Amp's CCIE Quest

Today I will focus on Section 1.00 Implement and Troubleshoot Campus Infrastructure and Services.

1.01 VLAN

1.02 DHCP

1.03 TFTP

1.04 NTP

Read the Cisco 3750 12.2 Configuration Guide, CUCM 7.x SRND, and I’m going to see if there’s much information in my books.

I hope to be reading today by 2:00 pm; we’ll see how it goes.

After taking some time to think about a study strategy, I have come up with one that I plan on following (at least in the short term) to see how it works out for me. I believe that it is vitally important to know the technologies inside and out. So with that said, here we go.

• Watch, Review, and learn from the IPexpert BLS Video-on-Demand presentations.
• Study and attempt to master each section of the v3.0 Blueprint utilizing the BLS Material, SRNDs, Configuration Examples, Case Studies, Ciscopress Books, and Configuration Technotes.
• Focus on the technologies and the technology focused labs from the BLS, utilizing the same materials mentioned above to become proficient in the individual technologies. Also attempt to learn more than one way, if there is one, to implementing a technology(Concentrating on accuracy more than time).
• Move on to the”Multi-protocol Labs” from the BLS focusing “MORE” on time but still heavily on accuracy.
• Once I have become proficient with the Multi-protocol labs I will then move on to the “8-hr Mock Labs” utilizing Proctor Labs vRack rentals. My goal here is to simulate the lab as close as possible.

I told myself that I want to have any where between 600 and 800 hours of study (reading and practical) in before I attempt the lab in November. If I put in 20 hrs per week for the next 39 weeks that will put me at 780 hours the week of October 5, 2009. I plan on attending the bootcamp from October 12 – 23, 2009. At this point I don’t know what the hours of the bootcamp are so I will use low estimates like 8hrs/day for the 10 days of bootcamp. On the low end, by the end of bootcamp I should have at least 860 hours of study and practice.

I know this plan sounds a little aggressive but it is definitely manageable. I promised the wife a cruise for our anniversary, I suspect that sometime throughout the year I may have to fight a cold or the wife or kids may have to fend off a sickness or something, and I may just need a break from studying; this plan allows me to account for those situations.

This is a tentative schedule (while working nights):

Monday:

• 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm Read Documentation (SRNDs, Ciscopress Books, White Papers, Config Guides, etc.)
• 11:00 pm – 7:00 am (Find 2 -4 hours to read documentation and practice labs)

Tuesday:

• 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Read Documentation (SRNDs, Ciscopress Books, White Papers, Config Guides, etc.)
• 11:00 pm – 7:00 am (Find 2 -4 hours to read documentation and practice labs)

Same thing for Wednsday and Thursday. Hopefully use Friday as a rest, relax, and relate day with family; maybe stealing an hour or two to do some reading.

Saturday (2nd and 4th Saturday):

•  8:00 am – 4:00 pm Lab Work

Right now all of this is tentative, but I am going to focus on maintaining this schedule as close and as much as possible.