I am taking advantage as a CISCO Gold Partner. I am eligible for taking free CCIE Labs under the ASET Program. Read on below. If you think your sponsoring company is a Premier, Silver or Gold Cisco partner, then you are eligible for this program. Pls contact your Cisco representative.
Details and Prerequisites
Today’s internetworking environment continues to become more complex as the frontiers of technology move forward. To remain competitive, resellers are placing ever-increasing demands on their internetworking support professionals. These demands promote the need for expanded reseller technical training to provide a solid foundation for selling and supporting Cisco networking solutions. With that, the WW Channels Organization provides the Advanced SE Training Initiative (ASET). This initiative is to help provide guidance and support to certified partners who may need help meeting these challenging demands.
Program Details
ASET is remote access based training largely specific to post-sales build, configure, test, troubleshoot and debug efforts. The training covers a broad range of topics and general knowledge. (OSPF and BGP routing, to name just a few) General LAN/WAN knowledge, including data encapsulation and layering; windowing, flow control, and relation to delay; error detection and recovery; link-state, distance-vector, and switching algorithms; and management, monitoring, and fault isolation.
Knowledge of a variety of corporate technologies-including major services provided by Desktop, WAN, and Internet groups as well as the functions, addressing structures, and routing, switching, and bridging implications of each of their protocols. Knowledge of Cisco specific technologies, including router/switch platforms, architectures, and applications; communication servers; protocol translation and applications; configuration commands and system/network impact; and LAN/WAN interfaces, capabilities and applications.
Participation
To take advantage of Advanced SE Training, a partner must have the sponsorship of their local Cisco WW Channels SE. This means that the partner SE and the local Cisco SE must prepare a technical readiness plan which includes the following:
- The evaluation of the partner SE’s level of technical expertise. This allows the local Cisco SE to provide suggestions on classes to take, books to read, and web links to online trainings. Usually this is done before the candidate attempts the written exam. Then a second evaluation is conducted before the attempt at the lab exam.
- Suggest attendance in a Cisco Certification Study Group hosted by the local Cisco office. By joining the local CCSG the partner SE can participate in discussions on various topics pertaining to the CCIE Written Exam or other Cisco Career Certifications. Many of the CCSG’s have guest speakers discuss areas of specialization such as TAC engineers, Lead SE and Product Managers.
- Outline a partner SE’s ability to devote the self study time and ability to apply practical study methods.
Practice
Lab Prerequisites
After completing the initial steps provided by the local Cisco office, the following prerequisites must be met before an ASET Practice Lab can be scheduled:
- Successfully pass the CCIE Written Exam.
- Schedule a CCIE Lab Exam.
Candidates should always keep their sponsoring Cisco SE Up to date on their progress.
If all prerequisites are completed:
To request access to Practice Racks online, contact your sponsoring Cisco Channels SE for scheduling.
For more information on Cisco’s WW Channels ASET Program, please send e-mail to aset-reg@cisco.com.
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/765/download/pep/aset_qualify.html
