Cisco CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure Certification Training

The CCIE is one of the most respected technical certifications in the world, and Enterprise Infrastructure is its flagship track. It proves expert level ability to design, build and run the large enterprise networks that banks, government agencies, telecommunications carriers and major employers depend on. It sits above the CCNP Enterprise certification on the career path, and the people who hold it are a small, well paid group who take on the most senior network engineering and architecture roles. For experienced engineers, it is the clearest way to show employers you can be trusted with the hardest problems on the network.

With Logitrain, the 350-401 ENCOR qualifying exam fee is included in your course fee, so the price you see covers the training and the official qualifying exam. You keep the course material in digital format for revision and for reference back on the job. Every course is backed by the Logitrain price beat guarantee, so if you find comparable training advertised for less, talk to us. You can sit the 350-401 ENCOR qualifying exam at the Logitrain test centre, at any other Pearson VUE test centre, or online through Pearson VUE online proctoring from a private space. Training is delivered in person in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, or live online in real time anywhere in Australia, with full time, weeknight and weekend options to suit your schedule. The hands-on CCIE lab is a separate Cisco exam booked directly with Cisco, which keeps the training clear about exactly what is included.

Cisco does not set a formal prerequisite certification for the 350-401 ENCOR qualifying exam, so there is no hard requirement to enrol. This is an expert level course, however, so it assumes solid hands-on networking experience and a strong grasp of routing and switching before you start.

Logitrain recommends that you hold the CCNP Enterprise certification and have around three to five years of real network engineering experience before attempting CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure. If you are not yet at that level, CCNP Enterprise is the better starting point, and if you are newer to networking, begin with the CCNA certification course and build up from there. Tell our team your background and your goal and we will point you to the right starting course.

Candidates can achieve this certification by passing the following exams.

• 350-401 ENCOR: Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies, the CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure qualifying exam
• CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure v1.1 Lab Exam, the eight hour hands-on practical exam

The 350-401 ENCOR qualifying exam fee is included in your course fee. You can book and sit it within three months of finishing your course at the Logitrain test centre, at any other Pearson VUE test centre, or online through Pearson VUE online proctoring from a private space.

Exam format for the 350-401 ENCOR qualifying exam: 120 minutes, with a mix of multiple choice and performance based questions. Cisco does not publish a fixed number of questions or a fixed passing score for this exam, and results are reported on a scaled basis, so the best guide is full readiness across every exam topic.

The CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure v1.1 lab exam is a separate Cisco exam and is not included in the course fee. It is an eight hour hands-on practical made up of two modules, a three hour design module and a five hour deploy, operate and optimise module. It must be taken in person at an approved Cisco testing facility and is not available online or through remote proctoring. You book and pay for the lab directly through Cisco once you have passed the qualifying exam.

The Logitrain digital course material for the 350-401 ENCOR qualifying exam is included with your enrolment. You keep it in digital format, so you can use it to revise before the exam and as a reference once you are back on the job.

• Design enterprise network architectures, including campus, WAN and high availability designs
• Explain Cisco SD-Access and SD-WAN fabric and overlay technologies
• Configure and verify Layer 2 technologies, including VLANs, trunking, EtherChannel and spanning tree
• Configure and verify Layer 3 routing with OSPF, EIGRP and BGP
• Implement virtualisation technologies, including VRF, GRE, IPsec, LISP and VXLAN
• Deploy network assurance using SNMP, syslog, NetFlow, IP SLA and Cisco Catalyst Center
• Secure network infrastructure with device access control, AAA, ACLs, CoPP and 802.1X
• Apply quality of service with classification, marking, policing, shaping and queuing
• Automate network operations using JSON, REST APIs, Python, EEM and tools such as Ansible
• Troubleshoot complex routing, switching and infrastructure issues across the network
• Plan, deploy, operate and optimise dual stack IPv4 and IPv6 enterprise solutions for the lab exam

This course is likely to add to the employment related skills of the participants. The skills developed are likely to be used in the course of being an employee or working in a business.

This course is likely to add to the employment-related skills of the participants. The skills developed are likely to be used in the course of being an employee or working in a business.

• Senior network engineers moving towards expert level
• Network engineers and infrastructure engineers
• Network architects and solutions architects
• Network and infrastructure consultants
• Network administrators with strong routing and switching experience
• CCNP Enterprise holders aiming for the CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure certification

This is an expert level course, so it is best suited to experienced professionals rather than people new to networking.

• Enterprise network architecture
  • Enterprise design, including Layer 2 and Layer 3 fabric, capacity and high availability
  • Cisco SD-WAN and SD-Access architecture and components
  • Switching path operations, including process switching and CEF
  • Quality of service, including classification, marking, policing, shaping and queuing
• Virtualisation
  • Device virtualisation, including hypervisors, virtual machines and containers
  • Data path virtualisation, including VRF, GRE and IPsec
  • Network virtualisation concepts, including LISP and VXLAN
• Infrastructure
  • Layer 2: VLANs, trunking, EtherChannel and spanning tree, including RSTP and MST
  • Layer 3: routing concepts, OSPFv2 and OSPFv3, eBGP and route filtering
  • IP services: NTP, NAT, first hop redundancy with HSRP and VRRP, SNMP and syslog
• Network assurance
  • Diagnostics with ping, traceroute, debugs, SNMP and syslog
  • NetFlow, Flexible NetFlow and SPAN, RSPAN and ERSPAN
  • IP SLA and Cisco Catalyst Center assurance
• Security
  • Device access control and authentication with lines, passwords, AAA, RADIUS and TACACS+
  • Infrastructure security with ACLs and control plane policing
  • Network access control with 802.1X, MAB and WebAuth
  • Endpoint and wireless security concepts
• Automation
  • Data encoding formats, including JSON
  • APIs and REST
  • Configuration management concepts, including Ansible
  • Python scripting and EEM applets

After the qualifying exam, the hands-on CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure v1.1 lab exam tests the full lifecycle of designing, deploying, operating and optimising complex enterprise networks.

• CCNA certification course: the associate level starting point for Cisco networking and the foundation before professional and expert study.
• CCNP Enterprise certification course: the professional level step directly below CCIE and the recommended preparation before attempting Enterprise Infrastructure.
• Cisco certification courses: the full Cisco range, useful for planning your path from associate through to expert.
• Networking job ready program: training, certifications, internship and career counselling for those who want hands-on experience alongside their networking qualifications.

Got a team to train? Logitrain can deliver the CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure course in house at your premises anywhere in Australia, with the same skilled trainer, the same course material and mock test, and the same included 350-401 ENCOR qualifying exam as the public courses. In house delivery suits network teams who want everyone trained together on dates that suit the business, and the content can be focused on the technologies your people run day to day. Talk to us about an in house CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure program for your team.

What is the CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure certification?

CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure is Cisco’s expert level certification for enterprise networking. It proves you can design, deploy, operate and optimise large, complex enterprise networks across routing, switching, network assurance, security and automation. It is the modern successor to the older CCIE Routing and Switching track and is the most popular CCIE specialisation.

Is the exam fee included in the CCIE course?

The 350-401 ENCOR qualifying exam fee is included in the course fee, and you can sit it within three months of finishing. The separate eight hour CCIE lab exam is booked and paid directly through Cisco and is not included, because it must be taken at an approved Cisco facility.

Which exams do you need to pass to earn CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure?

You pass two exams. First the 350-401 ENCOR qualifying exam, which is the written step. Then the CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure v1.1 lab exam, an eight hour hands-on practical that covers the full network lifecycle.

What are the prerequisites for CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure?

There is no formal prerequisite certification, but this is an expert level course. Logitrain recommends holding CCNP Enterprise and having around three to five years of network engineering experience. If you are not there yet, start with CCNP Enterprise, or with CCNA if you are newer to networking.

How long is the CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure course?

The course runs over 5 days full time, which becomes 5 weeks part time on the weeknight or weekend schedule. Tell us which schedule suits you and we will confirm the next available dates.

Where can I do the CCIE course in Australia?

You can train in person in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, or in Adelaide, Perth and Canberra in person on request, in house at your own premises anywhere in Australia, or live online in real time with a trainer from anywhere in the country.

How much does the CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure course cost?

The course starts from the price shown in the schedule above, and that price includes the official 350-401 ENCOR qualifying exam fee and your digital course material. Every course is backed by the price beat guarantee, so if you find comparable training cheaper, talk to us.

Should I do CCNP or CCIE first?

CCNP Enterprise comes first. It is the professional level certification and the recommended foundation before CCIE. Once you hold CCNP Enterprise and have solid experience, CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure is the expert level step above it.

Are there other CCIE tracks?

Yes. Cisco offers CCIE tracks including Enterprise Infrastructure, Enterprise Wireless, Security, Service Provider, Data Center and Collaboration. Enterprise Infrastructure is the most popular and is the focus of this course.

How long is the CCIE certification valid?

CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure is valid for three years. You can recertify by passing a qualifying exam again or by earning Continuing Education credits through Cisco’s program.