From: Dawit Birhanu (dawit@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Feb 23 2000 - 13:27:26 GMT-3
Hi,
I successfuly completed my CCIE lab exam last Wednesday at San Jose. This
group list has been very helpful and is partly the reason for my success.
I would like to express my gratitude to those who actively participated
in this group list. Particularly to those who maintain this distribution
list. I would like to share my perspective of the exam within the NDA.
None of my drawings was taken. The lab proctor was very helpful during
the exam.
As has been expressed by a number of paricipants in this forum, it is
important to stay calm, focused and organized through out the exam
period.
Time management is extremly important -- it is better to invest your time
where you feel most likely to get some points from.
Remember some topics are more important than others -- not because of the
points they carry but because you cannot go further without completing
them. This are layer 1 and layer 2 issues such as physical connectivity,
Frame Relay configuration, ATM and Catalyst Switch configuration (eg.
VLAN setup). During your preparation for the lab exam, make sure that you
completely understand this topics. You will not be able to configure
routing and routed protocols, without properly configured Layer 1 and
Layer 2 protocols.
VoIP, ATM and VPN were all on the exam. But they weren't the most
difficult areas. It is important to note that the list of Cisco boxes that
you can possibly configure in the lab exam is limited to Cisco 2500,
2600, 3600, 4000, 4500 and Catalyst 5000 (as per CCO). It does not include
MC3600, LS1010 or PBX. MC3600 supports VoFR and VoATM. But, to my knowledge,
Cisco 3600 supports only VoIP.
While preparing for the CCIE lab exam I used the following books.
1. Cisco Certification: Bridges, Routers and Switches for CCIEs (Caslow)
2. CCIE Professional Development -- Routing TCP/IP Vol. I (Doyle, Cisco
Press).
3. CCIE Fundamentals: Network Design and Case Studies (Cisco Press)
4. Internet Routing Architectures (Halabi, Cisco Press)
5. All-In-One CCIE Lab Study Guide (Hutnik and Satterlee, McGraw Hill).
CCIE Fundamentals (#3) is available online on the CCO. Use the following
two URLs to access it.
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/idg4/index.htm
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ics/index.htm
In addition to the above listed books I have also read most of the IOS
configuration guides from manual, CCO or UNIVERCD.
Moreover, there are other useful books that I haven't read. You can
search Amazon.com using the keyword "CCIE" and look for customer comments
and ratings. I have found that the comments and ratings are really
genuine and mostly reflect my opinion.
I haven't taken any of the courses nor purchased any of the labs.
However, I was able to practice on a Cisco 7000, 2500s, Catalyst 2820 and
LS1010. Hands on experience is a critical success factor.
The URL http://www.cciebootcamp.com/ccielab.htm has quite useful
information about the lab exam -- it is a "must read".
I will continue to participate in this forum and try to be more active.
Dawit Birhanu
CCIE #5602
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