Re: CCIE Service Providerv3 - General Question

Everyone says that Cisco will eventually release some kind of
virtualized platform for IOS-XR, but I don't see it happening. Hell,
even the versions of L3/L2IOU that are floating around were *not*
officially released by Cisco. I think if anything, they will go
towards a hosted solution, similar to Junosphere, which kind of sucks
because I really like having my own lab to tinker with.

Dynamips running c7200s can do a lot of the technologies, so using it
learn the theory and fundamental configurations makes a lot of sense.
I think this is what most people are doing.

I didn't think Cisco was big in the DWDM/SONET market (I've seen ISPs
running Fujitsu, Infinera, and Alcalu for optical transport but never
Cisco). I think the material on that subject would be minimal. All
very much theory based.

-Yuri

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Tom Kacprzynski <tom.kac_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Yuri,
> Good to hear from you. Looking over the written and lab requirements, there
> seems to be some differences. Written seems to have a lot more of things
> like SONET, DWDM, ATM along with the MPLS and IGP. What have you used for
> these topics (SONET, DWDM, ATM)? The IS-IS books looks good, will have to
> check it out. I just got the MPLS book and started reading "Traffic
> Engineering with MPLS" by Eric Osborne.
>
> I'm thinking that learning the theory and implementing it on IOS would take
> significant time. Then applying that same knowledge to XR might not be as
> hard. I'm not sure if that makes much sense without knowing XR that much,
> but I would think that most of the features are similar with some new
> additional ones first implemented on the XR line. Anyone agree or disagree?
>
> How are the rumors of virtualized XR platform? Any development there?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom Kacprzynski
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Yuri Bank <yuribank_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey Tom,
>>
>> I've glanced over some of INE's material, and it looks pretty good.
>> However, workbooks are not the real concern, it's the lab equipment!
>> Anyways, I think studying for the CCIE-SP is no different from the
>> R&S. *Start with the theory*
>> At least that is what I've been doing. I just finished reading 'OSPF:
>> Anatomy of an Internet Routing Protocol' and 'MPLS Enabled
>> Applications'.
>> 'The Complete IS-IS Routing Protocol' Is next on my list.
>>
>> -Yuri
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 6:31 PM, HEMANTH RAJ <hemanthrj_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Tom
>> >
>> > I was also with the same confusion as like you after finishing my R&S.
>> > But
>> > now after purchasing Narbik Workbooks and INE materials for CCIE SPV3. I
>> > felt they have covered the blueprint extensively. So i would recommend
>> > to
>> > go for Narbik and INE WB if you want to pursue your SPV3.
>> > I am doing the same right now.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Tom Kacprzynski <tom.kac_at_gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello,
>> >> Now that I'm done with CCIE R&S, there is a void in my evenings, no
>> >> more
>> >> date-nights with R1 and SW2 (oh memories) or practice labs. So I was
>> >> thinking of looking at the CCIE Service Provider. I wanted to get some
>> >> feedback from people that did their RS and moved on to the Service
>> >> Provider
>> >> track. From my initial research I'm noticing that workbooks don't seem
>> >> to
>> >> be comprehensive as with RS, by that I mean not all topics are covered
>> >> in
>> >> them (I could be wrong). Is that partly due to the hardware
>> >> requirements?
>> >> What sort of major difference did you noticed studying SPv3 vs RS in
>> >> terms
>> >> of materials and preparation?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >> Tom Kacprzynski
>> >> CCIE#36159
>> >>
>> >>
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