Question regarding CCNP BSCI Lab Portfolio

ashbal

Hi Guys,

I am getting ready to start preparing for my CCNP BSCI. I have got the official exam certification book. Apart from that, I am also thinking about buying this book CCNP Building Scalable Internetworks (BSCI 642-901) Lab Portfolio (Cisco Networking Academy) (Lab Companion) (Paperback).

Has anyone used this Lab companion and did you find it useful ? Please advise.

gojericho0

I have been using it and like it a lot. Lots of good scenarios on all the exam objectives

NeonNoodle

I think it's useful, but the authors could have spared us with the pages and pages of successful pings. Perhaps they could have used those pages for more labs like doing a lab on configuring a stub router in EIGRP. There are also some discrepancies between the diagrams and the initial configs. Overall, it's helpful, but there is lots of room for improvement.

Edit: I should add that they do a good job demonstrating the learning objectives with only three or four routers.

mikearama

Is the Lab Portfolio "get-able" for non-academites? I'd like to get hold of it.

Preciate if anyone can throw me a source / link.

Mike

gojericho0

http://www.ciscopress.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=9781587132131

NeonNoodle

I'm not enrolled in the academy. I found them in a bookstore here in Taipei, but you can buy them from Amazon

ashbal

Thanks everyone for the information.