Anyone took the NSA exam?

[ferdy]

I'm taking the exam tomorrow looking on some info on how hard it is?

[mcnallym]

If you work with Nokia's on a regular basis and have done for some time, and have basic routing knowledge then its embarrasing if you don't pass. (Just my opinion so don't worry)

Understand Routing Priority ie Dynamic vs Static Routing precedence etc.
Also the management and upgrade process
There will be some Check Point questions but not many.
Basic configuration
Some CLI
Some questions on HA.
Some Sales type questions.

Overall I don't think it is hard at all providing you work with them, if going in cold then possibly struggle with some of the questions.

[ferdy]

Thanks for the info...

[ferdy]

took it today and i failed... the questions are poorly worded...

iclid = clish and clish = cli
i was one question away from passing :(
There is one HA question that the answer is not even listed
or some typo...

[ferdy]

passed my NSA on the 2nd try ... :)

[Wainer19]

Congradulations on the pass...

[vanlang]

Congraz ferdy!
Could you share your experience about exam, i'm going to clear this NSA exam to obtain the NCSP.
Thanks & regards

[mcnallym]

Redid my exam on Thursday and it has certainly changed since I last did this.

Items to learn:

CLI - not just the commands but also the expressions after the command as well.

IPSO - learn which partitions are important and what each partition is used for. Also where commands are stored, which are root partitions. Also study the backup process.

Routing - I got a fair bit about Dynamic Routing, also which routing protocols you can get on IPSO, which free, which chargeable.

Authentication - Don't just learn the command, also learn the process that goes on in the background. Look at the RADIUS configuration in particular.