Re: OT - ACE Rack Rental?

That's normally the case Larry but I think if you spend some time with
this specific lab topology, you'll see that it's put together a little
strangely. IIRC, there's some weird NAT and so forth going on so that
multiple "pods" can share the same ACE module. So you will not have
quite the same freedom with this one as most other PEC labs.

Don't get me wrong - I appreciate all of these offerings. I just
wasn't as thrilled with this specific one as most all of the others
I've done over the course of time. And again, the main value that I
took away was to come to an understanding of just how unfriendly these
things are in terms of configuration. I absolutely hate how Cisco has
recycled QoS code into this module. I certainly won't be turning in
any designs to clients that make use of this nasty little beast...

On Apr 22, 2009, at 5:05 , Larry Hadrava wrote:

> 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
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>
> 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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