Archive for April, 2010

Cisco Revising CCIE R&S Certification


New lab requires hands-on troubleshooting,both exams cover MPLS and VPN.
Cisco has revised the certification requirements for CCIE R&S and published the new v4.0 standards on the Cisco Learning Network. Exams based on the new requirements are now available and immediately replace the current exams. The Cisco 360 Learning Program has also been updated to support [...]

CCIE Introduction


If you are looking for information on Cisco's CCIE, we may be able to help. Cisco Systems has created today's premier networking certification, the CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert). Obtaining the Cisco CCIE certification is the goal of many network engineers, and not a very easy task. The passing rate of the test [...]

Cisco Career Certifications


Cisco Career Certifications are IT Professional certifications for Cisco Systems products. The tests are administered by Pearson VUE. There are five levels of certification: Entry, Associate, Professional, Expert, and Architect, as well as seven different paths, Routing & Switching, Design, Network Security, Service Provider, Storage Networking, Voice, and Wireless.
Traditional educational institutions that teach Cisco skills [...]

General Certifications: Three Levels of Certification


Associate: The first step in Cisco networking begins at the Associate level, which also includes CCENT, an interim step to Associates for those with little job experience. Think of the Associate level as the foundation level of networking certification.
Professional. The Professional level is the advanced level of certification.
Expert. The CCIE and CCDE are the highest [...]

Test Preparation Tools


The Cisco Learning Network is the official online community for Cisco customers seeking training and exam preparation tools as they enhance their careers through Cisco certifications. Click here to be a part of the Cisco Learning Network and gain access to certification practice questions, learning games, quick learning modules, videos, discussion forums, professional networking [...]

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert


The Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification is accepted worldwide as the most prestigious networking certification in the industry. Network Engineers holding an active Cisco CCIE certification are recognized for their expert network engineering skills and mastery of Cisco products and solutions. The CCIE community has established a reputation of [...]

Case Study Deliverables


The key lesson of this case study is the importance of thorough and clear documentation. You should complete two types of documentation.
General documentation:
A complete narrative of the project should be typed using word processing software. Because the scenarios break the entire task into pieces, take care to address each scenario task so that a layperson [...]

CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Updates: Version 1.0


Over time, reader feedback allows Cisco Press to gauge which topics give our readers the most
problems when taking the exams. Additionally, Cisco may make small changes to the CCIE
Routing and Switching exam blueprint. To assist readers with those topics, the authors create
new materials clarifying and expanding upon those troublesome exam topics. As mentioned in
the introduction [...]

Phase 1: Requirements


Requirements
The preceding figure depicts the XYZ Research Company’s partially completed, logical diagram of the required network. The company has also provided networking equipment for development and demonstration. In some instances, the equipment it provides does not have the required LAN interfaces. In this case, the company allows configuration of loopback networks as alternatives.
XYZ Research Company [...]

Configuring VLANs and DHCP


Instructions:
1. Configure the Cork LAN switch as follows:
– Create three VLANs.
– Assign ports 1-4 to VLAN 1.
– Assign ports 5-8 to VLAN 2.
– Assign ports 9-12 to VLAN 3.
– Connect E1 of the Cork router to a VLAN 1 port.
– Connect a workstation to each VLAN.
– Configure the workstations with appropriate IP addresses.
2. The Galway [...]