Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] DocCD Reference Material

No, I don't think they are useless. Only a little misguided ;)

IMHO as you read through all the relevant parts of the DocCD (you are using
the DocCD as study material, yes?) you will over time come to know what is
where, and how to find it quickly again. I'm not suggesting that you will
have the whole thing memorized, but having read a large portion of it
myself, a couple times, I'd like to think that I have a fairly good grasp
of what lies where. I dare say my DocCD-Fu is substantial.

However, none of this will help me, or you, to pass the lab. Not really
anyway. If you have to look up much more than one or two things in the
DocCD that you have never configured before, or at least don't have the
basics in memory, then you are sunk before you even start. You simply
don't have enough time to be learning a half dozen technologies on the fly
using the rather poor and basic examples that the DocCD provides.

The reason why I think that your questions are misguided is because I think
you are focusing on something that should be a secondary skill you take to
the lab, and not a primary. Granted, I don't think it's quite as silly as
asking how big the monitors are, or what make/model of keyboard you have
available, but it's certainly not something you really need to worry about.

My advice to you is to spend lots of time in the DocCD during your studies
so that questions like this become moot.

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Keller Giacomarro <keller.g_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> It matters because there is relevant reference material under
> different products than the ones we're being tested on, like
> firewalls. Please see my original email.
>
> Searching a PDF allows you to search an entire document, rather than
> just the section you're viewing online. There is no way to view an
> entire configuration guide online, as far as I am aware.
>
> And perhaps my questions are not quite as useless as you think they are. =P
>
> Keller Giacomarro
> keller.g_at_gmail.com
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:29 PM, J D'Silva <jasoncdsilva_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >> - are products not related to the lab (like firewalls and old IOS
> >> releases) still available on the in-lab DocCD website?
> >>
> > Seriously, why does this matter? Are you planning on brushing up on your
> > ACE while you do the R&S lab?
> >
> >
> >> - can we open the pdf versions of DocCD documents? This really helps
> >> since you can Control-F search them!
> >>
> > Hit Crtl-F in IE and see what happens (You only have IE during the lab).
> >
> >
> >> - if we can access the pdfs, can they be saved to the desktop for
> >> later reference, or would we have to keep them open in a web browser
> >> throughout the lab?
> >>
> > Tabs are a wonderful thing.
> >
> >
> >> - is the DocCD available for the troubleshooting portion too?
> >>
> > Yes
> >
> >
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Received on Mon Aug 06 2012 - 21:48:23 ART