From: Scott Morris (smorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Dec 06 2000 - 12:55:43 GMT-3
hehehe... That would be evil... From the folks that I've talked to,
there's still "review" going on, but there will be tracks within the
"Service Provider" series of CCIE. That means that it's not going to be
QUITE that evil. Perhaps one still concentrating on the Stratacom gear, one
on the broadband equipment (which is "broad" enough (forgive the pun)).
But that should make it more attainable. So the guys who have 3 (there are
two of them now, both at Cisco) will still have 3 CCIE's.
And nope, haven't seen any BPXs. I see IGXs occasionally though.
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
Tony Medeiros
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 10:49 PM
To: Chad Marsh; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Two CCIE Certification tracks to be retired
Yes I have heard this too.
The skinny on this is the new SP cert will encompase ALL of Cisco's SP gear.
Wan switches, UBR gear, Dialin access gear, and DSLAMS. It will have the
usual extra heavy dose of BGP as well. Because this is SOOOO much equipment
to configure, a canadate can get one of three types of tests: WAN switching
stuff (IGX, MGX, BPX), Broadband stuff (UBR routers, DSLAMs and
concentrators, or Dialin stuff (AS5300's). You won't know which equipment
you will have to configure untill you get there. YIKES !!!!! I would
imagine that the test won't go into the super great detail of each equipment
class. But, I bet it will super hard anyway, Especially for guys like me
who have never laid hands on stratacom gear. Still, The test reflects the
way the industry is going and should carry some really killer weight.
Hmmm, anybody seen any BPX 8600's on sale on Ebay??? :)
Tony Medeiros CCIE 6172
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chad Marsh" <chad@wa.net>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 7:58 AM
Subject: Two CCIE Certification tracks to be retired
> Not sure if this info has been posted here yet...
>
> If any of you are studying for the CCIE ISP/Dial (like me) or the CCIE WAN
> certifications, you'd better hurry up.
> Cisco has announced that these two certifications are to be retired, with
> the last day to take the written qualifications being 1/31/2001, and the
> last day to take the lab exams being 8/31/2001. If you don't pass the lab
by
> 8/31, you're out of luck.
>
> These tracks are to be updated and consolidated into one CCIE SP
> certification, with the release date for this pending.
>
> Here is the announcement from CCO:
>
> Comprehensive CCIE Service Provider Track Planned for 2001
> As market trends move toward a solutions driven approach, the CCIE program
> is doing the same. The CCIE Service Provider (SP) track will become that
> evolutionary vehicle and it is under development now. Because WAN
Switching
> and last-mile technologies such as ISP-Dial are central to SP solutions,
the
> need for stand-alone certifications in WAN Switching and ISP-Dial no
longer
> serve the industry. Therefore, both qualification exams in these areas
will
> go off-line worldwide on January 31, 2001, with the corresponding Lab
exams
> off-line on August 31, 2001.
>
> If you are on a course for either CCIE ISP-Dial (#350-004) or CCIE WAN
> Switching (#350-007) you have until January 31, 2001 to take either exam.
> The CCIE ISP-Dial and WAN Switching Lab exams will be open through August
> 31, 2001. If you are unable to schedule or do not pass the Lab exam before
> the August 31, 2001 deadline, you will automatically qualify and can
> schedule the CCIE SP Lab when available. Direct your questions regarding
> program changes to ccie@cisco.com.
> Stay tuned to this What's New page for up to date information on CCIE SP
> structure, beta, and release. Details on the new track will be available
in
> February 2001.
>
>
> Chad Marsh
> CCIE # 5185
>
>
>
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