I'm sure Cisco ironed out most of those issues. I see this as a big improvement in the delivery of the exam, actually. This was part that was missing from the exam. Some initial troubleshooting in Configuration section simply wasn't enough to test troubleshooting of complex L2 problems. Good news, I say.
-- Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 Senior Technical Instructor - IPexpert FREE CCIE training: http://bit.ly/vLecture Mailto: [email protected] Telephone: +1.810.326.1444 Web: http://www.ipexpert.com/ On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 13:15, Tyson Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > The beta testers were those that took the lab exam in the VUE professional > testing centers. Be glad you weren't one of them :) > > Regards, > > Tyson Scott - CCIE #13513 R&S, Security, and SP > Managing Partner / Sr. Instructor - IPexpert, Inc. > Mailto: [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Jeferson Guardia > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 7:27 AM > To: Marko Milivojevic > Cc: Antonio Soares; OSL Routing and Switching; GS CCIE > Subject: Re: Switches in Troubleshooting > > Awesome news, specially for those taking the lab next week, they will be > beta testers of their implementation. > > J > > 2011/1/14 Marko Milivojevic <[email protected]> > >> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 11:14, Antonio Soares <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I'm not able to open that link. Marko, can you please check again ? >> > >> > I'm just curious to know if this will be done on real equipments or > using >> a virtual environment. >> >> Indeed, Learning Network seems to be unresponsive now. This is the >> quote from that document: >> >> "In alignment with CCIE level requirements, Cisco is adding L2 >> switching features to the CCIE R&S Troubleshooting exam through L2 IOS >> software on Unix (L2IOU) virtual environment. The new feature will be >> available starting January 17, 2011. The CCIE R&S exam consists of 2 >> sections b the troubleshooting (TS) section which runs two hours, and >> the Configuration (Config) section which is six hours. The Config lab >> utilizes actual physical devices in racks, whereas, the TS lab uses a >> virtual environment under IOU. IOU offers a very realistic simulation >> of router (L3+) features in the TS lab but until now had no L2 switch >> capability. With the addition of the new L2IOU, the TS lab will now >> include both L2 and L3 capabilities in the virtual environment." >> >> It clearly states using IOU for L2. >> >> -- >> Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 >> Senior Technical Instructor - IPexpert >> >> FREE CCIE training: http://bit.ly/vLecture >> >> Mailto: [email protected] >> Telephone: +1.810.326.1444 >> Web: http://www.ipexpert.com/ >> >> >> Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net >> >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> Subscription information may be found at: >> http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html > > > Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Subscription information may be found at: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
