Soon, many of us will be on an airplane heading to Las Vegas for Cisco Live 2022. So I felt that it might be good to put out some final information before we head out. Below you will find some info on the Cisco Events App, Health and Safety info, as well as NetVet reception updates.

Cisco recently updated its Cisco Events application for Cisco Live 2022, this is a must-have application for an attendee. This application is your go-to for everything CIsco Live, as you can see from the images below, it has all the relevant information you need – the Session Catalog, the All Sessions section has your Schedule for the sessions you have signed up for as well.

Let me preface this post by saying that this post is not Cisco official nor sponsored.  This post should be taken as speculation and I am presenting what I have been able to put together.  Until Cisco has announced something official, take everything I have here with a grain of salt and do not assume it as fact.  If something changes I will update the post as appropriate.

Jump to updates  – SJC too?
11/12 – New Cisco Learning thread on this topic

Adding the latest updates to the top.

In a series of tweets today from @LearningatCisco they have confirmed today (14-Nov-2018) that RTP and SJC are transitioning to mobile test sites and the new home of the lab is Richardson, TX. The last on-sites dates for CCIE testing in SJC is 28-Nov-2018 and for RTP is 07-Dec-2018.

Effective immediately, the last on-site testing date before San Jose, CA CCIE lab is transitioned to a mobile test site is November 28, 2018. For RTP, NC the last on-site testing date is December 7, 2018.
— LearningatCisco (@LearningatCisco) November 14, 2018

Cisco is adding a new, permanent #CCIE lab in Richardson, TX. RTP, NC and San Jose, CA will now become mobile test sites, adding to the 40+ locations we offer globally for convenient access to lab testing, https://t.co/mzGeE7DqBE. Scroll to News section.

While the CCIE Lab in Richardson, TX, is not on the lab locations page it is an on-site testing facility as of now. Any available seats can be seen on the schedule, please check current availability by logging in to the CCIE Online Lab Scheduler.
— LearningatCisco (@LearningatCisco) November 14, 2018

https://t.co/mzGeE7DqBE. Scroll to News section. While the CCIE Lab in Richardson, TX, is not on the lab locations page it is an on-site testing facility as of now. Any available seats can be seen on the schedule, please check current availability by logging in to the CCIE Online Lab Scheduler. — LearningatCisco (@LearningatCisco) November 14, 2018

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Last night I saw a post on my Facebook social media feed about that CCIE lab in RTP that caught my attention.  The post was about the CCIE lab in RTP moving at the end of December 2018 to Richardson, TX! 

I had a hard time believing this, so I did some quick research that actually leads me to some job postings for a CCIE Proctor in Richardson, TX.  Both of these posting are no longer live, so I have included links to their cached copies.

How time flies – it is now over 10 years ago that I earned my Cisco CCIE R&S number of 22061.  It was the culmination of failing the lab quite a few times, trying to study as hard as I could, and had the pressure that my CCIE written prequalification was going to expire soon.  I want to do a quick post with my reflection of the CCIE, what it means to me, what it has done for me,  and what I see with it now.

When I first earned my CCIE, like many people out there I suspect, my head was bigger than my shoulders could carry and I would let everyone know that I am a CCIE.   Looking back on that I realize how much of an arse I probably sounded (and may have acted) like.  _Lesson learned – just because you have a cert does not mean you need to tell everyone. My advice to you – be proud of what you have accomplished, but don’t let it get to you.  _

 
There has been some talk on the twitter-verse and at Cisco Live around some of the changes that Cisco is making to the CCIE/DE written and lab policies.  Last month they posted those changes to their Certification Exam Policies website to let everyone know and read.  The ones that are key to CCIE/DE candidates (and some will be effective August 2, 2014) are:
Written:

• Candidates who fail the CCIE/DE written must want 15 calendar days, beginning the day after the fail, before retaking the exam
• Once passed, you cannot retake the same written exam within 180 days
• Candidates may attempt the CCIE/DE written exam up to four (4) times per rolling calendar year.

Lab (here is the big one):

• Candidate must wait 30 days between CCIE lab attempts (30 days starts the day after the failed attempt)
• For your 1^st  attempt there is no wait time.
• For your 2^nd  attempt, there is a 30 day wait time
• For your 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th attempt, there is a 90 wait time between each
• For your 6^th , 7^th  and onward, the there is a 180 day wait time between each.

I have been using the Cisco CSR1000V for my home lab setup for a little bit now.  There have been some questions on how to set this up for a home lab and I figured I would cover how I am using it.
For this post, here is what we are going to build –  a three (3) node CSR1000V network and three (3) vSwitch Networks to connect the CSR1000Vs together.  We will also configure the CSR1000V to have connectivity back to the “home production” network so that we can SSH/Telnet to these routers when we are labbing.

Obtaining the CSR1000V Router Software

To obtain the Cisco CSR1000V you need to download it from Cisco at this LINK and click on the Download software as seen circled below

So, first up lets configure CE1 using an IP of 10.3.3.3/32 for the loopback and 10.1.13.3/24 for the link facing PE1.
CE1#conf t
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.