BCMSN = Down

I have the TSHOOT scheduled for the end of this month (just before the beta ends), and then I should be done with the CCNP(or at least I'll get a look at the TSHOOT)! Though I guess I won't get the results until the end of April.....

This one was significantly easier than the BSCI, but of course the test environment crashing doesn't help.....Gotta love that

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jovan88

Congrats - Any last minute tips?

mikej412

Congratulations!!

Good Luck with the TSHOOT beta

SysAdmin4066

Congrats, good luck with the next one

billscott92787

jovan88 wrote: »

Congrats - Any last minute tips?

I would highly recommend labbing everything within the book, and the lab portfolio if you have picked that up. I didn't actually get the lab portfolio for the BSCI. But know GLBP, HSRP, VRRP, and most definitely STP. Lab some scenarios of making certain switches roots for certain VLANs, and making another switch root for the other VLANs. In addition, I would make sure to get some lab work on Layer 3 switching. Know what details the book goes into on CEF.

4E6564 congrats on the pass man! Good luck on the TSHOOT beta, Mine is tomorrow.

elegua

billscott92787 wrote: »

I would highly recommend labbing everything within the book, and the lab portfolio if you have picked that up. I didn't actually get the lab portfolio for the BSCI. But know GLBP, HSRP, VRRP, and most definitely STP. Lab some scenarios of making certain switches roots for certain VLANs, and making another switch root for the other VLANs. In addition, I would make sure to get some lab work on Layer 3 switching. Know what details the book goes into on CEF.

Just adding this, KNOW how to configure AAA and mapping vlan traffic, also Ethernet Channel and Routing protocols in a L3 Switch, as billscott92787 said, make sure to know STP very well.

4E6564, Congrats.

Hope this help.

4E6564

Thanks everyone!! Let us know how the TSHOOT goes, since I guess you already took it now!!

My tip would be to know all the topics that they tell you will be on the test, unfortunately I assumed some of the topics I don't particularly like would not be heavily tested.

billscott92787

4E6564 wrote: »

Thanks everyone!! Let us know how the TSHOOT goes, since I guess you already took it now!!

My tip would be to know all the topics that they tell you will be on the test, unfortunately I assumed some of the topics I don't particularly like would not be heavily tested.

TSHOOT is definitely interesting. It really tests your abilities. If you see one of the other posts on here you can see the topology of the TSHOOT exam. I think I did ok, just gotta wait until they release the results now to see.

iproute

Congrats!

4E6564 wrote: »

This one was significantly easier than the BSCI

Glad to hear that parroted as many times as I can. With BSCI the challenge of it just made me want to beat it more and more as days went on. With BCMSN I can barely stay awake. I'm sure that's going to be my biggest enemy.

burbankmarc

iproute wrote: »

Congrats!

Glad to hear that parroted as many times as I can. With BSCI the challenge of it just made me want to beat it more and more as days went on. With BCMSN I can barely stay awake. I'm sure that's going to be my biggest enemy.

Wow that sums up my exact problem. I hit the books HARD for the BSCI and blew the test out of the water. My focus on the BCMSN has been very lack luster. Though I'm finishing my studies up. Just have a few more things to go over then lab then I'll test. I have 1.5 weeks till my first attempt.

Haruna Umar Adoga

Which book should i use for the bcmsn pls ???

ConstantlyLearning

Haruna Umar Adoga wrote: »

Which book should i use for the bcmsn pls ???

Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks BCMSN Authorized Self-study Guide: Amazon.co.uk: Richard Froom, Balaji Sivasubramanian, Erum Frahim: Books