ONT test Wednesday (passed!!!)

Brain-Drain

I'm in the last minute reviews for the ONT and I'm just curious what others might have done to successfully prep for it. I have a small network topology in dynamips running CME w/ipblue communicators in VMware XP machines and have SDM running against the router, but the simulating of network traffic to cause congestion in dynamips is a bit challenging. It doesn't take much running dynamips and multiple vmware machines to max out my laptop so simulating poor conditions is kinda rough.

I have heard that my preparation may be overkill, that the test is all theory and drag n drop testlets with no cli configurations. My inclination now is to spend the last night brushing up on the sdm and the theory. Anyone got any suggestions?

TIA

mikej412

I'd be careful.... I nearly missed the "Describe & configure" when I scanned the blueprint. But even the end of the one obvious "configure" could mean know all the MQC stuff that AutoQoS could generate. And I almost missed the "Configure and verify" in the middle WLAN topic.

    * Describe and configure NBAR for classification.
    * Describe and configure QoS Pre-Classify.

    * Configure, verify, and torubleshoot AutoQoS implementations (i.e., MQC).

    * Describe and configure QoS Pre-Classify.

    * Describe and Configure wireless security on Cisco Clients and APs (e.g., SSID, WEP, LEAP, etc.).
    * Describe basic wireless management (e.g., WLSE and WCS). Configure and verify basic WCS configuration (i.e., login, add/review controller/AP status, security, and import/review maps).
    * Describe and configure WLAN QoS.

Good Luck!

Brain-Drain

Passed it. I can trade in my CCNA superhero tights for the ones with the big P on the cape now!

I would strongly suggest anyone else prepping for this exam that you take the time to become very familiar with the SDM and configuring QoS thru it. I used the dynamips simulator and ran the sdm against it. I don't believe the screenshots alone in the study guides and books are adequate. You really need to be familiar and comfortable with not only the configuration process in the gui, but also the types of QoS rules generated by the SDM, and verifying a config thru the gui. I don't think I would have been prepared w/o actually using the tool and walking thru the process several times.

Anyway, 966/1000 and a new Cert. Next up, the 642-642 QoS and the wide world of Voice!

-bd

Ferret999

Nice one well done on the pass and thanks for the tips ONT is next and I am already sick of SDM after ISCW

mikej412

Congratulations! CCNP!!!!

Does it feel any different having a big boy cert?

Good Luck on the CCVP

Netstudent

Big congrats!!!!

Getting NA is an accomplishment, but getting NP is like huge.

Are there any configuration guides for SDM in the ONT books? I know you said there are screen shots, but are they instructional? What about the cisco site, did you get any config guides for SDM from cisco?

JohnDouglas

congratulations!

Crunchyhippo

Congratulations! I know you're glad to have that behind you. Btw, do you currently work in the field or just studying for now? What do you hope to eventually get into?

ITdude

Congrats! Now you are a member of the major league!

geezer

Brain-Drain wrote:

Passed it. I can trade in my CCNA superhero tights for the ones with the big P on the cape now!

Anyway, 966/1000 and a new Cert. Next up, the 642-642 QoS and the wide world of Voice!

-bd

Like the superhero tights comment

Great news, well done and thanks for the tips. You have finished yet still to start...

NetworkGod

Hey, i know i'm a little late but congratulations man!!!! You make us all proud and inspired

7255carl

huge congrats

heron74

Hi All,

anyone can help me in finding tests in order to do ONT cert?
thanks for all your help.

netteaser

Congrats on the pass, I will be tackling this exam in the next few months

Brain-Drain

Netstudent wrote:

Are there any configuration guides for SDM in the ONT books? I know you said there are screen shots, but are they instructional? What about the cisco site, did you get any config guides for SDM from cisco?

I used the knowledgenet student guide and the Cisco press exam cert guide for my study materials and both do have configuration guides. They both walk you step-by-step thru the various configurations. I just prefer being able to jump on a device and be able to either enter the commands myself or walk thru the steps in something like the sdm or the asdm (or pdm if you're playing with security stuff on older pix code). I find it's more effective to actually learn it if I can walk thru the steps in the app rather than looking at glossy pictures!

Crunchyhippo wrote:

Congratulations! I know you're glad to have that behind you. Btw, do you currently work in the field or just studying for now? What do you hope to eventually get into?

Thanks. It is a relief to finally get it done. I currently work for a Cisco Partner so I am neck deep in all things Networking. I have the opportunity to work with just about everything Cisco offers right now with the exception of Telepresence. We just don't have the space or funds to set that up here! We have lots of VoIP customers, and the full breadth of network environments to work in. Some days I am working on Dell switches, other days it's Juniper Netscreens, and other days I'm building Unity Servers or Microsoft OCS/LCS environments. My ultimate goal right now is to pursue at least one CCIE and get into a design/engineering role. I'm just torn on which IE to focus on. R&S is the leading candidate right now I think.

mikej412 wrote:

Does it feel any different having a big boy cert? icon_lol.gif

My brain feels 2 sizes larger now, and boy does it impress the chicks!! Nothing says stud like a P level Cert! I have 2 friends of mine who are also Cisco geeks. One is a CCSP and the other is a CCNP. Both told me that they were about to quit socializing with me if I didn't pass. They only talk to other P level techs.
Unfortunately now I will have to put my money where my mouth is. What's the line from Spiderman? "With great power comes great responsibility"


Thanks all for the kind words! And to you guys still tackling these, keep on it! The feeling of accomplishment once you get there is huge (that is until you start down another track and find yourself staring down the barrel of another 5 tests and the months of study and prepwork......)


-bd