Sisters and Brothers in networking. I got the following email from Cisco:

We’re about to announce the latest features for Cisco Modeling Labs v2.8 release. But before we let the rest of the world see, we want to give you a sneak peek of the following new helpful features and more:

Smart annotations: Quickly create organized topologies. NGFW enablement: Use Firepower Threat Defense Virtual (FTDv) and Firepower Management Center Virtual (FMCv) out of the box . Custom MAC address: Create assigned MAC addresses that align with their existing physical networks. LDAP improvements (Enterprise | Education editions):  Allows Lightweight Directory Access (LDAP) users to map LDAP groups to Cisco Modeling Labs groups so users get the right access the first time they login to Cisco Modeling Labs. Save the date and register for Cisco Modeling Labs v2.8 virtual event, on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

It seems like CML is expanding to quite the capability (besides the node limit lol).

With the Custom MAC Address, does this address the issues with the CAT9Kv?

And has anyone played with deploying organic SDWAN in CML 2.7 vice the Frankenstein method in say EVE or GNS3?

And Does anyone know if you can integrate Nexus Dashboard with the N9K image to create a sudo Fabric?

I’m just excited for what the platform is becoming. Definitely renewing my subscription on Cyber Monday.

I'm at a crossroads in my career after being laid off recently. I've been doing Collab my entire career, but the industry is rapidly changing. I have my CCIE Collab and have been doing this since CUCM 4.x. To stay relevant, I've gotten my DevNet Associate and taken some Microsoft 365 classes .Now, I'm trying to decide if I should continue down the same path and focus more on DevNet or Microsoft or completely switch things up and study to become an AWS solutions architect, which I'm leaning toward. I hope my experience will help me pursue a new technology area, but I realize I'll have to start from the bottom. I'd appreciate any insights or advice you have on this change or if you think I'm crazy for considering leaving the Collab world. Thanks in Advance.

Over a decade ago the go to video training were IP Expert and INE. Probably 8-9 years ago, INE pieced together videos from different tracks to update a current track at the time. This was fine but it bothered me because the trainer were different. I don't know how INE build their training CCIE tracks these days. I also read the quality was going downhill. Jeremiah Wolfe didn't like INE.

My memories with INE was good. If I remember it correctly, Brian would go deep in explaining the topic which I really like.

What is the go to video training for CCIE EI these days? I read about kbits.live being great but a bit expensive and little to no trouble shooting. Narbiks is still the guy before taking the lab.

Is anyone here experienced with Cisco Mobility Service (CMX)? Specifically CMX 11 with WLC & Prime Infrastructure. DM Me.

Hi

R1|---10.1.12.0/24---|R2

i created a static route for this subnet on R1

ip route 4.4.4.4 255.255.255.255 10.1.15.5

arp 10.1.15.5 0000.0000.000b ar

this next hop 10.1.15.0 is connected to R1.

R1#show mpls ip binding 4.4.4.4 32

 4.4.4.4/32 

in label:   102    

his local label is advertised to R2 using LDP

R2#show mpls ip binding 

 4.4.4.4/32 

out label:  102    lsr: 1.1.1.1:0

R2)#ip route 4.4.4.4 255.255.255.255 FastEthernet0/0

R2#show mpls ip binding 4.4.4.4 32

 4.4.4.4/32 

in label:   imp-null  

out label:  102    lsr: 1.1.1.1:0

R2#show mpls forwarding-table 4.4.4.4 32

Local   Outgoing  Prefix      Bytes Label  Outgoing  Next Hop   

Label   Label   or Tunnel Id   Switched   interface        

None    No Label  4.4.4.4/32    0       Fa0/0   4.4.4.4   

first of all, why the next hop ip address is 4.4.4.4 ? the next hop ip address for this route is the connected interface which means the next hop should be 10.1.12.2 .

second, why the out label in the LIB on R2 is 102 and the outgoing label in the LFIB is No label? should be both 102 or both No label? where is the symetric? the information are in the LIB should be reflected in the LFIB that is what i know.

Who can help to provide a few suggestion to ccie online video courses for ccie exam?i will study the providers and make a comparison soonthx

https://youtu.be/GAOXRU3LYME

I got my CCNP R&S in 2013 and I have been out of loop in regards to the current state of CCIE. I'm planning to try to get my CCIE EI while working full time.

There are 8 CCNP Enterprise specialties. For those studying or already passed the CCIE Enterprise, did you go through all the specialized exams or only a couple that applies to CCIE Enterprise?

I've been asked to do uRPF testing on CGNAt and public SIAs and I'm trying to understand the procedure better. As I understand it, (in strict mode) I am deploying a uRPF configuration on the customer-facing interfaces and making sure they aren't already running a protocol. This testing will also restrict private addresses.

Once I've added the URPF config on the interface, I then can run (install) a Spoof Manager GUI test on that IP (of the customer's interface). Does this sound about right?

I will be attending CiscoLive with my company in February and I'm strongly considering participating in the Sunday seminar: CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure Techtorial [TECCRT-3000].

For those who did attend this session, was it worth it? (both in terms of price and arriving a day earlier).

I imagine it would be similar to the training videos on learningnetwork.cisco.com ?

Please share your experiences and thoughts :)

As sad as it is with the passing of Nick, a great mentor for all of us, I was recently working on some automation stuff and his name popped up as the owner of postman.com public collection.

Navigating to his blog to take note of some posts before it going down, I just realizrd that is web server hosted in AWS is now off, and the blog is up no more.

Sad day for the Networking community once more. 🥲 If anyone has by any chance exported the posts from his blog, please feel free to share the content.

Thank you, X

After failing twice and taking a break of 5 months, I am considering getting back to studying for my 3rd attempt. Has there been any improvement in the grading system and the quality of questions ?

Hello everyone!

I'm a CCIE Collaboration since 2019, and have now 12+ years of experience in this particular area. I've worked for a few Cisco Gold Partners in the past, and working for an end customer right now as contractor.
The money is great, I'm from Portugal and work remotely for a company based in UK.

My biggest regret is that I was not able to develop other skills, apart from Cisco Collab and I feel now that I'm completely dependent of a job in this field. It's a niche market, at least in Europe and not seen many jobs advertised. I see a lot more in the US, but most of it require US citizenship.

I'm studying how can I diversify my experience and since I need to renew my CCIE in 2025, I was thinking about paying for the Cisco On Demand ENCOR Enterprise v1.3 and then maybe take the exam. This will allow me not only to re-certify my CCIE but also learn something new.
I have good Network knowledge, so that won't be a problem for me.

Is ENCOR Enterprise a good area for me to diversify? General networking knowledge (routing, switching) is always a good skill to have even for the future?

Thanks all

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please follow me on this picture i`m using it .If the router is running eigrp and ospf at the same time, we will have eigrp RIB/DB and ospf RIB/DB. and the tie breaker here will be the lower AD value then the lower metric. the best route will be installed into the global RIB.please sir follow me on this question, if LIB (which is as we mentioned before has reflected the routes are on his global rib which means the route first must be on the rib first before reflected into LIB )has more than one subnet what is the criteria does the LIB is going to choose in order to put the best route into LFIB like what happened with the global RIB? does it the lower AD value ? or maybe the lower metric? but RIB does not know anything about the AD or the metric values , how the RIB choose to put the best subnet into LFIB? what is the criteria to do tie breaker on LIB?

thanks

Hello All,

Does anyone know if INE run any large discounts at points in the year (larger that 25%)

I have a 25% discount but wondered with festivities around the corner whether they order larger discounts before signing up…

Hi

the global RIB is reflected into FIB using CEF.

but what is the mechanism that reflects the global RIB into LIB on MPLS-enabled router?

thanks

Hey everyone,

I failed my exam last week. I passed the first design part, but I failed the DO part. I got all the required results in the DO part, so I'm left scratching my head because I have no idea what I did wrong. The "detailed report" only shows a percentage, so that's not much help.

Has anyone who requested a re-evaluation received a different result?

As the title said, Today my third attempt failed. Topology map was wrong and IP address of the devices does not match the tables given by the exam, IP address of the devices on the topology map does not match the tables. When I told the employee he said he does not care. Can I do something about it?

Hi everybody,

I've been labbing to understand UDLD in depth and there's is something pretty strange. Let's imagine to have SW1 and SW2 connected together via a classic ethernet link.

SW1(config)#int g0/0

SW1(config)# udld port

SW1(config)#mac access-list extended block-udld

SW1(config-ext-nacl)# deny any host 0100.0ccc.cccc

SW1(config-ext-nacl)# permit any any

SW1(config)#int g0/0

SW1(config-if)# mac access-group block-udld in

SW2(config)# int g0/0

SW2(config-if)# udld port

When extended ACL named block-udl is applied inbound on SW1's G0/0 interface, it follows that SW1's G0/0 interface stops receiving UDLD probes from SW2. That's an implicit detection, so SW1's G0/0 behavior depends on the UDLD mode on SW1 which, in this case, is set to normal. Therefore, SW1's G0/0 is not shutdown. UDLD status of the port is "unknown". On the other hand, SW2's G0/0 receives UDLD probes from SW1's G0/0. SW2 also sends out of its interface UDLD probes but it doesn't see its echo from UDLD probes it receives from SW1. Hence, on SW2 we have an explicit detection (mismatch in echo), therefore, regardless of the UDLD mode the port is err-disabled. This is confirmed by labbing it out.

However, if I sed UDLD in aggressive mode on both side (SW1's G0/0 and SW2's G0/0) I would expect that SW1's G0/0 wuold be errdisabled too. This is not true in lab.

Do you know why?

thx

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https://youtu.be/SnUhbQQv950

My ENCOR exam (350-401) will expire in 1 month. Unfortunately, I'm not able to take the CCIE EI exam now because a month to prepare is not enough. The eligibility to take the CCIE exam is calculated from the date of passing ENCOR. The validity is calculated from the date of passing the ENCOR, so 36 months.

Is it possible to renew my ENCOR with Cisco CE Credits and take the CCIE EI exam or I have to retake the ENCOR exam?

Hi, I am starting the ULTIMATE CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure journey I'm looking for a study group to motivate and be motivated by, and also share some interesting information along the way. my time zone is EET (GMT+2). is anyone interested?

In particular, just ITU G.8032 Ethernet Ring Protection Switching. Doesn't appear to be supported by the XRv9K image. But expect it to be brought up in the design section of the lab. Thank you to u/chr0n0naut_nz for bringing this up.

Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router Software Configuration Guide

Chapter: ITU-T G.8032 Ethernet Ring Protection Switching

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/asr_901/Configuration/Guide/b_asr901-scg/b_asr901-scg_chapter_0111111.html

By experience, can you pass the lab exam by only complete the requirements? And not using best practice (CVD/Conf Guide)?

I am paraphrasing but I once heard someone say something along the lines of "BGP shows you where the networks are but not how to get there".

This makes my brain hurt.

What does it mean?

Hello Everyone,

did anyone try cisco mobile lab exam and how was it?

i may go with BYOD.

Hi, I will be taking the CCIE Lab exam in Japan and got a little worried about the keyboard. Is it the same as other locations using Logitech K120?

Guys, this is very frustrating. Personally experienced it last week and it was not my mistake or missing something. Also confirmed it with the guy taking the Lab with me. No more typing multiple lines simultaneously, no editing text in columns.. Anyone taking the Lab should be informed about such change. I've also decided to post in Cisco Community: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/question/0D56e0000E3MXxlCQG/why-removing-geany-from-the-lab-without-officially-informing-in-any-way