Re: Cisco Announced change to R&S

SP will still be SP. The MPLS on the R&S exam is NOT going to supercede
the SP track. Although it's on there, it's not at all designed to be a
deep dive into the technologies. Know the basics. Know how to look it up.

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Mohammed Abbas wrote:
> Dear Experts,
> What will be the future of SP after this announcement?
>
> Regards,
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Casim <casim1980_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> this is really great news
>>
>> i would rather suggest cisco to introduce some new exam for existing CCIEs
>> in order to filter dummy CCIEs
>>
>> what do you experts say?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Walter <geyetan_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I think this is really cool. I've always felt that the ccie lab should be
>>> 40% config, 60% troubleshoooting and 0% OEQ :-) Still going to try n take
>>> the lab before October anyways ....
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 6:27 AM, <ali_akbar99_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> https://cisco.hosted.jivesoftware.com/docs/DOC-4605
>>>>
>>>> Cisco Revising CCIE R&S Certification
>>>> The upcoming Version 4.0 of Cisco CCIEB. Routing and Switching
>>>> certification
>>>> will test hands-on troubleshooting, Multiprotocol Label Switching
>>>>
>> (MPLS),
>>
>>>> and
>>>> VPN networking
>>>>
>>>> To reflect the growth of the network as a service platform, Cisco is
>>>> revising
>>>> the certification requirements for CCIE Routing & Switching (CCIE R&S)b
>>>>
>>> the
>>>
>>>> expert level certification for network engineers. The new requirements
>>>>
>>> were
>>>
>>>> developed with assistance from Cisco enterprise customers and reflect
>>>>
>> the
>>
>>>> expectations of employers across industries.
>>>>
>>>> The competencies required for CCIE R&S v4.0 certification were released
>>>>
>>> on
>>>
>>>> May
>>>> 5, 2009, and are available on the Cisco Learning Network under the CCIE
>>>>
>>> R&S
>>>
>>>> v4.0 Written Exam topics and CCIE R&S v4.0 Lab Exam topics. Exams based
>>>>
>>> on
>>>
>>>> the
>>>> new requirements are scheduled for release on October 18, 2009, and
>>>>
>> will
>>
>>>> immediately replace the currently available v3.0 exams. Candidates who
>>>>
>>> plan
>>>
>>>> to
>>>> take their exams on October 18, 2009, or later should prepare using the
>>>>
>>> new
>>>
>>>> v4.0 exam topics.
>>>>
>>>> Both the written and lab exams will be refreshed with new questions and
>>>> will
>>>> cover MPLS and VPN networking. The written exam will add scenario-based
>>>> questions to the multiple choice questions, and the lab will now
>>>>
>> require
>>
>>>> hands-on troubleshooting of preconfigured networks, in addition to
>>>> configuration. Exam duration and pricing will remain the same, with the
>>>> two-hour written exam at USD$350 and the eight-hour lab at USD$1400.
>>>>
>>>> A beta version of the new CCIE R&S v4.0 written exam (351-001) will be
>>>> available to all customers in the Julyb August 2009 timeframe at a
>>>> discounted
>>>> price of USD$50. An announcement will be made when scheduling begins.
>>>>
>>>>
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