? I haven’t seen any updates on Cisco’s web site that indicates they are changing the CCIE Written to reflect UCM7, have you?