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 RS 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 RS) 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.
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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.
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