Re: SP exam conditions

Indeed, stay focused on the major releases that Cisco provides on
their hardware blueprint. Don't try to know all the 'bugs' or
differences in the minor releases that are on the lab. That's just
ridiculous and not anything you would want to do.

It is possible that you run into something on the lab, still the SP
labs haven't been updated quite a while, so I don't think there are
ANY bugs in those exams.

Still the SP lab uses 3 different major IOS versions, 12.2T, 12.3T and
12.2S. All three have their own caveats and quirks. You really have to
be familiar with this as you will run into some issues where features
are not available for configuring or have to be configured a bit
different. Defaults that are different. Please prepare yourself for
that.

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On 26 okt 2009, at 22:30, Roy Waterman wrote:
> Emmanuel is certainly experienced in the SP area ;)
>
> What I would say though is be very wary of the IOS versions that are
> used in the SP lab, & when going through the SP config guides &
> command refs, pay special attention to any config that pertains to
> the IOS version you will be tested on.
> Rick Mur has highlighted this earlier.
>
> 2009/10/26 Emmanuel Aramide <earamide_at_googlemail.com>
> If you do find those images, please let me know (unicast). From my
> experience, those IOS versions are impossible to download from the
> cisco download tool. Only "current" releases and a few older ones
> are available. The really old ones they use in the labs are not
> available for official download; hence you may not be aware of some
> of their quirkiness till you actually come across it in the lab
> itself.
>
> The exam is not difficult at all, if you know your stuff you will
> ace the lab on your home setup for sure; but the caveats in the old
> IOS they use in the lab makes it a little bit more exciting.
>
> ....speaking from experience.
>
>
>
> 2009/10/26 Roy Waterman <roy.waterman_at_gmail.com>
>
> Florian
>
> In my opinion if you can get hold of the ios versions being used in
> the sp lab you should do it, if you are using dynamips.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On 26 Oct 2009, at 15:10, Rick Mur <rmur_at_ipexpert.com> wrote:
>
> Please keep in mind especially for the SP lab exam, that the
> versions that
> are used on the lab, can be quite old and could have quite some
> differences
> in how you configure stuff. The Service Provider releases also hold
> a lot
> different and sometimes less features than the regular release train.
>
>
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> Regards,
>
> Rick Mur
> CCIE2 #21946 (R&S / Service Provider)
> Sr. Support Engineer   IPexpert, Inc.
> URL: http://www.IPexpert.com
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Florian Frotzler
<florian_at_frotzler.priv.at
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Thank you for the information, that sounds great.
>
> Cheers,
> Florian
>
> 2009/10/26 Marko Milivojevic <markom_at_markom.info>:
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 09:49, Florian Frotzler
> <florian_at_frotzler.priv.at> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> From those ppl here who recently passed the SP exam, whats your
> experience regarding IOS limitations? Are these common IOS versions in
> the lab or are they compiled for the exam? Do you have the help
> function ("?") available?
>
> It's a regular Cisco IOS running on regular Cisco routers and
> switches. You have access to the full command set and full
> documentation.
>
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