Looking at Cisco's requirements for all of their CCIE tracks, it looks like
the CCIE Design Lab requires "the candidate to configure all of the devices
included in the design."
So not only do you design that proposed network, you must configure it too.
For those of use who work in the pre-sales engineering field where the CCDA
and CCDP made the most sense, I think this is going a little too steep for
CCIE Design. I'm not opposed to learning how to configure equipment, but
the list of equipment is literally impossible to build a home lab (Catalyst
6500, 3500, 2900, PIX, Local Director, 7500, 7200, 4700, 3600, 2600, 2500,
7830 Call Manager, and more). This is double the R/S Exam. Is it really
realistic to expect someone who designs networks (as opposed to
administering/troubleshooting) to know all of this? I'm assuming the
required knowledge of this technology needs to be top-notch, like with the
other CCIE exams.
I always felt the design path was more geared toward pre-deployment and not
post. Of course, some knowledge of the hands on is good, but in my job
today I may sit with a client or a Data Engineer and go over some configs,
but I don't maintain the equipment.
Just my .02! Opinion appreciated..
Regards,
Mark
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