Re: Passed CCIE Storage!! Triple CCIE!

Got to ask.

Is it easier as there is a lot of the questions and test cut across several
disciplines?

Thanks

On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 1:24 PM, GAURAV MADAN <gauravmadan1177_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> Congrats Rick ! Very well done !
>
> Gaurav Madan
> CCIE # 23863
>
> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Rick Mur <rmur_at_ipexpert.com> wrote:
> > After a little over 3 months of intense preparation I passed the CCIE
> Storage
> > lab today! Officially making me a triple CCIE :-D
> > I can't describe how happy I am at the moment as it was a very intense
> wait
> > for the results as this one is hand graded, so you don't get the results
> > overnight.
> >
> > For preparation I used the Cisco Press titles on SAN, the excellent Fibre
> > Channel Bench Reference Guide and the ieMentor Storage Workbook and
> > Walkthrough Guide.
> >
> > If you are preparing for storage be sure that you really build up your
> speed
> > as the storage lab is quite complex in terms of questioning as there are
> > usually multiple possibilities to solve things and they are very much
> looking
> > for 1 specific solution (it's the same in all tracks, but I found that in
> > particular with this one).
> > They really ask you about the whole blueprint! If you are familiar and
> > comfortable with the ieMentor labs you have all the technical knowledge
> you
> > need, just pay very close attention to the tasks and what you are doing.
> >
> > As of hardware, together with Tyson Scott we build 2 full-scale racks
> with 3
> > MDS switches that we can do about 85-90% of all technologies. I also used
> the
> > ieMentor vRack a couple times to practice a few extra features that we
> didn't
> > have licenses for. That rack unfortunately doesn't hold a Storage
> Services
> > Module (SSM) or Generation 2 linecards (where you have to deal with
> > oversubscription).
> >
> > I'd like to thank Tyson Scott for his support and building and
> maintaining the
> > racks, Roman Rodichev for his excellent workbook and personal
> support/coaching
> > and Antonella Corno for her alltime support on the Cisco Learning Network
> > community and the fantastic sessions she teaches almost every week.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Rick Mur
> > CCIE3 #21946 (R&S / Service Provider / Storage)
> > Sr. Support Engineer IPexpert, Inc.
> > URL: http://www.IPexpert.com
> >
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