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Lab Attempts (Part 3 of 3)

Adam — Fri, 27 May 2011 17:00:53 +0000

Lab Attempt #1 I flew out early Thursday just in case there were any flight issues or delays. It is a good thing I did. It just so happened that a nice winter storm was rolling through North Carolina and surrounding states. It wasn’t very bad, but it was more ice/freezing rain than they were [...]

Lab Exam Preparation (Part 2 of 3)

Adam — Fri, 27 May 2011 12:00:51 +0000

Step One: Acquiring Training Materials Jumping to the next phase in my studying didn’t take me too long, I didn’t want to lose my excitement or drive. So, in February of 2010 I started poking around the Internets to find out what the best way to go about tackling the lab exam would be. There [...]

Written Exam Preparation (Part 1 of 3)

Adam — Thu, 26 May 2011 20:30:27 +0000

I am still in a little bit of shock after seeing the ‘PASS’ marked next to my lab report from last week. I have to say, initially I thought I failed. When I logged in to get my score report, I immediately looked to the bottom of the score report list and read ‘FAIL’. My [...]

CCIE #28928

Adam — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:02:32 +0000

It is done. My year and a half long journey to obtain my CCIE has been fulfilled. CCIE #28928 (Voice)

Configuring Presence Call-Lists in CUCME

Adam — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:17:50 +0000

Configuring Presence call-lists in CUCME is fairly easy and can be done in a few simple steps. Activating this feature will allow the configured watchers to view the status (on/off hook, line busy, etc.) of the designated presentities. Now, Presence on CUCME is not as granular as it is on CUCM, you are not able [...]

Configure CUE to Reference the Loopback Address

Adam — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:41:41 +0000

I have been going back and reading through a lot of the SRNDs and configuration guides to refresh everything that I have been going over in my lab. I came across one very interesting tidbit of information that I must have glanced over before regarding CUE and configuring the service-engine to reference the loopback interface. [...]

Progress Update

Adam — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:47:03 +0000

In the last month and a half I really haven’t had much time to post anything. Between gearing up for my lab attempt on the 17th of December, the holidays and the vacation I just got back from, the last 5 weeks have really flown by. For those of you wondering if I passed my [...]