Re: OT:RS Racks and IOU/IOU XR - Was: Passed CCIE R&S lab exam!

This is what i was surprised when i saw that e-mail.

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 9:39 PM, Ramanpreet Singh
<sikandar.raman_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> IOU doesn't support XR
> On Jan 25, 2012 9:29 PM, "Narbik Kocharians" <narbikk_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Brian,
>>
>> Do you really believe that Cisco will provide IOU or an XR simulator soon?
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Brian Dennis <bdennis_at_ine.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Cisco doesn't seem to be concerned if you know the physical topology of
>> > the real lab. In fact if you attend the CCIE sessions at Cisco Live
>> they
>> > even talk about how they aren't concerned with people knowing the
>> physical
>> > topology. In Las Vegas at Cisco Live last year I heard first hand that
>> > they are not concerned with vendors using the real physical topology and
>> > even talked about publishing the physical topology. On an unrelated
>> note
>> > we have 25 new R&S racks being put up now ;-)
>> >
>> > Lastly in regards to posts on here relating to IOU and IOU XR, I've
>> heard
>> > "talk" that Cisco will be making it available to partners soon similar
>> to
>> > Junosphere Labs and Junosphere Classroom (http://goo.gl/2qzuh) and to
>> the
>> > general public a few months after that. This means all of the people
>> > waiting for IOS XR access for SPv3 might find an affordable solution
>> real
>> > soon. Juniper's solution is only $5 per device for 24 hour access
>> which is
>> > affordable. So hold off before running out and buying that GSR for your
>> > home lab ;-)
>> >
>> > Hope to see many of you at Cisco Live London in two weeks!
>> >
>> > --
>> > Brian Dennis, CCIEx5 #2210 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/SP/**Voice)
>> > bdennis_at_ine.com
>> >
>> > Internetwork Expert, Inc.
>> > http://www.INE.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 01/18/2012 09:14 PM, Abraham, Tharak wrote:
>> >
>> >> Imran,
>> >>
>> >> There is absolutely no wrong in gathering information on the lab or
>> type
>> >> of
>> >> questions
>> >>
>> >> Then why is it that most of the vendor workbooks have the exact number
>> of
>> >> trunk links and interface numbering as in the real lab ?
>> >> Even few of them have the same questions too !
>> >> Does that mean that you are already exposed to the lab ? NO !
>> >>
>> >> In the end, it all boils down to one's conscience !
>> >> If one has deserved to achieve it, it will stay with him !
>> >>
>> >> Congrats Nick !!
>> >>
>> >> Best Regards,
>> >> Tharak Abraham Luke
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 1:05 AM, Imran Ali<immrccie_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Nick Mcleod<nickmcleod22_at_gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> It wasn't my first time, it's my third.
>> >>>> In my first and second, I got different topologies respectively.
>> Until
>> >>>>
>> >>> that
>> >>>
>> >>>> time, I had known there were only two topologies for RS Lab exam. But
>> >>>> 2month before my third, I got information that a new topology came
>> out.
>> >>>>
>> >>> It
>> >>>
>> >>>> was what I haven't got.
>> >>>> Who can go to take a exam without any information about the exam? We
>> can
>> >>>> get some from our friends, colleagues or Internet.
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>> But trying to get topology information before exam from internet or
>> >>> friends
>> >>> is similar to getting the same for dumps !
>> >>>
>> >>> My openion though , good honesty though
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Establishing a strategy
>> >>>> based on our skill and information would give us high probability of
>> >>>>
>> >>> pass.
>> >>>
>> >>>> And it is my strategy after having two fails.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Regards.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Jay McMickle<jay.mcmickle_at_yahoo.
>> **com<jay.mcmickle_at_yahoo.com>
>> >>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I'm curious how you know this was a new layout. Unless you've taken
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>> the
>> >>>
>> >>>> lab multiple times and finally saw a version you hadn't seen before,
>> I
>> >>>>>> don't understand how you would recognize a new topology. Do you
>> have
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>> inside
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> information?
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Regards,
>> >>>>>> Jay McMickle- CCNP,CCSP,CCDP
>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>>>>> http://mycciepursuit.**wordpress.com<
>> http://mycciepursuit.wordpress.com>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> On Jan 18, 2012, at 2:46 AM, Raheel Muhammad<
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>> raheel.muhammad_at_gmail.com
>> >>>
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> And how do you know this was the changed lab topology ?
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Raheel
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Nick Mcleod<
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>> nickmcleod22_at_gmail.com
>> >>>
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Thanks folks.
>> >>>>>>>> What I meant for new version is New config lab topology, not a
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Version
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> change. It is still CCIE R&S v4.
>> >>>>>>>> Oh forgot to write my number!
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Regards.
>> >>>>>>>> #33691
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Don Rajaratne
>> >>>>>>>> <don.rajaratne_at_gmail.com>**wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> congratulations man. Hey what do u mean by new version? Does r&a
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> got
>> >>>
>> >>>> updated from v4 ?
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Don
>> >>>>>>>>> Sent from my BlackBerry.
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>>>>>>>> From: Nick Mcleod<nickmcleod22_at_gmail.com>
>> >>>>>>>>> Sender: nobody_at_groupstudy.com
>> >>>>>>>>> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:29:57
>> >>>>>>>>> To:<ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
>> >>>>>>>>> Reply-To: Nick Mcleod<nickmcleod22_at_gmail.com>
>> >>>>>>>>> Subject: Passed CCIE R&S lab exam!
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Hello all
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> I'd like to thank all here. I really happy to let you know my
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> pass!
>> >>>
>> >>>> It took almost 2 years to get this certi. Yeh,,, It's worth to
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> study
>> >>>
>> >>>> for
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> a
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> long :)
>> >>>>>>>>> The lab part I received was the new version so it was hard
>> time. I
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> asked
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> the proctor many questions I was confused about. He was so kind to
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> me.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> I want to hear other's pass, as well as want to help people pass
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> their
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> exam.
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Regards,
>> >>>>>>>>> Nick.
>> >>>>>>>>>
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