CCIE DevNet Training & Lab Prep Guide 2026
CCIE DevNet — recently rebranded by Cisco as CCIE Automation — is the only CCIE track where software development skills matter more than protocol knowledge. The 8-hour lab exam tests your ability to write Python code, build API integrations, design automation architectures, and deploy CI/CD pipelines against live network infrastructure. This makes it fundamentally different from every other CCIE track. Exam Overview The CCIE DevNet v1.1 exam consists of two modules tested at a Cisco lab facility: ...