Hi Ryan and welcome to the list.
To answer your questions, you options for studying switching (Catalyst 5000
commands) fall in 3 categories
1. Reading about configuration
2. Interactive Mentors
3. Actual configuration
#1 is free or low cost (it's a combination of http://www.cisco.com website
config guides and maybe Cisco Lan Switching books)
#2 is low cost and pretty effective from what I've heard
#3 may be low cost if you find someone who has a Cat5000 that you can
'borrow' or a renting a virtual lab (I've heard of one that is $45 for 12
hours - a great value), or buy one (that's the high-cost alternative)
I couldn't comment on which would be adequate, but if the switching portion
is worth 10 points, then that's 10% of the lab score...so you'll have to
decide how much depth to cover in your switching studies.
good luck in your studies
-e-
----- Original Message -----
From: Ryan O'Reilly
To:
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 12:54 PM
Subject: Emphasis on switching in the CCIE lab? [7:10562]
> Hi, let me introduce myself, I’m half-way through my CCNP/DP studies
> and I’m shooting for passing the IE written by mid-December. I also
> have some real-world experience and expect to post here frequently as I
> start my CCIE studies. (Hopefully more answers than questions hehe)
>
> I’m currently studying for my switching exam on the CCNP track and
> I’ve been buying equipment to complement my CCNP studies and to
> eventually prepare for the CCIE lab. Now I’ve read that there are
> “CLI” based switches and IOS based switches, the catalyst 5000
> series is one of the CLI based switches and I believe this is the switch
> they use in the CCIE lab.
>
> It looks like I may just buy the Interactive Mentor for my switching
> studies, does anybody think that this would be a better value than
> practicing on an “IOS” based switch and trying to relate IOS
> commands to the “CLI” commands? Down the road I’m also
> going to get training, which should cover some hands-on for
> “CLI” switches anyway.
>
> Would this be adequate to do well on the switching portions of the CCIE
lab?
> How emphssis is there on switching compared to the other technologies
tested?
>
> All responses appreciated,
> Thanks!
>
> - Ryan
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