Re: OT: Anyone pass V4 lab exam?

Tony - nice - my favorite Lab Exam story.

Everyone needs to understand here that due to the recession, the Lab
Exam Trouble Tickets are actually active, pending TAC cases. Student
configurations are delivered in real time to TAC for customer
resolution.

<Brian Dennis, if you are reading this, sorry for stealing your joke,
but all is fair in CCIE Training.>

Warmest Regards,

Anthony J. Sequeira, CCIE #15626
http://www.INE.com

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On Dec 14, 2009, at 2:39 PM, Anthony Faria wrote:

> No but people have been called out of the bathroom for calling TAC.
> LOL
>
> Tony
>
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Jack Router <pan.router_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Often management encourages to call Cisco as a first step in
>> resolving the
>> issue. If I do not open a TAC case in 15 minutes I am not
>> "proactive". You
>> can be fired for lack of proactivity. Nobody was ever fired for
>> opening a
>> TAC case.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On
>> Behalf Of
>> Narbik Kocharians
>> Sent: 14-Dec-09 12:48
>> To: Scott Morris
>> Cc: Justin Mitchell; Majonestx; Radioactive Frog; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
>> ;
>> Jose Padilla
>> Subject: Re: OT: Anyone pass V4 lab exam?
>>
>> And if you can't fix it, open up a TAC case.
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Scott Morris <smorris_at_ine.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Always remember though... Today's "troubleshooting" is tomorrow's
>>> "experience". :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> Justin Mitchell wrote:
>>>> Perhaps troubleshooting is an art and a science, with a little
>>>> voodoo
>>>> mixed in. I also understand that people not studying for the CCIE
>>>> do
>>>> it everyday. Some of those people are good at it and some are
>>>> horrible, just like anything else.
>>>>
>>>> Real life troubleshooting is even worse because you involve
>>>> clients,
>>>> other engineers, third-party vendors, TAC and you usually have more
>>>> than 2 hours for one trouble ticket which means you can dilly dally
>>>> until you find the solution, make things up, use a lifeline, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Justin
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Majonestx <majonestx_at_gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:majonestx_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> @Kermit
>>>>
>>>> I disagree, how can troubleshooting be such an art when most
>>>> doing
>>>> it (not studying for ccie) don't know the technology.
>>>>
>>>> Real world troubleshooting would prove to be most beneficial in
>>>> "real world" environments, which ccie lab is not.
>>>>
>>>> I've worked at few places with HUGE networks and can say in my
>>>> lab
>>>> attempt, not once did I solve a task pulling from expereince
>>>> from
>>>> the "good ole days" at Dell.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The ccie is a controlled environment along with the labs.
>>>> Knowing
>>>> the technologies (vol 1) is ur biggest weapon. IMHO
>>>>
>>>> Michael Jones
>>>> Sr. Network Engineer
>>>> Datran Media
>>>> 512-672-9554
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 13, 2009, at 9:05 PM, Justin Mitchell <jgmitchell_at_gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:jgmitchell_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Nope, I'm not scared. No reason to be.
>>>>
>>>> Justin G. Mitchell
>>>> Sent from my G1 mobile phone
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 13, 2009 7:08 PM, "Radioactive Frog"
>>>> <pbhatkoti_at_gmail.com <mailto:pbhatkoti_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Guys,
>>>> don't get too serious about what I said! That was just my
>>>> view
>>>> and the fact
>>>> that troubleshooting skills doesn't just come overnight
>>>> practicing the
>>>> workbook. Thats where the real experience kicks in.
>>>>
>>>> I was told by someone that there could be around 3000+
>>>> scenarios in the
>>>> troubleshooting section and Cisco will keep this up and
>> growing.
>>>>
>>>> The chances of dumping 3000+ troubleshooting scenarios are
>>>> pretty thin.
>>>> Therefore you can't see anyone is passing. Take the truth or
>>>> proove me
>>>> wrong.
>>>>
>>>> Again, I may be wrong here!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Have I scared all of you now?
>>>>
>>>> -Kermitt!
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 3:09 AM, Justin Mitchell
>>>> <jgmitchell_at_gmail.com <mailto:jgmitchell_at_gmail.com>>
>>>> wrote: > > As someone who...
>>>>
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