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CCIE Rack Complete!
Feb 16th
Obviously I’m a huge proponent of Dynamips, and I will still be using it, probably more so than the physical hardware. But… I had most of this stuff lying around, so I thought I should put it to use. I’m mirroring the INE topology as best I can with what I have. Here’s my terrible picture (I’m not much of a photog):
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R1 – 2610XM
R2 – 3640
R3 – 3640
R4 – 3725
R5 – 1760 (might replace this one)
R6 – 2801
FR Switch/BB1 – 2621 + NM-8A/S
SW1 – 3560-48
SW2 – 3560-48
SW3 – 3550-48
SW4 – 3550-48
Term Server – 2512 + 2514
BB2 – 2501
BB3 – 2514
Passed BGP+MPLS!
Feb 10th
The original plan was to take BGP and MPLS separately, but I was told by a few people to give the composite a try. Since my employer is picking up the tab for two attempts, I figured it couldn’t hurt to try. I was hoping to pass, but I wasn’t too confident. I passed though!
It was pretty tough, but not too bad. There was more ATM than I would have liked, but most of it was basic. Also a lot of drag and drops. The sims were ridiculously easy, which was surprising. It didn’t feel like the exam went as deep into the technologies as I expected.
So I’m a CCIP now, which is awesome. I need to celebrate a little.
Which Exams for CCIP?
Feb 5th
I’ve been talking to people about the BGP and MPLS exams. From what I’m hearing, it sounds like the composite (BGP+MPLS) is actually easier than doing each exam individually. I’m finding this a bit hard to believe, but people seem pretty adamant about it. I’m hearing that there are less sims on the composite.
I’ve been focusing on BGP mostly, but MPLS has been part of the labs I’ve been using. I might just try out the composite and see how it goes since my employer is paying for two attempts per exam…
Anyone have thoughts or suggestions on the matter?
Who’s A JNCIA-ER?
Jan 21st
I am!
Last week I decided to put the CCIE on hold for awhile due to the new troubleshooting section. I feel like I could use another year or so of experience under my belt before trying to tackle that monster. I’ve been meaning to sit the CCDA exam for a few weeks now, but haven’t really gotten motivated enough to do it. Then I started tinkering with Juniper…
I went through the Fast Track stuff and did the pre-assessment last Sunday to get the 50% off. Oh a whim, I decided to do some studying and see how bad the test is, with the 50% off it’s only ~$60, so it wouldn’t upset me too bad if I failed.
Got A New Toy
Dec 20th
We had two 7204VXRs at work that have been sitting on a shelf for a couple years. I figured I could actually put one of them to use, so I cleared it with the guys and brought it home.
Specs:
Cisco 7204VXR (NPE225) processor (revision A) with 245760K/16384K bytes of memory. Processor board ID 31649069 R527x CPU at 262MHz, Implementation 40, Rev 10.0, 2048KB L2 Cache 4 slot VXR midplane, Version 2.7 Number of Fast PAs = 1 Number of Fast+Medium PAs = 1 Total number of PA bandwidth points consumed = 200 2 FastEthernet interfaces 125K bytes of NVRAM. 47040K bytes of ATA PCMCIA card at slot 0 (Sector size 512 bytes). 8192K bytes of Flash internal SIMM (Sector size 256K). |
So far I’m loving this thing. I have it at my edge, it’s running CME and some GRE/IPSEC tunnels (PeerIX stuff), along with heavy QoS. Not surprisingly, it handles all this with ease.
If anyone knows of a good deal on an NPE-400 please let me know.
