Re: CCIE ID association Benefits..

From: Muhammad Nasim (muhammad.nasim@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Oct 17 2008 - 11:24:04 ART

Don't tell me that 5520 can not handle 20 Mbps of the traffic. It's really a
shame on 5520 if it can not do that.

2008/10/17 <tvarriale@flamboyaninc.com>

> One of my fav tac cases that was "escalated" beyond first level was...2
> (not 1) engineers telling me a 5520 could not handle 20mbps of traffic.
> I wonder what the first level people would have said!
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Scott M Vermillion" <scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com>
>
> Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:10:21
> To: 'Muhammad Nasim'<muhammad.nasim@gmail.com>; 'darth router'<
> darklordrouter@gmail.com>
> Cc: 'Ajay V m'<ajayvm@gmail.com>; 'Cisco certification'<
> ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Subject: RE: CCIE ID association Benefits..
>
>
> I have opened just one TAC case since passing the lab back in Feb, so
> YMMV... There seems to be some inconsistency between how my case was
> handled and what the rumor mill suggests should happen. Yes, you get
> escalated past the "is the router plugged in and is the power switch in the
> "ON" position?" crowd (MERCIFULLY!). No, I don't think your case
> necessarily gets handled by a CCIE nor do I think it automatically gets
> forwarded to a "core technology" team, as I had been led to believe.
> Honestly, this was a factor in my decision to pursue the CCIE, so I'm a
> little bummed.
>
> But I digress.
>
> The reason for my post is to address the question about being able to open
> a
> TAC case without a SmartNet account. "No" seems to be the answer. I have
> SmartNet on some of my own hardware and there was a time I could open a TAC
> case against, say, a 6509 using any old device that showed up under my
> personal CCO ID (and I can assure you that none of them are 6509s!). In
> spite of my CCIE and my own SmartNet, I had to jump through some hoops to
> get the device in question associated with my ID before I could proceed
> with
> the case. It would seem Cisco has gotten fairly aggressive about this.
> Having said that, if SmartNet is funded against whatever you're dealing
> with, the process to set up the affiliation is not "mission impossible."
> You need to know the street address and the POC that Cisco has listed for
> the device in question and theoretically they will place a call to verify
> that the POC does not object. In my case, we were dealing with something
> fairly time critical and some type of escalation took place to get the
> association done ASAP. It's possible they contacted a POC while I was on
> hold, but I'm fairly certain somebody did some type of override and just
> got
> it done. Long story short is that I don't think holding a CCIE does
> anything for you in terms of eligibility to open a TAC case...
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Muhammad Nasim
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 1:32 AM
> To: darth router
> Cc: Ajay V m; Cisco certification
> Subject: Re: CCIE ID association Benefits..
>
> Is there any discount on the Merchandise or other Cisco Market Place
> products as it is mention on the below link?
>
> http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/certified_ccies/index.html
>
> The above link also mentioned the "Benefits of Cisco"
>
> Another thing I want to confirm can a CCIE open a TAC case without having
> Smartnet associated with his ID? (My answer is NO but can any one confirm
> this : ) )
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> 2008/10/15 darth router <darklordrouter@gmail.com>
>
> > You sure you get forwarded to a CCIE TAC engineer?
> >
> > I think you just don't get forwarded to mexico, india or austrailia level
> 1
> > support.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:13 PM, Ajay V m <ajayvm@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > PEC and other things can be accessed even if you are not a CCIE, You
> just
> > > have to associate your ID to a partner.Official I think the CCIE
> > > merchandise is the only thing available additionally for CCIE level
> > > access.Also there is a benifit when you open a TAC case with a CCO
> which
> > > has CCIE,The case will be forwarded to a CCIE TAC Engineer.All the
> other
> > > benifits are for your company and not for you.So i guess they are the
> > ones
> > > to provide you the benifits :-)............
> > >
> > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 12:07 AM, darth router <
> darklordrouter@gmail.com
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > Just the TAC escalation is a huge benefit. You don't have to talk to
> > the
> > > > dumbasses who ask you if your router is plugged in.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Darby Weaver <
> ccie.weaver@gmail.com
> > > > >wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Sorry, I stand mistaken. Don't know if a CCIE can access PEC.
> > > > >
> > > > > I was speaking for Partners like Premier and above.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sorry for the oversight on my part.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Farrukh Haroon <
> > > farrukhharoon@gmail.com
> > > > > >wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I think any premier/silver/gold partner account can get all the
> > cool
> > > > > stuff
> > > > > > in PEC. No need for CCIE privileges.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Regards
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Farrukh
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Darby Weaver <
> > ccie.weaver@gmail.com
> > > > > >wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> You should get PEC. PEC offers freebie labs and freebie
> training
> > to
> > > > the
> > > > > >> various new materials available and yes they have some freebie
> > stuff
> > > > > >> available for professional and ccie level certs too.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 7:39 AM, Scott Morris <
> > > > > >> smorris@internetworkexpert.com> wrote:
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> > None. Unless you worked those out as part of your contract.
> > But
> > > > > >> nothing
> > > > > >> > magical happens.
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > I suppose you COULD get access to PELC (Partner E-Learning
> > > > > Connection),
> > > > > >> or
> > > > > >> > whatever it's called now. (through CCO)
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > Scott
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > >> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On
> > > > Behalf
> > > > > Of
> > > > > >> > jockey wearer
> > > > > >> > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 4:08 AM
> > > > > >> > To: Cisco certification
> > > > > >> > Subject: CCIE ID association Benefits..
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > Dear All,
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > I have associated my CCIE ID with one of the company to get
> them
> > > > > >> > partnership
> > > > > >> > . What kind of benefits I will get like free Training etc... ?
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > Thanks
> > > > > >> > Prashant
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> >
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