Meraki Lab for 500-220 ECMS

[RonJackson]

Morning, 

Last week I attended the ECMS 2 and found it to be a brilliant course. 
It has encouraged me to go for the 500-220 ECMS exam. 

Im now looking to build out a Lab and have looked at the Lab guide on the Meraki Study portal. However, the equipment they suggest is REALLY expense. Do I need to go with the exact equipment in the study guide or can I use other Meraki equipment? 

Thanks

[Inderdeep · Accepted solution]

@RonJackson : Try for the free labs on Cisco Cloud

https://dcloud.cisco.com/  

[RonJackson]

That's great, I will take a look. Thank you @Inderdeep 
Is this a subscription service? 

Ron

[Inderdeep]

@RonJackson : These are free labs no subscription required, you just need cisco login credentials. Good Luck  !

[RonJackson]

Thats fantastic. Thank you very much! 

[KarstenI]

I think you need to be a Cisco-partner to schedule slots in dCloud.

[RonJackson]

Yeah, I think thats the case. I can only access Demo mode and not actually configure anything sadly. Back to the drawing board. 

[KarstenI]

Then I would suggest:

• 2*MX (any actual model, AdvSec License)
• 2* MS with routing capabilities
• 2* MR (any actual model)
• 1* MV (any Gen2 model)
• some SM licenses

Yes, will be expensive just for a lab ...

[Inderdeep]

Well if you want dedicated lab for full access, then sure i am with @KarstenI 

[RonJackson]

Thank you @KarstenI 
Will see what I can do. 

[DarrenOC]

I think you’re correct @KarstenI.  It’s more for demo purposes

[MLPillai1465]

Thanks Inder, I will check out the  fee labs. In my role, I just  use  specific   devices for the project  . so  was thinking about  purchasing kit. But rather expensive with licenses added ontop.

[CLR-NetSupport]

@@MLPillai146 I too am studying for the ECMS 1 exam and have looked at the option of building my own lab. I found equipment I could get, but yikes! The licensing is very expensive.  In my role at work I only have view access in our dashboard and not able to actually practice anything in the course. 

We talked about setting up a practice lab or a sandbox with some extra equipment we have, however I think they decided not to due to licensing, etc   I am looking for affordable licensing options currently.