CCDE v3 Practice Labs Preparing for the Cisco Certified Design Expert Lab Exam

In-depth, super-realistic lab prep for the Cisco CCDE v3 Practical Exam

CCDE demonstrates your expert-level ability to design networks correctly from the outset, so they’re easier to manage and scale for years to come. The CCDE v3 update makes this credential more valuable than ever, but high-quality, cost-effective lab training has been extremely scarce. CCDE v3 Practice Labs fills that gap, coaching you through essential preparation for the scenario-based Cisco CCDE Practical Exam v3. 

Martin James Duggan draws on 20+ years of experience designing global Cisco networks, mentoring colleagues at world-class networking organizations, and personally contributing to Cisco’s CCDE exam updates. His three highly realistic scenario-based labs are carefully designed to match the real exam’s complexity and format and are supported with detailed debriefs explaining why the correct answers are right and the “distractors” are wrong.

Duggan presents an insider’s overview of the updated exam blueprint, offering indispensable guidance for approaching an intense 8-hour exam unlike any you might have experienced. Throughout, he focuses on “why,” not just “how”—helping you develop the right mindset, fully evaluate your readiness, and integrate missing knowledge you need to succeed.

• Show you can design high-value solutions that reflect the “big picture,” business strategy, and real-world constraints
• Validate your ability to collaborate with and delight key stakeholders
• Quickly capture key design insights from the information customers provide
• Practice integrating diverse transport, control plane, virtualization, security, wireless, automation, and data center technologies covered by CCDE
• Discover what you don’t know—and need to know—in order to pass
• Get expert strategies for overcoming the Practical Exam’s unique challenges

Martin J. Duggan, CCDE#2016::6 and CCIE#7942, is a Principal Network Architect designing network solutions for global financial accounts at Systal Technology Solutions. He is one of Systal’s key technical leadership resources, helping Systal to be a dynamic and innovative services integrator and provider that offers fast, agile, and tailored support to meet business aspirations and challenges. Martin gained his Routing & Switching CCIE in 2001 and has been passionate about Cisco qualifications and mentoring ever since. He wrote the CCIE Routing & Switching Practice Labs series for Cisco Press and was keen to do the same for the CCDE program after completing his CCDE. He resides in the UK, where he draws inspiration for his CCDE scenarios from his successful career in the communications industry.
Martin enjoys gliding, cycling, snowboarding, and karate when not designing networks, and he creates content for multiple Cisco exam tracks.
Follow Martin on Twitter @Martinccie7942

Foreword xx
Introduction: A License to Design xxi
Chapter 1 CCDE Practice Lab 1: Jacobs 1
Practice Lab Navigation 1
Practice Lab 1
Summary 114
Chapter 2 CCDE Practice Lab 2: Squid Energy 115
Practice Lab Navigation 115
Practice Lab 116
Summary 382
Chapter 3 CCDE Practice Lab 3: Bank of Jersey 229
Practice Lab Navigation 229
Practice Lab 230
Summary 382
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