Archive for Voice and IPT
Setting up a Cisco Voice Lab Part 1 – CUCM and VMWare
Posted by: | CommentsI have recently passed the CCVP qualification and I think it would be useful to pass on some of the methods I used for setting up a home CCVP lab. The CCVP is one certification were just using books and study materials isn’t really an option. You really have to get some hands on experience. Not everyone will have the luxury of working in a Cisco VoIP/IPT environment or be able to go on the commercial CCVP courses. It is still possible to get some hands on experience by setting up a small home lab however. Read More→
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CCVP Done
Posted by: | CommentsI passed the Cisco Troubleshooting Unified Communication (TUC) exam yesterday to complete my CCVP. The exam was quite tough and featured some E Sim questions were I had to search through some debug and CUCM SDI log outputs to solve problems. I’d recommened the Troubleshooting Cisco IP Telephony book to study for the exam along with other more up to date online resources for CUCM 5 and 6. I see that CBT Nuggets recently released a TUC course and I would have used that if it had been available for me. I’m delighted that is the CCVP over and I can get started on the the CCIE for real now. Oh and maybe I’ll have time to complete those posts I keep promising. 
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Cisco CMM for Catalyst 6500
Posted by: | CommentsI had the chance earlier today to look at the Cisco Communication Media Module for a Cisco Catalyst 6500. The module is used as a gateway in a Call Manager 4 cluster. The module takes up one module slot in the Catalyst 6500 and, depending on the particular module you need, it can come with either 6 E1 or T1 ports.
It’s the first time I’ve used this particular module but setting it up as an MGCP gateway is no different from setting up any other MGCP gateway. First of all to access the CMM module you use the session command from enable mode.
6509#session slot 8 processor 0 The default escape character is Ctrl-^, then x. You can also type 'exit' at the remote prompt to end the session Trying 127.0.0.80 ... Open
6509-VGW-CMM>en 6509-VGW-CMM#
The voice module is configured through IOS commands just the same as any other Cisco voice modules or cards. However, in this particular setup the endpoint configuration is controlled via Call Manager via MGCP.
To set up the CMM as an MGCP gateway to be controlled by Call Manager you need to issue the two following commands:
ccm-manager config server call_manager_ip_address ccm-manager config
You can now add this gateway into Call Manager and start configuring the endpoints (or E1 ports) on the device from there. It’s a fairly straightfoward excercise. Just make sure you use the same name in the Call Manager configuration as you have given your gateway. Read More→
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IPExpert CCIE Voice 3.0 Materials
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ipexpert today put out a press release announcing it will be the first training company to offer materials for version 3.0 of the Voice track of the CCIE.
Many of my CCIE chums have used their training materials when studying towards their CCIE certification and they come highly recommended. I will certainly be looking at their Routing and Switching resources when I embark on the lab part of the CCIE.
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Cisco Learning Network Store Opens
Posted by: | CommentsHaving run a Cisco Academy and been a Cisco Instructor in previous roles, I’ve an interest in all things to do with Cisco learning. The Cisco Networking Academy Program is a brilliant way for students to learn networking skills. Cisco Academies are not accessible by everyone however, and with commercial Cisco courses being so expensive, Cisco Press books are sometime the only viable option for learning materials developed by Cisco.
Cisco have just announced the opening of new a online store focussed on providing learning materials for it’s certifications. The Cisco Learning Network Store is still in it’s early days and courses are still thin on the ground at present, but it already contains a few e-learning packages and some software tools for learning.
Let’s hope that as time goes on the cataolgue increases. More official Cisco e-learning courses would be a welcome addition to the currently available learning resources.
For interest to CCIE candidates is the Cisco 360 Learning Program for CCIE R&S students. Cisco describe the course as follows. Read More→
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