BCMSN Tomorrow **EDIT:PASSED**

roswaldroswald Member Posts: 35 ■■□□□□□□□□
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First of four ... I'm finally ready for this test I think. I've been studying for about 4months solid and I've used a ton of BCMSN resources:

Self-Study Guide cover to cover
CiscoPress Lab Portfolio
CBT Nuggets
Flash Cards from an old version of the test
PEC (Cisco's Partner Education Connection)
Bunch of labs from CCIE books / my own head
This forum and a few others

My lab is unreal and I've got 6 switches (4 of which do full L3) that I've been playing with. Hopefully I blow this test away, but this is my first Cisco test outside of the CCNA.

I'm a little nervous, but I can't wait for that feeling after you click accept and it takes a min ... then comes back with your results saying that you passed.
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  • lildeezullildeezul Member Posts: 404
    good luck
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  • btowntechbtowntech Member Posts: 198 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Good luck and let us know how you do!
    BS - Information Technology; AAS - Electro-Mechanical Engineering
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  • LOkrasaLOkrasa Member Posts: 343 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Good luck....
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  • CGN_SpecCGN_Spec Member Posts: 96 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Nice Job icon_wink.gif
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  • shednikshednik Member Posts: 2,005
    Best of luck!!
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  • gojericho0gojericho0 Member Posts: 1,059 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Good Luck
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  • bighornsheepbighornsheep Member Posts: 1,506
    CGN_Spec wrote:
    THINK ABOVE xxx icon_wink.gif

    I'm pretty sure that number can change from each exam, plus I don't think that's something you should share. Why do you think that information isn't published by Cisco?
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  • PlazmaPlazma Member Posts: 503
    Good luck!
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  • netteasernetteaser Member Posts: 198
    Please let us know how you do.
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  • APAAPA Member Posts: 959
    Good Luck! :D

    By the looks of things you should have it well covered.....
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  • miller811miller811 Member Posts: 897
    Good luck
    I don't claim to be an expert, but I sure would like to become one someday.

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  • networker050184networker050184 Mod Posts: 11,962 Mod
    Good luck!
    An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made.
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  • scheistermeisterscheistermeister Member Posts: 748 ■□□□□□□□□□
    bighornsheep wrote:
    I'm pretty sure that number can change from each exam, plus I don't think that's something you should share. Why do you think that information isn't published by Cisco?

    It stays the same, but it also isn't supposed to be released. I have been guilty of it though...
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  • LizanoLizano Member Posts: 230 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Cisco does not publish exam passing scores because exam questions and passing scores are subject to change without notice.

    According to Cisco´s website.
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  • lildeezullildeezul Member Posts: 404
    How did you do ?
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  • roswaldroswald Member Posts: 35 ■■□□□□□□□□
    I Passed! I didn't do as well as I wanted 892 .. but a pass is a pass.

    I got schooled on some spanning tree questions that seemed a little over the top. 100% on 5 of the sections but 44% on STP. I know STP pretty well, but the questions I missed didn't really seem to test my understanding of the protocol. Oh well, one down!!!

    Time to get a little celebrating in this weekend ... then back to the books for the BSCI! :P
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  • networker050184networker050184 Mod Posts: 11,962 Mod
    Congrats!
    An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made.
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  • kpjunglekpjungle Member Posts: 426
    Good job.. congratulations :)
    Studying for CCNP (All done)
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  • nelnel Member Posts: 2,859 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Congrats man! great score too!!!!

    How did you feel the step up from the ccna to the bcmsn exam was in terms of difficulty? Would you recommend the lab portfolio you used aswell? How long did you study for the exam?

    Sorry for all the Q's but if i land a network position at work i will prob have to switch across to this from the BSCI.

    Cheers
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  • astorrsastorrs Member Posts: 3,139 ■■■■■■□□□□
    Congrats! icon_thumright.gif
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  • mikej412mikej412 Member Posts: 10,086 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Congratulations! icon_thumright.gif
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  • redwarriorredwarrior Member Posts: 285
    Congratulations! Yet another one down! :D
    CCNP Progress

    ONT, ISCW, BCMSN - DONE

    BSCI - In Progress

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  • shednikshednik Member Posts: 2,005
    Congrats on the pass!!
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  • gojericho0gojericho0 Member Posts: 1,059 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Good Job
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    congrats!!
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • QdotQdot Member Posts: 14 ■□□□□□□□□□
    congrats on the pass!!!
    It's simple, either death or develop your mental's....

    CCNA: conquered
    CCNP BSCI: conquered
    CCNP BCMSN: in progess...
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  • roswaldroswald Member Posts: 35 ■■□□□□□□□□
    nel wrote:
    How did you feel the step up from the ccna to the bcmsn exam was in terms of difficulty? Would you recommend the lab portfolio you used aswell? How long did you study for the exam?

    As far as actual difficulty I'd say it was close to the same. I probably didn't spend as much time on the bcmsn as I did for the CCNA, but it was taking the principles of switching and learning the topics much more in depth. I spent about 4months off and on preparing, usually a few hours a night, but I got a lot of experience from my job as well.

    I wasn't really impressed with the lab portfolio. The config examples from Self-Study were pretty much the same, but the lab book showed the full IOS display and what to look for. I won't be buying the lab portfolio for the BSCI, because I think I'll be able to create my own labs based on some CCIE books and the self-study examples.

    Thanks to all!
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