Archive for CCIE Study
Back Up and Running
Posted by: | CommentsWell the CCIE UK site was down for around 7 days thanks to some server maintenance by my hosting company. Thanks to the people who emailed me to let me know. The new posts are in the process of being written and should be with you soon.
In the meantime I have my final CCVP exam on Tuesday the 16th of June. It’s the Troubleshooting Unified Communications exam. Fingers crossed. I’m desperate now to get the CCVP out the way so that I can concentrate on the big one (gulp).
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Changes to CCIE R&S Track
Posted by: | CommentsCisco has announced some major changes to the CCIE Routing and Switching track. You can read the official statement here which contains links to the new written exam and lab exam blueprints.
As well as the introduction of some new topics such as MPLS VPNs, zone based firewalls and new IPv6 topics, the changes also include new lab equipment and a new lab format. The CCIE lab will now feature 1841 and 3825 ISRs running the newer 12.4T IOS and there will only be 3560-E switches in the rack.
The lab exam will still be done over a total of 8 hours. However the lab now has two completely seperate sections. There wil be a two hour troubleshooting section, followed by a six hour configuration lab.
The written exam will also change and it may well contain simulation questions.
The Internetwork Expert blog has a good overview of the changes and also has a breakdown of how their materials will change to match the new exams.
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IPExpert CCIE Voice 3.0 Materials
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ipexpert today put out a press release announcing it will be the first training company to offer materials for version 3.0 of the Voice track of the CCIE.
Many of my CCIE chums have used their training materials when studying towards their CCIE certification and they come highly recommended. I will certainly be looking at their Routing and Switching resources when I embark on the lab part of the CCIE.
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OSPF Passive Interface Command
Posted by: | CommentsI was recently asked by a client to help troubleshoot an issue they were having after upgrading the IOS on two of their core Cisco Catalyst 6509s. The two switches are connected together by three 1Gb fibre links that run about 500m between two buildings (Building A and B). Two of the links are bundled together in an 802.1q Etherchannel. Only one vlan, 100, is allowed to cross the link and this vlan is used purely for traffic to and from a cluster of Call Manager 4 servers. The other link is a 1Gb layer 3 fibre link that is used for any other user traffic across the core switches.
Here is a high-level layout of the switches and their connections. All IP addresses and vlans have been changed from their original values.
Network Layout
The 6509s also have links to other core switches within the network, so if the layer 3 link goes down traffic should be routed through these other switches. Read More→
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Cisco Learning Network Store Opens
Posted by: | CommentsHaving run a Cisco Academy and been a Cisco Instructor in previous roles, I’ve an interest in all things to do with Cisco learning. The Cisco Networking Academy Program is a brilliant way for students to learn networking skills. Cisco Academies are not accessible by everyone however, and with commercial Cisco courses being so expensive, Cisco Press books are sometime the only viable option for learning materials developed by Cisco.
Cisco have just announced the opening of new a online store focussed on providing learning materials for it’s certifications. The Cisco Learning Network Store is still in it’s early days and courses are still thin on the ground at present, but it already contains a few e-learning packages and some software tools for learning.
Let’s hope that as time goes on the cataolgue increases. More official Cisco e-learning courses would be a welcome addition to the currently available learning resources.
For interest to CCIE candidates is the Cisco 360 Learning Program for CCIE R&S students. Cisco describe the course as follows. Read More→
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