ROUTE. SWITCH. TSHOOT.
You would possibly recall that again in 2010, the highly regarded CCNP Routing & Switching certification included these three exams. Quick ahead to as we speak, and I nonetheless bear in mind TSHOOT fondly. The examination was a very new expertise: After answering a number of multiple-choice questions, you have been offered with a sequence of hassle tickets and needed to decide what was damaged in a fancy community, the place the difficulty was positioned, which expertise wanted to be fastened, and which instructions to deploy to resolve the difficulty. This was correct troubleshooting, and the examination really examined your data of Cisco routing and switching applied sciences. Cisco even publicly shared the community topologies used within the TSHOOT examination that will help you put together.
I bear in mind taking the TSHOOT examination a number of instances to recertify my CCNP R&S. I used to be instructing ROUTE, SWITCH, and TSHOOT programs for studying companions but in addition at a neighborhood Networking Academy. My NetAcad college students loved the problem of fixing these advanced community points as they consolidated their routing and switching abilities.
In 2020, Cisco Studying & Certifications retired the previous CCNP Routing & Switching certification and launched the CCNP Enterprise, changing ROUTE, SWITCH, and TSHOOT with the brand new ENCOR and ENARSI exams and programs. Apparently, the present ENARSI examination subjects embrace a number of “troubleshooting” duties, making it a strong contender for changing TSHOOT, however ENARSI additionally serves because the substitute for ROUTE because it covers superior routing subjects.
Though I like ENCOR and ENARSI, I (and lots of others) miss the TSHOOT examination and course.
Once I joined Cisco in 2021, I proposed a Cisco Dwell session based mostly on my TSHOOT instructing expertise. I designed a fancy IPv4 and IPv6 community and created 27 hassle tickets for attendees to repair throughout a four-hour instructor-led lab. The lab has been so in style that over the previous three years I’ve offered it 9 instances at Cisco Dwell occasions, with a tenth and eleventh developing at Cisco Dwell Amsterdam in February 2025.
You is perhaps questioning “Patrick, why are you telling me all this?”
Properly, I’ve obtained some thrilling information to share. WE’VE DECIDED TO BRING BACK THE TSHOOT COURSE!!!!!! We’ve up to date the content material, renamed it, and made it obtainable on Cisco U. for All Entry subscribers!
The brand new studying path known as Troubleshooting Cisco Enterprise Networking Options (ENTSH) and consists of two tracks. The primary observe covers troubleshooting methodologies and procedures in addition to finest practices for community upkeep. The second observe is damaged down into 5 case research that require you to resolve hassle tickets logged by your colleagues at fictitious firms.
The case research appear like this:
On Monday, you arrive at your office at SECHNIK Networking Ltd. 4 staff let you know that all the things labored high-quality on Friday, however now they’re dealing with points. Because the senior engineers are all out, it appears that you’re the one one on web site who can repair the next points:
- Kimberly, the consumer on PC1, can’t entry information on the server at 172.16.200.10.
- Andrew, the consumer on PC2, can’t entry the Web. Andrew is making an attempt to entry the general public server at 209.165.200.2.
- Carol, the consumer on PC3, can’t use SSH to connect with the server at 172.16.200.10.
- Jack, the consumer on PC4, says he desires to entry the Web by way of IPv6. Jack provides that as a result of Andrew has entry, so ought to he.
Every case research revolves round a distinct community infrastructure and can check your data of VLANs, trunks, STP, EtherChanel, FHRPs, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, NAT, ACLs, SSH, IP SLAs, route redistribution, DHCP, NTP, and AAA.
The labs for ENTSH are completely virtualized and spin up inside three minutes, permitting you to rapidly get began together with your studying. Every lab features a debrief that analyzes and explains the difficulty tickets. These debriefs enable you to perceive how one can finest resolve the problems customers report.
In case you’re serious about seeing a demo of ENTSH, try the Snack Minute we’ll launch February 18, 2025, through which I’ll present Kareem Iskander and Matt DeNapoli what the brand new studying path appears like.
In case you’re planning on attending Cisco Dwell in Amsterdam or San Diego, you’ll be able to register for my CCNP Enterprise Arms-On Troubleshooting lab (LTRCRT-2002) and see what number of hassle tickets you’ll be able to repair in 4 hours!
Try the brand new Troubleshooting Cisco Enterprise Networking Options (ENTSH) studying path on Cisco U., and study to troubleshoot like a professional!
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