From: Jeff Kesemeyer (jkesemey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Feb 08 2002 - 10:08:06 GMT-3
I won't break the NDA but I can answer all your questions based on
several interviews from CCIE Program managers and directors.
The biggest part of attaining the CCIE is to know the scope.
There are several key statements that will help everyone with
determining what is on the lab.
If the hardware or IOS can support it - it can be in the lab.
To what extent? If it can be on another CCIE Certification, such as
IPSec, it is a major part of CCIE Security, but will it be on the CCIE
R&S, it should be, but not as much as on the CCIE Security. I wouldn't
want to find a CCIE who didn't know IPSec. What does CCIE stand for
again?
1) I believe that the new labs will not figure RSRB or LANE. Is this
correct? No LANE, mostly DLSW versus RSRB for the lab.
http://www.ccprep.com/resources/ccwebcast/cc-webcast.htm.htm
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/625/ccie/certifications/rsblueprint.htm
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2) Is CET or MPLS a part of the R&S labs? Can these be on other CCIE
Certifications? I don't know this answer, but I don't think the hardware
supports MPLS.
3) What are some good redistribution practices? Practice with them all,
know the problems, and be very fast. Getting the several routers all
talking IGP within a few hours should be the goal.
This would be a good topic for groupstudy, I work from the core (pick a
protocol - ospf) make sure all routers that are connected but this
protocol have the same routing table. Then I work on the access layer
(outside protocols) and get them configured and redistribute to the core
as I go. When I get done I check for routing loops, in case I messed up.
Once I am done I check the routing tables of the core to make sure they
are the same.
I think having a good plan in this will save you the time you need to
pass the lab. If others would share they methods (or better) it would be
great.
4) Do ISIS and NLSP appear in a major way (L1/L2 and L1/L2/L3
respectively) as OSPF? Lesser protocols will appear but not have the
same value as most important routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF.
http://www.ccprep.com/resources/ccwebcast/cc-webcast.htm.htm - Buddmeier
5) From the IPX perspective, how important is route redistribution
compared to route filtering, access-lists, NetBIOS access-lists etc.?
Know it all...
6) Do they configure loopbacks (they are very important when doing OSPF
& BGP) and other IP addresses? Is the entire Layer 1 connectivity done
already before you enter the labs? Layer one will be done, since 12.1
now supports router-id's for OSPF I have noticed several people prefer
this method for OSPF and BGP, I could see them saying to not use the
router-id command now to check if you know about using loopbacks with
higher addresses. Even funnier, put 12.0 code on the router you need the
router-id on, where was that command again...
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/625/ccie/ccie_program/new_format.html
7) Can QoS features like CAR, CBWFQ, LLQ figure in the labs?
If the hardware supports it, it can be in the lab...
Inside Cisco IOS Software Architecture ISBN: 1578701813, this book is a
great and short read. I recommend people get it for work and share it
among co-workers. It explains all the hardware types and why you config
something the way you do.
8) Which DLSW filters should one practice with? Should we concentrate
too much on access-expressions (I believe they are too easy)? Know it
all...
I included the links to the answers and if you have not visited the
links I recommend them. Just good to get an idea of what to expect for
those first timers...
HTH,
Jeff Kesemeyer
CCNP, CCDP, MCSE, CNE
www.bradshawlabs.com
"Your CCIE Rack Rental Source"
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Yogesh J
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 1:13 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Lab queries
Hi,
1) I believe that the new labs will not figure RSRB or LANE. Is this
correct?
2) Is CET or MPLS a part of the R&S labs?
3) What are some good redistribution practices?
4) Do ISIS and NLSP appear in a major way (L1/L2 and L1/L2/L3
respectively) as OSPF?
5) From the IPX perspective, how important is route redistribution
compared to route filtering, access-lists, netbios access-lists etc.?
6) Do they configure loopbacks (they are very important when doing OSPF
&
BGP) and other IP addresses? Is the entire Layer 1 connectivity done
already before you enter the labs?
7) Can QoS features like CAR, CBWFQ, LLQ figure in the labs?
8) Which DLSW filters should one practice with? Should we concentrate
too much on access-expressions (I believe they are too easy)?
Thanks and Regards,
Yogesh
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