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Using IOS Menus to Load Labs

Adam — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:50:19 +0000

Since I am using my home lab for the bulk of my training, I have been trying to find a way to easily load different lab configurations so I can rework different things or just practice a lab over and over. One easy and pretty slick way to accomplish this is to use the menu [...]

CCIE Voice Written Refresh v3.0

Adam — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:42:19 +0000

It appears that the CCIE Voice Written exam has finally been brought up to date. [See Cisco Announcement] So, if you are looking to take your written exam after October 12, 2010 make sure you have been using the v3.0 blueprint for a guide. Looking through the new blueprint, the two major additions are Presence [...]

News from CCIE Voice Techtorial

Adam — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:24:54 +0000

Some very interesting information regarding the upcoming future of the CCIE Voice lab exam from Cisco Live!. I have reposted some of the more interesting ones below. Troubleshooting tasks could potentially include in depth knowledge of the protocols used for establishing call setup. Detailed knowledge of the call flow involved in protocols such as SIP/MGCP/H323/SCCP/Q931/etc [...]

New Site Scheme / Twitter

Adam — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:28:39 +0000

If there is anyone out there that follows my intermittently updated site, you will have noticed a brand, spanking new site design and color scheme. I have always had a problem with staring at the same design on my sites for too long. Obviously this site is no exception. There a still a few things [...]

IP Voice Media Streaming App Service Won’t Start

Adam — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:11:03 +0000

I have come across an issue, as many others have, that the IP Voice Media Streaming App service will not start when running CUCM on VMWare. According to my research, this is only a problem when running on an AMD processor, and was supposed to be fixed in the 7.1 release of CUCM. Evidently, it was [...]

Lab Configurations & Topology

Adam — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:26:16 +0000

Like I mentioned in my previous post, I will be adding my device configurations as I go along through different stages of my studying (especially if it was something I think will be of interest). Now, figuring out how to make everything work together is a very integral part of the whole CCIE experience. So please only use [...]

Building My Own CCIE-V Lab

Adam — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:02:53 +0000

From the beginning I am been pretty sure that I was going to build my own lab so I can work at my leisure and not have to worry about getting everything done in an 8 hour period. In doing some research, I found that this was not going to be an inexpensive venture. Luckily, I am going [...]