From: KennyT (frenzeus@streamyx.com)
Date: Sat Mar 24 2007 - 14:00:26 ART
Hi Adam,
Thanks. Certainly clears up a lot.. the fact that the labs are fully
booked... SP is indeed picking up. And yes, i guess there has been talks
about putting in the GSR as more & more SP's are deploying the CRS which
runs on IOS XR.
Thanks
Cheers,
-K
----- Original Message -----
From: "ADAM CALLIS" <adam.callis@gmail.com>
To: "KennyT" <frenzeus@streamyx.com>
Cc: "Cisco certification" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>; <comserv@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: CCIE SP seatings in Sydney
>K -
> I had the same issue here in the states at RTP.
>
> What I did is take one of those ridiculous dates and then just watched
> every
> day for cancellations, I ended up moving up 4 months.
> I did open a case with Cisco and they confirmed that it was indeed fully
> booked and they were not blocking out any dates (except the normal dates
> they are always closed, ie: holidays, and Wednesdays in RTP)
>
> I think that there is a big push for lab dates right now in the CCIE-SP
> for
> multiple reasons
> 1 - On Feb 1 they retired those old CCIE-SP written exams. Given that the
> new exam was supposed to be more comprehensive, I am sure many decided to
> rush and take the old exam first. This created an influx of candidates
> that
> were qualified (at least on paper) to take the CCIE Lab.
>
> 2 - There is an impression by many out there that the CCIE-SP is an easy
> CCIE to attain. I think this impression is driven from 2 factors, one
> there
> is not a lot of resources available until recently for bootcamps and study
> guides for it. What was available didn't really cover all of the topics.
> This could give someone the false impression that if the study guides
> aren't
> covering it, it must not be on the exam. The other factor is that I have
> heard a few double CCIE's (R/S & SP) saying that the SP was much easier
> then
> R/S. Given I personally have never taken the R/S I cannot speak to that,
> but
> I have taken and passed a JNCIE-M lab and have taken and failed the
> CCIE-SP,
> I found that they are comparable in level of difficulty. So I would not
> say
> it is "easy"
>
> 3 - There has been talk about the CCIE-SP lab being changed, possibly to
> include GSR's (IOS-XR), etc, which would be a significant divergence from
> where the lab is currently at, that coupled with the talk of MPLS being
> added to the R/S creates a bit of uncertainty which drives people to want
> to
> take the lab now before it changes.
>
>
> So the moral of the story is this,
> 1 - Be patient, a sooner lab date will open up - but you have to watch for
> it.
> 2 - Don't underestimate this lab, it is difficult
>
> take care and good luck,
> Adam
>
>
>
> On 3/23/07, KennyT <frenzeus@streamyx.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've been trying to locate seats in Sydney for the SP lab, is it really
>> fully booked?? I tried some time in February and i could find some seats
>> available for month of August.. now i can't find anything at all from
>> Mar -
>> Dec!
>>
>> This is scary....
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> -K
>>
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