CCIE Lab Equipment Exams Establish Your Competence

2007-03-08 10:33:40

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If you wish to work in companies that use Cisco systems, you must obtain documents that say you are a Certified Cisco Internetworking Expert (CCIE). This will be your passport to career advancement in networks and network equipment.

You may choose among three certifications: Routing and Switching, ISP DIAL, and WAN Switching. You will undergo two sets of exams for each level of certification, the qualification exam, which is mainly a written exam, and the CCIE lab equipment exam, which tests your knowledge about Cisco equipment. The equipment involved here are not items like lab ovens or borescopes; the CCIE lab equipment include routers, servers, Ethernet interfaces, telephony interfaces and related hardware.

Successful certification will depend on the depth and breadth of your hands-on internetworking experience, as well as theoretical and practical industry knowledge. All three certifications require general experience in information systems technology and in Cisco products. Cisco-certified experts must be recertified every two years.

The CCIE lab equipment exam runs for eight hours. This is a hands-on exam, where you will configure several complex networks according to set specifications. Network troubleshooting skills are very important, and the CCIE lab equipment exam expects that you can diagnose and solve issues.

You must have knowledge of common internetworking protocols and technologies. When you go inside the lab room, you cannot bring any reference materials. If you should encounter problems with the equipment during the exam, you must inform the proctor immediately and not wait until the exam is over.

You'll get only a pass/fail result from the CCIE lab equipment exam. If you don't pass, you may request a reevaluation of results within 14 days following the date of your exam. However, reevaluation is possible only for certain modules in the CCIE lab equipment exam. You must check with the proctor for eligible subjects.


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