Re: OT - ACE Rack Rental?

From: Darby Weaver <ccie.weaver_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:50:45 -0400

I just left my local Cisco Office and I took the guided tour.

There are a pair of ACE Modules, a pair of ACE 4710, and a pair of CSS's on
the premise and available for local usage at least.

If I were you I'd visit my local SE and get to know them better... who
knows what you might find.

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Scott M Vermillion <
scott_ccie_list_at_it-ag.com> wrote:

> Hey Greg,
>
> IIRC, that module is for 6500s and 7600s only, so no Dynamips support. I'm
> normally very bullish on the PEC labs but was not terribly impressed with
> the ACE series, so you're not missing out on too much there, IMHO. You do
> gain a basic familiarization and a healthy disrespect for how they've
> recycled class-map and policy-map code. YUCK!! I think you're going to
> need to either take a class or try to gain access to some lab gear via Cisco
> somehow.
>
> You are an independent consultant, no? You have a couple of choices if
> you're interested in PEC access. If you're fully incorporated, you can
> establish a partner relationship for your company (it's not as difficult as
> one might think). Or you can just affiliate with someone who already has.
> Lastly, there's a consultant type of relationship that you can establish
> with Cisco, but I don't think it affords you full access, so PEC might still
> be off the table with this option.
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott
>
>
> On Apr 22, 2009, at 6:05 , Gregory Gombas wrote:
>
> Hi gang,
>>
>> Do any of you know where I can rent rack time for the Cisco ACE module
>> or appliance?
>>
>> Also is it possible they have added the ACE to dynamips?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Greg
>>
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