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Cisco Live Attendee Expectations

Fryguy — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:00:56 +0000

A few months ago (wow, has it been that long) I did a post on Cisco Live 2011 – Why you should go… and wanted to now follow that up with what you should expect while you are there as well as what you should bring with you. If this is your first time I hope that this helps, if this is your 2nd, 3rd, etc time – please post in the comments with suggestions. Each and every one of us experiences the event a little different, so sharing is always helpful and appreciated.
What do you need to bring with you for this event and what should you do to prepare? Pack a good size suitcase and leave room! You have the chance to get so many shirts, bags, whiz bangs, and other nick-knacks at World of Solutions you will need the space. Not to mention if you shop at the Cisco Store there and get shirts, books, golf balls, pens, etc – you will need a place to take all that stuff back with you. The first few years I would up shipping things back, and that does get expensive real quick!

Cisco Live 2011 Schedule

Fryguy — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:22:21 +0000

Figured I would put up a quick post with my current Cisco Live class schedule. This is my schedule as of today and, as always, is subject to change. All times are in Vegas time!

Saturday
	Fly and check in at Mandalay Bay as well as register for the event

Sunday
	8:00 – 17:00	TECDCT-8001	Next Generation Data Center Infrastructure

Monday	9:30 – 11:30	BRKARC-3470	Cisco Nexus 7000 Switch Architecture
	12:30 – 14:30	BRKARC-3471	Cisco NXOS Software – Architecture
	15:00 – 17:00	BRKRST-2335	IS-IS Network Design and Deployment

Tuesday	8:00 – 9:30	BRKRST-3045	LISP – A Next Generation Networking Architecture
	10:00 – 11:00	GENKEY-4700	Keynote and Welcome Address
	12:30 – 14:30 15:00 – 15:30	BRKCOM-1005 GENNOC-9190	UCS Systems Architecture Overview Cisco Live NOC Tour (CCIE/NetVet)
	16:00 – 18:00	BRKCRS-3144	Troubleshooting Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches

Wednesday
	8:00 – 10:00	BRKCOM-2006	UCS Reference Architecture for Enterprise Applications
	10:30 – 11:30	GENKEY-4701	Cisco Technology Keynote
	12:30 – 14:30	BRKDCT-2121	Virtual Device Context (VDC) Designing and Implementation Considerations with Nexus
	16:00 – 18:00	BRKVIR-3013	Deploying and Troubleshooting the Nexus 1000V virtual switch

Thursday
	8:00 – 10:00	BRKCOM-1002	Data Center Architectures and Virtual Private Data Centers with UCS
	10:30 – 11:30	GENDCT-4642	Town Hall: Data Center
	12:00 – 14:00	BRKARC-3472	NX-OS Routing & Layer 3 Switching
	14:30 – 15:30	GENKEY-4702	Closing Keynote: William Shatner
	16:00 – 17:30	BRKMPL-2108	Global WAN Redesign Case Study

Friday
	Fly home!

Cisco Live 2011 – Why you should go. . .

Fryguy — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:06:30 +0000

Well, it is almost that time a year when all the “Networkers” get together at the annual Cisco Live event. It is still a few months away when I am writing this – but as we all know – time slows down for no one. I wanted to take a few moments and share with you why I attend as well as why you should consider attending. Please keep in mind that my experience is a bit different from the normal attendee as I am considered a NetVet as well as a CCIE, and being that we get a few additional perks during the event.