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

Channelized? You mean etherchannels, ppp multilink and multilink frame-
relay?
All three could be asked for, although etherchannels are less likely.

Rick Mur
CCIE2 #21946 (R&S / SP)
rick_at_rickmur.com

On 14 jun 2009, at 08:17, Gary Duncanson wrote:

> 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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