Re: CCIE Service Providerv3 - General Question

I am not sure about other vendor stuff .. but cisco ONS boxes are not that
bad as you are saying :)

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Shaughn <maniac.smg_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Cisco are big in the DWDM/Optical space. I have worked with very large
> ISP's running Cisco in that layer of the network.
>
> CCIE # 23962 (SP)
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 25 Oct 2012, at 9:54 AM, Yuri Bank <yuribank_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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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