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Herearesomefactsregardingthisportionoftheexam: Youmustcompletethisportionoftheexambeforeyoustartthetraditionalconfigurationportion. Youhaveatotalof30minutestocompletethissection,youmayfinishearlyifyoulikeandimmediately beginyourconfigurationsection. Youwillreceive4questionsviathecomputerandyoumustprovideshortanswersusingthecomputer interface.Thequestionsarenotoralinnature.Typicalresponsesrequire4to5wordsatmost. Spellingand/orgrammardoesnotcountagainstyou. Thequestionsaremanuallygradedbyaproctor.Ifyoupurchaseanexamreread,theywillregradeyour questionresponses. Youmaynotreturntotheshortanswerquestionsonceyouhavebeguntheconfigurationportionofthelab exam. Youwillnotreceiveascorewhenyoucompletethissection,butyoumustpassthisportiontopassthe CCIE.Youwillreceiveyourscoreintheopenendedsectionifyoufailtheexam.Thescoreisreportedas 0%or100%(passorfail).Youmayonlymissonequestioninthesectioninordertopass. Moststudentsfinishthe4to5questionsinapproximately12minutes. Theconfigurationportionoftheexamhasbeenreducedtoaccommodatethisinitial30minutes. Youstillhaveatotalof8hoursthatmakeuptheopenendedquestionsandtheconfigurationportion. YoumaynotaccesstheDOCCDtoanswerthesequestions. UsingmaterialsfortheCCIEWrittenisanexcellentmethodofstudyingfortheShortAnswerquestions. Herearesomesamplesforthemany,manydifferentopenendedquestionsCiscocouldaskfortheR/Strack. Pleasenoticethereisnoneedforpanicifyouareusingoneofourrecommendedstudyapproaches.
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Whatisthesizeofthe802.1Qtag? Examinethediagramshown,describetheflowoftrafficinVLAN12fromSwitchAtoSwitchD. WhatisthetrunksettingthatallowstheporttotrunkonlyiftheportreceivestheproperDTPframes?
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WhatarethefivepossiblemetriccomponentsforEIGRPandwhichtwoareusedbydefault? Giventhenetworkdiagramshown,whatisthepathtrafficwilltakefromRouterAtoRouterB? OSPFbasescostonwhatvalue? WhichroutingprotocolusesadestinationMulticastaddressof224.0.0.9?
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Marc h2,2009at7:48am
Marek Tyban
Itlooksliketopicscoveredinwrittenexam,sosimilarpreparationasforthewrittenshouldbesufficientorthesequestionweremore difficult?
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March2,2009at12:45pm
Chris Daly
IdontthinktheyweresignificantlymoredifficulttheBGPquestionwaseasyenough,andtheIPv6questionwasprobably answerablehadIhadmoretimetheothertwoIhadneverseenbefore.Mybiggestworryisthattheyasksomethingaboutsome obscureroutingprotocolfeatureormulticasttimerandIcantrecallitwithonly4or5questionsitdoesntleavealotofroomfor error.Basicallyifyougetevenonequestionwrong,itseemslikeyouretoast.Idontknowiftheywouldawardpartialpointsornot.
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Marc h2,2009at1:10pm
Anthony Sequeira
Fromwhatourstudentsarereporting,preppingfromwrittenmaterialsisperfectbutjustmakesurethatyouapplytheLabblueprint asyougothrough.InotherwordstheywillnotaskMPLSquestions. Also,youcanmissonequestionandstillpassthesection.Misstwoormoreandyouaretoastforthewholeday.
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Marc h5,2009at6:20am
Alex
ItlookslikethelevelofknowledgeneededtopassOpenEndedquestionsissimilartothewrittenexam. Theproblembydoingthewrittenexamwellinadvanceistogethitbytheforgettingcurve(seewikipedia)whenpassingthelab. PractisingforthelabfocusesonusingthetechnologiesbutdoesnthelptorememberthingsthatcanbeeasilybefoundinCisco Documentation/routerssuchastimers,packetsstructures,etc Willitbebesttoprepareforthelabfirst,whenreadyforthelab,prepareforthewritten,passthewritten,thenimmediatelyafterbook thelabhoppingtofindanavailableseatasap? MaybeanideaforyourCCIE3.0program?
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March5,2009at12:17pm
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March5,2009at11:09pm
Alex
Thanks,itwasntlongtowait: http://blog.internetworkexpert.com/2009/03/05/testdrivethenewcoretechnologysimulationproduct/
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March10,2009at10:54pm
Niyi
PlsAnthony,couldyouhelpprovideanswerstoallthesamplequestionsasthiswillhelp.
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March11,2009at9:04am
munawaz
BridgingandSwitching ExplaintheadvantagesofMSTP(802.1s). MSTP,whichusesRSTPforrapidconvergence,enablesVLANstobegroupedintoaspanningtreeinstance,witheachinstance havingaspanningtreetopologyindependentofotherspanningtreeinstances.Thisarchitectureprovidesmultipleforwardingpaths fordatatraffic,enablesloadbalancing,andreducesthenumberofspanningtreeinstancesrequiredtosupportalargenumberof VLANs. ExplaintheadvantagesofRSTP(802.1w). TheRSTPtakesadvantageofpointtopointwiringandprovidesrapidconvergenceofthespanningtree.Reconfigurationofthe spanningtreecanoccurinlessthan1second(incontrastto50secondswiththedefaultsettingsintheIEEE802.1Dspanning tree). Explainthedifferencesbetween802.1QandISL. NativevlanistageedinISLanduntaggedin802.1Q. ISLencapsulatesIPpacketwhile802.1Qinsertsa4bytetag. IPIGPRouting ExplaintheadvantagespresentedbytheDUALalgorithminEIGRP. TheDUALfinitestatemachineembodiesthedecisionprocessforallroutecomputations.Ittracksallroutesadvertisedbyall neighbors.Thedistanceinformation,knownasametric,isusedbyDUALtoselectefficientloopfreepaths.DUALselectsroutesto beinsertedintoaroutingtablebasedonfeasiblesuccessors.Asuccessorisaneighboringrouterusedforpacketforwardingthat hasaleastcostpathtoadestinationthatisguaranteednottobepartofaroutingloop.Whentherearenofeasiblesuccessorsbut thereareneighborsadvertisingthedestination,arecomputationmustoccur.Thisistheprocesswhereanewsuccessoris determined.Theamountoftimeittakestorecomputetherouteaffectstheconvergencetime.Eventhoughtherecomputationisnot processorintensive,itisadvantageoustoavoidrecomputationifitisnotnecessary.Whenatopologychangeoccurs,DUALwilltest forfeasiblesuccessors.Iftherearefeasiblesuccessors,itwilluseanyitfindsinordertoavoidanyunnecessaryrecomputation. Feasiblesuccessorsaredefinedinmoredetaillaterinthisdocument. WhydoesOSPFuseaDRinanEthernetLANenvironment? DRsexistforthepurposeofreducingnetworktrafficbyprovidingasourceforroutingupdates,theDRmaintainsacomplete topologytableofthenetworkandsendstheupdatestotheotherroutersviamulticast.Allroutersinanareawillformaslave/master relationshipwiththeDR.TheywillformadjacencieswiththeDRandBDRonly.Everytimearoutersendsanupdate,itsendsitto theDRandBDRonthemulticastaddress224.0.0.6.TheDRwillthensendtheupdateouttoallotherroutersinthearea,tothe multicastaddress224.0.0.5.Thiswayalltheroutersdonothavetoconstantlyupdateeachother,andcanrathergetalltheirupdates fromasinglesource.Theuseofmulticastingfurtherreducesthenetworkload.DRsandBDRsarealwayssetup/electedon Broadcastnetworks(Ethernet).DRscanalsobeelectedonNBMA(NonBroadcastMultiAccess)networkssuchasFrameRelayor ATM.DRsorBDRsarenotelectedonpointtopointlinks(suchasapointtopointWANconnection)becausethetworouterson eithersidesofthelinkmustbecomefullyadjacentandthebandwidthbetweenthemcannotbefurtheroptimized. WhydoesOSPFfeaturedifferentnetworktypesforuseinanNBMAareaofyournetwork? IPandIOSFeatures HowcanaCiscorouterassistaclientPCtoobtainaDHCPaddressfromaDHCPserverlocatedonaremotesubnet? ADHCPrelayagentisanyhostthatforwardsDHCPpacketsbetweenclientsandservers.Relayagentsareusedtoforward requestsandrepliesbetweenclientsandserverswhentheyarenotonthesamephysicalsubnet. WhatissuedoesHSRPhelpsolve? redundancyprotocolforestablishingafaulttolerantdefaultgateway, IPMulticast DiscussissuesthatexistwiththePIMDenseModeprotocol. DenseModeTradeoffs * Advantages oSourcetreesfullydistributed oOptimalreversepaths/lowdelay * Disadvantages oO(SxG)staterequirement oMaycarry(S,G)foreverySintheinternet o(S,G)prunestateeventhoughnotontree oDatadrivenforwardingstateconstruction QoS DescribedifferencesbetweenCustomQueuingandClassBasedWeightedFairQueuing. WithCQ,bandwidthisallocatedproportionallyforeachdifferentclassoftraffic.CQallowsyoutospecifythenumberofbytesor packetstobedrawnfromthequeue,whichisespeciallyusefulonslowinterfaces.16userqueues WFQoffersdynamic,fairqueueingthatdividesbandwidthacrossqueuesoftrafficbasedonweights.Onequeueperclass,upto64 classes WhataretheadvantagespresentedbyDSCPmarkingswhencomparedtothelegacyIPPrecedenceapproach? Security DescribethebasicoperationofCBAConaCiscorouter. CBACworkstoprovidenetworkprotectiononmultiplelevelsusingthefollowingfunctions: TrafficFiltering TrafficInspection AlertsandAuditTrails IntrusionPrevention BridgingandSwitching *Whatisthesizeofthe802.1Qtag? 4byte(The802.1Qtagis4bytes.Therefore,theresultingEthernetframecanbeaslargeas1522bytes.Theminimumsizeofthe Ethernetframewith802.1Qtaggingis68bytes.) TheISLframeencapsulationis30bytes,andtheminimumFDDIpacketis17bytes.Therefore,theminimumISLencapsulated packetforFDDIis47bytes.ThemaximumTokenRingpacketis18,000bytes.Therefore,themaximumISLpacketis18,000plus30 bytesofISLheader,foratotalof18,030bytes.IfonlyEthernetpacketsareencapsulated,therangeofISLframesizesisfrom94to 1548bytes. *WhatisthetrunksettingthatallowstheporttotrunkonlyiftheportreceivestheproperDTPframes? switchportmodeauto HowtodisablesplithorizoninOSPF? OSPFhassimilarfunctionalityassplithorizon,byallowingadvertisingLSA3,4onlytobackbonearea. nocapabilitytransit IPIGPRouting *WhatarethefivepossiblemetriccomponentsforEIGRPandwhichtwoareusedbydefault? Relaibility,MTU,Load,Bandwidth,delay(Bandwidthanddelayareusedbydefault) *OSPFbasescostonwhatvalue? (Bandwidth) *WhichroutingprotocolusesadestinationMulticastaddressof224.0.0.9? (RIPversion2) BGP *WhatissuescantheuseofapeergroupsolveinBGP? Peeringinvolvestwonetworkscomingtogethertoexchangetrafficwitheachotherfreely,andformutualbenefit.Thismutualbenefit ismostoftenthemotivationbehindpeering,whichisoftendescribedsolelybyreducedcostsfortransitservices.Otherless tangiblemotivationscaninclude: *Increasedredundancy(byreducingdependenceononeormoretransitproviders). *Increasedcapacityforextremelylargeamountsoftraffic(distributingtrafficacrossmanynetworks). *Increasedroutingcontroloveryourtraffic. *Improvedperformance(attemptingtobypasspotentialbottleneckswithadirectpath). *Improvedperceptionofyournetwork(beingabletoclaimahighertier). *Easeofrequestingforemergencyaid(fromfriendlypeers). *WhatarethedefaultadministrativedistancesforBGP? EBGP=20 IBGP=200 IPandIOSFeatures *Whattechnologyallowsaroutertorespondtothenameresolutionrequestofahostasifitwerethedestinationhostitself? DNS IPMulticast *WhichmulticastPIMmethodusesafloodandpruneapproach? Densemode *WhichoptionforRPassignmentisanopenstandard? Bootstraprouter(BSR) *WhatisthepurposeoftheoverridekeywordwhenstaticallysettinganRP? TheoverridekeywordspecifiesthatifthereisaconflictbetweentheRPconfiguredwithippimrpaddressandonelearnedbyAuto RP,theRPconfiguredwiththiscommandprevails. QoS *WhathappenstotrafficinthepriorityqueueoftheLLQmethodthatexceedsthespecifiedrate? *WhichbitsoftheToSbyteareusedforDSCPmarkings? 6bits *BetweenAF21andAF32,whichhasthehigherdropprobability? AF21islowdropandAF32ismediumdrop. (Cansomeonevalidatetheseandanswertheonesimissed)
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March11,2009at10:02am
misa
HiAnthony! AtthisweekIdidmyCCIElab(R&S)exam. whenireceivemyScorereport,ididntbelieveinmyeyes.AllSectioninmyScorereportwere0%. Withthatresultithinkitonlyfallin4case: Case1:Ididnotdoanything(itisnoway). Case2:Ididnotsaveanymyconfiguratoninalldevices(itisimpossible,iuseWRcommandandilookitworkididntreloadany thinginmylabexam). Case3:Ididallthingswrong(itisnoway,icansure). Case4:IdidconfigindevicesinoneRackbutwhenProctorGradmylabexam,heusesanotherRack(andofcourseevery SectioninmyScorereportwerezero). Canyouexplainforme.With0%scorereporticanuseReReadfunction.
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March11,2009at4:35pm
Anthony Sequeira
HiMisa! YOUHAVEAMAJORISSUEHEREyouneedtoopenacasewithCisco! Itshouldnotcostyouanythingforthemtoinvestigatewhathappened.Ithadtobeanerrorontheirend. Itsoundstomelikeattheveryleast,youhaveafreeretakecomingfromCisco.
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March11,2009at5:59pm
misa
thanksforsharing. Buthaveanyoneeverhearthissituation?
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March12,2009at8:08am
Marty
MuchappreciatedAnthony.Thanks. Ihaveonlyonethingtosay.IseeyouemphasizingalotoncertainanswerwhichIdounderstand.ButIheardthatCiscowantsfrom usshortanswersandmanyofthecandidatesthathavefailedaresupportingtheideaofshortanswers. Myquestiontoyouhowcanweapproachthisanswers.Shouldweemphasizeinouranswersorbebrieftothepoint?
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March12,2009at6:13pm
misa
Becausemyfinalreportisnotclear,thenicannotsayabouthowisrightorwrong.Butinmymind,theopenedendquestionsisnot difficult.Andtheresultofopenedendquestionsectionisnoteffecttothelabsections.
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March18,2009at6:29am
Arwin Erasga
CiscowantseveryonetoknowthatpursuingRSCCIEshouldandmustknowtheinandoutofthetechnologiesinvolved,nomatter what.
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March19,2009at9:55pm
Abhi
Ithinkifsomebodycouldhelpmeget CCIEroutingandswitchingflashcardsbyAnthonySequeiraandKevinWallace Asidontfindtheneweditionorversiononlinetobuyandeveninciscopress.comitshowsthisevaluationisnotforsale Thanksforyourhelpinadvance.
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March21,2009at10:57pm
saurabh
HiGuysmy2cents,Itooklabon16thmarchLabattemptwasgdbuthrdluckduetoopenendedques..atCCIElevelifsmoneasku abtveryverybasicstuffe.gpcktheaderfieldsIsurelygonuts!!Asyouallalreadyawareinthosequesnopartialmrkngnitsmustto hit3outof4minelse0soitwillbecomeeitherhitormissforlabportion,ifumisswateveryoudoinnext7.5hrsitsallwaste passingis80%ntheydivided79(lab)+21(ques)souhvtoclearquestogeturccieno..!!Ilandedsafelyinlabpotionbutinopen endedIGot0hencefailnmoreoverduethetypeofquescamelikepickingtadpolefromoceanandaskingitsname..demotivating metotryforotherattempttheyshldhvchkurimplementationanddesignskillsratheroutofwrldthingsandtheydegradedvalueof labportionasIneedtoscoreonly59marksthereasonceIclearopnendedquespart21mrkswithmesototalwill80nCCIEno withme..soasawholeLABpurposeisdefeating,feelingpissedoffduetothissickrule!!
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March23,2009at8:41am
abhi
CansomebodyhelpmegetCCIEroutingandswitchingflashcardsbyAnthonySequeiraandKevinWallace.Wherecanibuyit,in ciscopress.comifindthisisnotavailableforsale?
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March24,2009at8:01am
Anthony Sequeira
YeahCiscoisnolongerprintingitusedcopiesaresellingforover$100nowcrazy. Ihelpeddevelopabetterproducthereifyouareinterested: http://www.internetworkexpert.com/ccieroutingswitchingcoreknowledgesimulation.htm ThisdirectlyaddressespracticeandstudyfortheCoreKnowledgesection,ithelpswiththelab,andfinally,ithelpswiththewritten.
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March27,2009at6:50am
abhi
ThanksAnthonyIwoulddefinetlygowiththisproduct.
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April8,2009at2:13am
JCF
IrecentlytooktheR&Slab. Ibelievebasedon%andrecallingthepointtotalsthatIpassedthelab. However,andweallknowwhatiscomingnext,Ifailedthecoretechsection,soIfailed. WhatpuzzlesmeisthatIthoughtIanswered3ofthe4correctly.IevenverifiedthatImayhavegottenall4right. 2ofthequestionswereveryveryvague. Anthonysdocsareveryhelpful,donotgetmewron. Forthese2theywerenot.Ihavestartedtoreadtheconfigurationguides(allofthem)formynextattemptinMay.
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April16,2009at11:57am
AHarris
Ihaventaddedanythinginawhile,butIwillgivethisadvicetoallwhentakingthetest.Somesayelaborate,andsomesaybe brief\concise.Iwouldrecommendyoutakeamiddleapproach.WhenIansweredthequestionsinonesentence.Theninasecond sentencegaveanbriefdescriptionofthetechnology\scenario.Thisworkedforme.However,ifyoutypeinanythingextraandyoure wrongitcouldpossiblycostyoupoints.Justkeepinmindthatthequestionsarebeinggradedbyhumans(Ithink),thatunderstand thetopicsinsideout.
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April23,2009at3:30pm
Kike
TotallyagreewithAHarris.WhatIdidwasfirstexplainthescenario/technologyandthenreplytothequestion.Onemorething,in oneofthequestionsIhadtoexplainatechnology,Iexplaineditin3differentways,usingaround10lines,whenwearesupposeto replyinjustoneortwolinesbutitisgradedbyhumans,inmycaseItooktheexaminBrussels,itmeansthataBelgianguy(who normallyspeaksfrench)gradedanSpanishguy(me)inEnglishsotrytomaketheotherpersonunderstandwhatyoumean,no worriesaboutwritingtoomuch.AtleastitwaswhatIdid.Idontrememberreplyingonesinglequestionwithlessthan4lines. Hopethishelps
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May1,2009at7:13pm
FailedAtFirstAttempt
IattemptedmyfirstattemptonMarchandalsogot0%ontheOpenendedquestion.PersonallyIthinktheopenendedquestionsare anadvantageifyoureallyluckyandgotthequestionsthatyouhavewellpreparedfor,sincethereisalargepoolofquestions.I actuallygobacktocciesupporttoclarifywhydidIfailedthissectionandwastoldthatIonlymanagedtoscorelessthan3correct questions.TheycantdiscusstheexamcontentwithmeasthisisboundbyNDA.Iagreewithsomeinthisforumasthereis lesstransparencyinthiscase.IbelievegradinganopenendedquestionsisverysubjectiveandNDAisanotherhurdle Butifyoumanagedtopassthissection,thenitsanadvantagetoyou,sinceyouonlyneedtogainanother59pointstopassthe labexam.OneofthecciecandidatewhomIspoketoagreethatthelabportioniseasierthanthepreviousbeforetheintroductionof openendedquestions.Anywayhegainedhisccienumberaftertheintroductionofthisopenendedquestionwhichisafterseveral attempts:p Anyway,IpersonallythinkifyouwantbeaCiscoCIEexpert,youneedtobeboundbywhatevercertificationrequirementsreleasedby Cisco.Nocomplainaboutit:p FYI,IalsoboughtinterworkexpertCoreKnowledgeproductandwasquitedisappointedbecauseitalsodidnotcoverintensivelyon allthetopics
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May4,2009at4:01pm
Anthony Sequeira
HiFailedAtFirstAttempt! Keepatitnexttimeshouldbeyourfinaltime! WeareaddingquestionsalmosteverydaytotheCoreKnowledgeproductandbeingsuretoattempttocoverallareas.Bythe weekendwewillhit450questions. Thanksforthefeedback.
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May5,2009at12:04am
FailedAtFirstAttempt
HiAntony, Thanksforthepromptfeedback. Iamthinkingofgivingitanothertryonthiscomingjune.Havebeenreadingandsharpeningmycoreknowledgeandhopefullyafter theadditionofadditionalresourcelinkandquestionnumberfeatureinyourCoreKnowledge.
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May5,2009at12:09am
FailedAtFirstAttempt
HiAharis, IconfirmedwiththeCCIElabmanagerandwastoldthattheproctorsarewelltrainedtogradetheopenendedquestion.ActuallyI believethereisnoneedtowritetheanswerinmorethan1sentenceastheproctorwillreadyouranswerandgradeit.
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June22,2009at7:37am
ducktak
PassingLabexamfirsttrytoday,thanksforAntonysCoreKnowledgenotes,noRFC,portnumberstuffasked.
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