H12-261 Exam Format | Course Contents | Outline | Syllabus | Objectives

H12-261 Exam Syllabus & Study Guide

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The information below reflects the 2026 syllabus defined by Huawei.

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Huawei Certification follows the "platform + ecosystem" development strategy- which is a new collaborative architecture of ICT infrastructure based on "Cloud-Pipe-Terminal". Huawei has set up a complete certification system consisting of three categories: ICT infrastructure certification- Platform and Service certification and ICT vertical certification- and grants Huawei certification the only all-range technical certification in the industry.

Huawei offers three levels of certification: Huawei Certified ICT Associate (HCIA)- Huawei Certified ICT Professional (HCIP)- and Huawei Certified ICT Expert (HCIE).

Huawei certification covers all ICT fields- which is in line with the trend of ICT convergence. With its leading talent development system and certification standards- Huawei is committed to developing new ICT professionals in the digital era and building a healthy ICT talent ecosystem.

HCIE-Routing & Switching V3.0 certification is intended for experts in routing and switching network planning- design- and O&M.

To adapt to the development of network technologies and meet the requirements for data communication talent capabilities- HCIE-Routing & Switching V3.0 has been greatly optimized and improved based on V2.0- mainly in terms of new SDN technologies and IPv6 network technologies- in addition- many outdated network technologies- such as RIP and FR- are reduced. The experimental architecture also changes greatly to match the applications and scenarios on the live network- so that the HCIE-Routing & Switching certification owners have more practical network technologies and can adapt to the development trend of network technologies.

Product Overview Through the HCIE-Routing & Switching V3.0 learning- trainees understand and master the L2 and L3 network technologies- IPv4 and IPv6 network protocols- routing control technologies- MPLS and MPLS L3 VPN technologies- multicast technologies- network security technologies- QoS technologies- SDN technologies- network management- and network performance optimization technologies.

The following materials will be included in the HCIE-Routing & Switching V3.0 certification training suite.
- HCIE-Routing & Switching V3.0 Training Outline
- HCIE-Routing & Switching V3.0 Exam Outline
- HCIE-Routing & Switching V3.0 Training Materials
- HCIE-Routing & Switching V3.0 Lab Guide
- HCIE-Routing & Switching V3.0 LAB Mock Exam
- HCIE-Routing & Switching V3.0 Timetable
- HCIE-Routing & Switching V3.0 ilearningX Learning

The training materials of HCIE-Routing & Switching V3.0 are as follows:
- Layer 2 network technology
- IP Unicast Routing Technology
- MPLS VPN and inter-AS technology
- IP Features- such as security technology- HA- NMS- and QoS
- SDN technology
- Network planning and troubleshooting

The Lab guides of HCIE-Routing & Switching V3.0 are as follows:
- LAN and WAN Experiment
- IPv6 Transition Technology Experiment
- IP Unicast Routing Dual-Stack Experiment
- Route Import and Control Experiment
- Multicast Experiment
- Inter-AS MPLS VPN
- IP Features experiment

HCIE-Routing & Switching V3.0 uses Huawei official simulator eNSP as the lab exam platform. Therefore- it is recommended that each training institution and examinee use eNSP as the teaching and experimental tool. This version does not provide the physical lab equipment list and the corresponding lab environment setup guide- please build the required lab topology and environment on the eNSP platform based on the lab guide by yourself.