Kevin, So many congrats man. I agree with all the words you said about Piotr, what a champ he is. Made the same difference in my life.
Ayaz, I would prefer San Jose over RTP any time:). I passed there , that is one reason but the main reason was that the proctor at San Jose was a better person who at least listened to your concern and answered you in a better way. On the other hand RTP proctor (David) was unnecessarily tough(almost rude) guy. Who had no empathy to your very logical question. Regards Fawad Khan CCIE Security # 35578 On Thursday, November 21, 2013, Kevin Sheahan wrote: > Thanks Ayaz, > > > > Regarding the differences between RTP and San Jose, there are no biggies. > The lab presentation is the same in both locations, you get a bit of a > longer lunch in San Jose but you have to walk a ways to the lunch area so > that’s why. You still have plenty of time to eat and/or think in both > locations. No differences that could impact your lab, though. > > > > Good luck! > > > > Kevin Sheahan > > CCIE # 41349 (Security) > > > > *From:* Ayaz Merchant [mailto:merchanta...@gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', 'merchanta...@gmail.com');>] > *Sent:* Thursday, November 21, 2013 11:09 AM > *To:* Kevin Sheahan > *Cc:* ccie_security@onlinestudylist.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > 'ccie_security@onlinestudylist.com');> > *Subject:* Re: [OSL | CCIE_Security] CCIE Sec Pass > > > > Kevin, A big congrats! You have given me some hope, after trying the lab > and seeing so many of my fellows fail, I was starting to doubt if v4 was > passable or not at this time. Now back to studying hard for me!!! > > > > Any thoughts on the difference in your lab experience between RTP and San > Jose? > > > > Ayaz > > > > On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Kevin Sheahan <sheaha...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Gents, > > > > It is with great pleasure that I can tell you I’ve passed my CCIE Security > Lab on Tuesday in RTP. It has been a very difficult year both personally > and professionally to prepare for this exam. This was my third attempt. For > study, I leaned very heavily on IPExpert’s material/intructors/racks. Piotr > Kaluzny – I can’t speak highly enough about this guy – suffice it to say > that if you are feeling lost, get his attention and he will lead you in the > right direction. His expertise, patience, and all around cool-dudeness are > sincerely appreciated and valuable when you start to feel like you’re > drowning in the blueprint. I also used my own personal hardware and read A > LOT of Cisco configuration guides pertaining to blueprint (There are a lot > of “Notes” in those config guides that provide great info). > > > > Lessons learned: > > > > - My strategy played a very large role in time management and > organization during the exam. > > o Build a table to keep track of…. EVERYTHING: > > § Obj | Points | Desc | V1 | V2 | Comments > 1.1 4 ASAMC F Unable to ping <subnet>, > check later > 1.2 5 IPS-IVP P Re-verify @ end, core > objective. > > § I would create and fill out this table (first 3 columns) as I’m > reading through the lab at the beginning. The “Comments” section became > extremely useful for me to shorten the amount of end-lab verification > because instead of re-reading the objective for verification I would only > have to see what I wrote down from previous verification failures. Anything > with a “P” for pass in the V2 column should be money in the bank, ensure > that you’ve paid attention to the fine details in the objective which can > cause loss of points. > > o Prep the lab: > > § Pager 20 / Term length 20 > > · This will allow you to execute long-output show commands later > in the day without the screen scrolling away from you. This should be done > on ALL devices. > > § Logging > > · ASA > > o Logging console warnings / Logging on – This will tell you throughout > your lab when your ASA is denying traffic due to ACL and/or NAT failures. > Very useful! > > · IOS > > o Logging console – This will tell you when routing processes drop, > when ISAKMP is ON/OFF, etc. As well, this will allow for your debug output > to show up. > > § > > -- FNK
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