Having had the fun experience of taking the lab earlier this month, here is my takeaway from the experience:
Know the technology! If you are using any vendor's workbooks, be able to do anything that they throw at you. Know the technology! If you do not know the technology, how will you know what exactly is broken or how to pinpoint what is broken? Two hours sounds like a lot of time to work on X number of problems, it is not when you have to figure out what is wrong to begin with and the number of possibilities is rather large. But, if you know the technology you should be able to say it could be a,b,c,d, or f. The lab is both troubleshooting and configuration. They complement each other. Know the technology! As anyone will tell you, even the vendor workbooks are not enough. You need to research the technology and read the config guides, command references, white papers, recommended reading books, etc. I just spent over $400 buying some of the remaining books on the recommended reading list because I know that I need to really understand the technology before I make my second attempt. There are no shortcuts to being a real CCIE with confidence that you can get the job done. Oh, and if the workbooks have mistakes then you should use those as opportunities to prove that you know the technology! Listen to what the vendors have to say in their videos. If you have watched them only once then you need to go back and watch them a second and third time. I am going through mine for the second time now and am catching things I did not hear the first time around. After having taken the lab I now watch the videos with even more interest because everything that is said and taught is of value. So, if it wasn't clear let me reiterate...know the technology! Marko, does that pretty well cover it without disclosing anything? Les On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 12:42 AM, Marko Milivojevic <[email protected]>wrote: > We cannot discuss what's actually on the lab. Legacy QoS *is* on the > blueprint and a working understanding of it would be recommended. > > Personally, I think that anything other than MQC-based QoS is very > unlikely to actually be on the test. > > -- > Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 (SP R&S) > Senior CCIE Instructor - IPexpert > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Joshua Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, I would like to confirm what QoS technologies are going to be > > on the lab exam. The workbooks mention custom queuing but I don’t > > believe that it is on the blue print thus I am not sure if I need to > > know it or not. Of course knowing about it is always good but if want > > to make sure my study efforts are focused on the right areas. > > > > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, > please visit www.ipexpert.com > > > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > www.PlatinumPlacement.com > > > > http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > www.PlatinumPlacement.com > > http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs > -- Les Waller, Network Engineer Home Page: www.leswaller.com MBA, CISSP, CCNP _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs
