Happy Anniversary to me!
Guess who got their CCIE exactly one year ago today? I’ll give you a hint. He is very smart, good looking and oozes charm.
Despite all this and you still guessed me well there you go…
So how have I celebrated my Anniversary? Well I’m on the way to my SP exam now. Unfortunately as I have mentioned previously, lab dates globally for SP are few and far between. I really don’t know why. I would have thought the rack hardware and cabling would be identical (or otherwise very similar) to R&S so it would be easy. Then again with R&S v4 now out the topology for R&S has changed therefore it no longer would be similar. Have to be honest when I say I have not seen any 1841’s acting as a PE next to a 6500 or something.
So #22386 might celebrate tonight by having dinner in one of the restaurants near my place in Melbourne Docklands. Shame I can’t make the trip to the Qantas Club to blow myself to oblivion like I did one year ago today…
Man, time flys
The SP rack hardware is totally different to the old v3 R&S labs, and I guess there are only a couple of seats open at each location so they fill up fast.
It is using ancient versions of code and hardware with bugs and all – so its good to practice on racks with the same versions so you know what you will be facing on the day and give yourself a chance.
Im in at Sydney on March 1st, so am working towards that. I would have preferred Brussels but was a good chance to get down under again.
Hey congrats mate,
Why don’t you put some piccies up?
S
Piccies?
Piccies of what?
The INE SP rack topology is very close to being the same, with a couple more routers (and ATM), and two less switches (3550s only!). So if you own an R&S v3 rack, you should be mostly set.
You re-certified? How did you do it? The R&S written again, or the SP written?
I have the IP Expert SP book. Need to start reading it again
Also have a dynamips box doing the job…
I recertified doing the SP exam. I think recert in a different stream is the best way to go, because it gives you the option of sitting another lab if you want to. If you dont want to its all good – no is going to make you and you are still reertified.
I only wish I did it sooner after my lab. Would have been less study because everything is still fresh. But studying again just after passing a lab is hard work!