Ccie Troubleshooting

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There are two types of troubleshooting that you'll run into on the ccie lab:
1. The Proctor is Evil Troubleshooting
2. The Self-Induced Troubleshooting

The latter type is by far the more time-consuming but also the most important. Basically you messed something up, therefore you have to fix it! (At least if

you want the points) The reason it is the most time-consuming is because it could be ANY silly mistake or combination of silly mistakes along the way, and

there is no predicting what kinds of things can be done to mess with your own head!

The most important rule with this kind of troubleshooting is time management. Set a time limit of 15 minutes. If you can't figure something out in 15

minutes (no, I don't care how close you think you are!) go do something else. Whether this involves a bathroom break, a soda/snack break, standing on

your head on the high-quality lab chairs or simply moving on to another service or security task of your lab makes no difference. The idea is to

separate your brain from staring at the same ...
... thing over and over.

The longer you stare at ccie routing and switching lab training, the

more you see what you want and not what's really there. Most self-induced errors are really small, and fairly inane. You know. Those DUH! moments once

we figure it out. But time management is the consequence we suffer due to silly mistakes. Avoid it!

Anyway on to the more exciting things. The unpredictable nature of the Proctor is Evil Troubleshooting. Having started my training career specializing

in the old CIT (Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting) class, I can greatly appreciate some of the humorous things that MAY get thrown into lab exams. The

question becomes, if I don't know what they are and there are many different things that could go wrong What the heck do I do about it?!?!

We've had many different posts and blogs about the things you should be doing in your lab exam. You know The stuff about reading your exam, re-drawing

your diagrams, L2 diagramming, etc. Been there, done that. But then there's troubleshooting. Some things are easy to spot. Others are not! Some things may

obvious, others are just plain obnoxious.

The one thing to remember is that during the lab exam, you are there for your proctor's entertainment. As long as this goes through your head, you'll

understand why some things are done. It's all in good fun! And once you pass the ccie sp lab boot camp, it's much easier to laugh about it all!