Lab Experience Versus Real-World Experience

The CCIE Security lab exam can be broken into two main areas—configuration and troubleshooting. In the previous two-day CCIE lab, the afternoon of the second day was dedicated to troubleshooting; the lab proctor would introduce errors into the network. In the one-day exam, troubleshooting is an integral part of the lab exam; errors can be found throughout the lab. This section discusses how you can prepare for both the configuration and troubleshooting aspects of the lab exam.

It is easy to study for the configuration parts of the CCIE lab exam. You can obtain various scenarios to practice configuring the required tasks on the equipment. The Cisco website has numerous configuration and design guides ...

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