Cisco has announced the new version for CCIE SP v3 with alot of new contents and hardware, Although i had completely prepared for V2 but then i decided to go for v3 as it was more interesting and up-to-dated, quite silly decision but this is what I am :)
Lets review the new version through my eyes ;)
Hardware:
Practicing on XR12000 would be tough for people, but if you are good on 7200/7600 architecture and technologies, i dont think it would be tough to configure same feature on XR. (After all you will always have access to DOC-CD)
Metro switches are just another update in the topology, with the introduction of ME3600X and ME3800X Cisco is increasing their portfolia in the Metro Access networks, and as SP engineer one must have good understanding of these switches as well. (Configuring ME isnt any new thing though, its same 12.2 IOS)
Exam Topics:
Content is the most interesting part of this exam with alot of new features to configure which is really exciting, specially VPLS, MPLS TE P2MP, mLDP, BGP PIC, XR SDR, GRE L2VPN, and many more.
Cisco has provided hell long list of topics for V3, but i believe they can't test you on all topics, but its good to have a focus and list to prepare for the exams.
I have tried to compile a complete checklist for the exam in the pdf format which is downloadable from the link below:
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/docs/DOC-11611
It will provide a great help for preparing the written Exam.
Lets review the new version through my eyes ;)
Hardware:
- Cisco XR12000 Series Routers (IOS XR 3.9.1)
- Cisco 7200/7600 Series equivalent Routers (IOS 12.2-33 SR)
- Cisco ME3400E Series Switches (IOS 12.2-54 SE)
Practicing on XR12000 would be tough for people, but if you are good on 7200/7600 architecture and technologies, i dont think it would be tough to configure same feature on XR. (After all you will always have access to DOC-CD)
Metro switches are just another update in the topology, with the introduction of ME3600X and ME3800X Cisco is increasing their portfolia in the Metro Access networks, and as SP engineer one must have good understanding of these switches as well. (Configuring ME isnt any new thing though, its same 12.2 IOS)
Exam Topics:
Content is the most interesting part of this exam with alot of new features to configure which is really exciting, specially VPLS, MPLS TE P2MP, mLDP, BGP PIC, XR SDR, GRE L2VPN, and many more.
Cisco has provided hell long list of topics for V3, but i believe they can't test you on all topics, but its good to have a focus and list to prepare for the exams.
I have tried to compile a complete checklist for the exam in the pdf format which is downloadable from the link below:
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/docs/DOC-11611
It will provide a great help for preparing the written Exam.
