From: Tim O'Brien (tobrien@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Jun 14 2002 - 13:23:36 GMT-3
Mike,
Money made by sales of Cisco gear is what Cisco is all about. They are not
looking to put out experts that can band-aid a company's pathetic IPX
network for a few more years of life. They want new engineers that can tout
AVVID and can configure QoS on an IP Telephony LAN/WAN with 6500 cores and
Gig to the IDF's. They want to sell new product! None of the new routers
even have Token Ring interfaces available. It is all about sales and money.
Do you think Cisco got $21 Billion in the bank with no debt by helping the
little guy run his Token Ring/IPX network for a few extra years?
Tim
CCIE 9015
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
Mike Schlenger
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 11:27 AM
To: 'Christopher Jarosz'; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: OT: My 2cents on the new content
Who was the genius that decided IPX should be removed? Have they gone
completely mad? Do they have ANY idea how much IPX is still out there? Yes,
I understand most organizations have "plans" to remove IPX from their
networks, but those plans span years. I personally think that alone is a
huge dent in the program. I will be writing the CCIE program with my
thoughts. How does Cisco plan on preserving the value of the cert if they
are taking the "I" out of CCIE? Typically, an "internetwork" is comprised of
multiple protocols...not just IP. Hope I didn't get on anyone's bad side, it
just doesn't click in my head.
Mike Schlenger
CCIE #7079
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Jarosz [mailto:cajarosz@attbi.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 11:04 PM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: New Exam Info...
Straight from Cisco......
1.. Lab Exam Content and Equipment Changes
CCIE Candidates should note the following changes to the technical content
and equipment for the CCIE Lab exam. The content changes affect the CCIE
Routing and Switching Lab exam, while the equipment changes affect all CCIE
certification tracks.
The CCIE program continually monitors the topics and technologies covered
in the CCIE certification tracks. The end result of this process is that a
topic may be removed from the exam to allow greater emphasis on features or
technologies that are more current in the industry.
Therefore, effective November 4th, 2002, the following topics will no
longer be tested on the CCIE Routing and Switching exam:
IGRP
Token Ring
Token Ring Switching
IPX
Please note that DLSw+ will remain as a valid topic on the exam.
Between September 1, 2002 and November 4th, 2002 all CCIE labs will
replace the current Catalyst 5000 switches with Catalyst 3550 switches.
However, the only switching features tested during this time will be those
common to both devices - additional features on the Catalyst 3550 will only
be tested after November 4th, 2002.
Please note that except for the change in switches, no new topics are
being added to the content covered by the Routing and Switching exam.
However, many features currently tested will now be able to receive more
weight on the exam after November 4th.
If you have questions regarding these changes, please contact
ccie-lab@cisco.com.
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