From: Bruce Williams (bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Jul 30 2002 - 10:13:31 GMT-3
I see your point. The layer 3 stuff would be a piece of cake to those other
things you mentioned.
Bruce
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
Colin Barber
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 3:54 AM
To: 'ccielab@groupstudy.com'
Subject: RE: Lab equipment changes in simple words
It's not just the layer 3 stuff that's the problem. If you are going to sit
your CCIE lab then you would know how use a router?
You would also need to know about:
Port-based authentication
Voice VLAN
The new STP protocols - RSTP and MSTP
Cross-stack uplinkfast
Storm-control
Protected ports
VLAN maps
QoS features
MSDP
Fallback bridging
Even copying software images is different (archive command)
All of these features and more many turn up in the lab after November 4th.
And remember that two switches will be in the lab.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Williams [mailto:bruce@williamsnetworking.com]
Sent: 30 July 2002 02:59
To: Todd Carswell; Paul; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: Lab equipment changes in simple words
Do you believe it is safe to assume that we wont be tested on the layer 3
capabilities because of the following statement from CCIE What's New:
"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."
Bruce
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
Todd Carswell
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 6:28 PM
To: Paul; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Lab equipment changes in simple words
Paul,
I asked the very same question and here's the scoop I've heard...
1. The 3550 will be migrated into the lab exam between October 1st and
November 4th.
2. If you have a lab exam between those dates, you could get a cat5K or
two 3550s on your pod. It's a toss-up.
3. The 3550 on your pod will be loaded with EMI code. This provides
layer 3 capabilities.
4. The 3550s are running in the $2200 - $2400 price range with SMI
code. If you have a service contract with Cisco, you can download the
EMI code. If you don't have a service contract, the EMI code is an
additional $2000.
Hope that helps!
Todd Carswell
Paul wrote:
>Could somebody give stright answer when exactly lab
>candidates are going to be tested on 3550. Is it
>Sempteber 1st, October 1st or November 4th.?
>Does it mean that cat 5000 (actually 6500) are going
>to be definitly removed, and from now on we are going
>
>to use cat 3550 IOS.
>I'm taking lab in September and I'm totally confused.
>I went through Cisco web site, but it is still not
>clear to me.
>I don't own 3550 so I have one more question.Is it
>3550 IOS similar to 2924XL- at least at layer 2
>configuration?
>Thanks in advance
>Paul
>
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