Re: CCIE Lab Tips: Housekeeping Commands

This thread should be a lesson on something that has been repeated many times: there is not a one size fits all strategy for the lab. What works for one person might not work so well for others. Knowing the options available and testing them out is going to help you out.

I believe that the input from the various viewpoints illustrates this well.

If you agree with someone's advice, great, if you do not agree, great, they are just tips to try and help.

Thanks
Larry Hadrava
CCIE #12203

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On Apr 28, 2011, at 8:32 PM, Dave Blank <davidblank_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Granted I have only taken the exam once, but I still agree with Marko.
> You're pretty much just wasting your time, and possibly costing yourself
> points by configuring things you're not asked for.
>
> -Dave
> CCIE #28530
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Darby Weaver <darby.weaver_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the advice Marko...
>>
>> However, the lab as you should know from your "4" labs (kewl only 3 or so
>> attempts for the CCIE Instructor + CCIE already) is only graded at the end.
>>
>> Now... you should recall that the proctor will tell you to remove
>> unnecessary commands at the beginning and at the end of the lab.
>>
>> If that is not enough the proctors also give enough time to remove said
>> commands as well.
>>
>> Sometime... you gotta take off the ear plugs in the lab to hear what is
>> going on.
>>
>> Darby
>>
>> http://www.darbyslogs.blogspot.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Steve Di Bias <sdibias_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I agree with Marko on console logging, which I usually have set to
>> "logging
>>> console debugging" during practice runs...
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Marko Milivojevic <markom_at_ipexpert.com
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Also, I wouldn't recommend adding any other commands you posted.
>>>> Unless you are asked to do that stuff, don't. Anything you do of the
>>>> sort MAY interfere with the grading in some weird way and besides ...
>>>> it wastes your time for very little gain.
>>>>
>>>> From my experience in my 4 visits to the lab, most of the useful
>>>> housekeeping commands are already pre-configured. I had to run only
>>>> few that had the lifetime of the terminal session and that was it.
>>>>
>>>> Oh one thing though - disabling console logging in the lab.... very,
>>>> very, very bad idea. You will be removing one the most useful early
>>>> warning systems you have. I highly recommend against it.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427
>>>> Senior Technical Instructor - IPexpert
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 09:52, Darby Weaver <darby.weaver_at_gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Yeppers!
>>>>>
>>>>> Wax on and wax off and I should have mentioned that disclaimer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Ryan!
>>>>>
>>>>> Darby
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.darbyslogs.blogspot.com
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Ryan West <rwest_at_zyedge.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:32:43, Darby Weaver wrote:
>>>>>>> Subject: CCIE Lab Tips: Housekeeping Commands
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> service timestamps debug datetime msec localtime service timestamps
>>>>>>> log datetime msec localtime
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> logging buffered 100000 debugging
>>>>>>> no logging console
>>>>>>> no logging monitor
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> clock timezone EST -5
>>>>>>> alias exec srb show run | begin
>>>>>>> alias exec sri show run | inc
>>>>>>> Just a quick helpful tip.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> alias exec srr show run | begin ^router alias exec c config t alias
>>>>>>> exec i show ip route alias exec ship show ip int brief | excl una
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hopefully you're keeping a script to remove all your aliases at the
>> end
>>>> of
>>>>>> the day, the proctors will remind you though.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -ryan
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Darby Weaver
>>>>> Network Engineer
>>>>>
>>>>>
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