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CCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide (4th Edition) (Exam Certification Guide) | 
 enlarge | Author: Dave Hucaby
Publisher: Cisco Press
Category: Book
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Pages: 672
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.7
ISBN: 1587201712
Dewey Decimal Number: 004
EAN: 9781587201714
ASIN: 1587201712
Publication Date: January 8, 2007
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P style="MARGIN: 0px"ICCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide/I/P P style="MARGIN: 0px"Fourth Edition/P P style="MARGIN: 0px" /P UL LIMaster all 642-812 exam topics with the official study guide /LI LIAssess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes/LI LIReview key concepts with foundation summaries /LI LIPractice with hundreds of exam questions on the CD-ROM/LI/UL P style="MARGIN: 0px" /P P style="MARGIN: 0px"David Hucaby, CCIE No. 4594/P P style="MARGIN: 0px" /P P style="MARGIN: 0px"ICCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide/I, Fourth Edition, is a best of breed Cisco exam study guide that focuses specifically on the objectives for the BCMSN exam. Successfully passing the BCMSN 642-812 exam certifies that you have knowledge and skills necessary to implement scalable multilayer switched networks. /P P style="MARGIN: 0px" /P P style="MARGIN: 0px"ICCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide/I, Fourth Edition, follows a logical organization of the BCMSN exam objectives. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing readersrsquo; retention and recall of exam topics. Lead network engineer and consultant David Hucaby shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve your switching knowledge through the use of the consistent features in each chapter. ldquo;Do I Know This Already?rdquo; quizzes open each chapter and allow you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists and Foundation Summary tables make referencing easy and give you a quick refresher whenever you need it. Scenario-based exercises help you think about exam objectives in real-world situations, thus increasing recall during exam time. Challenging chapter-ending review questions help you assess your knowledge and reinforce key concepts./P P style="MARGIN: 0px" /P P style="MARGIN: 0px"The companion CD-ROM contains a powerful testing engine that enables you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams. The assessment engine also tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, presenting question-by-question remediation to the text. /P P style="MARGIN: 0px" /P P style="MARGIN: 0px"Well regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this book helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time./P P style="MARGIN: 0px" /P P style="MARGIN: 0px"David Hucaby, CCIE No. 4594, is a lead network engineer for a large medical environment using Cisco multilayer switching and security products. He also is an independent networking consultant focusing on Cisco-based solutions for healthcare and banking clients./P P style="MARGIN: 0px" /P P style="MARGIN: 0px"The official study guide helps you master all the topics on the BCMSN exam, including/P UL LISpanning Tree Protocol concepts/LI/UL UL LIVirtual LAN (VLAN), VLAN trunking, and inter-VLAN routing/LI/UL UL LIGateway redundancy technologies and protocols/LI/UL UL LIWireless LAN topologies, components, connectivity, and standards/LI/UL UL LIImplementing a Cisco Unified Wireless Network/LI/UL UL LIWireless client access /LI/UL UL LIAccess layer voice concepts/LI/UL UL LIPreventing and mitigating attacks against switched network security/LI/UL P style="MARGIN: 0px" /P P style="MARGIN: 0px"Companion CD-ROM/P P style="MARGIN: 0px"The CD-ROM contains an electronic copy of the book and more than 200 practice questions for the BCMSN exam, including simulation-based questions, all available in study mode, test mode, and flash card format./P P style="MARGIN: 0px" /P P style="MARGIN: 0px"This volume is part of the Exam Certification Guide Series from Cisco Press. Books in this series provide officially developed exam preparation materials that offer assessment, review, and practice to help Cisco Career Certification candidates identify weaknesses, concentrate their study efforts, and enhance their confidence as exam day nears./P P style="MARGIN: 0px" /P P style="MARGIN: 0px"Category: Cisco Certification/P P style="MARGIN: 0px"Covers: BCMSN Exam 642-812/P P style="MARGIN: 0px" /P P style="MARGIN: 0px"$59.99 USA / $74.99 CAN/P P style="MARGIN: 0px" /P
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 Good thing for the LAST book you read before you walk into the exam October 21, 2008
I am normally good with Cisco books. I was a 19 year old CCNA/CCDA and had my MCSE at the age of 20 (now 27). When I ordered this book I began reading it and I must say this book is very sloppy in its introduction to concepts to the point as to where I am needing google to formulate a better understanding of the concepts presented in this book. My BIGGEST pet peeve being the usage of words and concepts before actually introducing them. The book is in serious need of restructuring. (I am at page 280 where it refers to BackboneFast where it introduces without ANY explaination the concept of a designated bridge. There was little mention of 'designated ports' in a previous chapter). I am on chapter 6 of this book right now and already I have had to google some of the unfamiliar language they are using. For the price I am paying for this book I should be able to sit in a coffee shop or someplace far from an internet connection and expect to receive the same level of instruction. This book simply does not provide this for me. At the time of writing this I have attempted to search the index for any reference whatsoever for designated bridge. There are also concepts as they are introduced that have made me go 'UMMMM.... HUH?' for example:br /'When a switch receieves a BPDU from a designated switch that identified the root bridge and the designated bridge as the same switch the switch considers the BPDU an inferior BPDU'. br /All in all it seems like a technically sound book. I havent wrote the test yet so it remains to be seen how useful this will be in the grander scheme of things. It reads like a technical manual... sometimes too technical for its own good. I would have liked to see much better consistency out of its authors and a more readable style.br /
 Not good enough for the 812 exam October 17, 2008
Does this book teach you a good amount of information about switching, vlans, spanning tree, and switch security? Absolutely. Does it cover enough of the objectives for you to pass the exam? NO. Unfortunately it falls for 2 reasons. First, there is insufficient coverage several topics. And second, there are several mistakes NOT corrected in the Errata. For brevity, I've put them in a list format below.br /br /- No explanation of IOS naming convention.br /- No explanation of switching IOS file structure [vlan.dat, config.text, bootflash, sup-bootdisk, sup-bootflash]br /- pg 111 question 9 [and answer on pg 567 listed as b] Native VLANs w/ untagged traffic is a feature of 802.1q, not ISLbr /- pg 171 interface range prompt should be: switch(config-if-range)br /- fails to mention LACP requires Full Duplexbr /- fails to mention the following for PAgP: STP sends packets over 1st interface in EtherChannel. MAC of Port-Channel operating in Layer3 mode uses the MAC of the 1st interface in the channel. DTP and CDP send/receive packets directly through physical interfaces in the channelbr /- No mention of the fact that MLS components [i.e. SE and RP] do NOT cross VTP domain boundary. Devices MUST be in the same VTP domain.br /- pg 319 The actual HSRP modes [as listed on the test] are: Initial, Learn, Listen, Speak, Standby, Activebr /- pg 325 The scenario they have for load balancing HSRP is just silly. In the REAL world, load balancing occurs by splitting across multiple VLANs. I.e. switch #1 has a priority of 200 for vlan 10 and a priority of 100 for vlan 20; switch #2 has a priority of 100 for vlan 10 and a priority of 200 for vlan 20.br /- No mention of the multicast IP's for HSRP [224.0.0.2], VRRP [224.0.0.18], or GLBP [224.0.0.102]. Oh yes, there were questions on this.br /- No mention of IRDP at allbr /- No explanation of RTP/RTCP, H.323, or SIP. I think a cursory overview is called for since VoIP is a topic covered in the switching exam.br /- No explanation of WRED or WFQ. [I had 3 questions on these.]br /- No explanation of the three basic components of a VoIP system: Call Agent, Gate Keeper, MCU. [Yes, this was also on the test.]br /- No mention of SPAN ports or how to configure thembr /- pg 418 Example 16-2. The errata found ONE of the mistakes, correcting "switchconfig#" to "switch(config-if)#" BUT another error is left uncorrected. The command should read switchport MODE private-vlan host.br /- Not enough specifics on the sequence of WLC hunting used by the Layer 3 LWAPP discovery algorithm: 1) Layer 3 broadcast. 2) OTAP. 3) Previously cached in NVRAM. 4) DHCP option 43. 5) DNS via DHCP option 15.br /- No information on configuring the parameters of autonomous AP's [SSID, IP, etc], NOR is there any discussion about securing Autonomous AP's [WLSE and Wireless Domain Services using Cisco's ACS]; the text ONLY discusses WLC configuration of LAP. INSUFFICIENT FOR THE EXAM!!!br /- pg 481 CCXv2 information is misleading. Most people associate PEAP w/ PEAP-MSCHAPv2; however this feature is only supported on version 4. CCXv2 only supports PEAP-GTC. Also no mention of EAP-TLS.br /- pg 521 Step #4. It asks for the IP parameters of the Management Interface NOT the DHCP server [which is configured from the web interface]. Obviously this makes no sense, since you can't get to the web interface w/o configuring this.
 Excelent material for CCNP prep August 30, 2008
This is an excellent material for those who want to get Cisco CCNP certification. Also contain a very useful and update topics of networking.
 Don't use this guide if you want to pass the exam May 2, 2008
The actual exam and the content depth of this book are in completely different worlds. The exam questions are very deep and complex while the book only superficially covers each topic and spends a great deal of time on commands which make only a minimal appearance on the actual exam.br /br /The test "simulator" questions on the included CD-ROM are simplistic and way to easy compared to the actual test which gives you a false sense of security. You will know it when you are hit on the side of the head by the real test and it will be like wow, what happened, I scored 95% or higher on the CD-ROM simulations.br /br /In addition, many of the questions on the actual test aren't even covered in the book. Believe me, I went back to the book after taking the test and the topic detail WAS NOT IN THIS BOOK.br /br /I would not waste my money on this book if you are going to use it to prep for the real test. Save your money and buy real test study material online.br /br /You will be extremely disappointed with this "study" guide.
Help for exam prep December 25, 2007
Covered most of the content I encountered on the exam and wasn't as verbose and dry as some other Cisco Press titles I've read. I was glad that I had first hand experience with the ADU and ASTU since this was on the exam but not in the book.
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