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Common Student Questions–Part 9: Is There Time to Use the Documentation in the Lab Exam?

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By Anthony Sequeira on December 20th, 2011

In this ongoing series here at blog.ipexpert.com, we are going to answer the most common questions CCIE instructors hear. Here is the latest:

Question: Is There Time to Use the Documentation in the Lab Exam?

Answer: The answer is YES, but this answer holds true only if one considers what we would term “appropriate” use of the documentation CD. A story that I often tell in CCIE bootcamps is one of the ways I can tell a student IS NOT ready for the exam. It is when they are using the DOC-CD for configurations that they should ABSOLUTELY have memorized. An example I provide is routing protocol authentications. This is an example of a configuration that we should have practices so many times that it is like our own middle name to us.


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Common Student Questions–Part 5:What is the Exam Environment Like?

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By Anthony Sequeira on November 21st, 2011

In this ongoing series here at blog.ipexpert.com, we are going to answer the most common questions CCIE instructors hear. Here is the latest:

Question: What is the R&S lab environment like? Does it use putty?

Answer: The R&S Lab Exam environment has changed pretty dramatically from when I was taking it. That was waaaaay back in 2005 :-) Today, you are provided with scratch paper and colored pencils and all other materials are electronic. That is right. No more printed documents. All of your tasks and trouble tickets will appear on screen in the exam Graphical User Interface (GUI) environment.

You can expect a 24 inch widescreen monitor, a QWERTY keyboard, and a mouse.

In the GUI, clicking on router icons produces a customized Putty window in which you work.

The documentation is available from a help menu, and also a link on the workstation desktop.

For a tour of the exam GUI interface – check out this video from Cisco:

https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/static/video-wp/CCIE_RS_v4_Lab_Exam_Demo_640x480-v2.htm

Anthony Sequeira CCIE, CCSI
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Common Student Questions–Part 4:Does Every IP Need to Be Reachable?

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By Anthony Sequeira on November 20th, 2011

In this ongoing series here at blog.ipexpert.com, we are going to answer the most common questions CCIE instructors hear. Here is the latest:

Question: When I am done with the configuration section, does every IP address need to be reachable from every device?

Answer: We hear this question all of the time it seems. The answer – IT DEPENDS! Remember, you are going to accomplish all of the tasks in the configuration section in order to pass the lab. You carry this out with a no more, no less philosophy. When you are done, the IP addresses that should be reachable from all devices need to be, and these would be per the various task instructions.

Now, if there is a task that says:

“Ensure all IP addresses are reachable from all devices.”

Then obviously the answer to our question is a resounding YES. By the way, this task instruction might come in the redistribution section. Let us realize, however, that this type of task is pretty unlikely. What is more likely in the redistribution section is that you are instructed how to perform the redistribution, or you are told simply to redistribute between the various IGPs.

I hope this discussion benefits you, and that you will think next time before creating all those Frame Relay maps to your own IP address for no reason. :-)

Anthony Sequeira CCIE, CCSI
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Common Student Questions–Part 3:What Documentation is Available?

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By Anthony Sequeira on November 17th, 2011

In this ongoing series here at blog.ipexpert.com, we are going to answer the most common questions CCIE instructors hear. Let’s jump right in:

Question: What documentation is available to me in the actual Lab Exam?

Answer: You can access almost all of the documents that are available from the Products node in the following interactive page - Select Your Product or Technology. Notice that we are specific here about the Products node. There is NO guarantee that you can access anything from the Technology node.

What are the documents that you should practice with from the Products node? I recommend these:

  • Configuration Guides - these are the “lifeblood” for prep, and can even prove very important during the exam itself. They provide background information about features, explain caveats for implementing features, and the provide a detailed step-by-step regarding the configuration of the feature.
  • Command References - these are also pretty critical. They focus on commands themselves, and often provide the most detailed and critical information about every single keyword that can possibly appear in a command.
  • Master Index – this is a quick way to isolate a command or feature when you are in the exam and cannot find it.
  • New Feature Descriptions – this area you will not use in the exam (most likely), but it is an excellent study tool when preparing for the exam.

Anthony Sequeira CCIE, CCSI
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Common Student Questions – Part 1: The Alias

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By Anthony Sequeira on November 2nd, 2011

In this ongoing series here at blog.ipexpert.com, we are going to answer the most common questions CCIE instructors hear. Let’s jump right in:

Question: Can I use aliases in the lab? Is there any risk?

Answer: We are going to answer you just like the CCIE Lab Exam proctor would – go ahead and use all of the aliases you would like in your lab exam, just be sure to remove them before completing a section (for example, Troubleshooting or Configuration).

Follow up Question: Why remove them?

Answer: Proctors have indicated that these can cause issues for the automated grading scripts that assists proctors in grading your exam.

Bonus Question: What the $%^#& is an alias?

Bonus Answer: In the context of the lab exam, it is a “shortcut” for typing that you can create for a particular command. For example, if you enter in the router the command alias exec sir sh ip route, you can now type sir in Exec mode in order to issue the show ip route command.

Another Bonus Question: Did you use those in the lab you passed Anthony?

Another Bonus Answer: Nope. I never decided to use them. I became fast enough with just the “natural” shortcuts like sh ip int br and sh ip prot. I was also afraid that I might run out of time in the exam and not have an opportunity to strip them out.

Anthony Sequeira CCIE, CCSI
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