Re: OT: New lab v4 assesor at Cisco site and Lab beta exam at

Hi,

Move to Linux, I have a MCS7815 (yes, the CCM box) with 2GB RAM. when I used
Win2k Server I was able to run up to 8 3725 routers so I decided to move to
Linux (CentOS v5) after 14 devices run without problems.

Rgds.

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Rob Clav <robclav_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Many thanks to everybody, now I need study it, that's all ;)
> 2009/8/13 <ccie.weaver_at_gmail.com>
>
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > after two unsuccesfuls R&S lab v3 exams(Advice: You know if you are ready
> > or
> > not), now I'm preparing the 3rd attempt in order to pass v4 R&S LAB.
> > Now I'm cutting down the expenses using more dynamips, the problems is
> > that I'm not able to run 13th devices running with an acceptable
> > performance
> > even using more than 4 Gb of RAM. I already applied all the performance
> > improvements like "IOS ghost" and so on. I'm thinking move to LINUX. But
> > any
> > advice will be really apreciated.
> >
> > By the other hand, I was using the IE materials for v3 and they are
> > fantastics, but there's nothing for v4 like mpls or I'm wrong. In
> addition
> > of that, I saw at Cisco that the cisco lab assesors tests have been
> remove
> > from the web, and replaced for a simulation of the new exam
> > structure (troubleshooting part and configuring part) taking 9 hours. Do
> > you
> > know how to buy the v4 assesors at CISCO site?? I saw like bootcamps
> > with the assesor bundles but says something like contact with a external
> > trainning company for contract them. Any experience related?
> >
> > Finally, do you have the link for taking the v4 lab beta exam ?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > RobClav
> >
> > Robclav,
> >
> > 1. MPLS - Get the old Sybex Book on MPLS Certification for the CCIP -
> only
> > costs a mild... $5.00 - $50.00. Of course new offerings will soon appear
> > if
> > not already. I kinda like this one.
> >
> > (It works through a varirty of labs in succession and incrementally. It's
> > the
> > kind of thing you need to see the cause and effect of each configuration
> > step-by-step and with more complexity as you progress.)
> >
> > 2. The CCIE Lab Accessors are gone for now. The Cisco ASET CCIE Labs are
> > still
> > alive and kicking. However, to the best of my knowledge you have to be
> > associated with a Cisco Partner and your SE will have to vouch for you
> and
> > get
> > you hooked up.
> >
> > (In the mean time - there are a total of 4 CCIE Lab Prep - Cisco Press
> > titles
> > and they are mostly written by the staff who are proctors... need I say
> > more?)
> >
> > If the wording looks like the CCIE Accessor... it is probably no small
> > wonder.
> >
> >
> > There is an argument that some of the labs in some of the books is old,
> > unsuported, etc. However, a creative CCIE Candidate can save a bundle by
> > being
> > able to spot the issues and overcome the deficiencies that time and
> change
> > have
> > had on these great references.
> >
> > 3. Dynamips - I'm not sure if everyone has heard but the emphasis on the
> > CCIE
> > Lab is not on Cisco Router Hardware, nor is it actually on Cisco IOS
> > Software
> > Version. It is on the Technology however. With that said, you can
> safely
> > practice the majority of your labs and scenarios on 2 or 3 routers and
> then
> > gradually build up to several more routers.
> >
> > A strategy such as this might take this form of understanding that there
> > are
> > two fundamental operations that routers employ and that the CCIE Lab is
> > intended to test upon:
> >
> > 1. The link between any two routers and at times maybe 3 routers.
> >
> > 2. The forwarding plane, its decisions and the conditions on which those
> > decisions are based.
> >
> > 4. There is/was no link to the Cisco Beta Labs.
> >
> > 5. The Official Announcement from Cisco is that the CCIE Version 4.0 Labs
> > shall
> > commence on October 18th, 2009.
> >
> >
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