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11 steps to building a Cisco unified communications home lab

By Dennis Hartmann on Thu, 10/09/08 - 12:41pm.
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This blog post contains links to all the posts from my recent series on creating your own Cisco IP telephony environment:

1. Home Lab components
2. CUCM home lab details
3. Setting up VMware in your home lab
4. VMware settings (memory options, hard disk sizes, and CD-Rom and Ethernet settings)
5. VMware settings (USB controller VMWare setting)
6. Router selection
7. Voice interfaces and modules
8. Voice interface cards
9. PSTN simulation
10. T1-CAS and T1-PRI
11. FXS/FXO

Also, check out my recently completed series on CUCM call routing.

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Dennis Hartmann, CCIE No. 15651, is a consultant with www.highpoint.com and author of Implementing Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Part 1. Dennis is also a lead instructor at Global Knowledge. Dennis has various certifications, including the Cisco CCVP, CCSI, CCNP, CCIP, and the Microsoft MCSE.  Dennis has various specializations including unified communications, data center, routing & switching, service provider (MPLS and optical).  Dennis has worked for various Fortune 500 companies, including AT&T, Sprint, Merrill Lynch, KPMG, and Cabletron Systems. He lives with his wife and children in Hopewell Junction, New York.

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