Whats up with CCIE?
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Forum Discription: Discuss the CCIE written and lab here.
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Printed Date: 23 October 2007 at 3:31pm
Topic: Whats up with CCIE?
Posted by: hudsonmbg
Subject: Whats up with CCIE?
Date Posted: 05 February 2007 at 11:29pm
Hi guys, this CCIE is beginning to piss me off. My bosses want me to take this exam soon and when I look at the material, I feel like blowing off Cisco. I have a few questions:
What equipment in terms of switches are found in the lab exam? I have already passed the written with my eyez closed.
Secondly, when they talk of advanced IP services, what the hell does Cisco mean by that?
Thirdly, which one is better, the Cisco Assessor lab or bootcamps?
I know it's wrong to asking what I should expect to see in the lab exam but Cisco is just giving me headache. I cleared all the CCNP exams in 5 months but this one...
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Bishop(TCP/IP), CCNP |
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Posted by: Headhunter
Date Posted: 05 February 2007 at 11:47pm
4x 3750s and some 2600s
mmm ever heard of feature sets
the assesor lab is one day, bootcamps vary
mmm now what can you expect on a hands on test???
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Koen
CCSI#30501 CCNP CCIP CCVP CCSP CCDP CQS-Cisco Wireless LAN Design & Support Cisco Unity Design Specialist Cisco IP Telephony Design Specialist JNCIA-ER MCSE MCSA:Messaging |
Posted by: globalchicken
Date Posted: 08 February 2007 at 1:46pm
You have a CCNP and dont know what an advanced feature set is or know how to navigate Cisco's homepage?
They are actually 3700 and 3800 series routers.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1828/produ cts_white_paper09186a008018305e.shtml - IOS White paper
http://tools.cisco.com/ITDIT/CFN/jsp/index.jsp - IOS Feature Navigator
http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/rs/lab_equipment. html - LAB INFORMATION
The knowledge is out there but you have to put forth the effort.
The Cisco Assessor is exactly that. It asseses your ability to take the lab portion. The bootcamp prepares you to take the assessor in my opinion, but you should not take the bootcamp if you do not have much practical experience or knowledge of the material.
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CCNA CCNP MCSA MCSE |
Posted by: ciscokids
Date Posted: 08 February 2007 at 4:52pm
| if you have already passed the written with your eyes closed you too good to be posting questions in this forum. |
Posted by: security3
Date Posted: 22 February 2007 at 9:47am
| Passed with your eyes closed? Used a few braindumps have we? Get a clue. If you want the CCIE you better get some real work done. |
Posted by: hudsonmbg
Date Posted: 22 February 2007 at 10:05pm
Hi Security3, are you American? I dont want to conclude on that. CCIE Lab exam or any certification is like mathematics. The only way to pass the math exam or test is practice. You practice with the examples the teacher gives in class, past questions and answers (so that you can learn from past experience) and you also consult with other guys who are considered very experienced. I used braindumps and trust me, I went through 8 months CCNP training in a Cisco Academy. So I did not just cram like you did. WELCOME TO This Forum. Thanks for understanding. I am sure you are curious why I asked if you are American. Pay a visit to Heinz Ulm's site and you might get a clue.
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Bishop(TCP/IP), CCNP |
Posted by: mlomker
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 12:45pm
They are Cat 3550/3560 and you need a 3640 or 2600XM to run 12.4 Mainline AES. The 3640's are a lot cheaper.
I'd recommend that people download the free lab sample from Internetwork Expert or Netmasterclass. They provide a wiring diagram and equipment list in the preface. There seems to be a fair bit of bad information on this forum.
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http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/rs/lab_equipment. html
# 3725 series routers - IOS 12.4 mainline – Advanced Enterprise Services
# 3825 series routers - IOS 12.4 mainline – Advanced Enterprise Services
# Catalyst 3550 series switches running IOS version 12.2 – IP Services
# Catalyst 3560 Series switches running IOS version 12.2 - Advanced IP Services
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Posted by: rw4549
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 7:11am
Speaking from experience if you can already configure and have an in depth understanding of all of the topics covered in the blueprint from cisco's website than yes you may not gain a lot of benefit from attending a bootcamp. But even if you configure routers from scratch as well as design and troubleshoot large complex network you will still need to log 1 to 500 hours doe on actual lab mockup scenario's whether you rent lab time or actually have an in home lab to get you to the comfort level you will need to confidently go in and pass the lab. All the major ccie training vendors have workbooks you can use for study.
For myself with 11 + years in the industry and 8 of them concentrated on internetworking design, deployment, and troubleshooting obtaining my CCIE was still a 2 year endeavor.
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Bob Watson
Field Engineer III
CCNP/DP/IE (#17457 R&S) CSFS |
Posted by: pancho
Date Posted: 16 May 2007 at 7:19am
Worrying to see no knowledge of Cisco code trains as a CCNP (in 5 months, so I'm guessing braindumps all the way here - another paper NP with no clue)
To get CCIE forget all your professional level certs (although if you passed them legitimately then its a good start) and prepare for 18 months hard work - 15 hours per day for me for last 3 months.
I'm fairly sure from the tone of the post, that hard work aint gonna be too attractive a proposition and so you'll braindump the IE written and claim to be a 'half-CCIE' like so many clueless networking people out there.
Thats why the lab still remains the benchmark - its the only true test out there
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Posted by: short
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 12:54am
your only choice is ccie
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