BCMSN Lab Portfolio

mfieldhouse

Has anyone used this? As seen here - CCNP Building Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN 642-812) Lab Portfolio (Cisco Networking Academy) • The Register Books

What hardware is required for the labs in the book?

Thanks

mikej412

From this previous thread http://www.techexams.net/forums/ccnp/27322-bcmsn-lab-portiflio.html

LOkrasa wrote: »

I got it several days ago and while its not nearly as thick as the BSCI (571 vs 215 pages) it does seem to cover all the topics. Chapter breakdown is as follows:

Chp1 - Network Requirements
Chp2 - Defining VLANS
Chp3 - Implementing Spanning Tree
Chp4 - Implementing Inter-VLAN Routing
Chp5 - Implementing High Avail in a Campus Environment
Chp6 - Wireless LANS
Chp7 - Configuring Campus Switches to Support Voice
Chp8 - Minimizing Service Loss and Data Theft in a Campus Network
Chp9 - Case Studies

The one thing that I did notice vs the BSCI was that the lab requirements for this book are a little hefty. For the BSCI guide you can get away with spending roughly $800 for a lab that will suffice for the entire book where as for the BCMSN it is a little bit more demanding. The intro states it needs 2-3560s and 2-2960s which in total can rup you up to several thousand $... I think once I get my BSCI out of the way I will be forced to use Dynamips to do the rest.

Netwurk wrote: »

3550's with EMI image should be OK for most labs and are a lot cheaper than 3560's

And 2950s are cheaper than 2960s

redwarrior

I used the lab portfolio for BCMSN and thought it was a good help. Just make sure you really have 3550's and *not* 3500's for your layer 3 switches. I lucked out and was able to use 2x 3560's and 2x 2950's at work to make a small lab. The only thing I really couldn't lab that I wanted to was GLBP.