Enterprise Infrastructure v1.1
The CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure (v1.1) Lab Exam is an eight-hour, hands-on exam that requires us to plan, design, operate, and optimize dual-stack solutions (IPv4 and IPv6) for complex enterprise networks.
I've have copied the blueprint of the the exam topics that Cisco has posted on areas to study. So now we just need to get some content! Within each section I'll write about that topic. The goal for me is to use this as a study tool while at the same time being a resource.
Important
There is no estimated time frame of when all of this content will be written. Stay tuned and if you would like to discuss feel free to ask questions.
Labs
If it makes sense within a topic, I'll create some labs within Cisco_CML repository. Each lab will have a requirements section which will tell you what is required to run this lab. Most of if not all of these labs will be running with Cisco Modeling Labs. (That's the general plan.)
Software
I'm using the Cisco Modeling Labs software and I'm running this in Hyper-V. So you need to have Windows Pro if you want to go the Hyper-V route. Although as of right now its not officially supported it works for the most part. I don't have to deal with some of the new Windows 11 virtualization hiccups while running this on Hyper-V. CML is supported to run on VMware Workstation however while running on Windows its problematic.
Starting from CML 2.9 you can integrate Git repositories within the sample labs section within CML. So instead of downloading and uploading labs manually, you can integrate it.
Tip
VMware Workstation is available for free, however you need to have a registered account through Broadcom. KB
Hardware
The type of hardware I'm running on for Cisco CML is 128GB of RAM and using an Intel 13th Gen processor with 16 cores. I'm going to guess that most things will work for CCIE studies however if I run into something were this doesn't cut it, I'll note that in the requirements section of the lab.
Tip
Did you know that with Cisco Modeling Labs 2.8 and higher you can run up to five nodes or less for free! With the labs that I'm creating I'll mention if the lab can run with either free-tier or not.
Questions
If there is a lab that you have questions on, or feedback in general, I do have a spot for discussions on Github. Cisco CML Lab Discussions feel free to post there.