Re: Lab Changes Coming

From: MADMAN (dave@interprise.com)
Date: Thu Jun 12 2003 - 17:25:28 GMT-3


Leo Seto wrote:
> I guess they put the 3700 series in because the 3640 is EOL. Gotta make
> people buy the expensive stuff so they can rave about it to future
> customers.
>
> Really you don't need it unless you've got deep pockets and want to run your
> ATM with it.
>
> Actually most of the non "xm" 2600 series has been EOLed too. I don't why

   The reason is IOS BLOAT!!!! :(

   Dave

> but I feel kind of sad when such good things are no longer made/sold. These
> days if I were putting together a practice lab, I'd use all 2600s except for
> the term server and frame-relay switch (2500 series for those).
>
>
> -Leo
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> Aldo
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 9:32 AM
> To: WHEATLEY, GREGORY W (SBCSI); ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: Lab Changes Coming
>
>
> What special features on 3700 which are not available on 26xx/36xx series?
>
> I can only find/think of this 2:
> - Compatibility with more than 90% of the world's legacy analog and digital
> TDM PBXs
> - Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST) features that enable centralized
> call processing with local
> branch IP Telephony redundancy
>
> any other?
>
>
> At 10:05 AM 6/12/2003 -0400, WHEATLEY, GREGORY W (SBCSI) wrote:
>
>>I was out on the Cisco Web Site and found the following under the What's
>
> New
>
>>Section.
>>
>>CCIE Lab Hardware Changes
>>On July 7 2003, the CCIE Program will be adding the 3700 series router to
>>all CCIE lab locations. Please refer to the equipment list for detailed
>>hardware designations per CCIE track.
>>
>>CCIE Lab IOS Changes
>>From July 7 2003 to August 31 2003, the CCIE Program will be migrating to
>>IOS 12.2. During the migration period all exams will still be based on IOS
>>12.1 content and objectives. NOTE: IOS 12.2 specific features and commands
>>will not be tested until September 1, 2003.
>>
>>
>>
>>>Greg Wheatley
>>>Senior Communications Specialist - Enterprise Network Support - SBC
>>>Midwest
>>>Office: (262) 523-8656
>>>Pager: (414) 318-6543
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>>>mailto:gw9287@sbc.com <mailto:gw9287@sbc.com>
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>>>
>>>The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear - Psalms 27:1
>>
>
>

-- 
David Madland
CCIE# 2016
Sr. Network Engineer
Qwest Communications
612-664-3367

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