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Its that time of the year! Cisco Live US 2018!!!! Its only a few more weeks away! 🙂 As we started last year, today’s episode is all about maximizing your time while at Cisco Live US 2018 towards Network Design and the Cisco Certified Design Expert Certification!
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CCDE / Network Design Specific Sessions
This year there are well over 1000 Cisco Live Sessions and I’ve looked through them all, a time consuming task, and have narrowed the Zigbits CCDE / Network Design Session list down to a little more than 50 sessions to choose from. These are sessions that fit the Design bucket but are also not just a beginner session on a technology. The idea here is to get the best use of your time while you are at Cisco Live. Each session in this list has been given a priority level of importance that is either High, Medium, or Low.
High
- TECCCDE-3005: CCDE: The Cisco Certified Design Expert $$ *
- LTRCCDE-3006: Advanced – CCDE Lab $$ *
- BRKMPL-2118: Evolving Network Application Use-Cases Using Segment Routing In the Enterprise
- BRKDCN-2035: VXLAN BGP EVPN based Multi-Site
- BRKSPG-2202: Deploying Carrier Ethernet services using Cisco Metro Fabric and Ethernet VPN (EVPN)
- BRKCRS-2501: Campus QoS Design-Simplified
- BRKSPG-2509: BGP-EVPN and SR Fabric – Addressing the evolving Data Center requirements
- BRKMPL-2110: Enterprise MPLS – Customer Case Studies
- BRKMPL-2116: Design & Customer Use Cases: MPLS, Segment Routing and SD-WAN in Enterprise Networks *
- BRKRST-2301: Intermediate – Enterprise IPv6 Deployment
- BRKRST-2501: Enterprise QoS Design 5 *
- BRKIPM-3017: mVPN Deployment Models *
- BRKRST-3122: Segment Routing: Technology deep-dive and advanced use cases
- BRKMPL-2102: Designing MPLS-based IP VPNs
- BRKRST-2337: OSPF Deployment in Modern Networks *
- BRKMPL-2100: Deploying Traffic Engineering in MPLS and Segment Routing Backbones *
- FLPDCN-3378: Building DataCenter networks with VXLAN BGP EVPN *
- BRKMPL-2115: MPLS Architectural approaches for Data Center and Cloud
- BRKIPM-2249: Multicast and Segment Routing *
Medium
- TECCRS-2500: Advanced Enterprise WAN Design and Deployment $$
- TECCRS-2001: Intermediate – Enterprise High Availability Design and Architecture $$
- LTRMPL-3843: Design, Deployment and Troubleshooting Scalable MPLS Architecture (Platform : IOS-XR, IOS-XE) $$
- BRKOPT-2000: Deploying Data Center Interconnect with Wavelength Division Multiplexing
- BRKCRS-1500: Introduction to Campus Wired LAN Deployment Using Cisco Validated Designs
- INSSPG-1500: Intelligent, Mass-Scale Networking for Secure, Critical Infrastructure
- BRKSPG-2777: What DC Fabrics Can Teach Us About SP Core Design…or Not!
- PSOOPT-2100: Data Center Interconnect (DCI) Architectures Leveraging Dark Fiber & Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
- BRKRST-2352: OSPF and IS-IS: A Comparative Anatomy
- BRKDCN-3378: Building DataCenter Networks with VXLAN BGP EVPN
- BRKMPL-2114: Integrating Campus/DC fabrics with MPLS
- BRKMPL-3333: EVPN: Network Virtualization Solution for Next Generation Enterprise DCs, DC Interconnections, and SPDCs
- TNKIOT-1003: The Modern Factory Design
- BRKDCN-2300: Modern Infrastructure Designs of Business Continuity Architectures *
- BRKRST-2041: WAN Architectures and Design Principles
- BRKMPL-2112: MPLS WAN Backbone Solutions and Design for Enterprise and SP
- PNLGEN-1001: Cisco Live Network and NOC Panel
- BRKOPT-1001: Transport Network Modernization and TDM to IP Migration
- BRKSEC-2881: Designing Remote-Access and Site-to-Site IPSec networks with FlexVPN
Low
- BRKCCIE-3004: A CCIE’s Introduction to MPLS Networks
- BRKRST-2616: Beyond Dual-Stack: Using IPv6 like you’ve never imagined
- BRKRST-2042: Highly Available Wide Area Network Design
- BRKDCN-2218: Data Center Design for the Midsize Enterprise
- BRKOPT-2106: DWDM 101 and Technology Advances *
- BRKSEC-3052: Demystifying DMVPN
- LTRMPL-2108: MPLS and Its Applications $$ – Lab
- BRKSAN-2883: Advanced Storage Area Network Design
- BRKCCIE-3000: BGP is your Friend – BGP for the CCIE Candidates
- BRKRST-2515: QoS Design and Deployment for Wireless LANs
- BRKSPM-2034: 5G Mobile Transport Design and Deployments
- BRKRST-2309: Introduction to WAN MACsec – Aligning Encryption Technologies with WAN Transport
- FLPSPG-2602: IPv4 Exhaustion: NAT and Transition to IPv6 for Service Providers
- FLPSDN-2410: Carrier Grade NFVI for Service Providers *
- BRKEWN-2013: High Density Wi-Fi Design, Deployment, and Optimization
- BRKRST-2124: Introduction to Segment Routing
- BRKEWN-2027: Design and Deployment of Outdoor Wireless Networks
- BRKCRT-2601: VRF, MPLS and MPBGP Fundamentals
$$ – Addition Cost Sessions
* – Sessions included in schedule
A Zigbits “Network Design” Session Schedule
The goal of the Zigbits “Network Design” Session Schedule is to give you the most amount of time in Design and Business related sessions that you can be in at Cisco Live US 2018. There are no limits and the only constraint is to make time for the Keynote sessions throughout the week. If your goal for Cisco Live is to dedicate all of your time towards Network Design or Studying for the CCDE Certification than this schedule is for you!!
Cisco Live US Day 1 – Sunday June 10th, 2018
I would do a paid session on Sunday. There are three great sessions to select from. These are all day sessions – 8 hours.
- TECCCDE-3005: CCDE: The Cisco Certified Design Expert $$
- TECCRS-2500: Advanced Enterprise WAN Design and Deployment $$
- TECCRS-2001: Intermediate – Enterprise High Availability Design and Architecture $$
Cisco Live US Day 2 – Monday June 11th, 2018
- 8:30am – 10:00am
- BRKCRS-1500: Introduction to Campus Wired LAN Deployment Using Cisco Validated Designs
- BRKRST-2616: Beyond Dual-Stack: Using IPv6 like you’ve never imagined
I would probably go with BRKCRS-1500 over BRKRST-2616 but it will really depend on your areas of expertise and weaknesses.
- 10:30am – 11:30am
- Opening Keynote
- 1:00pm – 5:00pm
- LTRCCDE-3006: Advanced – CCDE Lab $$
I would highly recommend the CCDE Lab Session on Monday afternoon but this does require an extra fee.If you have the money available I would definitely sign up for LTRCCDE-3006, but if not here is a second set of sessions for Monday Afternoon.
- 1:00pm – 1:30pm
- INSSPG-1500: Intelligent, Mass-Scale Networking for Secure, Critical Infrastructure
- 1:30pm – 3:30pm
- BRKMPL-2118: Evolving Network Application Use-Cases Using Segment Routing In the Enterprise
- 4:00pm – 5:30pm
- BRKMPL-2110: Enterprise MPLS – Customer Case Studies
Cisco Live US Day 3 – Tuesday June 12th, 2018
- 8:00am – 10:00am
- BRKMPL-2116: Design & Customer Use Cases: MPLS, Segment Routing and SD-WAN in Enterprise Networks
- 10:30am – 11:30am
- Technology Keynote
- 1:30pm – 3:30pm
- BRKRST-2501: Enterprise QoS Design 5
- 4:00pm – 5:30pm
- BRKOPT-2106: DWDM 101 and Technology Advances
Cisco Live US Day 4 – Wednesday June 13th, 2018
- 8:00am – 10:00am
- BRKIPM-3017: mVPN Deployment Models
- 10:30am – 12:00pm
- BRKRST-2337: OSPF Deployment in Modern Networks
- 1:30pm – 3:30pm
- BRKDCN-2300: Modern Infrastructure Designs of Business Continuity Architectures
Or
- 1:30pm – 3:00pm
- BRKRST-2515: QoS Design and Deployment for Wireless LANs
- 3:00pm – 4:00pm
- FLPSPG-2602: IPv4 Exhaustion: NAT and Transition to IPv6 for Service Providers
Then
- 4:30pm – 5:30pm
- FLPSDN-2410: Carrier Grade NFVI for Service Providers
With either option you decide to go with here between 1:30pm – 4:00pm, you will still be able to make the FLPSDN-2410 session at 4:30pm.
Cisco Live US Day 5 – Thursday June 14th, 2018
- 8:00am – 10:00am
- BRKMPL-2100: Deploying Traffic Engineering in MPLS and Segment Routing Backbones
- 10:00am – 11:00am
- FLPDCN-3378: Building DataCenter networks with VXLAN BGP EVPN
- 1:00pm – 2:30pm
- BRKIPM-2249: Multicast and Segment Routing
- 3:00pm – 4:00pm
- Closing Keynote
Recommendations for Cisco Live US
1. Wear some nice comfortable shoes
2. Stay hydrated
3. Take breaks
4. Get some sleep
5. Don’t over book yourself
6. Make time for the unexpected… Make time for “Network Nirvana” discussions!
The Term of the Show
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- Paid for sessions cost break down:
- Lab Instructor lead 2 hours – 295.00
- Lab Instructor lead 4 hours – 695.00
- Lab Instructor lead 8 hours – 1095.00
- Technical Seminar 4 hours – 595.00
- Technical Seminar 8 hours – 895.00
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