From: Jay Hennigan (jay@west.net)
Date: Fri Jun 11 2004 - 17:05:17 GMT-3
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, John Jiang wrote:
> Regarding CCIE re-certification, what is the policy? If I passed two years
> deadline, the status will be suspended for another year. Do I need to take
> both written and lab during the suspended year to be an active CCIE?
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/625/ccie/recert/
" If your CCIE certification is suspended, you lose all CCIE benefits
and CCIE privileges with Cisco.com until you recertify. After one
year of suspended status, your certification becomes inactive and
you will be required to retake both the written and lab exams in order
to restore your active CCIE status. "
It would appear to me that passing any of the currently available written
exams within the one year suspension would restore your active status.
Adter being suspended for a year, you have to start over.
This particular page isn't clear, but I believe that the recert would be
based on your original lab pass date and not on the recert date. For
example:
Pass lab Jan 2002
Become inactive Jan 2004
Pass written and regain active status Dec 2004
*** My guess ***
You would become inactive again Jan 2006, not Dec 2006.
Look at it this way. At a minimum, you have to pass a written exam to
either get receertified or qualify for a lab attempt. So, if you want
to retain/regain your active status, you have to pass a written exam.
If you're considering going for a double-CCIE and are strong in a different
discipline than your current CCIE track, go for that one. You'll then be
recertified AND qualified for your second-track lab.
For example, I'm an R&S CCIE. I passed the security written 350-018 before
my two-year anniversary date. I'm now recertified as R&S, and qualified
to attempt the security lab.
Note also that there is no "earliest" date. One could pass the same track
written the day after passing the lab and be good for four years. If you
think you might get rusty, this could be a good strategy.
-- Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Administration - jay@west.net WestNet: Connecting you to the planet. 805 884-6323 WB6RDV NetLojix Communications, Inc. - http://www.netlojix.com/
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