Who is attending Cisco Live ?

JeanM

What has been your experience before, what to check out and do etc?

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Iristheangel

I would love to but my new job is going to keep me busy. I hope the rest of you have fun

jdballinger

I'll be there, and I'm pretty psyched about it. I've never been to an industry conference before. The hardest part was choosing which panels I wanted to attend. There frequently were 3 or 4 all in the same time slot, and I had to make a decision based on what I thought would benefit my company the most.

I have 3 coworkers attending with me, one of whom is a veteran of Live. I coordinated with them when choosing my panels, to make sure that unless it was something I REALLY wanted to attend, that we didn't have any overlap. This way we can get the biggest bang for the company's buck, and we can always compare notes and follow up with the CiscoLive365.com presentations they'll post later this summer.

JeanM

It will be my first time at Cisco Live as well, co-worker will be there for multiple days but I'll attend just one day.

Which panels you chose to attend?

jdballinger

Monday:
- BRKCRT-2201 "NX-OS, IOS, IOS-XR, Unique and Similar at the Same Time"
- BRKCRS-2000 "Intelligent WAN Architecture"
- BRKRST-2336 "EIGRP Deployment in Modern Networks"
- LABWISP-1001 "Walk in self-paced lab"

Tuesday:
- BRKARC-3438 "Cisco Catalyst 3850 and 3650 Series Switching Architecture"
- BRKSEC-2054 "GET Your VPNs Secured"
- BRKARC-2011 "Overview of Packet Capturing Tools in Cisco Switches and Routers"

Wednesday:
- COCNMS-2000 "Inside Cisco IT: Zero Touch Deployment Using Cisco Prime Infrastructure"
- PSORST-2005 "Transforming the Branch Office with a Single Box Solution"
- BRKNMS-3102 "Advanced Prime Infrastructrue 2.x features"
- BRKRST-2337 "OSPF Deployment in Modern Networks"

Thursday:
- BRKRST-2041 "WAN Architectures and Design Principles"
- BRKRST-2042 "Highly Available WAN Design"
- BRKARC-2020 "Cisco Model Labs - Lessons from a virtual world"

That last one will end up changing though, as my Cisco account rep signed me up for a private session on CML and VIRL.

Edit: Just changed out the last session to BRKRST-3336 "WAN Virtualization Using Over-the-Top (OTP)"

shodown

I will be there. Not attending any tech briefs.

jdballinger

What do you do besides check out the vendors if you don't hit up any of the briefs?

shodown

Having drinks with all my friends I met over the years at various cisco partners and TAC. Meeting people to do business with, and just being around all the other cisco folks.

filkenjitsu

I will be there. With your Cisco Live login you can watch the video/audio presentation of all breakout sessions going back to 2011.this includes Cisco Live 2014 Milan. I don't know ow how long that lasts, maybe for a month or more after Live is over. Go check them out though! You can demo the first 15 minutes or last 15 minutes of many of the breakout sessions you are interested in and see if you would like to watch live. Or you could watch them all via Cisco Live 2014 Milan before you go and just party the whole time. I kid, I kid.....

SteveO86

I'll be out there.

If it's going to be your first time, then definitely bring some comfortable shoes/sneakers last year there was a lot of walking. I heard this yea is not going to be any different the conference building is quite large. I would also try to travel lite during the conference maybe borrow a tablet w/ keyboard if you don't necessarily need to have a laptop with you the whole time.

I would drop one or two session and go through the world of solutions, early on they have some cool raffles and prizes, not to mention its a great stop to question those vendors.

There is also a 'certification corner' and the 'social lounge' where you can chill out and chat with others. Social lounge with open on Sunday and onward.

If you miss any sessions don't stress, you watch later on CiscoLive365.

You get a free certification exam, I'd use it to use it. However if you appointment they can charge you $40. Just book it early buy Wednesday/Thursday it might be bit a rough depending the events you go to )

My schedule, subject to change, Data Center and CCIE R/S v5 oriented.

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[TD]BRKCOM-1005  --  UCS Architecture Overview[/TD]
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[TD]Exam 642-996 Fabric Design  --  Exam 642-996 Fabric Design[/TD]
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[TD]BRKNMS-3021  --  Advanced Cisco IOS Device Instrumentation[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
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[TD]GENKEY-2200  --  Cisco Live Welcome Address and Cisco Business Vision[/TD]
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[TD]GENREC-2000  --  World of Solutions: Welcome Reception[/TD]
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[TD]Tuesday[/TD]
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[TD]BRKRST-2509  --  Mastering Data Center QoS[/TD]
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[TD]GENKEY-2300  --  Cisco Live Technology Keynote:  Infrastructure for The Agile Enterprise[/TD]
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[TD]BRKCCIE-3003  --  DMVPN for Route & Switching CCIE Candidates[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
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[TD]BRKDCT-2408  --  Effective Datacenter Troubleshooting Methodologies: A Case Study Review[/TD]
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[TD]GENREC-2100  --  World of Solutions: Reception[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 2"]Wednesday[/TD]
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[TD]BRKCOM-2015  --  Cisco UCS Compute Network Performance Optimization and Best Practices[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]GENKEY-2400  --  Cisco Live Industry Keynote:  The Internet of Everything Ecosystem – Bringing IT and OT Together with the Internet of Things[/TD]
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[TD]BRKCRS-3036  --  Advanced Enterprise Campus Design: Routed Access[/TD]
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[TD]BRKSEC-3001  --  Advanced IKEv2 Protocol[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 2"]Wednesday[/TD]
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[TD]BRKARC-2350  --  IOS Routing Internals[/TD]
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[TD]GENKEY-2500  --  Cisco Live Guest Keynote: Reimagining Education[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]BRKCRS-3148  --  Advanced Cisco Catalyst 6500/6800 Series Troubleshooting 
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filkenjitsu

Should I bring a bag or is the Cisco bag adequate? When do you relieve the Cisco bag?

SteveO86

Last year I just carried around the Cisco bag. I'm hoping this year's bag is bit more durable then last year's.

Usually after each day I swing by the hotel and drop everything I've picked up during the day. Then head back out to where ever.