Re: OT - ACE Rack Rental?

Remember that you do not have to do the exact lab that the PEC dictates. You
can lab up anything that you want to as long as you create your example
around the topology on the given rack.

Darby - did you visit Steve over at the field office or did you talk to
Bill?

Larry Hadrava
CCIE #12203 CCNP CCNA
Sr. Support Engineer  IPexpert, Inc.
URL: http://www.IPexpert.com

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Darby Weaver <ccie.weaver_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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