Re: CCIE Lab FR switch

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 09:30, Joe Rinehart <jjrinehart_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> And to add to that there are lots of ways to configure Frame Relay on a
> Cisco router, usually the more ports the better. B You can actually span it
> across multiple devices using NNI connections...

There are so many ways one can do it, it's easy to lose track and get
lost :-). Just to give you _an idea_ of what can be in the cloud, I
wrote a blog article last year to illustrate the complexity of the FR
cloud. Take a look:
http://blog.ipexpert.com/2010/05/21/exploring-the-frame-relay-cloud/

Also, I believe Darby posted yesterday or before on this mailing list
a nice laundry list of Frame Relay topics for a possible discussion. I
think some of the things he mentions there are very important. Some
are "nice to know about", but you probably won't be needing them in
the lab. For example, the NNI has 0.0001% chance of showing up in the
test.

Also, on another note. Last Sunday, a Cisco employee, Himawan Nugroho,
had "An Unofficial CCIE R&S Update" WebEx session. In some 2 - 2.5
hours of interesting information, at some point I pressed him about
the Frame Relay switching in the lab and his answer was explicit:
"there is no Frame Relay switch in the lab and only point-to-point FR
is there". The ways to interpret that answer are many, but I think
that students going to the lab should be familiar knowing how to
configure and troubleshoot the FR switching component on Cisco IOS
routers.

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