Cisco公司专门负责CCIE认证程序的部门宣布：原来的Routing & Switching 类CCIE笔试考试内容(考试号350-001)即将修订更新，新的考试内容将在2002年8月7日后取代旧的考试。新的笔试内容包含150道测试题目，考试时间180分钟。（注：旧版考试为100道题目，120分钟，中国等非英文语种国家是180分钟，考试通过分数线为70%)
新的笔试内容大纲：
Routing and Switching Written Exam (350-001) Blueprint
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1.Cisco Device Operation
Commands
Infrastructure
Operations
2.General Networking Theory
OSI Models
General Routing Concepts
Standards
Protocol Mechanics
3.Bridging and LAN Switching
Transparent
SRB
LAN Switching
LANE
Security
4.IP
Addressing
Services
Applications
Transport
ACLs
IPv6
5.IP Routing
OSPF
BGP
EIGRP
IS-IS
ACLs
DDR
6.Desktop Protocols
IPX
Windows/NT
7.QoS
Fancy Queuing
PoS and IP precedence
CoS
Weighted RED
WRR/queu scheduling
Shaping vs. Policing (rate limiting)/CAR
NBAR
802.1X
DCSP
8.WAN
ISDN
Frame Relay
X.25
ATM
Physical Layer
Leased Line Protocols
PoS
DPT/SRT
9.LAN
Data Link Layer
Ethernet/FE/GE
Token Ring
Wireless/802.11b
10.Security
AAA, TACACS, RADIUS
IPsec
Encryption
11.Multiservice
Voice/Video
codecs
SS7
RTP
RTCP
SIP
MPLS
12.IP Multicast
IGMP/CGMP
Addressing
Distribution Trees
PIM-SM Mechanics
Rendezvous Points