Hey Gabb I've worked for two internet providers (one was a telco) - and attempted the SP lab exam in November. And I must say, majority of the topics in the blueprint are used in the real world.
I haven't attempted R&S yet - but from what I understand SP concentrates more on bgp, and in particular MBGP and mpls (way I understand it is there is no vrf configuration in R&S) where VPN's are very important for SP, as you can also see from the lab exam blueprint: http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/sp/lab_exam_blueprint.html compared to http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/rs/lab_exam_blueprint.html Now I've read people complaining about CCIE SP being the "forgotten" or "lost" CCIE track - because the blueprint hasn't been updated for the while, the lab uses old IOS's (http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/sp/lab_equipment.html) and the equipment isn't really typcal equipment that big service providers use. Even though this is all true - the concepts and technologies tested in the exam and used in the real world aren't really that platform Dependant, and the ones that are are only slightly different (like dcef on distributed platforms vs cef on the ones used in the lab). (IOS-XR is obviously a different story........) And you wont ever get a single exam that cover all the topics/technologies typically used by a company. The exam gives you a good foundation, the concepts won't be too foreign for you when you encounter them on a bigger/other platforms And apparently there are plans to update the blueprint for SP, so if you aren't too much in a hurry, maybe wait a bit longer for that. -- Regards, Dave Kruger Internet Architect Verizon Business 240 Main Avenue Newlands 7700 South Africa Telephone +27 21 658 8700 Customer Service 08600 88638 http://www.www.isp.co.za http://www.verizonbusiness.com/za Verizon Business - global capability. personal accountability. This e-mail is strictly confidential and intended only for use by the addressee unless otherwise indicated. Company Information: www.verizonbusiness.com/za/contact/legal/ > Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:17:46 -0800 > From: gabbarsingh9...@yahoo.com > To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net > Subject: [c-nsp] CCIE tracks > > Hi, > > Anyone working in a service provider or telco and done the CCIE (service > provider)? I'm thinking of doing this, but am not sure of value/differences > with say the CCIE (routing/switching) track. > > Any comments, opinions will be appreciated. > > > Regards, > Gabb. > > > > Stay connected to the people that matter most with a smarter inbox. > Take a look http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/smarterinbox > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/-- _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
