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Hi Antonio,

    There will be some updates coming to SP shortly, but keep in mind that the official blueprint is misleading.  There are topics listed on there that can't actually be tested on in the hardware specification that they use. I was going to quote the ask the expert session for CCIE SP and then I realized that it was you that asked Vincent the question ;)  Recall the thread:


* Candidate's question
Hello Vincent,

I see in the lab blueprint some features that are not supported in the IOS releases present in the lab. For example, these:

- AToM
- Fast reroute, Link/Node protection

And as far as i know, the vast majority of the MPLS features available today are only available on IOS release 12.0S.

Should we care about features not supported in the lab equipment ?

Thanks.

* CCIE SP content manager's answer
Hi Antonio,

Good catch! AToM is supported on current lab platform, FRR to protect Link/Node is not supported. We are considering upgrade or downgrade the IOS version to support this much important SP feature (if IOS version change, a 6 months ahead notice will post on CCIE website).

Please ignore features not supported in lab equipment to prepare current lab exam, thanks.




Antonio Soares wrote:

What i would like to see in Vol 1:

 

- ATM, ISIS, Cell-Mode MPLS, L2 VPNs, QoS, Security

 

And in Vol 2:

 

- More labs :)

 

I've finished the CoD, Vol 1 and Vol 2 and when i look at lab blueprint, i don't feel very confortable :(

 

Thanks.

 

Regards,

Antonio Soares, CCIE #18473 (R&S)
amsoares@netcabo.pt

Internetwork Expert - The Industry Leader in CCIE Preparation
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Hi Antonio,

I don't know if you already have knowledge of these documents:

L2VPN Interworking:
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https://cisco.hosted.jivesoftware.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/3283-1-2792/

MPLS VPNs:
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https://cisco.hosted.jivesoftware.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/3281-4-2786/

But since they have been put together by the content manager of the CCIE SP exam in Cisco, Vincent Jun Ling Zhou,

I consider them worth to go through. I realize you didn't ask for the 2nd one, but troubleshooting seems to be an important part of the exam.

I wonder if it would be worthwhile to exchange "non-working" or "not finished" or event "on-purpose fault introduced" configurations with other people,

and then, it could be a nice troubleshooting excercise. :-) ?

They are publicly (no login) available from https://cisco.hosted.jivesoftware.com/

BR
Toby

toby,

Your links are certainly appreciated. You might also want to check out Antonio's web site at http://pwp.netcabo.pt/amsoares/dynamips/dynamips.htm. Antonio Soares has done some extensive research on and documentation of Service Provider topics.

We can all learn from each other...

Hi Darrell,

Thank you, I will certainly look into these scenarios as well. This:

http://joshatterbury.com/labs/sp-workbook/

is another guy who also posts his labs as he proceeds towards the CCIE SP.

:-)
BR
Toby