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So as with most things, a student just pointed out to me that the CCIE DC v2 has silently been pushed out into the Cisco Learning portal! See here:
http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/certifications/expert/ccie_dc/index.html
There is a PDF in there now showing the differential changes in the v1 and v2 blueprints:
http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/certifications/shared/docs/ccie-datacenter-comparison.pdf
Lab Structure
Well here is the rundown folks:
- 1 hour diagnostic section added
- Tests diagnostics around network issues, and the analyzing of the network without access to actual devices
- Independent tickets garnered from multiple sources (diagrams, emails, logs, etc…)
- Multiple Choice, Drag-n-drop, point-and-click item types (similar to the written examination)
- Troubleshoot and Configuration will be the remaining 7 hours
You have to pass both of these sections individually (achieve the minimum), and as well have a combined score above the combined minimum for both modules.
Lab Topics and Hardware
They have changed quite a bit in regards to topics, though they haven’t removed very much from the existing lab exam. A lot of what I put in parenthesis below is me, making an educated guess as to what they mean by those line items. With an already pretty full 8-hour exam, cramming some, or even all Continue reading