We’ve added a few online seats to the R&S CCIE Troubleshooting Bootcamp that is being held here in Bellevue, WA starting October 1st and streamed online live. The online seats include your own dedicated rack of 28 ISRs and 4 switches along with grading for the week plus the weekend following the bootcamp. Additionally if you are an AAP (All Access Pass) member and a little venturous you could do the Troubleshooting Bootcamp using GNS3 without costing you anything. You will need a decent machine to run 32 devices in GNS3 or could use something like Amazon’s or RackSpace’s cloud servers. I’ll post the instructions on how to install and run GNS3 using Amazon’s and RackSpace’s cloud here on the blog. It’ll cost roughly 30 cents per hour to run a server powerful enough for the troubleshooting topology but you only pay Amazon or RackSpace for the hours when the machine is running. So roughly $12 in server fees for the full bootcamp.
This isn’t like other troubleshooting bootcamps in that we are the only company offering a full troubleshooting topology using 32 device topology (28 routers and 4 switches) along with lab grading. One of the offerings out there teaches troubleshooting using PowerPoint slides but the last time I checked Microsoft’s PowerPoint isn’t on the lab blueprint 
Here is a sample topology from the bootcamp:
Additionally I spend a ton of time hands-on breaking down the tickets and their technologies. Roughly 8 hours per day is spent going over the previous evening’s tickets. If you have any questions regarding the R&S CCIE Troubleshooting Bootcamp feel free to email me directly. My email is bdennis@ine.com.
About Brian Dennis, CCIE #2210:
Brian Dennis has been in the networking industry for more than 22 years, with a focus on Cisco networking for the past 16 years. Brian achieved his first CCIE in Routing & Switching in 1996, and is currently the only ten year CCIE that holds five CCIE certifications. Prior to working with INE, Brian taught and developed CCIE preparation courses for various well known training organizations. Brian not only brings his years of teaching experience to the classroom, but also years of real world enterprise and service provider experience.
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AAP Member – Looking forward to it. Please detail the GNS build instructions at your earliest convenience.
Will this class be recorded and later available to AAP Members?
Currently that’s what we’re planning .
That is the plan right now.
In your pdf, it shows that each router is hooked up to a switch, but i think in the real lab (IOU based), most of the routers are directly connected to each other.
Think about it. Direct connection or a switch using VLANs. Does it really matter if it’s just used to provide connectivity? Also by using a switch I can mix up the topology.
Hello Brian,
It will be a good thing to a make a blog post on firing up EC2 instances at AWS. I think it’s a good and easy to run GN3/Dynamips labs without buying all the necessary hardwars and the price is chaep and the pricing is very flexible….
Good move
It’s nice to be able to just quickly fire up a big topology, mess around and then just turn it off.
totally agree, a tutorial on how to run well the gns3 on the ec2 is very needed.
Kind regards
Why SW1 switch is standalone?
It’s layer 2 only. This is simular to how Cisco shows layer 2 switches in the Cisco Live presentations for the R&S CCIE.
Hello Brian,
will an AAP member be able to join the live classes as long as they have arranged access to a lab environment or is it the post live class recording they will get access to.. I am assuming it will be the latter.
That is correct. You just need to use GNS3, have access to your own rack or if you’re are a Cisco employee use IOU.
Hello Brian,
can you please share the physical wiring of the topology for those who wants to use IOU. Also if you can share the initial configs if there are any.
Thanks
Here is the link: http://goo.gl/H2Wb4
Hi Brian
Great work;
One of the offerings out there teaches troubleshooting using PowerPoint slides but the last time I checked Microsoft’s PowerPoint isn’t on the lab blueprint
Ha Nice one
True story
http://i.imgur.com/OQ74s.png
I’ll be waiting for this class to be added as recorded version into AAP. When should be expect it ?
The bootcamp isn’t running until October 1st.
Hi Brian,
will the new TS Labs be available after the 1st of October or earlier using rack rentals? I would like to book them asap.
They will be available earlier. We just now finishing up switching to the new members site rack control panel which support the TS racks.
Hi Brian
Once the troubleshooting racks are added, will CCIE Routing & Switching Workbook Volume II be updated as well.
Will CCIE Routing & Switching Workbook Volume III new version be released as well.
Also eagerly waiting for your deep dive series. Even I pass the lab will surely go through your deep dive series. Only if Brian Dennis does it
Regards
Ananth
Lab 1 to 10 of the Vol 2 were updated. All of the Vol 3 labs we updated. Right now they are in the tech editors hand before release.
Thanks Brian.
Hope to see the new workbooks soon.
Please do conduct the deep dive series even if it is next year.
That will be the best new year gift from INE to its customers.
Regards
Ananth
The way my schedule looks I don’t have any free weeks between now and 2013.
I also agree, Deep Dives announced will take CCIE people to next level since may of Protocol aspects which are important are not covered even in CCIE.
No worries Brian. Whenever you do it I am 100 percent sure that the series will be top class.
Thanks for replying
Regards
Ananth
Brian, can you share the physical diagram (cabling) of this ts logical topology?
Will previous purchases of the 4.0 R&S Troubleshooting Class, and current R&S Advanced Troubleshooting Class be protected as well?
@dayoojediran
Brian already shared it
Here is the link
http://goo.gl/H2Wb4
Thanks anna, I got it.
Brain,
In TS section, hope you conduct strategy how quickly find the cause of troubles and implement solution with verification. In real lab, mostly took time to find the cause.
I really like what Brian did in the CCIE Troubleshooting vlecture . His logic is 100 percent correct.
Say for example the first ticket he solved .
Getting the traffic share the way lab asked.
If one does not know what variance is then he/she can surely will take the time to solve the ticket.
If one does not know something then how can one troubleshoot.
I bet the bootcamp will be awesome and with Brian there you never look at the clock.
I will surely attend this.
I want to attend his 10 day bootcamp but that is beyond my reach
Brian,
Will previous purchases of the 4.0 R&S Troubleshooting Class, and current R&S Advanced Troubleshooting Class be protected as well?
This isn’t a recorded product like the other products but if you want to attend or watch it later that’s not a problem.
So the recorded version will be available to those of use that purchased the others – or am I off base. Just trying to figure out scheduling if I need to attend the actual TS Bootcamp in RTP or not. Thanks for all you guys do! We appreciate it!
wayne