Re: CCIE Service Providerv3 - General Question

most of our clients run Cisco dwdm/optical gear

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On 25 Oct 2012, at 11:11, 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.
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> CCIE # 23962 (SP)
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> 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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