Two things: 1) This is an IPExpert mailing list, not an Internetwork Expert one. So you may not get much input on how well your design will work for INE's topology.
2) There are a million way to build a lab topology, but if you're using a specific workbook the best thing to do is to try to mimic that workbook's topology very closely, or else you're going to have a lot of modifications to make to startup config files, diagrams in the workbooks, instructions, etc. You can do it, but you may have a huge translation table that you have to look to every time you get a task about ensuring certain VLANs are removed from port X on switch Y, as that won't map the same to your topology. I have chosen to build my lab, a hybrid of physical and virtual equipment, in such a way that I can very, very closely mimic the topology, connects, and even interface naming of the several vendor materials I use. This has allowed me to minimize the amount of effort I spend and confusion I cause myself trying to make constant mental translations between a diagram or task instruction and my actual lab topology. I'm quite sure your design will *work,* the question is whether it will work conveniently for doing the labs you need to. On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Pawan Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > Thank you for such a great post. > > Would someone please help me with a query. I am building up a ccie lab > right now and I have a different approach to build a lab and I have a > question, Will this design be suitable for comleting all the labs of RS? > > I have two switches, one 3750 24 port and one 3560 9 ports. I want to > replace 3550 with GNS3 3725 switching module and then I will use USB > (15-17qty) adaptors capable of 802.1q to physically connect the two > switches > which are 3560 9 port and 3750 24 port to all the devices as shown in the > topology of INE > > however I will use only two etherchannel connection between neighboring > switches since I have only 9 port 3560 and becuase of that I can have (2 > cables as etherchannel between each of the 3 switches ) neighboring > switches (1 physical and 2 virtual switches using gns3) and three > connections going back to the routers in GNS3. > > The physical switches will be connecting to the BB routers in the GNS3 that > is they will be placed diagonally as per INE topology and rest two 3550 > switches will be replaced by gns3 (again diagonally). > > And I am using multiple usb adaptor to connect my physical switches with > all other devies in gns3. > > > Will this be a complete lab or will it miss anypart of the lab? Using two > physical switchs diagonally connected to the BB routers, I will be able to > practice things like private vlans, stp etc. > > > Any suggestions for improvement would be most welcome. Please suggest. > > Thanks in Advance. > > Pawan > > > _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs
