Re: One step ahead of Hurricane Earl...

Congrats Brian!!! Great post!

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Brian Landers <brian_at_bluecoat93.org> wrote:

> The proctors in Beijing have kindly informed me that I passed CCIE
> Security in RTP today. In a bit of irony, this week includes trips to
> both RTP and Miami: you'd think it would be obvious on which trip I'd
> have to worry about a hurricane. Guess again!
>
> Some random notes
>
> - Kelly (the *awesome* proctor in RTP) said that Roman R. has already
> taken SP Operations at least once. Pretty soon he's going to be
> tripping over the CCIE ribbons on his Cisco Live badge.
>
> - still plain old SecureCRT w/o tabs for Security (console server or
> individual windows). Hint: bind F6 to \036x to switch between
> console sessions
>
> - the candidate PC bogs down quite badly if you have a ton of IE
> windows open. I was having to close/re-open quite a bit. Loading
> very large pages like the ASA error message guide took at least 60
> seconds to render.
>
> - no more CCIE Storage exams in RTP. As soon as San Jose finishes
> testing their pod, the equipment will be removed (which would have
> been nice today since it's right next to the Security cubicles and
> quite loud).
>
> - CCIE Wireless is live in RTP. The only local equipment is a 7921
> phone and its AP. Everything else is in SJC.
>
> - according to Kelly, they do NOT reload your gear before grading.
> They grade it exactly as you leave it at the end of the day. Only
> would be reloaded for a re-grade.
>
> - In the past, if you dared to denigrated the Green Bay Packers, you
> would either automatically fail or Howard would sneak onto your pod at
> lunch and change things. Kelly is a NC State Wolfpack fan. Fair
> warning.
>
> - if it's not obvious, the previous was a joke!
>
> My preparation
>
> - IPX and INE volume 1 technology labs. Mostly reading and re-reading
> the solutions
> - IPX volume 2 full labs
> - IPX video walkthroughs. Brandon did an incredible job with these,
> especially vol. 2
> - IPX audio bootcamp
>
> also
>
> - Yusuf's practice labs from Cisco Press, plus the one he gave at
> Cisco Live. Very, very highly recommended that you use these. They
> definitely give a feel for how the actual exams are written.
>
> - for OEQ and general knowledge, the Cisco Press flashcards are solid
> but I didn't like that they're online-only. I played around with
> creating an iPad version using Mental Case, but never finished it. I
> also spent quite a bit of time reading Yusuf's "Network Security
> Technologies and Solutions" book.
>
> Cheers,
> B*
>
>
> --
> Brian C Landers
> http://www.packetslave.com/
> CCIE #23115 (R&S + Security)
>
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