Re: SP exam conditions

Indeed, you would violate the NDA if you would share the minor IOS releases.
I made my comment about the other response meaning that you would want the
exact same IOS version as used in the lab to know every tiny little detail.
But that is not the right way of passing your CCIE lab :-)

Just stick with the latest releases you can find of the major versions used
in the lab and you will be fine. Like I said, be familiar with all the
differences between those versions.

--
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 11:48 PM, Florian Frotzler <florian_at_frotzler.priv.at
> wrote:
> 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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