Re: Week before the lab

I definitely have plans to study throughout the week, here is my breakdown
for each day:

   - 8am Review Notes / DocCD
   - 9am Troubleshooting (2 labs)
   - Break
   - 12pm Configuration
   - 6pm Review

I've just found it's difficult to stick with this because it's so demanding
if I find at any point I'm not getting anywhere I plan on just reading over
my notes (something less demanding). Brian, I'd really like to try out the
troubleshooting labs, that seems to be my biggest weakness. I have already
created a full-scale TS lab, but I should probably be quicker at doing so.
Regardless if I build the topology I feel like it's going to be pretty
daunting either way looking at such a massive network and trying
to analyze it and solve the tickets. I need to get as much exposure for
this section of the exam as possible.

For my lab I have a few things planned:

   - Bringing my own food. (Anthony)
   - Good night sleep, no review the night before (Ronnie)
   - 5 minutes per ticket, if I can't solve it I'll move on and then come
   back. Try to stay calm :) (RTP Proctor)
   - Configuration....skip any non-core tasks that will take DocCD reading,
   try to get to BGP by lunch and reload. Verify, Verify, Verify. (Anthony)

- SL

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Brian Dennis <bdennis_at_ine.com> wrote:

> Stephen,
> I would recommend that you continue preparing. Ideally you could take a
> few mock labs leading up to your real lab date. Then when you get into the
> real lab just think of it as another mock lab. I did exactly this for my
> voice lab. I flew to San Jose a few days early and every morning I would
> wake up, get dressed, eat and start labbing. I would take a 30 minute
> lunch and lab until 4pm. After 4pm I would take a break and then go back
> and review any issues that I had earlier in the day. Finally when my real
> lab day came, it was just another day labbing. Nothing special.
>
> I can offer you a few beta troubleshooting mock labs and full scale beta
> mock labs free of charge this week if you're interested. Here is a review
> from someone who took one of our new auto-graded troubleshooting labs at
> Cisco Live.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=_YJMWWPVgM4<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YJMWWPVgM4>
>
> In regards to the troubleshooting portion of the lab I can't emphasize
> this next point enough. You need to be able to build the same type of
> topology you are going to get in the real troubleshooting portion within a
> reasonable amount of time (3 to 4 hours max). If you can't build a network
> with roughly 30 devices in a reasonable amount of time then you can't
> troubleshoot one in two hours. Building a topology like this from the
> ground up based solely on the diagram (http://goo.gl/GI9uM) is some of
> the best "last mile" preparation out there. Believe me when I say that
> most people will be doing this type of preparation going forward.
>
> In regards to your issue with staying focused you need to make sure that
> you have a plan and you stick to that plan. Make a plan on how you are
> going to use the time between now and the real lab to prepare. Everyone
> has their own amount of time they need to put in before they pass the lab.
> Hopefully you'll put that time in before your first attempt. So don't
> waste any time between now and your lab date because if you do it'll mean
> you'll have to make up that time before your second attempt.
>
> Additionally make a plan on what you're going to do when you get into the
> real lab and stick to it. Don't be one of the people who get into the real
> lab without a plan and then when something goes wrong starts they freak
> out. I've seen people fail because they aren't organized and don't have a
> plan and then let everything fall apart in the first hour or two of the
> real lab.
>
> --
> Brian Dennis, CCIEx5 #2210 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/SP/**Voice)
> bdennis_at_ine.com
>
> Internetwork Expert, Inc.
> http://www.INE.com
>
>
>
> On 06/17/2012 09:47 AM, Stephen Lynch wrote:
>
>> I have my lab on the 27th, I've been studying for over a year now and I'm
>> going for my first attempt. After CiscoLive I had planned to study all this
>> week with TS/Config mock labs but for whatever reason I can't stay focused.
>> I want to run through a few labs just to build up my confidence but I don't
>> want to force study.
>>
>> What did everyone else do the week before the lab? Relax? Study?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -SL
>>
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