Sunday, April 1, 2012

The New (Old?) CCIE R&S Lab Blueprint

So I'm hanging out in #cciestudy on irc.freenode.net (yes, you should come on by and get nerdy with us!) and the discussion turned to whether dot1q tunneling was on the blueprint.  I whipped out the printed copy I have on my desk and sure as heck, there is was: item 1.2.36.  However, it would appear that there is an "updated" version of the blueprint on Cisco's website that not only doesn't explicitly have dot1q tunneling on it, but it's 4 pages shorter than the copy I have!

Here's what is on Cisco's site right now:

http://www.box.com/shared/8a58de4ad249a23c2acd

The weird thing is this "new" version is dated 2009.

And here is the copy I have been working from for some time now:

http://www.box.com/shared/5a85f149952b99a67d01

This "old" version is dated 2010 and is a full 4 pages longer.

Now I realize it's just a blueprint, but WTF Cisco?  You don't have to be so brief about the exam topics.  It's hard enough, at least let people know what they should be studying.

2 comments:

  1. Thankfully QinQ is a piece of cake :)

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  2. But oer is one small hidden portion of the blueprint =(

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