[c-nsp] CCIE tracks

[Dave Kruger]

Hey Gabb

I've worked for two internet providers (one was a telco) - and attempted the SP lab exam in
November. And I must say, majority of the topics in the blueprint are used in the real world.

I haven't attempted R&S yet - but from what I understand SP concentrates more on bgp, and in
particular MBGP and mpls (way I understand it is there is no vrf configuration in R&S) where VPN's
are very important for SP, as you can also see from the lab exam blueprint:
http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/sp/lab_exam_blueprint.html
compared to
http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/rs/lab_exam_blueprint.html

Now I've read people complaining about CCIE SP being the "forgotten" or "lost" CCIE track - because
the blueprint hasn't been updated for the while, the lab uses old IOS's
(http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/sp/lab_equipment.html) and the equipment isn't really
typcal equipment that big service providers use.

Even though this is all true - the concepts and technologies tested in the exam and used in the real
world aren't really that platform Dependant, and the ones that are are only slightly different (like
dcef on distributed platforms vs cef on the ones used in the lab).
(IOS-XR is obviously a different story........)

And you wont ever get a single exam that cover all the topics/technologies typically used by a
company. The exam gives you a good foundation, the concepts won't be too foreign for you when you
encounter them on a bigger/other platforms

And apparently there are plans to update the blueprint for SP, so if you aren't too much in a hurry,
maybe wait a bit longer for that.



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> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:17:46 -0800
> From: gabbarsingh9009 at yahoo.com
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [c-nsp] CCIE tracks
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> Anyone working in a service provider or telco and done the CCIE (service provider)? I'm thinking of doing this, but am not sure of value/differences with say the CCIE (routing/switching) track.
> 
> Any comments, opinions will be appreciated. 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Gabb.
> 
> 
> 
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