Dear brother,

First of all its rumor only even if so it’s not changed and implemented in days,

if you seen from previous history from cisco certifications path, they will mentioned many months before about any expiry or change in exam version, don’t be worry pay attention over your goal and do it. Insallah you will be success our prays are with you remember in your prayers

Further if you seen this link no change from cisco https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/docs/DOC-4603

Ismail

Multan,Dubai UAE

Hi Rauf,

As some of the users have mentioned, there is currently no information to indicate any upcoming changes to the CCIE R&S Lab Exam.

Users can expect an advance notice from Cisco if there are planned changes to the lab exam. This will give users ample time to prepare for the upcoming changes.

You may refer to the current CCIE R&S exam topics by clicking on the link provided by Ismail above.

Regards,

Rigo

Cisco Learning Network Moderator

If I remember correctly, when cisco launched ver 4 they said that lab is going to be more dynamic now and we should expect some changes in every 9-12 months. Recently or few months back they added L2 TS. So for minor changes if doubt they gonna give 6 months time in prior.

Also I really hope Cisco will make lab changes in every 9 months to keep things in shape and to match up with market requirements.

HTH...

Deepak Arora

http://deepakarora1984.blogspot.com

Dear All,

Could any confirm about the news regarding the new version of CCIE R&S for Lab.. I am going to register CCIE R&S Lab in the mid of Feb 2014..urgent response in this regard will be highly apprecaited..

Thanks.

Nadeem

Thanks Mohit for your assistance & response..

Regards,

Nadeem

Rauf,

I am really excited about the change... first of all... I have time for 3 more tries on the current version.... hoping I only need one more try... but I'll pass.

I honestly am bummed because I would absolute love it if I got a certification which tested me and marked me as an expert on the new topics. It's a bit sad we can't do the lab again after we pass it... just for thrills. I actually like exams and passing them and the challenges they present and I hope I get a chance someday to see this one with its changes... but only if I can take it again to "up my cert" not because I failed v4 again haha

Fatih, you can mix and match the exams as you prefer.  You can take version 4.0 Written exam and version 5.0 Lab exam.  If you check the link from Howard's post, you'll find the official information.