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Comment on Setting up a Cisco Voice Lab Part 1 – CUCM and VMWare by Jim Tobin

Jim Tobin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:11:03 +0000

I plan to relaunch the site again soon Robin and I’ve recruited some other bloggers to help write articles as my time is limited by project work. The second part of this serires is ready to go but it doesn’t cover interfacing with CME routers yet. The new site should be active in a few weeks.

How far did you manage to get with your CME setup? Did you have phones registered to CME? Were you able to ping your CUCM VMWare from your CME router? Feel free to post your CME config and any other details and I’ll have a look. One of the new bloggers runs a large CUCM and CME network so he may be able to help too.

Comment on Setting up a Cisco Voice Lab Part 1 – CUCM and VMWare by Robin

Robin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:05:55 +0000

I installed CCM6 on my VM last year, but have never been abel to make calls to my 1760 runinng CME. Will you be doing an update to this blog?

Cheers

Rob

Comment on CCIE Written Exam 4.0 – Studying Starts Here by Jim Tobin

Jim Tobin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:21:20 +0000

That is a common problem with studying for any exam that has a lot of subject matter to remember. I can remember when I studied for the composite MPLS/BGP exam, that by the time I finished the BGP topics I had to go back to MPLS and do some quick revision.

We all have different learning methods and finding your best method can be difficult. I studied law at University, so to help remember hundreds of legal cases I had to find a memory technique that worked foe me. Personally I try to write very condensed study notes from the books and videos I use for studying. Once I have finished all the topics I go back over the notes to try and cut them down further, thus reading the notes again in the process. I then use visual aids such as mnemonics, small mind maps or relate the material to a memory I have such as a place or person. I find it much easier to remember things using images than I do trying to remember words and text.

I have a friend who merely highlights sections of his Cisco books as he reads them. He says this helps him visualise the pages and remember the text easier. Lucky person. For most people things aren’t so easy.

You really just need to find a method that works for you.

Comment on CCIE Written Exam 4.0 – Studying Starts Here by Metoo

Metoo — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:32:10 +0000

The only problem for me with ticking off each section is that after a while I forget some of the details of what I first studied. I have modified my plan from that to where I am going back through all the sections a second and third time. It’s like I’m painting a wall and a little more knowledge sticks with every coat. It definitely gets frustrating though.

Comment on Setting up a Cisco Voice Lab Part 1 – CUCM and VMWare by niki

niki — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:35:44 +0000

this one is great..looking forward to the part 2….

Comment on Setting up a Cisco Voice Lab Part 1 – CUCM and VMWare by Jim Tobin

Jim Tobin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:08:34 +0000

Sorry everyone but I’ve been involved with a lot of projects recently and I’ve been pushed for time. I’ll hopefully have the follow up completed in the next couple of weeks.

Comment on Setting up a Cisco Voice Lab Part 1 – CUCM and VMWare by B00m3r

B00m3r — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:13:28 +0000

Any ideas when you will update? Part 1 was excellent

Comment on Setting up a Cisco Voice Lab Part 1 – CUCM and VMWare by Jim Tobin

Jim Tobin — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:22:55 +0000

I too use real switches (3550s and 3560s) and interface them with my GNS3 routers. I plan to set up the Internetwork Expert lab using GNS3 and real switches. What I plan to do is set up vlans on my PC’s NIC, connect my GNS3 routers to these vlan NICs and then trunk them to a single 2950. From there I can use access ports and connect them to my lab 3550s and 3560s. I’ll post an article if I manage to get this working.

Comment on Setting up a Cisco Voice Lab Part 1 – CUCM and VMWare by Jbrad95706

Jbrad95706 — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:08:01 +0000

Yea, I’ve been working on my CCNA for a little while now, and GNS3/Dynamips has helped me a lot. At this point all (90%) of my routing is done with GNS3; however, I have a few real switches (3550/2950’s). The plan is to get into voice, and the hopes are to save some money going the GNS3 route. I was searching around on google when I ran across this article, and I look forward to any articles involving GNS3/Dynamips VP/IE, etc…

Comment on Setting up a Cisco Voice Lab Part 1 – CUCM and VMWare by Jim Tobin

Jim Tobin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:39:50 +0000

Not a problem. Dynampis and GNS3 have really been a godsend for my studying. They have made starting out in the world of Cisco a lot easier for students as well. When I first started teaching CCNA, students could only practice on the equipment in our lab during class hours. The simulators they could use were very restricted in what they could do. Now with Dynampis and GNS3 the only thing you can’t really do fully is the switching side of things. I plan to be setting up the Internetwork Expert lab topology for my CCIE and I’ll try to interface this with real multilayer switches. I’ll hopefully post something on this in the future.