Can you please share any of those undocumented tricks. Jud
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 5:01 AM, Mark Hanley <[email protected]> wrote: > I had a 7609 last week that did an R2. I watched Cisco fight with it for > an hour and a half to get it back up.....I learned a couple of > undocumented tricks during that session :) > > > On 3/17/11 12:49 AM, "Marko Milivojevic" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Not only him, but countless others. I'll pass this on to our support guys > >;-) > > > >-- > >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 20:42, Tyson Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> So we helped jay prepare for the lab > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Tyson Scott > >> CCIE # 13513 (R&S, Security, SP) > >> Managing Partner/Technical Instructor - IPexpert Inc. > >> [email protected] > >> > >> > >> ----- Reply message ----- > >> From: "Marko Milivojevic" <[email protected]> > >> Date: Wed, Mar 16, 2011 2:11 pm > >> > >> Subject: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Lab experience > >> To: "Liqua" <[email protected]> > >> Cc: "CCIE OSL" <[email protected]> > >> > >> > >> 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: +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 > _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
