Re: SP exam conditions

Hi Rick et all,

First of all thanx for the hints, I think I will just take a thorough
look at the feature lists and command guides for these releases. I
expect that those IOS will show some kind of weird behaviour during
the exam but I hope to conquer that with clears and reloads ;-) Just
to clarify the topic, you mentioned the minor realeases, at least on
the blueprint there is no information on this, so am I missing
something or is this against NDA or whats the deal here.

Cheers,
Florian

2009/10/26 Rick Mur <rmur_at_ipexpert.com>:
> 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.
>
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Rick Mur
> CCIE2 #21946 (R&S / Service Provider)
> Sr. Support Engineer  IPexpert, Inc.
> URL: http://www.IPexpert.com
> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Marko
>>>>>> CCIE #18427 (SP)
>>>>>> My network blog: http://cisco.markom.info/
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