After one week of training in Milan and passing the exam I’ve added an Alcatel-Lucent certification to my c.v.:
“Alcatel-Lucent Certified Field Expert - ACFE - OmniSwitch R6/R6 ”
OmniSwitch have some proprietary features, like mobile vlans, that may be very useful in some deployments. The new 10K platform with MC-LAG and other featuers seems great as core switch.
The bright side of working for a system integrator is the opportunity to messplaywork with many different vendors and accumulate experience with many devices.
Passed Brocade 150-220 exam, another badge added to my c.v.
Having a CCNP background and some CCIE theory knowledge I found this exam quite easy.On the exam blueprint just some QoS implementations, VRRP-E and Metro Ring Protocol are different than Cisco exams. STP and IGP/BGP are almost the same, and no EIGRP of course!
HP allows Cisco certified people to achieve it’s MASE/ASE certs using Fast Track :
<img src="https://www.ifconfig.it/images/hp_ase_fasttrack-300x130.png" alt=""> While HP certifications aren’t as popular as Cisco’s they can be a way to learn a different platform and increase career opportunities.
The official cert guide is available on Amazon .
Today I passed Cisco 642-983 DCUCI exam and it was a surprise to see two certifications on my Cisco curriculum:
Cisco Unified Computing Technology Support Specialist and
Cisco Data Center Support for UC Specialist The next step would be “Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Support Specialist ” but since VCP is a requirement and is not in my plans I have to skip that cert.