What is the Laboratory Equipment requirement?
A. . Partners are required to spend $100K per year for Gold certification and $40K per year for Silver certification on lab equipment as part of the Support Requirement to become certified. These amounts are based on Cisco’s list price (in USD). The Cisco Channel Partner Program lab equipment list includes base lab equipment, plus Specialization equipment. Partners are free to mix and match base and Specialization equipment to come up with a minimum of $100K/yr for Gold, and $40K/yr for Silver (based on Cisco’s list price in US Dollars).