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1. Re: Anyone started preparing for the DC written?
Sumit Mahla Apr 24, 2012 4:07 AM (in response to CCRS)Yes... I am planning for this..
I infact work into cloud environment where all these devices are deployed...
Please share your plans..
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2. Re: Anyone started preparing for the DC written?
mohammedak Apr 24, 2012 4:41 PM (in response to Sumit Mahla)I am also planning for Written, i already finish vcp, ucs support n design. Also planning for DCNI and DCUFI next month.
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3. Re: Anyone started preparing for the DC written?
Chris Riling Apr 25, 2012 12:23 PM (in response to CCRS)I will be in the CCIE written class from IP Expert this summer / fall. I'm more interested in how lab prerparation is going to work with an expensive blueprint like that...
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4. Re: Anyone started preparing for the DC written?
Sumit Mahla Apr 25, 2012 8:24 PM (in response to Chris Riling)I would not go in for any bootcamp atleast for written... for me it there are lot of resources available from csco press books, Cisco Live ppt, cisco design documents and youtube....
I would suggest search the material on google.. you would find lot to study....
I am actually a self study guy.... We can always share our thoughts about learning process and our doubts...
Lets make a group and start studying .... I am planning for Lab by end of this year. that is last quarter...
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5. Re: Anyone started preparing for the DC written?
Chris Riling Apr 25, 2012 8:35 PM (in response to Sumit Mahla)I know the instructor pretty well, I trust him, this is my 2nd ccie. There are some points on the written where I think I'm in very good shape, and some points where I'm in not so good shape, so I think it will help. I do agree though that the material now will be suspect being that its so new.
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6. Re: Anyone started preparing for the DC written?
Sumit Mahla Apr 26, 2012 2:19 AM (in response to Chris Riling)Thats good... I have nothing against any one of these training provider... However i really prefer to first give it a my 100%, when i feel i am now done then i would think abt going for instructior or not...
Everyone ... lets make a study group here or in anyother website... What are your timelines ?
And what do you expect the value of Prestigious Data Center CCIE to be in next 2-3 years ?
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7. Re: Anyone started preparing for the DC written?
CCRS Apr 26, 2012 11:24 AM (in response to Sumit Mahla)Folks , looking at the various config guides, it seems there are roughly 10,000 pages of documentation of just config guides and we have about 50 days to go till the last day of Beta. That comes to about 200 pages per day.
Theres no way I can possibly do that. Still I'll try my luck. For now my plan is to cover ACE & N7K.
Please share your tricks / thoughts on taming this monster.
Please note the the list below excludes troubleshooting/config examples,design guides & all docs for DCNM & nexus 1000v. There will be some overlap between n5k & n7k docs.
ACE Quick Start Guide 138 ACE Routing & Bridging 248 ACE Security Guide 422 ACE SLB 678 ACE SSL 226 ACE Admin Guide 360 7k fundamentals config 144 7K Interface config 304 7k QoS config 174 7K Security 728 7k System Mgmt 386 7K Unicast Routing 566 7K Fabric Path 94 7K & MDS FCOE 62 7K HA 54 7K L2 Switching 226 7K LISP 42 7K MPLS 528 7K Multicast Routing 178 7K OTV 68 7K SAN Switching 286 7K VDC 84 7K Config Limits 14 MDS CLI Config guide 1488 UCS gui config guide 762 2K sw config guide 42 5k Fundamentals config 146 5k L2 switching 324 5K SAN config 286 5K security 266 5K QoS 82 5k adapter fex 34 5k fabric path 76 5k fcoe 48 5k systems mgmt 214 9778 -
8. Re: Anyone started preparing for the DC written?
krunal Apr 26, 2012 11:33 AM (in response to CCRS)I do not think MPLS will be part of exam it is not listed clearly in blueprint. Also for LAB Multihop FCoE may not be part of exam as there is no FCoE line card support for MDS 9222i and N7K does not have native FC ports, unless exam ask you to do some wiered FCoE config like N5K-1 -> N7K -> N5K-2 -> MDS.
Also You missed all MDS configuration guides.
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9. Re: Anyone started preparing for the DC written?
CCRS Apr 26, 2012 3:05 PM (in response to krunal)Multihop fcoe can be implemented using n5k - n7k.
MDS config guide is included.(just combined the pages)
MDS CLI Config guide 1488 -
10. Re: Anyone started preparing for the DC written?
Sumit Mahla Apr 30, 2012 5:24 AM (in response to CCRS)Hello Everyone...
Where can we get recommended reading list books at a discounted price (apart from Cisco Press)?
I am looking for I/O Consolidation and UCS book ...
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11. Re: Anyone started preparing for the DC written?
Mohamed Selim May 6, 2012 3:12 AM (in response to CCRS)Hi all
i also prepare for this beta exam i study from
NX-OS and Cisco Nexus Switching (ISBN-10: 1-58705-892-8)
Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) (ISBN-10: 1-58714-193-0)
what else recomanded topics any one know ?
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12. Re: Anyone started preparing for the DC written?
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13. Re: Anyone started preparing for the DC written?
Jeroen Wittock May 26, 2012 3:17 PM (in response to Sumit Mahla)You could consider the safari online bookstore account. There you have thousands of books including all the ones on the recommender reading list.