CCIE R&S V4.0/V5.0 – Study Plan

Official Team Prichard Study Plan for CCIE Routing and Switching V4.0. “Official” start date: 2013.08.01

“CRISCO NETWORKING sometimes uses Borger gateway protocol.”
“We are looking for CCIEI’s to fill this roll”
“Let’s talk about your Microsoft and Exchange Experience”
“I see you have you’re CCNP. How comfortable are you with helpdesk?” – Recruiters trying to close the deal w me and Rich. –

This guy and Chard’s… IE journey

NI NI NOYa FAAAAAAANE

CCIE R&S 4.0 Reading and Extended Study List

• Dean & Vivek – 2doubleccies.com: – Your CCIE Lab Success Strategy Completed 2013.03.07
• INE Videos: Purchased INE’s CCIE R&S Ultimate Bundle: Completed 2013.07.06
• Cisco Press: CCIE R&S v4.0 Cert Guide: Completed 2013.09.17
• Cisco Press: Routing TCP/IP Volume I: Completed 2013.09.29
• Cisco Press: Routing TCP/IP Volume II: Completed 2013.10.11
• Cisco Press: Internet Routing Architectures 1st or 2nd Edition: Completed 2013.10.22
• INE Videos: CCIE Routing and Switching Written Exam #350-001, V4.0: Completed 2013.10.27
• Cisco Press: Cisco R&S Cert Guide Pre/Post Tests Completed 2013.11.03
• INE Videos: INE Advanced Technologies Class V4.5 Completed 2013.12.13
• Review for Written test Completed 2013.12.19
• Passed CCIE R&S Written Test!!! Completed 2013.12.20 – 142 days after start
• R&S 4.0 Lab dates chosen on 2013.12.21 and 2013.12.23
• INE Videos: CCIE R&S Lab Preparation Bootcamp v4.5 – Completed 2013.01.05
• Troubleshooting Scenario labs
• Full Scale 4.0 Labs
• INE Videos: CCIE R&S Advanced Troubleshooting
• Failed CCIE R&S Lab v4.0… 2014.05.30 (I was way too ambitious) – 303 days
• Continuous labbing, troubleshooting and reading…
• Passed CCIE R&S Lab v5.0!! CCIE#51406. Completed – 869 days

PRICHARD??? THERE’S AN AVALANCHE!!!

CCIE R&S Reference List

• Cisco Press: Implementing Cisco IPv6 Networks
• Cisco Press: Cisco QoS –> Apparently Volume 1 is better for CCIE…
• QoS – CCIE Appendix from Cisco Press QoS Book
• Cisco Press: Developing IP Multicast Networks
• Non Technical Tips for CCIE Lab Troubleshooting
• Good Youtube Link for QoS
• OSPF over Frame Relay Flapping got you “Down”? Maybe THIS LINK can help…
• Cisco Q&A Docs for RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP
• Want to tag your native vlan in 802.1q? –> vlan dot1q tag native (or just use isl)
• VRF Lite Explained
• Why do VRF hops in traceroute(s) show up more than once?
• The Tickla! – Tested to work with IPv4 and IPv6!
  tclsh
  foreach address {
  x.x.x.x
  y.y.y.y
  z.z.z.z
  }{
  ping $address repeat 2 time 1
  }
  -Chard
• OSPFv3? Not to SHAMMY!!! Get it? –> Sham Links
• WTF Multicast RFP Failure???? Maybe this BGP/RFP Link can help out.
• OSPF Database Information
• Time Based ACLs Link
• SSM (Source Specific Multicast) Routing. A good IPEXPERT’s write-up on it
• So yea… About the whole PPPoE thing… Here’s how to config it
• Who said Layer 2 isn’t in style for Service Providers?? Q in Q Tunneling (Q-In-Q) is the still a valid option for this. Aka get you’re tag on
• “NTP Update-Calendar” is a great command when you want a hardware clock to stay synchronized (even after it’s powered off!).
• Phenomenal multicast article for studying multicast topics for the CCIE.

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Useful CCIE R&S / CCNP / CCNA URL List

• Mind the Gap — CCNP to CCIE – An in depth discussion of CCNP knowledge vs CCIE. GOOD READ!
• Secure your configs. Aka Tamper-Proof ROMMON. Aka forget your password = LOST!!
• TechWise TV on Youtube
• Cisco Keyboard Shortcuts
• Automatic IOS Upgrade of 3750 Switch Stack master & Members
• Automatically backup your IOS Configs To TFTP or Flash:
  THIS TEXT FILE ALLOW YOU TO: CREATE AUTOMATIC CONFIG UPDATES ON A TIMED BASIS
  AS WELL AS AFTER ISSUING A WRITE MEM COMMAND
  
  mk dir flash:config-backups
  conf t
  archive
  path flash:/config-backups/$h-$t –>$h uses the assigned Hostname and $t uses the time (check ur NTP!)
  time-period [TIME IN MINUTES TO AUTO BACKUP]
  maximum [NUMBER OF MAX CONFIG CHANGES TO HOLD]
  write-memory
  end
  
  to view:
  more flash:config-backups/NAME-OF-FILE
  
  USE configure replace to rollback config.
  configure replace flash:config-backups/NAME-OF-FILE
  – This Guy
• “classful means if im a /27 i dont understand /28 or anything other than /27. debugged and figured it out.” – This guy tells Chard.
  That means when redistributing between OSPF and RIP V1(or any other classless protocol)
  you need to have a static route to each /28 that is part of the /27 redistributed into the classful side (ie from OSPF into rip) for end to end connectivity

[the] “CCIE journey won’t be an easy one. So, fasten your seat belts and get ready for rough action. This journey might drain you emotionally/financially/physically.
At some point, you might want to pull you hair out. You social life will be connected to Null0. Your girlfriend might be routed to some other destination.
Sometimes failures are expected which may bring more frustration. There may be a time when you’ll feel like giving up. But Don’t give up.
Keep fighting. It’s the journey which you’ll remember when you pass the exam. So, whoever is ready for a rough journey MUST continue,
others do whatever you want. Best of luck.” – Smart Man

Video Relief Hour

• Bert & Ernie Go Gangster –> Video
• Lego Datacenter –> Video
• Cisco 99 Problems Parody –> Video
• CCIE – Enable–> Video

Hard core transit networks… When you don’t want to spend money…

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Last update: 2014.10.22
Ported to new format: 2020.08.08

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