BGP + MPLS Exam vs 2 separate tests.

SteveO86

Well it doesn't look like I am going to make it to testing center tomorrow.. and sadly Monday/Tuesday are usually my busiest days in the office.. So we will see whenever I make it to testing center...

I might just start jumping into QoS... not sure.

SteveO86

Well, considering I worked 16 hours straight and lost my weekend... Not to mention my surprise trip to Orlando (Where I still am).. We will see if I can get this exam tomorrow. I've been given the green light to disappear for a few hours this week.. So I haven't jumped into QoS just yet.

down77

Good luck and let us know how it goes. I'm hoping to take the composite in 3wks

SteveO86

Still haven't made it to the testing center yet... I was hoping to run there today but got pulled away into an outage.. but it worked out for the best because I dig through this network to figure where BGP wasn't configured!

Maybe tomorrow.. or Wednesday, my calendar for Wednesday is clear but I'll be the only engineer in that day so maybe not....

In the meantime I'm up to module 3 in INE's QoS course.. The first 2 modules were pretty much filler in my opinion, a very high-level overview of QoS. Along with MQC (Which is nothing new to me -ZBF's).

SteveO86

Passed!!

Had an opening around 3 this afternoon... and ran to the testing center!

Going through the exam I felt more then prepared. MPLS Fundamentals and BGP Design & Implementation I think were the most beneficial. That and the real world experience for those odd-ball basic/stupid questions

Now to tackle QoS and hopefully get my CCIP by the end of the year!! I want to ring in 2012 with my CCIP!

down77

Congrats! QoS wasn't bad at all so I know you'll have no problem acing it.

Did you end up reading the entire MPLS Fundamentals? There are a few sections I'm thinking of skipping since its either dated material or redundant from previous studies/experience.

Bl8ckr0uter

Congrats!

SteveO86

Thanks guys!

I actually read the entire MPLS Fundamentals book. I spent extra time around the LDP section to understand the fundamentals of the labels, and also around the MPLS VPN/Traffic engineering sections. A Co-Worker of mine also had the MPLS & VPN Architectures Volume I which I briefly skimmed through, but MPLS Fundamentals should be sufficient enough.