Q. When doe this course start?

A. Thursday, June 7, 2012, 8:00 – 10:30 PM EDT

Q. Who should attend this course?

A. This course assumes the student has already been through at least one practice lab on their own and that they are at least familiar with the technologies on the CCIE Voice Lab blueprint.

Q. What is the basis for the course content?

A. This live on-line boot camp walks the student through a new mock lab (that Kevin Wallace created) over a series of eight sessions.

Q. What distinguishes this boot camp from a tradition boot camp?

A. The biggest difference (huge!) is its focus on lab strategy. There are 12 strategies outlined in what Kevin Wallace calls his “CCIE Voice Alchemy” process, which helps the student “turn their lab day into gold.” This boot camp demonstrates these 12 strategies while working through the new mock lab (in a non-linear fashion).

Q. What is the goal of this bootcamp?

A. The goal is for the student to complete this boot camp with a much deeper understanding of the technologies on the lab, and (maybe even more importantly) have a set of strategies that they can use on lab day to make the most effective use of their time.

Q. Who is this Kevin Wallace guy?

A. Kevin Wallace is a CCIE R&S and Voice. With Cisco experience dating back to 1989 (on a Cisco AGS+ router running Cisco IOS 7.x), Kevin has been a network design specialist for the Walt Disney World Resort, a Senior Technical Instructor for SkillSoft, and a network manager for Eastern Kentucky University. Kevin holds a bachelor’s of science degree in electrical engineering (focusing on digital communications) from the University of Kentucky, and has also authored or co-authored multiple books for Cisco Press, including: Voice over IP First-Step,Cvoice Foundation Learning Guide, TSHOOT Cert Kit, TSHOOT Official Certification Guide, and ROUTE Cert Kit. Kevin’s website is1ExamAMonth.com.

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There is buzz circulating on social media sites that the official announcement is coming very soon from Cisco Systems regarding the CCIE Security Version 4 written and lab exams. A November 2012 release for the written exam is discussed. This seems to make sense as this would be a 6 month window from Cisco Live 2012 San Diego which most see as a “deadline” for their announcement.

What products are likely to be tested in this revision of the popular written and lab exams? Most believe the following:

• Cisco IPS 4200 Series
• IronPort Web Security Appliances (WSA)
• Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
• Cisco ASA Firewall

Of course we will continue to closely monitor the news here at blog.ipexpert.com and will post details the moment they are announced.

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While researching the Catalyst QoS chapter of the latest IPexpert book The Operation and Troubleshooting of QoS, I discovered that there are many incorrect blog posts out there regarding the configuration of traffic policing on a switched virtual interface (SVI). The purpose of this post is to provide the correct configuration and some supporting commentary. Big thanks to upcoming IPexpert instructor Kevin Wallace for this clear and direct video on the topic during our CCIE Lab Fundamentals course where he was one of our prized Guest Speakers.

As you know, policing sets a “speed limit” for traffic that is entering or exiting the Catalyst switch. Traffic that is not exceeding the speed limit is termed the conforming traffic. Traffic that is exceeding the speed limit is termed the exceeding traffic.

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Instructors - Anthony Sequeira and Terry Vinson

Date and Time - Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 8:00 PM EST USA

Format - Live Online WebEx Training Center

Class Recording – Available immediately following the event

Extras – Daily (M-F) email challenges; 24×7 mentor support

Topics – Evening 1 topics

• The Quick-Fire Ticket Management Strategy
• The Quick-Fire Time Management Strategy
• Quick-Fire Layer 2 Strategies

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My friend, and IPexpert Guest Speaker, Keith Barker always says, “friends should not let friends run RIP!” Yes, we agree Keith, but in this post we need to look at running RIP on the Cisco ASA. This is of course in the event that there is an area like this in the CCIE Security Practical Lab Exam.

First, the basics – let us configure basic RIP version 2 on the Cisco ASA:

ASA1# configure terminal
ASA1(config)# router rip
ASA1(config-router)# version 2
ASA1(config-router)# no auto-summary
ASA1(config-router)# network 10.0.0.0
ASA1(config-router)# passive-interface default
ASA1(config-router)# no passive-interface Inside
ASA1(config-router)# end
ASA1#

Notice this “best practices” configuration is just like how I would configure RIP on the router. The passive-interface default bit and then the no passive bit ensures that we are only sending updates out the interface that we want speaking RIP. There is still no method of configuring RIP under an interface on the ASA or a Cisco router.

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