Overview

INE offers rack rentals that support all of our self-paced and instructor-led CCIE product lines, including Routing & Switching, Voice, Security, and Service Provider. In addition to 24-hour hardware support, INE rack rentals come with simplified scheduling and advanced management control and utilize the same hardware and software used in the actual CCIE lab exams.

How many tokens do I need? The following are rough estimates of the number of tokens needed to complete these workbooks. The exact number will vary depending on the product and the person. Each token purchased is good toward rack rental sessions.

• CCIE Routing & Switching Workbook Volumes I and II:
  400 rack rental hours = 1,800 tokens
• CCIE Routing & Switching Workbook Volumes III and IV:
  150 rack rental hours = 650 tokens

Pricing

All CCIE rack rentals are scheduled in 2.5-hour sessions using our exclusive token system. This system is designed to give you the flexibility to schedule and reschedule your own sessions at your convenience. Each token purchased represents $1 USD. When consecutive sessions are scheduled on the same rack, you'll get uninterrupted access for the entire duration of the sessions for an even better value.

To purchase rack rental tokens, log in to your Members account and select the Rack Rental option in the left navigation. From here you will be able to purchase the rack rental package of your choice. Once you have purchased your tokens, you will be ready to schedule your rack sessions.

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Simplified Scheduling

To schedule your CCIE rack rental sessions, log in to your Members account, click Rack Rentals, and select the track for which you want to book a session. Select all the sessions you want, and then click Schedule Labs. It's that easy! Our advanced scheduling system will schedule all your consecutive sessions on the same rack if they are available. You are also provided with tools that let you cancel or reschedule your rack sessions without having to contact Customer Service.

Scheduling CCIE Mock Lab Assessments is just as easy as scheduling a normal CCIE rack rental session. Just log in to your Members account, click Mock Labs to open the scheduler, select your session, and then schedule your lab. As with rack rental sessions, you can cancel or reschedule with just a few clicks.

Rack rentals are 2.5-hour sessions sold in 3-hour blocks
and are offered in the following time slots:

• S1. 12:00am - 3:00am Pacific Daylight Time (GMT -0700)
• S2. 3:00am - 6:00am Pacific Daylight Time (GMT -0700)
• S3. 6:00am - 9:00am Pacific Daylight Time (GMT -0700)
• S4. 9:00am - 12:00pm Pacific Daylight Time (GMT -0700)
• S5. 12:00pm - 3:00pm Pacific Daylight Time (GMT -0700)
• S6. 3:00pm - 6:00pm Pacific Daylight Time (GMT -0700)
• S7. 6:00pm - 9:00pm Pacific Daylight Time (GMT -0700)
• S8. 9:00pm - 12:00am Pacific Daylight Time (GMT -0700)

Advanced Management Control

The enhanced Rack Control Panel helps you get the most out of your rack rental sessions—you won't waste time reloading devices, saving configurations, loading configurations, or troubleshooting hardware problems. Our Rack Control Panel offers the following features:

• GUI Remote Power Control: Powercycle devices with a single mouse click.
• Configuration capturing, archiving, and loading - Automatically save your configs and resume later.
• Initial configuration loading - Automatically load initial configs for supported INE products.

Routing & Switching Rack Rentals

INE's CCIE Routing & Switching rack rentals use the hardware specification publicly stated to be used in the actual CCIE Routing & Switching Lab Exam. The physical topology of the racks is cabled to meet the specifications of all of our instructor-led and self-paced product lines, including, but not limited to, INE's CCIE Routing & Switching Lab Workbook Volume II.

Per the IEWB-RS-VOL2 Topology, all of our racks include the following equipment:

• Six routers running 12.4 or 12.4T Advanced Enterprise
  Services IOS
• Two Catalyst 3560 series switches running 12.2
  Advanced IP Services
• Two Catalyst 3550 series switch running 12.2 IP Services
• One preconfigured Access Server
• One preconfigured Frame Relay switch
• Three preconfigured backbone routers

View Routing & Switching Rack Availability

Rack rental tokens may be purchased and racks may be
scheduled from your INE Members account.

Purchase from within your Members account.

For CCIE Routing & Switching rack rental
topology information:

• View the Routing & Switching Rack Rental Guide »
• View the Routing & Switching Hardware Specification »

Data Center Rack Rentals

INE’s Data Center rack rentals use the hardware platforms, software versions, and physical cabling of INE's CCIE Data Center Technology Lab Workbook:

All Data Center racks include the following equipment:

• Nexus 7000
• Nexus 5000
• Virtual Machines

Optional add-ons to the Data Center racks include:

• Nexus 2000 & MDS 9200
• UCS B Series Blade Chassis & MDS 9200
• ACE 4710

View Data Center Rack Availability

Rack rental tokens may be purchased and racks may be
scheduled from your INE Members account.

Purchase from within your Members account.

For information on booking Data Center racks and their add-ons:

• View the Data Center Rack Rental Guide »

Voice Rack Rentals

INE's CCIE Voice rack rentals use the hardware and software version specification publicly stated to be used in the actual CCIE Voice Lab Exam. The physical topology of the racks are cabled to meet the specification of all of our CCIE Voice instructor-led and self-paced product lines.

Our Voice hardware specification is built around Cisco's published CCIE Voice hardware specification:

HQ Site

1. 2811 - VWIC-2MFT-T1, PVDM2-32
2. Catalyst 3560
3. CUCM version - Publisher and Subscriber v1
4. Unity Connection version v1
5. Contact Center Express version v1
6. Unified Presence v1
7. One 7961 IP Phone (Remote Control Access Available)
8. One 7960 IP Phone
9. Your Hardware VPN IP Phone(s)

BR1 Site

1. 2811 - VWIC-2MFT-T1, HWIC-4ESW, PVDM2-16
2. One 7961 IP Phone (Remote Control Access Available)
3. One 7960 IP Phone
4. Your Hardware VPN IP Phone(s)

BR2 Site

1. 2811 - VWIC-2MFT-E1, PVDM2-16, AIM-CUE
2. Catalyst 3550 Inline Power
3. One 7961 IP Phone (Remote Control Access Available)
4. One 7960 IP Phone
5. Your Hardware VPN IP Phone(s)

PSTN

1. 3725 - Two VWIC-2MFT-T1s ,One VWIC-2MFT-E1, PVDM-12
2. Your Hardware VPN or Software-based IP Phone

View Voice Rack Availability

Rack rental tokens may be purchased and racks may be
scheduled from your INE Members account.

Purchase from within your Members account.

For CCIE Voice rack rental topology information:

• View the Voice Rack Rental Guide »
• View the Voice Hardware Specification »

The topology all of our Voice racks include
the following equipment:

• All routers are running 12.4(22)T IOS using the
  "INT VOICE/VIDEO, IPIPGW, TDMIP GW AES" feature set
• One Cisco 2811 Router for "US HQ Site" with two
  MFT-T1 ports (one data, one voice)
• One Cisco 2811 Router for "US Branch 1 Site" with
  an HWIC-4ESW and two MFT-T1 ports (one data, one voice)
• One Cisco 2811 Router for "International Branch 2 Site"
  with an AIM-CUE and two MFT-E1 ports (one data, one voice)
• One Catalyst 3560 series (HQ) PoE switch running
  12.2 IP Services
• One Catalyst 3550 series (Branch 2 -user doesn't need to configure) Inline Power switch running 12.2 IP Services
• One preconfigured Terminal/Access Server
• One PSTN Emulator / Frame-Relay Switch (with varying International Dial Plans per lab)
• E1 & T1 Digital Ports for PSTN connectivity
• Five Cisco 7961 IP Phones (two US HQ, one US Branch 1,
  two International Branch 2)
• One Cisco 7960 IP Phones (PSTN)
• One CallManager Publisher server running Call Manager v7.0.1
• One CallManager Subscriber server running Call Manager v7.0.1
• One Unity Connection server running Unity Connections v7.0.1
• One Cisco Unified Contact Center Express server running
  CUCCX v7.0.1
• One Unity Unified Presence server running CUPS v7.0.1
• Software/Hardware VPN support for your 7940/60/70, 7941/61/71, 7942/62/72, 7945/65/75 IP Phones for PSTN
  and any/all Sites
• IP Phone Remote Control Software provided to control
  our rack-mounted 7961 hardware phones

Security Rack Rentals

INE's CCIE Security rack rentals use the hardware specification publicly stated to be used in the actual CCIE Security Lab Exam. The physical topology of the racks are cabled to meet the specification of all of our instructor-led and self-paced product lines, including, but not limited to, INE's CCIE Security Technology Labs and CCIE Security Full-Scale Practice Labs.

Now supporting v4.0 of the CCIE Security Lab on ALL RACKS!

All of our racks include the following equipment in four separate modules:

• Seven routers running various 15.X IOS images with the advanced security feature set
• Four Catalyst 3750 with IOS 12.2(55)SE3
• Two Catalyst 3750X switches with IOS 12.2(55)SE3
• Two ASA 5510 firewalls running software version 8.2(5) or 8.4(1)
• Two ASA 5515X firewalls running software version 8.6
• One IPS 4240 running software version 7.0
• One 7965 IP Phone
• Four Test PCs running Windows 7
• Four Test servers running Windows Server 2008
• Two ACS servers version 5.3
• Two ISE servers version 1.3
• One WSA S000V Web Security Virtual Appliance
• One 2504 wireless LAN controller
• One 1262 wireless access point

View Security Rack Availability

Rack rental tokens may be purchased and racks may be
scheduled from your INE Members account.

Purchase from within your Members account.

For CCIE Security rack rental topology information, see the online workbook and:

• View the Security Hardware Specification »

Access to the routers and switches is via telnet over the Internet. Access to the Windows PCs is via VNC. Access to the GUI interfaces of the IPS and ASAs is available through the Windows PCs.

Service Provider Rack Rentals

The physical topology for INE's CCIE Service Provider Lab Workbook Version 3.0 uses 10 routers and 2 switches, which include a mix of 7200s, 2600s, XR 12000s, Catalyst ME3400s, and Catalyst 3550s. This topology has the flexibility to mimic the requirements of Cisco's actual CCIE Service Provider Version 3.0 hardware blueprint, while still minimizing the cost for users building their own lab at home or work, and allowing for users to run the regular IOS portion of the topology in GNS3/Dynamips.

View Service Provider Rack Availability

Rack rental tokens may be purchased and racks may be
scheduled from your INE Members account.

Log in to your Members account.

For CCIE Service Provider rack rental topology information:

• View the Service Provider Hardware Specification »
• View the Service Provider Rack Rental Guide »