My CCIE Data Center Thread

snadam

Ditto! I suppose I will find out tomorrow morning.

NOC-Ninja

you probably got the number. you should get an email by now. I got mine around 6:24pm.

21ctl

lol....the suspense is mad..got my email the next day around 1pm..... could barely eat or sleep

21ctl

i believe you will pass. once you get your number kindly do a details study method.. workbooks used ( IPX or INE) and rack rental hours spent

Iristheangel

Read through the thread, 21ctl. I actually already detailed all of that here

Still waiting

21ctl

@Iristheangel.. i read that, was referring to your finally experience and how you will rate IPX workbook after the exam experience....
sent you a priv email( not exam related in anyway...lolz)

gorebrush

Still waiting? Hot diggity.

Sounds like it went well, though. Fingers crossed!

Iristheangel

Well... I failed but I'm close enough for a review so I'm submitting it for a review. My scores are as follows:

-Cisco NX-OS 83% (Approx 40% of the exam)
-Storage Networking 60% (Approx 30% of the lab)
-Cisco Unified Computing System 93% (Approx 20% of the lab)
-Data Center Virtualization with Cisco Nexus 1000V 50% (Approx 10% of the lab)


I think I need to have it reviewed. Storage is what I felt pretty confident in and even a couple points will push me up to a pass. Sadly, it'll take 3 weeks for me to get that review done so in the meantime, I'll lab my little heart out and see if I pass next time.

gorebrush

Dang. I am sorry to hear that. Sounds like you were close though. Too close.

Iristheangel

2 points close. Enough for a review so I'll wait on that and keep labbing away

21ctl

i agree with you, submit for a review and try to do some lab on areas you think u did not do well.. 3 weeks is a long time/..... am so sad to hear this initial report

JoJoCal19

Wow Iris, sorry to hear that. Does the result break down what areas of Storage Networking you were weak on?

jamesp1983

Sorry to hear. Hopefully the review comes back with a pass.

Mow

Great attitude. To me, you seem like you're one of those folks who are a CCIE but just don't have the number yet. YET.

pramin

Iris;

Hopefully they can find those two points for the pass. Also was there a big difference between your practice MOC labs and the real lab?

Iristheangel

Submitted for a re-read. If that doesn't net me the point or two I need, then I'm retaking the exam in RTP on 11/12. That way I still have another shot before the end of the year

Dieg0M

That's sad to hear but i'm sure it will make you a better engineer. Make sure you schedule your next exam in the next few months! Unfortunately, I don't think a re-read will help, I have heard there's a very low percentage of changing anything. I have even heard some people getting a pass in all sections, still failing and the re-read didn't change anything.

Iristheangel

I was told by the certification customer service that they highly recommend a re-read with this exam in particular so I'll go with it. I'm actually taking the exam again in 30 days if the re-read doesn't help. I'm not waiting a couple months. I wasn't tripped up by anything technical on the test - If I failed, it was simple reading comprehension at this point which doesn't warrant waiting months or restudying a ton of stuff.

Shoe Box

I think you should pass the test on a re-read. But, that isn't in Cisco's best interest, because if they do pass you, then they don't get to charge you $1600 again for another test. And aren't they extorting a couple hundred just for the re-read?

My prediction - they say "still no go" on the re-read, with some very weak, obscure, vague reason for it, you go back in a month, ROFLSTOMP the lab, and get a pass.

joelsfood

Cisco has no trouble filling the seats for datacenter lab. They make more money from a reread and selling the seat she woudl have used than forcing her to take it again. Please hold the uninformed comments to a minimum

JZegers

with a reread they also reload the config on devices, which sometimes can fix stuff if something broke from earlier on in the exam. definitely close enough to give it a go

Iristheangel

Trust me, Cisco gets zero financial benefit from having me retake the exam They aren't as nefarious as you think. They make a lot of money on the products they sell - the certification arm isn't their bread and butter. It's more like the change they find under the seat cushions. The way they grade these tests though sometimes can be a little wonky. It's a script that runs through the configs and basically issues a pass or fail. For things like R&S, it's very tight knit since the exam as been around for over a decade and they have it down. For newer exams, it can sometimes be flawed and that's where you see the higher rate of success on -re-reads. Since the DC is a newer track, I've heard more success in the re-read department. Narbik was encouraging me yesterday to do the re-read. Named a couple famous CCIEs we all have heard of that got their digits on the re-read.

If that doesn't work, I'll be re-taking the exam on 11/12. That's the soonest I could grab a date though I really would love to go 11/5 if I could. We'll see if something pops up.

21ctl

did u attend narbik DC classes..?

Iristheangel

Nope. I didn't have 7 months at the point where he started the track and Terry Vinson isn't my style

21ctl

lol, how come nobody likes terry vinson

joelsfood

Lots of people like him for RS. Just that everyone pales inc omparison to Jason for DC in general, and Ron/David for NXOS specifically (I highly recommend the NX OS Fundamentals 2.0 videos from Cisco/Pearson for anyone learning Nexus).

Iristheangel

I don't have anything against Terry Vinson. He's just not my teaching style and I found that I couldn't pay attention to his videos on IPX. Rick Mur and Jason Lunde were a lot better imho

21ctl

am buying jason lunde for DC and also INE vod... lots of VOD from CCNA to IE..my books just landed...@Iristheangel.. hope u wont mind been my DC guardian

21ctl

this house and thread has been silent...

Iristheangel

I'm on vacation in Hawaii and there's nothing new to report. My reread hasn't been completed yet and in the event that I fail that, I have another lab attempt scheduled for 11/5.