Re: Rack set up question for R & S

From: Narbik Kocharians (narbikk@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Sep 21 2008 - 13:29:06 ART

Long,

Your other option is to do all the routing and some switching and from time
to time just rent a rack for a day or so.

On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Scott M Vermillion <
scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com> wrote:

> Hi Long,
>
> Depending on your budget and your approach to lab prep, you could also
> consider the 3560-8PCs (a nine-port switch counting the gig "uplink" port).
> They have the full L3 and QoS functionality that you will need for lab
> prep.
> You can buy these new for under $1k each and I'm guessing there's a used
> market by now. Having said that, I'm not entirely convinced that a
> four-switch hardware lab is strictly speaking necessary; rack rentals can
> go
> a long way if you are able to work your schedule around those of the
> vendors. I personally built a 4x3560-8PC lab and have no serious regrets -
> I was able to learn a LOT about L2 via random exploration and
> troubleshooting that I otherwise wouldn't have if I was just trying to get
> through the motions of a lab scenario in my allotted rental window. But I
> can honestly say that these switches were probably expense #2, second only
> to the sum total of my training expenditures...
>
> Prosperous studies!
>
> Scott
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Long
> Nguyen
> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 3:29 AM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Rack set up question for R & S
>
> I've inherited my brother's CCIE rack and its an older set up with two 3550
> switches. I was wondering how crucial it would be for me two be able to do
> the labs with 4 switches. I've also inherited his older workbooks for the
> two switch set up. Should I pick up some 2950s and get the new learning
> materials, or could I learn enough via the two switches, my work experience
> is not very extensive at all.
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> Thanks,
>
> Long Nguyen
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