DocCD redirects to Products & Services page!

March 23, 2008 @ 7:09 pm · Filed under CCIE Study

According to the current “Ask the Experts” thread on the CCO discussion forums:
“The approach our CCIE Lab operations is taken is to redirect the queries that are no longer available at www.cisco.com/univercd to the current and valid web page.
Every time a page is moved our lab team creates an entry allowing the new path, so all needed documentation will be available for candidates.
Regards, Maurilio”
As for redirects outside of Univercd, I believe you have never been able to get beyond that area since they went to the online format (somebody correct me if I’m wrong). But what do I know…last time I took the lab you still had access to the actual CD.
Rik
—–Original Message—– From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Ed Lui Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 12:34 PM To: YourPal Cc: Dinesh Patel; ccielab@groupstudy.com Subject: Re: DocCD redirects to Products & Services page!
I was asking questions related to San Jose. Not sure if that applies to all locations.
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 7:09 AM, YourPal wrote: > This is a very serious issue to us candidates! > > It happens to all lab locations? > > > > > On 3/22/08, Ed Lui wrote: > > I was told by a lady at cisco a few minutes ago. Anything outside > > the > http://www.cisco.com/univercd will NOT be AVAILABLE during the lab exam. > Even if the link is broken or the documentation has been moved outside > of the link. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 3:55 AM, Dinesh Patel > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > my friend took the lab last week and he couldn’t find the master index. > > > without this I’m completely lost as I have no chance of knowing > > > which command belongs where… could be an abrupt end to my CCIE > > > plans, but > I’m > > > hoping Cisco will sort it out soon. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 2:14 AM, YourPal > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Group, > > > > > > > > Can anyone advise what is Cisco doing to the 12.4 stuff on DocCD? > > > > > > > > The “Cisco IOS Release 12.4 Master Indexes” is virtually gone as > > > > I > used it > > > > today. > > > > > > > > Searching Command Reference redirects to: > > > > > > > > > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6350/prod_command_reference_list > .html > > > > > > > > Anyone taken the lab recently, were you able to open the above > > > > page > and > > > > any > > > > of its links? > > > > > > > > Say, I know one particular command but don’t know which > > > > technology > section > > > > it is documented in. I can’t search using 12.4 Master Indexes > > > > because > it > > > > is > > > > no longer available. So I try 12.3. But the command is not > > > > available there. > > > > Should I go to the 12.4 Command Reference and make a wild guess > > > > or randomly search through some of the technology sections? > > > > > > > > Please advise. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > BR, > > > > Emil > > > > > > > > > > > > On 3/6/08, Scott Morris wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Personally I like the ones that end up after about three > > > > > redirects > > > > getting > > > > > you back where you started… > > > > > > > > > > Whoever thought this disassembly of the Documentation was a > brilliant > > > > idea > > > > > is clearly one who never tried to find anything. *sigh* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) > > > > > #4713, JNCIE-M #153, JNCIS-ER, CISSP, et al. > > > > > CCSI/JNCI-M/JNCI-ER > > > > > VP - Technical Training - IPexpert, Inc. > > > > > IPexpert Sr. Technical Instructor > > > > > > > > > > A Cisco Learning Partner - We Accept Learning Credits! > > > > > > > > > > smorris@ipexpert.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Telephone: +1.810.326.1444 > > > > > Fax: +1.810.454.0130 > > > > > http://www.ipexpert.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > —–Original Message—– > > > > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On > > > > > Behalf > Of > > > > > YourPal > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:27 PM > > > > > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com > > > > > Subject: Re: DocCD redirects to Products & Services page! > > > > > > > > > > Hi Group, > > > > > > > > > > It’s really frustrating to navigate the DocCD these days. > > > > > There are > many > > > > > redirections and they sometimes lead me to nowhere. I’m > > > > > worried that > > > > these > > > > > redirected pages are blocked in the actual lab. > > > > > > > > > > Can anyone tell me whether the following access methods are > permitted in > > > > > the > > > > > actual lab as per your recent lab experience: > > > > > > > > > > 1. http://www.cisco.com/univercd > > > > > > > > > > 2. Click on “Cisco Technical Support and Documentation” > > > > > > > > > > 3. In “Select a category”, select “Cisco IOS Software” > > > > > > > > > > 4. In “Select a sub-category”, select “Cisco IOS Software > > > > > Release 12.4Family” > > > > > > > > > > 5. In “Select a product”, select “Cisco IOS Software Releases > > > > 12.4Mainline” > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > > > BR, > > > > > Emil > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2/29/08, Jack Flash wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Personally I’m getting close to giving up with the DocCD > > > > > > (although > I > > > > > > know that’s madness). I can’t get my head around the > > > > > > layout, but > that > > > > > > is a small issue when compared to the fact that links often > > > > > > fail > and > > > > > > it mentions that the links are getting moved to another site. > Rather > > > > > > disconcerting when it’s the only resource in the lab. > > > > > > > > > > > > YourPal wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Group, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone experiences the following problem using DocCD? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cisco IOS Release 12.4 Command Reference -> Cisco IOS IP > > > > > > > Routing > > > > > > Protocols > > > > > > > Command Reference, Release 12.4 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Only BGP commands are available. Where are the other > > > > > > > routing > > > > > protocols? > > > > > > I’m > > > > > > > looking for OSPF commands specifically. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When I clicked on Introduction, I saw OSPF Commands. I > > > > > > > clicked > on > > > > > > > it, it redirected me to the Products & Services page: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/index.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was baffled. It wasn’t like this in the past. Anyone has > > > > > > > a workaround > > > > > > for > > > > > > > this? Meanwhile, I have to refer to 12.2 Command Reference. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > BR, > > > > > > > Emil > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > ___ Subscription information may be found at: > > > > > > > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _ > > > > > Subscription information may be found at: > > > > > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _ > > > > Subscription information may be found at: > > > > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > > > _____ > > > > > > > > > > > > Subscription information may be found at: > > > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html