Thinking about updating Cisco Certifications
So Cisco has changed quite a bit over the years, and so has the certification process. I decided I would like to upgrade my Cisco skills and certifications. Thankfully I work for a company that has been in the process of upgrading a lot of our equipment to the latest Cisco Meraki gear. With that upgrade process, a lot of older Cisco, Dell, HP, and other gear is being pulled out. Having great people to work for, I asked to build a Cisco test and certification lab from the old equipment. So starts the journey of pulling together all of the equipment, taking inventory, and find out what can be used for a current lab build. I have done quite a bit of reading on different certification sites, including ones that sell labe equipment. It seems that about 90% of the commands for the certifications tests can be done in 12.4, and if necessary, some older IOS levels. Having version 15 would be great, but that usually involves fairly new equipment that could be costly. Even some of the au