From: mahmoud genidy (ccie.mahmoud@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Mar 28 2009 - 20:53:49 ART
Totally agree with Anthony and Narbik
- You need to have your own strategy based on the way you used to practice
labs
- No way (almost) to figure out the problems Cisco put in your
pre-configuration. So you need to proceed and it will come clearly in your
way.
Mahmoud Genidy
CCIE#23690
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 6:32 AM, Anthony Sequeira <
asequeira@internetworkexpert.com> wrote:
> One of the amazing things about the CCIE Lab Exam is the fact that
> Scott Morris and I can each pass the exact same Lab Exam, but each of
> us can do so taking almost a completely different strategy.
>
> For example, one might read the entire lab before beginning and create
> a master diagram, while the other might start configuration on Task
> 1.1 without any prep whatsoever.
>
> You need to find the strategy that works for you and stick with it!
>
> For those without ideas toward the strategy that might work for them,
> they need to contact their favorite vendor on this forum.
>
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> On Mar 26, 2009, at 12:25 AM, Vijayaram V wrote:
>
> > 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:
> >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > Anthony J. Sequeira, CCIE #15626, CCSI #23251
> > > Senior CCIE Instructor
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> > >
> > > On Mar 25, 2009, at 6:20 PM, Dale Shaw wrote:
> > >
> > > 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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