It's an interesting question, indeed and that's something you are very likely to encounter in the PRACTICE lab. However, for the real lab, that would be a "bug" or task incompatibility, and I find it unlikely you will be asked to do something like that.
-- Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 (SP R&S) Senior CCIE Instructor / Managing Partner - iPexpert :: Free Video Training: http://youtube.com/iPexpertInc :: Social: http://twitter.com/@icemarkom | http://fb.me/ccie18427 :: iPexpert: http://www.ipexpert.com/Communities | +1-810-326-1444 On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 9:15 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Houssam, > > Very valid question however, I strongly believe that you will not see > something like this that is so drastically contradicting in the true lab. > You might see something that says something that makes you add P-VLANs but > will probable be on the ports connecting to devices on the other switches > and not the Server. > > And if you should see something like this, you must surly will have to get > up and ask the proctor to clarify this. > > Joe Sanchez > > > On Feb 4, 2014, at 8:37 AM, Houssam Chahine <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Good day Gentlemen, > > > > I was watching Marco's CCIE Lab video's approach. He gave an example > about > > "land mine" just to explain the idea of the necessity to read the entire > > Lab before starting to configure the equipments. > > > > He gave an example about reaching a question about Private VLANs and the > > effect of it on the core network behavior... > > > > At that moment a small question popped out in my mind. Let's say that the > > scenario is as per the below. > > > > Task 1 > > > > Configure SW1 as server, SW2, SW3 and SW4 as clients. > > Configure vlans... > > Assign ports to vlans.... > > > > and later on somewhere in task 5 it is requested to configure private > vlans > > on SW1. That will impose to put SW1 in transparent mode. > > > > Supposing I read the entire lab as requested (a sure thing), shall I > > configure all the switches in transparent mode to overcome this land > mine? > > Is it possible to configure SW2 as server and keep SW3 and SW4 in client > > mode (I mean in all cases task 5 will override what is requested in > Task1) > > > > Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > > Free CCIE R&S, Collaboration, Data Center, Wireless & Security Videos :: > > > > iPexpert on YouTube: www.youtube.com/ipexpertinc > _______________________________________________ > Free CCIE R&S, Collaboration, Data Center, Wireless & Security Videos :: > > iPexpert on YouTube: www.youtube.com/ipexpertinc > _______________________________________________ Free CCIE R&S, Collaboration, Data Center, Wireless & Security Videos :: iPexpert on YouTube: www.youtube.com/ipexpertinc
