Re: Lab day - simplifying topology

From: Vijayaram V (vj2106@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Mar 26 2009 - 01:25:01 ART


Hello Narbik / Anthony,

Does that mean we can proceed with configuration without looking at
troubleshooting section? and lab task configs will eventually lead us to
where the fault is?

I was going through the posts by Scott Morris in INE blog, about the initial
troubleshooting and convinced myself that I would spent about 10 - 15mts
initially to verify & detect obvious faults earlier in the lab.

Rgds, VJ

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Narbik Kocharians <narbikk@gmail.com>wrote:

> TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTooooooottttallly agreed
>
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Anthony Sequeira <
> asequeira@internetworkexpert.com> wrote:
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> > In the actual lab exam, you are dealing with a pre-configured topology
> > ready for your configurations of the tasks. I would begin my
> configurations
> > without touching a thing, unless warranted by a task.
> >
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> > On Mar 25, 2009, at 6:20 PM, Dale Shaw wrote:
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> > Hi all,
> >>
> >> When it comes to the big day, can anyone think of a good reason not to
> >> 'shutdown' all switch ports first, enabling only the ports required by
> >> the specific lab topology?
> >>
> >> In other words, literally "int range fa0/1-24" (or as appropriate),
> >> "shutdown" everything, then as you're working through the lab guide,
> >> configuring ports/assigning VLANs/creating Etherchannels etc.,
> >> enabling ports as you go?
> >>
> >> Apart from the obvious potential trap of forgetting to "no shut" a
> >> port, or situations where the task(s) make it clear you are not
> >> permitted to shut anything else down, are there any traps?
> >>
> >> I was recently bitten by a problem caused by a switch-to-switch link
> >> that was not part of my lab topology -- I had a flapping EIGRP
> >> neighbour and it was all down to some 'extra' switchports coming in to
> >> play.
> >>
> >> Curious about the way other people approach this issue.
> >>
> >> cheers,
> >> Dale
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