Then those tricks would be documented...

Cheers,
Matt

CCIE #22386
CCSI #31207

On 18 March 2011 00:50, Judson Bishop <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
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>> >
>> >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.
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