Re: Need Advise on Lab Strategy

Wow it was late I see I said RMON instead of ROMMON haha
Regards,

Joe Astorino - CCIE #24347 R&S
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-----Original Message-----
From: Moin Khan <moinkhan81_at_gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:50:44
To: Joe Astorino<jastorino_at_ipexpert.com>
Subject: Re: Need Advise on Lab Strategy

Thanks Joe for your feedback....I feel better now :)..

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Joe Astorino <jastorino_at_ipexpert.com>wrote:

> Hey Moin,
>
> 1) I recommend you restart your pod right before lunch, and if time permits
> sometime TOWARDS the end of the day, but not too close to the end of your
> day. You want to leave enough time for troubleshooting just in case. The
> last reload is essentially a "nail in the coffin" type idea -- making sure
> everything works one last time. When everything comes back up, do your
> basic reachability test again on every device (tcl script). You will get
> time back if you have a genuine hardware problem. RMON is not necessarily
> an RMON problem. Plus, you should have checked your config-register in the
> morning : )
> sh ver | i 0x
>
> 2) You need to take at least a day or two and just go over things. Find
> out where all the blueprint topics are located and be able to find them
>
> 3) Not much I can tell you on the OEQ except that I would go over my theory
> the week before your lab by doing some light reading and review of topics
> using the DocCD primarily, and perhaps your written exam cert guide book and
> Doyle's books.
>
> 4) You certainly have access to calculator in the lab exam, as well as
> notepad.
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Moin Khan <moinkhan81_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Experts,
>>
>> Need your valuable advise on verification techniques during the Lab . With
>> less then 2 weeks to go for my first attempt am already feeling bit tensed
>> ,
>> not sure whether it happens to most of the guys :)
>>
>> Lab Strategy
>> 1) Restarting routers/sw ? Is it best pratice to restart router/sw before
>> and after verification? Hope that the router doesnt go in ROM mode . In
>> case
>> that happens , do we get extra time for it?
>> 2) Some tips on finding blueprint topics from Doc CD
>> 3) OEQ - hope memorization type questions not covered?
>> 4) Access to calculator in lab?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Moin
>>
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