I have to second what you say about the documentation. Better be prepared to use it as less as possible. Also good to know some workarounds like: - hot keys for copy-paste if your mouse right-clock does not show copy-paste in IE - use of notepad on TestPC if your candidate PC does not have one (was my case once)
Cheers, A. On 27 August 2012 23:59, Aaron O'Conner <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it just depends on what URL it’s going to. I know that you have > some config examples available, but if you try to browse to any other site > it will be blocked. I had no issue with trying to pull up a site, but it > would block them unless it was under certain categories that you said > below. **** > > ** ** > > This last attempt I didn’t have any problem accessing the documentation > site. However on my attempt about a year ago, I was not able to look up > items I was supposed to get to. I told the proctor that the documentation > website was not working and he said, “This happens sometimes, sorry.” I > wouldn’t rely too much on the documentation, or the availability of it. > You should only be looking at the site for reference anyway, and not > complete config examples. **** > > ** ** > > With all that said, I must be attracted to things breaking during my lab. > My attempt about a year ago, the fire alarm started going off in San Jose > about 11:00am. Although we got an extra 30 minutes because of it, it’s a > concentration breaker J. My last attempt a couple of weeks ago, my host > computer was not working. I couldn’t use IDM to configure the IPS to get > physical connectivity up. Then once they fixed it, I had issues with my IPS > cabling. Three of the Gig ports where not hooked up physically to the > switch. **** > > ** ** > > Good luck with your studies everyone.**** > > ** ** > > Aaron**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Ben Shaw [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, August 27, 2012 7:04 AM > *To:* Adil Pasha > *Cc:* Aaron O'Conner; [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [OSL | CCIE_Security] Documentation Access in Lab**** > > ** ** > > Hi All > > I would agree that the path of documents under the Products section in the > link above is available however I had a strange issue when I did my exam in > San Jose a few weeks ago. > > I could access the Reference and Configuration Guides fine but whenever I > tried to access the Configuration Examples and Technotes or the Feature > Guides which are in the same location the CPU on my PC would spike and I > couldn't do anything. The pages would only partially load and I would get > the error message at the bottom of the IE window saying "Loaded with > errors". We had to reboot my PC and after it was rebooted I had the same > issue whenever I tried to access those documents under these sections so I > ended up giving up and just focusing on the Reference Guides and > Configuration Guides. > > I can't explain completely why this occurred but I can only think of two > things: > - Web/URL filtering is performed via software on the PC and it was this > which was causing it to spike when I went to these pages and caused them to > only partially load > - Just plain bad luck > > I know for a fact that there were other pages that were obviously blocked > as when I went to them a splash screen would come up saying so but with > these Feature Guides/Technotes this didn't happen, I just got the CPU spike > and page failed to load properly causing it to be unusable. > > I hope this was a one off and I don't want to scare anyone into think that > these pages are not available but I am just wary about it myself now and am > not relying on having access to these pages in the exam. > > Has anyone had any similar experiences? > > Ben**** > > On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 7:12 AM, Adil Pasha <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > Pretty strange, but possible.**** > > ** ** > > I took labs in RTP a few times and no issues yet. Thank God.**** > > ** ** > > Best Regards.**** > > ______________________**** > > Adil **** > > ** ** > > On Aug 24, 2012, at 2:21 PM, Aaron O'Conner wrote:**** > > > > **** > > San Jose, but I’m sure it’s the same everywhere.**** > > **** > > *From:* Adil Pasha [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, August 24, 2012 1:12 PM > *To:* Aaron O'Conner > *Cc:* Anthony Sequeira; Jason Madsen; [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [OSL | CCIE_Security] Documentation Access in Lab**** > > **** > > Where did you take your lab?**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > On Aug 24, 2012, at 11:05 AM, Aaron O'Conner wrote:**** > > ** ** > > That is correct. I just took the lab you have access to that link.**** > > **** > > Also make sure you verify all of your layer 1 connectivity and alert the > proctor if you think something is down. I had a couple of interfaces on my > IPS that wouldn’t come up due to a cable issue on the rack. I wasted time > trying to troubleshoot that thinking it was something I could have done.** > ** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Anthony > Sequeira > *Sent:* Thursday, August 23, 2012 9:24 PM > *To:* Jason Madsen; [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [OSL | CCIE_Security] Documentation Access in Lab**** > > **** > > As I understand it – it is everything from this Products node:**** > > **** > > http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/psa/default.html?mode=prod**** > > **** > > *From: *Jason Madsen <[email protected]> > *Date: *Thursday, August 23, 2012 8:06 PM > *To: *CCIE Security <[email protected]> > *Subject: *[OSL | CCIE_Security] Documentation Access in Lab**** > > **** > > Hi all, > > Does anyone know what documentation will be allowed during the Sec lab? > I'm guessing only Config Guides and Cmd Reference docs? No Whitepapers, > Tech Guides, etc? > > I know "back in the day", it was the good old "Doc CD". Since then, the > config guides, cmd references, and such seem to be in a much different > place to navigate to. > > Thanks, > Jason**** > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > www.PlatinumPlacement.com <http://www.platinumplacement.com/>**** > > **** > > ** ** > > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > www.PlatinumPlacement.com <http://www.platinumplacement.com/>**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? 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