RE: Does CCDE written recertify your CCIE?

Bear in mind that the rules for recertification have slightly changed (at
least since I have done re-cert last time until now). Even that you are
allowed to take another written for the same track after 180 days, or for
any track otherwise, only one written exam is allowed to count towards
recertification in 24 months period. If you had your last written exam less
than 2 years ago, wait for it to be 2 years + 1 day.

This will converge to a mandatory one day suspension for those, who take
written exams closer to the last valid day of the certification, since 2
years + X days for the next written exam will result in X days suspended
status. Or this also means that once you are suspended, you will be
suspended for 1-2 days every 2 years, while you are running to take another
written or a lab. Wonderful.

Cheers,

Adel Abouchaev, CCIE# 12037, CISSP, MCSE

Technical Support Engineer
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Moses Polalysa
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 5:41 PM
To: Cisco certification
Subject: Does CCDE written recertify your CCIE?

Hi Expert,

Sorry if my question is too general. But I have blur in Cisco explanation
here in: http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/recert/index.html

It says: "*To maintain active status, every 24 months CCIEs are required to
pass one of the following: any CCIE written exam of their choosing, a CCIE
lab exam, or either of the CCDE exams.*"

Does it means CCDE written exam? Expert please validate.

Thanks.

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