Note:  This exam has been retired by Cisco.

As of February 1, 2007, the eight previously-available written exams will no longer be used to qualify a candidate for the lab exam. Four of them, however, will continue to be available for recertification purposes. The recertification exams are: CCIE SP Cable Exam (#350-021), CCIE SP Content Networking Exam (#350-026), CCIE SP Optical Exam (#350-020) and CCIE SP WAN Switching Exam (#350-023).
The four exams that are being retired are CCIE SP Dial Exam (#350-025), CCIE SP IP Telephony Exam (#350-024), CCIE SP DSL Exam (#350-022) and CCIE SP Metro Ethernet Exam (#350-027).