BSCI – PASS

I’ve  scheduled my exam for Monday but last night around 11pm I told my wifi that I can’t look at my study guide\notes\labs anymore. I just had enough after 6 weeks of intense studies and played with the idea of rescheduling for Saturday morning and having the rest of the weekend to relax.
I didn’t know if it is possible to reschedule in such short notice, 12 hours before taking it but few minutes later it was done and the clock started ticking.

As with my previous exams, I used the same center (and the same pre-exam coffee at Financier Patisserie). Since it is Saturday I took some extra time incase the subway will have problems and getting there 30 minutes ahead of time was great because I could start earlier and get it done.

The exam was fair, most of it as I expected but few point (remember NDA) worth mentioning:

• IS-IS had a major presence in the exam. I did not expect it to get so much attention as Cisco removed it from the new CCNP track
• None of my labs (can’t say how many but more than expected) had the copy run start enabled. Usually Cisco consider saving the configuration as part of the lab requirement but though the IOS showed this command (and completed it when I used the TAB button) the Enter button produced a “this command is not implemented” message
• Another problem with the labs was the ping command. In more than one lab I had to confirm the configuration by running ping to a certain IP address but it was disabled!
• BGP did not get as much attention as I expected from such a major topic (both in the books and videos). The same apply to redistribution.

Now I’m ONT short of my CCNP and after few days of really needed rest (and well deserved if I may say :)) I’ll start working toward the last piece of my Cisco puzzle.