an institute who has past its prime in CCIE DC course
In contrary to the 5 star reviews, this review is my personal experience from the CCIE Datacenter track, and hopefully comprehensive enough for the classes to take note and improve.
The classes committed to cover the DC track in 5 modules. However, the entire module-5: Automation and Orchestration tools classes were never conducted.
The follow up were always replied as the classes were postponed. I've passed my CCIE DC, and the module-5 was never covered till date, nor was i reimbursed for the module that was not covered. They sell a lot but do not deliver!
Module-1: Nexus/Vxlan
Module-2: Storage concepts
Module-3: UCS/hyperflex
Module-4: ACI
Module-5: Automation and Orchestration tools
Moreover, the entire experience of CCIE Datacenter was horrible, and nothing short of watching a horror movie in 3D. The faculties wont reply to queries, the lab faces power disruptions regularly,
the lab DC component failure like ACI or UCS will take over two week or three weeks to fix, the practice labs were not complete, the lab trainer lacks technical competency on Nexus basics like VPC, the classes wont even engage in feedbacks/discussions/meetings on latest updates from CCIE DC Lab, as a student i spent most of my time worrying, and contacting fellow students who passed/failed exam recently to get updates. the classes don't even have a basic lab guide SOP, to get you started. So you end up spending hours just trying to figure out the lab setup and wasting your lab hours and limited slots that you get from the classes. In the end you have to go around requesting other students to allow you to shadow them, and not everyone is comfortable/happy with it. Almost all the students who were financially strong, rented racks, and technical guidance from other classes to practice, and receive trainer/technical guidance.
May be the classes best days, and their prime is long gone by, unless they make some changes to bounce back, and restore their reputation as one of the best in the industry.
### NetMet classes support staff feedback ###
availability over phone call: 3/5
Query resolution: 1/5
Extra comments:
1. Every query is dealt with an answer that basically says will be taken care of but is never addressed, looked into, or fixed. You just keep following up and keep banging your head against a wall.
### Datacenter Technology Trainer feedback Mr. Aakash ###
Teaching method and pace: 4/5
Understanding of the concepts: 4/5
Communication skills: 5/5
Punctuality: 2/5
approachable: 5/5
Query resolution: 4/5
responds to messages: 2/5
Extra comments:
1. In Vxlan the border gateway concept should not be skipped as it is part of curriculum
2. In ACI service insertion with service graph, contract scopes, VMM domain integration could be explained in more detail
3. Appreciate if the classes are started on time, as the whole day needs to be planned around it
4. Overall, the topics discussed/taught lacked the depth of knowledge expected from a CCIE course. It can be made much better.
### LAB Trainer feedback ###
Teaching method and pace: 0/5
Understanding of the concepts: 1/5
Communication skills: 2/5
Punctuality: 3/5
approachable: 0/5
Query resolution: 0/5
responds to messages: 0/5
Extra comments:
1. I'm amused that he made the cut of being a trainer
2. A big letdown from the classes even though multiple complaints were received from many students
### LAB Admin feedback ###
Communication skills: 4/5
approachable: 5/5
quick resolution for LAB access issues: 3/5