Our hands-on course focuses on advanced installation and configuration of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) v7 and v8 in global, multisite networks.
You will learn how to build the system from scratch to provide:
•A variable-length on-net dial plan supporting overlapping extensions, as described in Cisco's Unified Communications System Release 8.x SRND
•Remote site survivability (SRST and SRST with CME) bandwidth management
•Mobility features, such as device mobility and extension mobility, used in networks with multiple sites
•Survivability for remote sites during WAN failure
•Automated alternate routing (AAR) to deliver calls over the public switched telephone network (PSTN) if no bandwidth is available
Since globalization is key in today's business world, you'll learn how to use local route groups and global transformations to simplify the dial plan and prepare for globalization without implementing E.164 dialing. Then, you will investigate deploying E.164 and explore the challenges of globalization presented by the North American Numbering Plan (NANP).
Who Should Attend
All Network professionals who install, configure, and manage Cisco Unified Communications solutions including but not limited to:
•Network Administrators and Network Engineers
•CCNP Voice candidates.
•Systems Engineers.
Course Overview
Implementing Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Part 2 (CIPT2) v8.0 prepares you for implementing Cisco Unified Communications solution in a multisite environment. It covers globalized call routing, Cisco Service Advertisement Framework (SAF) and Call Control Discovery (CCD), tail-end hop-off (TEHO), Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST), and mobility features such as Cisco Device Mobility and Cisco Extension Mobility.
You will apply a dial plan for a multisite environment including TEHO, configure survivability for remote sites during WAN failure and implement solutions to reduce bandwidth requirements in the IP WAN. You will also enable Call Admission Control (CAC) including Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Preconditions and automated alternate routing (AAR).
Prerequisites
The knowledge and skills that you should have before attending this course are as follows:
•Working knowledge of converged voice and data networks
•Working knowledge of the MGCP, SIP, and H.323 protocols and their implementation on Cisco IOS gateways
•Ability to configure and operate Cisco routers and switches
•Ability to configure and operate Cisco Unified Communications Manager in a single-site environment
Preferred but not required are:
•ICOMM - Introducing Cisco Voice and UC Administration v8.0
•CVOICE - Implementing Cisco Unified Communications Voice over IP and QoS v8.0
•CIPT1 - Implementing Cisco Unified Communications IP Telephony Part 1 v8.0
Course Content
The following topics will be covered:
•Issues in multisite deployments and their solutions
•Implement a variable-length on-net dial plan without globalization supporting multiple sites with overlapping extensions
•Use new v7 and v8 features, including local route groups and global transformations
•Transition to a globalized E.164 dial plan
•Issues with globalization in the NANP
•Implement call-processing resiliency in remote sites using SRST, MGCP fallback, and CUCM Express
•Implement CAC to manage calling and prevent oversubscription of the IP WAN
•Implement mobility features such as CUCM Device Mobility and CUCM Extension Mobility
•Explore the use of gatekeepers and SAF for intercluster routing
•Configure and implement solutions to reduce bandwidth requirements in the IP WAN
•Implement H.323 and Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) gateways
•Call Control Discovery (CCD) and the Service Advertisement Framework (SAF)
•RSVP and SIP Precondition
Course Outline
1. Multisite Deployments
•Identifying Issues
•Multisite Deployment Solutions
•Multisite Connections
•Multisite Deployment Dial Plan
2. Centralized Call Processing Redundancy
•Remote-Site Redundancy Options
•Cisco Unified SRST and MGCP Fallback
•CUCM Express in SRST Mode
3. Bandwidth Management and Call Admission Control
4. Features and Applications for Multisite Deployments
•Device Mobility
•Extension Mobility
5. IP Telephony Security
•Service Advertisement Framework
Labs
•Implementing Basic Multisite Connections
•Implementing a Dial Plan for International Multisite Deployments
•Implementing SRST and MGCP Fallback
•Implementing Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express in SRST Mode
•Implementing Bandwidth Management
•Implementing CAC
•Implementing Device Mobility
•Implementing Cisco Extension Mobility
•Implementing Cisco SAF and CCD
