Saturday 23 January 2010 @ 7:55 pm
Product Description
Official self-study test preparation guide for the Cisco BCMSN exam 642-811 The official study guide helps you master all the topics on the CCNP BCMSN exam, including: Modular network design Switch operation and configuration Switch port configuration VLANs and the VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) Aggregating switch links Spanning Tree Protocol configuration, security, and advanced features Multilayer switching Router redundancy and load balancing … More >>
CCNP BCMSN Exam Certification Guide
5 responses to “CCNP BCMSN Exam Certification Guide”
Great book – All that one needs to pass the BCMSN which I just did with a terrific score.
Rating: 5 / 5
DO NOT rely on this book to pass the exam. It lightly touches most of the important subjects, but goes nowhere near deep enough to be useful. I agree is it better written that the BCSI book, but it needs to be much more thourough in its handling of the subject matter. Very poor considering its Cisco.
Rating: 1 / 5
Although the BCMSN test is the easiest in the CCNP, this book is worth the upgrade. One of the CCNP books you can actually read.
Pros: Text makes sense to people with just CCNA switching experience. Good coverage of exam topics.
Cons: Questions aren’t that good. Not that good for a reference book after exam.
Rating: 4 / 5
Rewritten to cover new 642-811 CCNP/CCDP exam.
Shorter chapters make it easier to organize studying.
CD contains entire text in PDF and Boson test engine.
Rating: 5 / 5
The reason I am giving one star to this book is because a lot of people have given 5 stars to it. Personally I would give it about 2 and a half stars.
The main reasons for my low rating are:
- The book jumps in to configuration commands without giving the proper links. The information is too disjointed. Too few actual configuration examples. The book seems littered with config commands without talking much about what info is shown by the specific show commands. How to use the commands in troubleshooting scenarios et al.
- The way in which the information is presented could have been better. Concepts seem to have been explained in a half hearted manner. And per point one, the author jumps directly to config commands.
+ The book does a good job at covering the exam. If you wanna clear the exam, this book is for you. However, if you wanna understand stuff and then actually clear the exam, be prepared to go to other sources. One excellent reference source is the CCIE Cisco LAN switching book. I ended up reading about 18 chapters (out of 20) from this book, and I only came to know about the CCIE book later on. I got it and yes it was worth every cent. Any concept (except QoS) that I needed clarification was present in the CCIE book.
Rating: 1 / 5