Re: From CCIE R&S to R&S+SP -- commitment required

Rick

Are channelized interfaces covered in the SP track? I work with them a lot
in my present SP gig.

Cheers
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Mur" <rick_at_rickmur.com>
To: "Dale Shaw" <dale.shaw_at_gmail.com>
Cc: "Cisco certification" <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 12:40 AM
Subject: Re: From CCIE R&S to R&S+SP -- commitment required

>I hope I can answer your questions.
>
> - I took a break for about 2 months after passing R&S
>
> - It did allow me to skip learning OSPF and L2 stuff, besides that you
> need to learn a lot more. Still I would say a 50-60% overlap. BGP is a
> lot more complex within the SP track, IS-IS has quite a few things
> different than OSPF. The entire logical set-up of the lab is totally
> different (physically it's most of the same equipment)
>
> - I found the written to be more straightforward and real-life than the
> R&S exam, I really liked it actually. I did around 2 months of
> preparation for the written
>
> - From beginning to passing SP lab I took about 6.5 months, I really
> don't know the amount of hours, practically it was labbing all weekend (5
> to 8 hours a day) and 2 to 3 evenings a week I did some reading and
> research
>
> - I prepared myself much better for SP, I took the blueprint as study
> goal which I didn't do for R&S, for the rest you are familiar with the
> procedure of reading, labbing, where to buy labs, where to access
> equipment, which makes it a lot more relaxed. I was ready about a month
> before my lab date, but I this was the earliest date I could find in
> Brussels after passing the written in January.
>
>
>
> Rick Mur
> CCIE2 #21946 (R&S / SP)
> rick_at_rickmur.com
>
>
>
>
>
> On 13 jun 2009, at 09:39, Dale Shaw wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> There are lots of posts on GroupStudy where people are asking for
>> pointers to good CCIE SP study resources -- that's not the intention
>> of this post.
>>
>> I'd like to hear from people who went on from CCIE R&S to tackle and
>> pass SP. Was the time and effort required comparable to that of your
>> CCIE R&S journey, or was it more like a logical progression that
>> required less from you in terms of time and commitment?
>>
>> Obviously some people tackle CCIE SP without R&S, and presumably for
>> them the end-to-end effort is similar for someone doing R&S from
>> scratch (otherwise plenty of people would be out there saying "SP is
>> easier than R&S"). Noting that everybody is different, I suppose I'm
>> curious about things like:
>>
>> - Did you take a break after R&S, and if so, how long?
>> - How much of your retained R&S knowledge helped with your SP prep?
>> Did it allow you to skip much/any content?
>> - For the SP Written, how long did you prepare and how did you find
>> the exam, difficulty-wise? Same as R&S Written?
>> - How long did it take you, from end-to-end, from the beginning of
>> your SP prep to passing the SP lab? How many hours, roughly
>> - Any other observations re: changes in the way you prepared for R&S
>> versus SP?
>>
>> Having recently passed R&S, I'm keen to capitalise on my study 'mode'
>> and habits, but for me, pursuing SP is more about an interest in the
>> technology than any other imperative. I know if I leave it too long,
>> some of those strange tidbits of information still clanging around
>> inside my head will disappear, study habits will give way to life,
>> work will ramp up, and it will be harder to get motivated to get stuck
>> into SP.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dale
>>
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