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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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About Cisco Unified Communications

Dennis Hartmann, CCIE No. 15651, is a Unified Communications consultant and author of Implementing Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Part 1. Dennis is also a lead instructor at Global Knowledge. Dennis was first exposed to CallManager during the CallManager 2.0 time frame when Cisco acquired Selsius. Dennis has various certifications, including the Cisco CCVP, CCSI, CCNP, CCIP, and the Microsoft MCSE. 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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