Exam Vouchers: CCDE Expert Level Written Exam (400-007)

The CCDE v3.0 Written exam (400-007) will validate that candidates have the expertise to gather and clarify network functional requirements, develop network designs to meet functional specifications, develop implementation plans, convey design decisions and their rationale, and possess expert-level knowledge including:

Business Strategy Design
Control, data, and management plane design
Network Design
Service Design
Security Design

Associated certification

• CCDE v3.0

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• CCDE v3.0 exam format
• CCDE v3 exam topics
• CCDE v3.0 learning matrix

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15% 1.0 Business Strategy Design

1.1 Impact on network design, implementation, and optimization using various customer project management methodologies (for instance waterfall and agile)
1.2 Solutions based on business continuity and operational sustainability (for instance RPO, ROI, CAPEX/OPEX cost analysis, and risk/reward)

25% 2.0 Control, data, management plane and operational design

2.1 End-to-end IP traffic flow in a feature-rich network
2.2 Data, control, and management plane technologies
2.3 Centralized, decentralized, or hybrid control plane
2.4 Automation/orchestration design, integration, and on-going support for networks (for instance interfacing with APIs, model-driven management, controller-based technologies, evolution to CI/CD framework)
2.5 Software-defined architecture and controller-based solution design (SD-WAN, overlay, underlay, and fabric)

30% 3.0 Network Design

3.1 Resilient, scalable, and secure modular networks, covering both traditional and software-defined architectures, considering:
3.1.a Technical constraints and requirements
3.1.b Operational constraints and requirements
3.1.c Application behavior and needs
3.1.d Business requirements
3.1.e Implementation plans
3.1.f Migration and transformation

15% 4.0 Service Design

4.1 Resilient, scalable, and secure modular network design based on constraints (for instance technical, operational, application, and business constraints) to support applications on the IP network (for instance voice, video, backups, data center replication, IoT, and storage) 4.2 Cloud/hybrid solutions based on business-critical operations
4.2.a Regulatory compliance
4.2.b Data governance (for instance sovereignty, ownership, and locale)
4.2.c Service placement
4.2.d SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS
4.2.e Cloud connectivity (for instance direct connect, cloud on ramp, MPLS direct connect, and WAN integration)
4.2.f Security

15% 5.0 Security Design

5.1 Network security design and integration
5.1.a Segmentation
5.1.b Network access control
5.1.c Visibility
5.1.d Policy enforcement
5.1.e CIA triad
5.1.f Regulatory compliance (if provided the regulation)