Kenneth,
I'm using 360 now since I had it for the Voice track already and it just
converted over. I highly recommend 360 because of the practice labs. Since
you're a Cisco employee, you can probably get it for close to nothing or
free. I'd ask your manager. I don't believe IPExpert has anything out yet,
but I do feel their training material and VoDs are far better than 360.
Having gone through both programs, I'd say IPExpert has the edge, but
again, the practice tests from 360 are a HUGE help simply because they're
graded using the same engine as the real test.
Josh
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Kenneth Staples (kstaples)
kstap...@cisco.com wrote:
For those of you that are starting or now moving from your old voice
studies to the now new collab studies, which material are you using (360,
IPExperts, etc)?
Ideally, I'd like to start with getting set up, going through scenarios
and example questions to get fully lab ready before attending an IPExperts
training.
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From: Bill Lake whl...@gmail.com
Date: Thursday, December 12, 2013 8:38 AM
To: wilson.sam...@bt.com wilson.sam...@bt.com
Cc: CCIE Study ccie_voice@onlinestudylist.com
Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Voice] CCIE Lab Prep via VMware
Well, I found using ESXi and creating a lab workstation as one of my
VM's worked well. I setup with a remote access client and I had access to
my lab from anywhere and from any device supported by my client.
This was very helpful and you don't need a full blown server (I have a
Intel i5 with desktop board and 16GB RAM, I use 3 HDD to spread out the
VM's and multiple NIC's to separate server traffic) as you just need enough
memory as this is just a lab.
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 7:34 AM, wilson.sam...@bt.com wrote:
Thanks Justin for the post.
I have had used the Dell Precision 390 with 16 G RAM, however the noise
and the power consumption is just bit crazy and the second most important
aspect is that, one can be mobile with Mac Pro, not a doable situation with
fat cat server.
Btw, have you already passed your Lab?
If you are in case preparing for the Collab version, I wanted to know if
there are IPExpert is already providing the training for it and what about
the lab network layout for the same.
Regards
Sam Wilson
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ccie_voice-boun...@onlinestudylist.com] On Behalf Of Justin Carney [
justin.s.car...@gmail.com]
*Sent:* Thursday, December 12, 2013 8:24 AM
*To:* Chrysostomos Christofi
*Cc:* ccie_voice@onlinestudylist.com, (ccie_voice@onlinestudylist.com)
*Subject:* Re: [OSL | CCIE_Voice] CCIE Lab Prep via VMware
I have been using an older macbook pro with 16gb to run my vms on
fusion. (I was running the officially supported 8gb max up until 2 months
ago when I got a 16gb kit on amazon for $150)
I use the physical ethernet port in bridged mode (ie no nat, vms have
layer 2 access to the eth0 port) for all vms and have my physical switch
(hq switch) directly connected. All routers are behind the access switch
and when I practice lan qos I just use an unused switchport since my pc
port is also my server port.
On my mac I also have wifi enabled and that has a default route. The
phys eth0 port has a static ip (same subnet as my vms) but NO default
route. I use the mac os x terminal app (think cmd prompt on a pc) to add
static routes to all vm/lab subnets to use the eth0 while general internet
traffic uses wifi default route. In this setup I *could* access gui from
mac (ffox, safari, chrome) to cucm but latley I have used an xp vm full
screen on an external monitor for my mock labs...to avoid nuances in my mac
os x (non-ie browsers and terminal) versus the win xp (ie and putty) when
you sit the real lab.
If you're willing to spend the cash I highly recommend using hard phones
(I just use 7961) and your own switch and routers. The reason I used my
laptop rather than a beefy server was because I can take the vms with me
anywhere and practice the gui sections while at work or travelling. (I
could also use softphones to practice using only my laptop, just like some
of the ipexpert bls demo videos.) I think
