Which, IMHO, is a skill any self-respecting CCIE should have to begin with :-)
-- 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 Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:34, Jay Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > Luckily Proctorlabs has a remote controlled power supply but since the lab > does not I would recommend knowing how to both boot and reload from rommon. > > > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Marko Milivojevic <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> That's what we do in ProctorLabs every day, I'm afraid :-) >> >> -- >> Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 >> Senior Technical Instructor - IPexpert >> >> FREE CCIE training: http://bit.ly/vLecture >> >> Mailto: [email protected] >> Telephone: <%2B1.810.326.1444>+1.810.326.1444 >> Web: http://www.ipexpert.com/ >> >> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:30, Jay Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Reboot it until it does. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 2:59 PM, marc abel <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> So what do you do when the router can't see the flash? >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Marko Milivojevic < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> > It's a complaint about R2 in ProctorLabs, which has chronic problem of >>>> > sometimes not booting and requiring either to be initialized or power >>>> cycled >>>> > to do so. >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 >>>> > Senior Technical Instructor - IPexpert >>>> > >>>> > FREE CCIE training: http://bit.ly/vLecture >>>> > >>>> > Mailto: [email protected] >>>> > Telephone: <%2B1.810.326.1444> <%2B1.810.326.1444><%2B1.810.326.1444> >>>> +1.810.326.1444 >>>> > Web: http://www.ipexpert.com/ >>>> > >>>> > On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 10:19, Liqua <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> Congrats - Nice write up, plus you deserve a beer or two after that. >>>> >> >>>> >> Perhaps being dumb (and hope it's not NDA) but what does "had a >>>> router pull >>>> >> an 'R2' on me" mean please ? What's an R2 ? >>>> >> >>>> >> Liqua. >>>> >> >>>> >> --- On Wed, 16/3/11, Jay Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> From: Jay Taylor <[email protected]> >>>> >> Subject: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Lab experience >>>> >> To: "CCIE OSL" <[email protected]>, [email protected] >>>> >> Date: Wednesday, 16 March, 2011, 15:41 >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> Pi day (3/14) was good to me; I passed the routing and switching lab >>>> to get >>>> >> my digits! CCIE #28391 >>>> >> >>>> >> I stayed at Comfort Suites this time rather than the Wingate next >>>> door and >>>> >> was happy I switched. Much nicer hotel - cleaner/newer room, better >>>> >> breakfast and free beer from 5-7pm (Mon, Tue and Wed only I think.) >>>> They >>>> >> will shuttle you to other nearby places but I didn't ask about the >>>> lab. >>>> >> Regardless, I recommend renting a car so you don't have to rely on >>>> someone >>>> >> else on such an important day. >>>> >> >>>> >> Overall I felt my lab this time was more difficult than last time but >>>> I was >>>> >> more prepared. Strange how a day can feel like it is dragging on >>>> forever >>>> >> yet >>>> >> going by so quickly at the same time. I felt much more rushed on this >>>> >> attempt and was very aware of the clock throughout the whole day. For >>>> my >>>> >> last attempt I also said that I was having fun for about 75% of the >>>> day and >>>> >> that was not the case this time. I had a number of times during the >>>> day >>>> >> where I was rather stressed about either mistakes I'd made or not >>>> being >>>> >> able >>>> >> to think through the solution I wanted to use. >>>> >> >>>> >> I struggled more with the troubleshooting section this time than >>>> before and >>>> >> ended with only 2-3 minutes to spare (after 1 round of verifying all >>>> the >>>> >> tickets at the end.) One good thing about the TS section now is Cisco >>>> is >>>> >> VERY clear about what you need to accomplish in order to consider a >>>> ticket >>>> >> solved. Even so, there were a couple tickets that I felt I made too >>>> drastic >>>> >> of changes to fix the problem and wasn't sure if I'd get the points >>>> for >>>> >> them. Even though my solution matched the output they wanted I >>>> wouldn't be >>>> >> surprised at all if I missed points on those. >>>> >> >>>> >> Config section was more complicated than my first attempt but there >>>> was >>>> >> nothing in there that I had absolutely no idea how to accomplish. >>>> There >>>> >> were >>>> >> several topics I needed help from the DocCD and I asked the proctor >>>> quite a >>>> >> few questions again. I got off to a fairly slow start and by >>>> lunchtime >>>> >> wasn't even done with IGP config. After lunch it felt like things >>>> were just >>>> >> getting worse as I struggled with a couple sections and started >>>> making some >>>> >> really stupid typos. In the end I had to scrap all my BGP config and >>>> start >>>> >> over due to non-technical mistakes. By then I was freaking out pretty >>>> bad >>>> >> and before starting BGP over I took a bathroom break and tried to >>>> 'reset' >>>> >> myself. I pushed through the rest of the routing config and by the >>>> time I >>>> >> started on services and misc topics I didn't think I had enough time >>>> to >>>> >> finish. Somehow I was able to knock all those tasks out in a pretty >>>> short >>>> >> amount of time and still had an hour left to verify. Line by line I >>>> went >>>> >> through the entire lab and verified points for each section. In the >>>> end >>>> >> there were a couple tasks that I wasn't sure if I'd get points for >>>> but the >>>> >> rest I felt very good about. I did go back and change a few things in >>>> that >>>> >> last hour and had a freak out moment in the last 15 minutes when I >>>> couldn't >>>> >> get something working again that I tried to fix. That last change >>>> took me >>>> >> right up until the last 5 minutes. >>>> >> >>>> >> You hear it all the time from IPexpert instructors and I can't stress >>>> this >>>> >> enough - READ THE ENTIRE LAB BEFORE YOU START. Tasks at the end can >>>> have a >>>> >> big impact on how you do things early on. If you don't read the whole >>>> thing >>>> >> you will likely be rebuilding some of the basics to allow later tasks >>>> to >>>> >> work correctly. >>>> >> >>>> >> Two things that stood out to me about my lab day: >>>> >> >>>> >> 1. Had a router pull an 'R2' on me twice throughout the day when I >>>> >> rebooted it. The proctor was clear that this was my problem to fix >>>> even >>>> >> when >>>> >> the router didn't recognize it's flash memory. >>>> >> 2. A task was worded using KB for a function that clearly required >>>> Kb. I >>>> >> asked the proctor a couple times and she insisted that I should >>>> >> configure it >>>> >> as if it requested Kb. I almost started the task by converting >>>> bytes to >>>> >> bits >>>> >> and that would have been completely wrong based on what I was >>>> told. >>>> >> After >>>> >> the lab she agreed with me that the lab wording is misleading. >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >>>> >> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, >>>> please >>>> >> visit www.ipexpert.com >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >>>> >> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, >>>> please >>>> >> visit www.ipexpert.com >>>> >> >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, >>>> please visit www.ipexpert.com >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, >>>> please visit www.ipexpert.com >>>> >>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
