Re: R&S 4.0 blueprint

Darby,

I think once you count the troubleshooting section and the configuration
section you end up with 7 hours, i think and i hope that Cisco makes
it challenging enough so the newly minted CCIEs will be knowledgeable and
what you would expect from a CCIE.

On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Darby Weaver <darby.weaver_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> I only counted 5.5 hours of configuration and testing.
>
> This amounts to a little more than a CCIE Accessor.
>
> However, I'm sure it will be the more difficult parts of any recent 3-5
> years lab worth off complexity.
>
> I'd expect the easier and more routine topics will be pre-coninfigured.
> Leaving the candidate to sort out the more difficult or time consuming
> topics.
>
> That is, the lower order topics may be considered mastery by virtue of
> completing the troubleshooting section and whatever is left of the OEQ.
>
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> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Marko Milivojevic <markom_at_markom.info>wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 22:52, Narbik Kocharians <narbikk_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I agree with Iwan, you should know:
>> >
>> > - LDP
>> > - Basic MPLS
>> > - RSVP - (I kinda find it hard to believe that this would be in the
>> exam,
>> > like Scott mentioned, TE is NOT part of this exam,
>> > B B B B B B B they don't even hit it hard in the SP track).
>> > - L3 VPN's - Static routes, RIPv2, Eigrp, OSPF, BGP
>> > - VRF & VRF Lite
>> > - Complex VPNs.
>>
>> I would actually be surprised to see any complex VPN's to begin with.
>> With 6 hours and all the other fun stuff there, this *could* be just a
>> little bit too much. However, we shouldn't forget the troubleshooting
>> section. That opens many new possibilities for introducing different
>> stuff to troubleshoot. For example, we may not have a complex
>> redistribution scenario to configure, but we may have a monster to
>> troubleshoot...
>>
>> Just thinking out loud here.
>>
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