OK, took it on Tuesday and passed version 3.0 in RTP... my number is 25309 So, that is done, one less thing.
Here is how I did it.... A lot of people post things about how they studied and studied, yeah I did that. I did two things. I built an exact rack of the lab, here is what it was: Three DL380 G3s, CUCM Pub, Sub and UCCX 7. CUPS and CUC ran on VMWare... HQ had a Cisco 3750-24PS and a 2821 with a VWIC-1MFT-T1 and a WIC-1T with Three PVDM sticks: a 32, a 48 and a 64 (don't ask...) SiteB (BR1 for IPExpert labs) was a 2811 with a VWIC-1MFT-T1, a HWIC-4ESW and a WIC-1T with two PVDM sticks and 16 and a 48 SiteC (BR2) was a 2821 with a VWIC-2MFT-E1, an NME-CUE, a -HWIC-9-ESW-D and two PVDM 64s Phones were four 7965s, one 7971, two 7961s. For the PSTN Router, I used a 3750 with an NM-4T, NM-32A/S, a VWIC-2MFT-T1 and VWIC-2MFT-E1 and an AIM-VOICE-30, the PSTN phone was a 7960. I then got the IPExpert stuff, watched the videos, and read thru the labs. I used the audio bootcamp to write a book for the lab (this was for V2), it was 390 pages long with screen shots on how to do everything in CallManager 4.1, Unity 4.0 and IPCC 4.0, with detailed step by step guides to do everything on a Cisco router for voice. I then updated it for v3 by adding a section for CUPS, CUC and updating every page for the v3 test. There are sceeenshots for the CUE, for CCME, for everything... I even walk you through script creation... I then read the book over and over, used it as a reference guide for my labs, configured everything I could think of, if it wasn't in the book, it got added... I had the thing at work with me everywhere I went, if I ran into something scary at work, it went in the book.... I re-read it over and over, checking for errors, proofing it, fact checking every word... adding jokes... It is now 760 pages and two volumes (it was crashing Word)... Just to preempt this... It is not for sale, it is not for sharing... it contains craploads of copyrighted info from IPexpert, Internetwork Expert, CCBootcamp and Cisco (stolen info from Networkers slides) basically just a tome of data. Here is why it is not for sale or for sharing. To get the effect I got, you need to write this book yourself, I recommend that everyone do so.... use something to start, I recommend NOT using a written source (you will just copy and paste)... the audio bootcamps are perfect for this... you can use it as a framework for notes and then flesh out your sections.... The CCIE is considered the doctorate in internetworking... I wrote my thesis and defended it yesterday. Good luck. Jonathan _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
