Re: Passes CCIE Lab(CCIE#25652)

Congratulations Anantha !!! Good Job !!

Ravi
2009/10/12 Anantha Subramanian Natarajan <anantha.natarajan_at_gravitant.com>

> Hi Niklas Eastrvm,
>
> Thanks for wishes.........
>
> *Preparation for the Lab exam *
> **
> 1) My first sense of CCIE came to me during when I was preparing for CCIE
> (ISP-DIAL) in year 2000 and was able to pass the written.My first intention
> was to clear the written as per my company that time.Then didn't had
> intention for appearing the lab and even the lab for CCIE -Dial was later
> expired from Cisco that year.
>
> 2) Then after a gap of 7 years,in year 2007 was planning to prepare for
> CCIE
> R&S written and subsequently lab,gave the written and passed the same.Then
> subscribed to IE materials for the lab preperation.Again after couple of
> months of preparation, put that into sleep,always had excuse to skip the
> lab
> preparation :)
>
> 3) Between year 2007 and 2008 was doing my CCDP and also part of CCSP,then
> suddenly at the end of year 2008,I thought in year 2009 atleast I should
> attempt the CCIE lab once ,whether I pass it or not.So reappeared for the
> CCIE written in Feb year 2009 and cleared the same.
>
> 4) Once the written was completed ,fortunately found my old friendswho are
> also trying to clear the lab exam,we all combined and made a decision
> that,we should give a best shot
>
> 5) My preparation for lab started IE 10 Day Videoon Demand
> Technology,initially I thought would complete all the 10 day content and
> would jump the real workbook ,but it took me long to complete this,so I
> switched between VOD and going through the lab workbooks.
>
> 6) First I went through IE Vol II Technology workbooks and went through
> each
> tecnology by just seeing the task and judging the answers(No practise)
> ..This gave me a feel,where I am and what to prepare more.
>
> 7) Then in my office PC loaded the GNS and did most of the technology labs
> in that workbook except switching.This is the time I really learned lots of
> stuff,I mean lots of stuff with help of Group Study and google.
>
> 8) Then went to appear for first bootcamp,where I felt very good(may not
> relatively good fom others perspective) about Switching,Frame
> Relay ,IGP,BGP(My favourite :)..) ..I was ok with router QOS but not the
> 3550/3560 mls qos,bad at multicast,ipv6,IOS features and security.This is
> the time it mad me to think,I have to really prepare for multicast,qos and
> security,sort of ignored IOS features..I don't know why ........
>
> 9) Went through the IP multicast ,QOS and security cisco press books...This
> was very hard to me because it took long time to finish but it made me to
> understand many
>
> 10) Then jumped to IE vol5 full labs --did around 4 full labs --thats the
> time i started feeling pretty decent about that
>
> 11) Meantime I went through many(Don't worry about wording many --i may be
> exeggarating here) subdocuments shared by my friends for the preparation
>
> 12) I forget to mention one thing,when I preparing from start,I made an XLS
> sheet,consisting points which i should remember,out of which I made 600
> flash cards with help of my wife.Which I think its a great revision tool
>
> 13) I bought CCIE command memorizer,a tool which is good to use even though
> i didn't use it for full
>
> 14) Meantime jumped back to the IE Vol II full labs and glanced around 4
> full labs
>
> 15) Doc CD was just my reference point upto this point and didn't use it as
> primary reaing content (My bad )
>
> 16) Another bad thing is ,I didn't went through RFCs
>
> 17) So when the exam was nearing a month back ,reattended the bootcamp and
> this time it was soo effective,I could really do well with multicast,qos
> ....About security I did know the concepts but was missing peices while
> solving the task
>
> 18) After this bootcamp,I started giving proper attention to OEQs,DOC cd
>
> 19) Honestly during the whole course I like to pass the lab exam but was
> not
> sure will clear it,even before attempting the lab exam I was preparing to
> the second attempt,my friends were criticising me about that :) ...........
>
> 20) I bought narbiks workbook and I would say thats the easiest to through
> ,may be possible since I went through the great content of IE Workbooks but
> nothing to take away from narbik workbook.It was well written and went
> through the same as a refresher.
>
> 21) One thing I did well was ,tried to understand as muych as
> possible..obviously went overboard but timne pressure brought me back .....
>
> The above way is how I went through the preparation..I am sure beated
> around
> the bush ...Hopefully gave some points
>
> *LAB Attempt*
> **
> 1) Last one week was the hardest I have to face because of physcic,upto
> that
> point I didn't felt chance of passing the lab but suddently felt
> chance,that
> itself was a dangerous thing..last one week I couldn't sleep well,was
> reaing
> wheatever I could,without roper planning and stuff..even before lab
> night,didn;t thoroughly went bed upto 2 am ....ofcourse these are signs fo
> clearly failing ...but lucklily passed it .....
>
> 2) On the lab day,as soon as I recieved the terminal,I was asked to give
> the
> OEQs,I went through the first question and gave a 10 mins
> explanation,second
> one around 10 mins ,3rd one 8 mins,forth one 1 min .....Clearly bad time
> management,then immediately logged of before the 30 mins
>
> 3) When I was asked to relogin to my respective POD,i saw the example given
> to me and logged on the wrong pad as given to me ...hahaha what a dump
> person I am ...I am seeing the preconfigs didn't match as it is supposed to
> be and went to Howard(Procotor) after 15 mins and askd is there any issue
> with my pod as the loopback didn't match ...then later found out I logged
> into a wrong pod ...clearly a bad start ...sorry to mention you all
> thenegative side of my lab attempt but this is how it went .Hopefully you
> would be able to overcome
>
> 4) Then drew my layer 2 diagram ,I like diagrams-even when i practise ,I
> atleast have 5 diagrams for a full lab(Layer 2,IGP,BGP,IPV6,Multicast)
>
> 5) I had many questions in the task and went to howard and he was so nice
> to
> explain me things ,when I was confused,even he gave me(or me able to
> understand that way) a sort fo glimpse that I am going in right direction
> for the task
>
> 6) Every task looked clearl familiar because of the preperation and when
> the
> lunch was called I didn;t even complete IGP and so the
> redistribution....Another issue but I was slow steady..I was tracking the
> points
>
> 7) Once came from lab ,I took around solid 1 hour to complete eigrp and
> redistribution section..i asked humpty questioins and able to finish it
> properly .....This is the time I felt I would not be able to finsih the lab
> ..fear rised and I rushed like anything,I went htough
> IPV6,QOS,multicast,part of security and jumping between BGP and security
> ....With one hour remaining I finished the lab with exception of one
> task,,I
> couldn't beleive .....Most time toook because ,my verification process is
> lengthier ........
>
> 8) After that I diddn;t even tried to attempt that task and ran the ping
> script which I rean before the lunch but with addition of extra ip's to
> verify the full reachability ..everything went fine ..multicast worked like
> champ(i was so happy :) ...)
>
> 9) But the last one hour,i really gave up,my mind didn't allowed to me
> verify what I did,i verified upto half of IGP and then always tried to
> escape from the lab,may be because of last night half sleep..but lucky
> seems
> everything worked as it supports to be as I passed :) ...But these things
> really needed to be avoided ..........
>
> This was my lab attempt eperinece ..after finishing lab at 3;30pm until
> 8:00pm when I got the result ,my mind of trying to find what could went
> wrong instead of what all right :) ..............
>
> Hopefully conveyed you something ...please overcome the above,its really
> painful otherwise .But don't worry about the exam,be well prepared and
> everything should be great ..Its all my mistake and nothing tough about the
> exam itself ....
>
> Regards
> Anantha Subramanian Natarajan
>
>
>
>
> 2009/10/12 Anantha Subramanian Natarajan <anantha.natarajan_at_gravitant.com>
>
> > Hi Niklas Eastrvm,
> >
> > Thanks for wishes.........
> >
> > *Preparation for the Lab exam *
> >
> > 1) My first sense of CCIE
> > * *
> >
> >
> > 2009/10/12 Niklas Eastrvm <nikeas_at_gmail.com>
> >
> > Congratulations Anantha !
> >>
> >> May we know more about your preparation and you attempt ?
> >>
> >> Rgds,
> >>
> >> Niklas Eastrvm
> >> Network Engineer - CCIE Service Provider
> >>
> >>
> >> Pablo Picasso<
> >> http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/p/pablo_picasso.html>
> >> - "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."
> >>
> >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:32, karim jamali <karim.jamali_at_gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Well Done!!!Gr8 Job..
> >> >
> >> > From your posts and questions,I knew u wld do it!!!
> >> >
> >> > Enjoy the achievement!
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Anantha Subramanian Natarajan <
> >> > anantha.natarajan_at_gravitant.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Thanks Tharindu Rukshan Bamunuarachchi
> >> > >
> >> > > Regards
> >> > > Anantha Subramanian Natarajan
> >> > >
> >> > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 1:50 AM, Tharindu Rukshan Bamunuarachchi <
> >> > > btharindu_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > Well Done.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Anantha Subramanian Natarajan
> >> > > > <anantha.natarajan_at_gravitant.com> wrote:
> >> > > > > Thanks Shaughn Smith
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Regards
> >> > > > > Anantha Subramanian Natarajan
> >> > > > >
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> >> > > > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 1:40 AM, Shaughn Smith <
> >> > shaughn.s_at_cvnnet.co.za
> >> > > > >wrote:
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >> Congrats man, enjoy
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> CCIE # 23962 (SP)
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> >> > > > >> -----Original Message-----
> >> > > > >> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On
> >> > Behalf
> >> > > Of
> >> > > > >> Anantha Subramanian Natarajan
> >> > > > >> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 5:03 AM
> >> > > > >> To: Narbik Kocharians
> >> > > > >> Cc: Dale Shaw; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> >> > > > >> Subject: Re: Passes CCIE Lab(CCIE#25652)
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> Thank You Narbik
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> Regards
> >> > > > >> Anantha Subramanian Natarajan
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Narbik Kocharians
> >> > > > >> <narbikk_at_gmail.com>wrote:
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> > Oh i forgot, CONGRATES.
> >> > > > >> >
> >> > > > >> >
> >> > > > >> > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Narbik Kocharians
> >> > > > >> <narbikk_at_gmail.com>wrote:
> >> > > > >> >
> >> > > > >> >> Good job mate, well done.
> >> > > > >> >>
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> >> > > > >> >> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Anantha Subramanian
> Natarajan
> >> <
> >> > > > >> >> anantha.natarajan_at_gravitant.com> wrote:
> >> > > > >> >>
> >> > > > >> >>> Thanks Dale
> >> > > > >> >>>
> >> > > > >> >>> Regards
> >> > > > >> >>> Anantha Subramanian Natarajan
> >> > > > >> >>>
> >> > > > >> >>> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Dale Shaw <
> >> dale.shaw_at_gmail.com
> >> > >
> >> > > > >> wrote:
> >> > > > >> >>>
> >> > > > >> >>> > Hi Anantha,
> >> > > > >> >>> >
> >> > > > >> >>> > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Anantha Subramanian
> >> Natarajan
> >> > > > >> >>> > <anantha.natarajan_at_gravitant.com> wrote:
> >> > > > >> >>> > >
> >> > > > >> >>> > > I passed the CCIE lab today and the number is
> CCIE#25652.
> >> > > > >> >>> >
> >> > > > >> >>> > Great news!
> >> > > > >> >>> >
> >> > > > >> >>> > As Mr. Kocharians would say, "congrates". As oluwaseyi
> ojo
> >> > would
> >> > > > >> say,
> >> > > > >> >>> > "Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!1".
> >> > > > >> >>> >
> >> > > > >> >>> > ;-)
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> >> > > > >> >>> > Cheers,
> >> > > > >> >>> > Dale
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