Re: CCIE Service Providerv3 - General Question

Cisco are big in the DWDM/Optical space. I have worked with very large ISP's running Cisco in that layer of the network.

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On 25 Oct 2012, at 9:54 AM, Yuri Bank <yuribank_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Everyone says that Cisco will eventually release some kind of
> virtualized platform for IOS-XR, but I don't see it happening. Hell,
> even the versions of L3/L2IOU that are floating around were *not*
> officially released by Cisco. I think if anything, they will go
> towards a hosted solution, similar to Junosphere, which kind of sucks
> because I really like having my own lab to tinker with.
>
> Dynamips running c7200s can do a lot of the technologies, so using it
> learn the theory and fundamental configurations makes a lot of sense.
> I think this is what most people are doing.
>
> I didn't think Cisco was big in the DWDM/SONET market (I've seen ISPs
> running Fujitsu, Infinera, and Alcalu for optical transport but never
> Cisco). I think the material on that subject would be minimal. All
> very much theory based.
>
> -Yuri
>
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Tom Kacprzynski <tom.kac_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Yuri,
>> Good to hear from you. Looking over the written and lab requirements, there
>> seems to be some differences. Written seems to have a lot more of things
>> like SONET, DWDM, ATM along with the MPLS and IGP. What have you used for
>> these topics (SONET, DWDM, ATM)? The IS-IS books looks good, will have to
>> check it out. I just got the MPLS book and started reading "Traffic
>> Engineering with MPLS" by Eric Osborne.
>>
>> I'm thinking that learning the theory and implementing it on IOS would take
>> significant time. Then applying that same knowledge to XR might not be as
>> hard. I'm not sure if that makes much sense without knowing XR that much,
>> but I would think that most of the features are similar with some new
>> additional ones first implemented on the XR line. Anyone agree or disagree?
>>
>> How are the rumors of virtualized XR platform? Any development there?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Tom Kacprzynski
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Yuri Bank <yuribank_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Tom,
>>>
>>> I've glanced over some of INE's material, and it looks pretty good.
>>> However, workbooks are not the real concern, it's the lab equipment!
>>> Anyways, I think studying for the CCIE-SP is no different from the
>>> R&S. *Start with the theory*
>>> At least that is what I've been doing. I just finished reading 'OSPF:
>>> Anatomy of an Internet Routing Protocol' and 'MPLS Enabled
>>> Applications'.
>>> 'The Complete IS-IS Routing Protocol' Is next on my list.
>>>
>>> -Yuri
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 6:31 PM, HEMANTH RAJ <hemanthrj_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Tom
>>>>
>>>> I was also with the same confusion as like you after finishing my R&S.
>>>> But
>>>> now after purchasing Narbik Workbooks and INE materials for CCIE SPV3. I
>>>> felt they have covered the blueprint extensively. So i would recommend
>>>> to
>>>> go for Narbik and INE WB if you want to pursue your SPV3.
>>>> I am doing the same right now.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Tom Kacprzynski <tom.kac_at_gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> Now that I'm done with CCIE R&S, there is a void in my evenings, no
>>>>> more
>>>>> date-nights with R1 and SW2 (oh memories) or practice labs. So I was
>>>>> thinking of looking at the CCIE Service Provider. I wanted to get some
>>>>> feedback from people that did their RS and moved on to the Service
>>>>> Provider
>>>>> track. From my initial research I'm noticing that workbooks don't seem
>>>>> to
>>>>> be comprehensive as with RS, by that I mean not all topics are covered
>>>>> in
>>>>> them (I could be wrong). Is that partly due to the hardware
>>>>> requirements?
>>>>> What sort of major difference did you noticed studying SPv3 vs RS in
>>>>> terms
>>>>> of materials and preparation?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Tom Kacprzynski
>>>>> CCIE#36159
>>>>>
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