The following list is a compilation of recommended reading to assist in the preparation for the CCDE qualification exam. It is not required to read all of the books on this list.

Cisco Press Titles:

These titles are available from Cisco Press

• Routing TCP/IP, Volume 1, 2nd Edition
• Routing TCP/IP, Volume II
• MPLS and VPN Architectures, CCIP Edition
• MPLS Fundamentals
• Advanced MPLS Design and Implementation
• Definitive MPLS Network Designs
• Fault-Tolerant IP and MPLS Networks
• Traffic Engineering with MPLS
• QoS for IP/MPLS Networks
• Layer 2 VPN Architectures
• OSPF Network Design Solutions, 2nd Edition
• Optimal Routing Design
• BGP Design and Implementation
• Top-Down Network Design, 2nd Edition
• Troubleshooting IP Routing Protocols
• End-to-End QoS Network Design
• IP Quality of Service
• Network Management Fundamentals
• Voice-Enabling the Data Network

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) RFC Memos:

• Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGP
• BGP Route Reflection: An Alternative to Full Mesh Internal BGP (IBGP)
• A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
• Capabilities Advertisement with BGP-4
• Autonomous System Confederations for BGP
• Use of OSI IS-IS for Routing in TCP/IP and Dual Environments
• IS-IS Mesh Groups
• The OSPF Not-So-Stubby Area (NSSA) Option
• Alternative Implementations of OSPF Area Border Routers
• OSPF Version 2
• Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM):Protocol Specification (Revised)
• Anycast-RP Using Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
• The Generalized TTL Security Mechanism (GTSM)
• BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)