RE: CCIE VOICE Study suggestions

Are you trying to setup a home lab? If so, here's what we use for our CCIE Voice racks:

Terminal Server: Cisco 2511 router or a Cisco 2611 Router with an NM-32A or NM-16A

PSTN : Cisco 2811 Router - w/IOS 12.4(24)T
                - Serial 4A/S
                - VWIC2-1MFT-T1/E1
                - VWIC 2MFT-T1
                - PVDM-16

HQ : Cisco 2811 Router - w/IOS 12.4(24)T
                - WIC 1T
                - VWIC2-1MFT-T1/E1
                - PVDM-16
                - PVDM-8 (or another -16)

BR1 : Cisco 2811 Router (w/POE power supply) - w/IOS 12.4(24)T
                - HWIC 4ESW
                - WIC 1T
                - VWIC2-1MFT-T1/E1
                - 2 x PVDM-8 (or -16)

BR2 : Cisco 2811 Router (w/POE power supply) - w/IOS 12.4(24)T
                - NM-CUE
                - HWIC 4ESW
                - WIC 1T
                - VWIC2-1MFT-T1/E1
                - 2 x PVDM-16

SWITCH: Cisco Catalyst 3750 PoE-24 - w/IOS 12.2(25)SEB4
 
PHONES: 7 x Cisco phones (all 7965 or 6 x 7965 and one 7960)

(we use VMware for the images below)

1 Server with Cisco Unified Communication Manager 7.0 Pub
1 Server with Cisco Unified Communication Manager 7.0 Sub
1 Server with Cisco Unity Connection 7.0
1 Server with Cisco Presence 7.0
1 Server with Cisco Unified Contact Center Express (UCCX) 7.0

thanks,
Brad Ellis
CCIE#5796 (R&S / Security)
CCSI# 30482
CEO / President
CCBOOTCAMP - Cisco Learning Solutions Partner (CLSP)
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Just Kennie
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 3:06 AM
To: Narbik Kocharians
Cc: Adel Abouchaev; Daniel Gsmez; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: CCIE VOICE Study suggestions

I am a new Voice kid on the block, but with lots of R&S experience. I am
trying to set up simulation (with GNS3) for mi callmanager, gateway, phones,
voice card e.t.c. please expalin how this can be done and tell me what can
be emulated/simulated, and what cannot.

*Cheers,
Idowu Kehinde
TEL: 2348024017748
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2010/6/14 Narbik Kocharians <narbikk_at_gmail.com>

> I agree with Adel; but remember, the best way to figure out where to study,
> is to audit the class even it's a 1/2 a day or so before you enrol, talk to
> the students in the class, and see if you can connect with the way the
> instructor teaches the subject and his ability to answer questions versus
> dancing around them.
>
> My 2 cents.
>
> 2010/6/14 Adel Abouchaev <adel_at_netmasterclass.net>
>
> > Daniel,
> >
> > A few people already pointed you to vendors, so here is what you
> > could do yourself to add to that:
> >
> > Groupstudy is not usually very active about Voice track, however,
> > there is a Voice related group that has heavy traffic:
> > cisco-voip_at_puck.nether.net - the nice thing about it - it's FREE!
> Despite
> > it's not related to Voice CCIE lab, it is more a real life
> troubleshooting
> > exchange, and is quite interesting to watch. I would encourage you to
> > subscribe to it.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Adel Abouchaev, CCIE# 12037, CISSP, MCSE
> >
> > Technical Support Engineer
> > Netmasterclass LLC, Cisco Learning Partner
> > RFC821: adel_at_netmasterclass.net
> > E.164: +18886772669
> > HTTP: www.netmasterclass.net
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > Daniel Gsmez
> > Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 10:04 AM
> > To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> > Subject: CCIE VOICE Study suggestions
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > This will be my first question ever on this study group even though I've
> > been reading and cheking all those useful and very interesting messages
> for
> > a while.
> >
> > Recently I passed my CCIE VOICE Written and I'm looking forward to
> prepare
> > my lab test. I've been reading about some certification bootcamps, I've
> > also
> > been told about some online training and racks, etc... It seems there are
> a
> > lot of options out there and I'll need to make my decision soon.
> >
> > For those preparing the CCIE VOICE lab, and for those who already passed
> > it,
> > how useful do you think it would be to prepare a CCNP first?
> >
> > Any advise, suggestion or recommendation will be more than appreciated!!
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
> >
> >
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