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Chapter 1 Summary:

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:36:14 +0000
Chapter 1: Cisco Unified Communications Manager Architecture
Chapter 1 is just an overview of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM).
The purpose of the Unified Communications network is to integrate voice, video, and data over a single network infrastructure.
Like everything else in the networking world, CUCM is built and based upon a set of standard layers.

Infrastructure Layer: ...]

Gateway registration to gatekeeper

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 03:38:20 +0000
For a gateway to register with a gatekeeper, there should be at least one voip dial-peer defined in the gateway.
If it is a CME router, then when you define ephones, that will create dial-peer and hence that will work fine.

Join Bloggers Unite For Human Rights On May 15th, 2008

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:59:33 +0000
Thanks to you, May marks the first anniversary of Bloggers Unite and this time we’re launching an awareness campaign chosen by BlogCatalog members. On May 15, let’s unite for human rights and make a statement that all people are born with basic rights and freedoms - life, liberty, and justice!
On May 15th 2008, let’s ...]

AAR and out of bandwidth messages

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 02:29:29 +0000
1. Out of bandwidth text — this text is displayed when AAR is not enabled and there is not enough location bandwidth
2. AAR Congestion rerouting text — this text is displayed when AAR is enabled and rerouting occurs

VTP version 2 and vtp messages regardless domain name

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:39:21 +0000
This should work, but is i labbed it out, it does not as promised. Let`s say if you have a vtp domain CISCO and one switch, that is configured in transparent mode, does belong to another domain, does not forward, these vtp messages. If you have this one switch in between the others, your vlan ...]

PVST+ Explained

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:06:49 +0000
Cisco switches run different types of STP protocol, depending on whether the connected port is access, ISL trunk or 802.1q trunk. Natively, a Cisco switch runs a separate STP instance for each configured and active VLAN (this is called Per-VLAN Spanning Tree or PVST) and standard IEEE compliant switches run just one instance of STP ...]

Get your motion moving with Cisco Motion

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:15:08 +0000
Did you see my blog on MSE? Well, guess what, here’s another use for it. I was reading the Cisco news recently and came across this article on Cisco Motion. It’s really just a way to integrate our ipods and other mobile devices. Cisco’s Motion approach is a true services-oriented network architecture that creates a ...]

Digit manipulation - best practices

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 04:48:36 +0000
When doing digit manipulation, first decide whether you want to do it at route pattern level or route group level. Route group level is recommended for following reasons.
 a. The end user will see the manipulated digits if you do digit manipulation at the route-pattern level. If you do it at route group level, the end ...]

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Always use Prime line

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 01:47:09 +0000
Always use Prime line
False: For an incoming call on any line, when you go off hook the call will be answered. Is the default.
True: Will always use the first line when you go off hook. Inorder to answer an incoming call on any other line, you need to hit the ringing line button.
Always use Prime ...]

Virtual Data Center e-zine - volume 3 - including articles by David Davis

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:24:57 +0000
TechTarget’s Virtual Data Center e-zine is a huge electronic magazine specializing in virtualization. Recently, the new volume 3 was released and there is a 9 page article, authored by David Davis (that’s me).
If you are interested at all in virtualization, reading this free online magazine is a great way to start learning. Or, if you ...]

Certay Microsoft Competitive Advantages

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:51:12 +0000
The MCPD certification (Microsoft Certified Professional Developer) for Windows Developers demonstrates that you have the comprehensive skills that are required to build rich client applications that target the Windows Forms platform using the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.
Certay Computer-Based Microsoft MCPD training is a cost effective method that meets the critical demands of computer users desiring ...]

ASP.net and XP Prof

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:38:15 GMT
Hi mates,

1. Is it possible to run ASP (.aspx OR .asp) files/pages on XP Prof, with IIS 5.1 and SP3? Coz each tym I try to run an ASP file ie7 says 'Page cannot be found... HTTP 404 - File not found'

2. Any non-proprietary Report Generator I can use with MySQL?

HSRP and You Johnny Update

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:22:54 +0000
If anyone remembers my original post on our HSRP setup I wasn’t able to fully test it at that time. Well last night the routing in our MPLS provider’s cloud seemed to take a little bit of a tumble for one of our facilities. The tunnel interface went right down and the routing went ...]

Allow caller input - Unity

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 02:37:36 +0000
Under caller input page, lock a key (0 through 9, * #) to a particular action if you want Unity to perform that action as soon as you press that key. The “Allow callers to dial an extension durin greeting” has no effect if the keys are locked. To allow callers to dial an extension ...]

Bridging - when you just have to party like it’s 1999

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:37:34 +0000
Back in the saddle again
Just thought I’d stick another song in everyone’s head. At any rate, after moping around this weekend I realized that I wasn’t bored, and I sure as hell wasn’t overconfident or finished preparing - I was burnt out. I had been drilling for something like 9 days straight and ...]

Update on updates

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:17:54 +0000
You may have noticed a distinct lack of updating on this site recently. I have been continuing with

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