I have recently taken the exam and have the following thoughts, keep in mind I haven't passed yet but the comments should be helpful:
1. WCS and using templates is good but some requirements in the exam may not allow you this option in all cases. Good to know this but have an alternate plan if a particular question is worded in a way that a template could not be used. 2. I agree with Jason's comments: "Configure the switched network/routing/wired QoS/multicast section, since everything is dependent on that working properly on the infrastructure " If this isn't working then you can't do other parts of the exam. 3. Use cli for as much as you can via cut and paste from notepad. 4. Read the entire exam and understand the WCS to WLC requirements before and how you decide on adding the WLC's to WCS if you choose this method. 5. Work on your ACS configuration skills and the ability to write rules to match the lab requirements. You will need this for several sections. Also beware there are some bugs in ACS Level 5.2 that you could encounter. The bugs aren't part of the exam but since the blueprint states ACS 5.2 then this is the level being used in the test and there are one or two issues that could hamper your work. 6. I did skip around in the lab some to combine task that were requirements later in the exam. Again a quick read over of all sections can help on this and hopefully keep you from wasting time on re-configuring a task again. Tracy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 12:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: CCIE_Wireless Digest, Vol 38, Issue 4 Send CCIE_Wireless mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://onlinestudylist.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ccie_wireless or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CCIE_Wireless digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Lab strategy thoughts? (Jeff Rensink) 2. Re: Lab strategy thoughts? (Blake Krone) 3. Re: Lab strategy thoughts? (Jason Boyers) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 12:29:17 -0500 From: Jeff Rensink <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [OSL | CCIE_Wireless] Lab strategy thoughts? Message-ID: <cag4_piu-tulfyx5d4wvovw5j0_z7-drwbv37wne23n9cycx...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I'm starting to think about lab strategy to help guide my hands-on practice. I have a few thoughts as to order of operations and config methods. But I wanted to see what the group thought and what has worked well for them. In terms of an order of operations, what have you found to be useful? Obviously, to start things off you will want to read through the lab, write out your own diagrams and any other initial notes to help organize the information in a meaningful way. I'm more looking to see which sections/technologies should be done first and which can wait until later. When it comes to picking your sections/tasks to work on, what has been your order of operations? Another area that I wonder about is what is the most efficient way to make your configurations. On the WCS and autonomous APs, we have both CLI and GUIs. We also have the WCS that can be used to configure WLCs and their associated APs. What have you found to be the most efficient method to make your configurations? Jeff -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: </archives/ccie_wireless/attachments/20120606/dba9bce8/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 14:07:38 -0500 From: Blake Krone <[email protected]> To: Jeff Rensink <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Wireless] Lab strategy thoughts? Message-ID: <CAE8-+duKo2JwNw3xaA7=1bu-kc3pq-vo_weo-xfaxoz1i6b...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Jeff when I went through the lab I started off like you suggested reading the entire workbook and paraphrasing in my own way. I also circled things that required radios to be done or should be done together. WCS can be used to do similar tasks on the WLCs and I would suggest using that if you are comfortable with it. I also used the CLI heavily, most of my tasks were done in notepad and then copy/pasted over. Learn autonomous CLI inside and out, seen as the GUI is so slow you'll be wasting time for page loads. Without breaking NDA can't really offer much as to which sections/tasks to do first, but there will be a very obvious order that you should complete the lab in, or at least I thought there was. On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Jeff Rensink <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm starting to think about lab strategy to help guide my hands-on > practice. I have a few thoughts as to order of operations and config > methods. But I wanted to see what the group thought and what has worked > well for them. > > In terms of an order of operations, what have you found to be useful? > > Obviously, to start things off you will want to read through the lab, > write out your own diagrams and any other initial notes to help organize > the information in a meaningful way. I'm more looking to see which > sections/technologies should be done first and which can wait until later. > > When it comes to picking your sections/tasks to work on, what has been > your order of operations? > > > Another area that I wonder about is what is the most efficient way to make > your configurations. On the WCS and autonomous APs, we have both CLI and > GUIs. We also have the WCS that can be used to configure WLCs and their > associated APs. What have you found to be the most efficient method to > make your configurations? > > > Jeff > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: </archives/ccie_wireless/attachments/20120606/d598d5af/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 15:33:28 -0400 From: Jason Boyers <[email protected]> To: Jeff Rensink <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Wireless] Lab strategy thoughts? Message-ID: <calo5k2tiings37t1cnuc6w_3cebch4elrkayyjunudct9my...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" In general, here are my recommendations: 1) Quickly review the test doc and diagram while reading 2) Configure the switched network/routing/wired QoS/multicast section, since everything is dependent on that working properly. 3) Configure autonomous APs section. You should finish these (#1-3) in about 3 hours. In San Jose, that gets you to lunch. Be sure to save configs regularly! Then, I rebooted before going to lunch. 4) Do a minimal config of the WLCs. Basically, items that are individually applicable to a controller (interfaces), items that are easy to copy and paste (mobility and rf group names), and anything that would require the WLCs to be rebooted (adding certs, SNMPv3, etc.) Notepad is your friend, with copy and paste. Be careful to change things as necessary for each WLC. 5) Import the WLCs into WCS. Then configure WLCs using templates, but don't use WLC Config Groups - they take too much time for the test. This would also include configuring the video and voice section. 6) Finish configuring WCS and add the MSE. 7) Configure clients for connectivity. 8) You should have 1-2 hours left at this point to validate the configurations. Now, there should be some general validation going on throughout (can you ping??) This is doing full validations. This was a successful process for me. One key is to figure out how to do each part of the process the fastest for you. I listed what worked for me. Another is to have that time at the end. You will misread and fat finger things. You need time to review what you've configured. Hope this helps. Jason Boyers, CCIE #26024 (Wireless) Blog: netboyers.wordpress.com On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Jeff Rensink <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm starting to think about lab strategy to help guide my hands-on > practice. I have a few thoughts as to order of operations and config > methods. But I wanted to see what the group thought and what has worked > well for them. > > In terms of an order of operations, what have you found to be useful? > > Obviously, to start things off you will want to read through the lab, > write out your own diagrams and any other initial notes to help organize > the information in a meaningful way. I'm more looking to see which > sections/technologies should be done first and which can wait until later. > > When it comes to picking your sections/tasks to work on, what has been > your order of operations? > > > Another area that I wonder about is what is the most efficient way to make > your configurations. On the WCS and autonomous APs, we have both CLI and > GUIs. We also have the WCS that can be used to configure WLCs and their > associated APs. What have you found to be the most efficient method to > make your configurations? > > > Jeff > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: </archives/ccie_wireless/attachments/20120606/218afb5d/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ CCIE_Wireless mailing list [email protected] http://onlinestudylist.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ccie_wireless End of CCIE_Wireless Digest, Vol 38, Issue 4 ******************************************** _______________________________________________ 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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