VLANs

Today I saw my BCMSN schedule and I saw that I should have taken my exam already. Unfortunatly, I didn't have time to study (work+personal life) and I'm still at the beggining at the STP chapter.
The first part I have studies, VLAN and VTP was pretty much a review of the knowledge I already had. I would like to emphasize on one of the things I didn't knew that were possible on cisco gear and that is available on almost every other vendor switch (I saw it a lot on HP ProCurve):
SW1(config-if)#switchport trunk allowed vlan ?
WORD VLAN IDs of the allowed VLANs when this port is in trunking mode
add add VLANs to the current list
all all VLANs
except all VLANs except the following
remove remove VLANs from the current list
This command allows us to tag a trunk port to allow only certain VLANs.
It's good to be back!

P.S. I have updated the BCMSN schedule

Back on track

After a week long Easter break I am back on track with the BCMSN studies.
I deserved this, although this means postponing my exam for later in June.

Spring time

First I would like to say that I am happy I didn't postpone the BSCI exam as I was tempted to do.
Second, I am already behind the BCMSN study schedule, for three reasons:
- no more study time during work (hope it will improve after Easter)
- the study material (at least the first two chapters) look very familiar from the CCNA study time and it's hard to focus reading - I'm having a deja-vu (it will improve with the next chapters, I'm sure)
- the spring is here and the beautiful weather made me spend more of my free time on my bike instead of the CLI
All the best to all of you and my respect to those who are able to keep on track!

P.S. Thanks to Wassim Aouadi for the BCMSN labs with GNS3

BSCI passed

Four months ago I decided to take the long and hard path (CCIE). The first little step was BSCI (642-901). Today I made that step and I am very proud and happy.
It was a hard exam, I would say harder than CCNA. This time some of the teoretical notions made some problems but the labs I did during study using Dynamips proved to be a very good choice.
Next BCMSN.

BSCI exam scheduled

I have just scheduled my BSCI exam (642-901) for Monday the 16th of March. This time I did it online at pearsonvue.
Until then I will use the week-end to review my notes and to make sure I will not loose points on the topics I know. I hate it when after an exam I realize I made a mistake on a question I knew the answer due to the exam pressure or lack of concentration. So I plan to use this time I have until Monday morning to "cement" the knowledge I have.
All the best and happy studying.