Most of my blog entries this month dealt Cisco's professional-level voice certification (i.e. CCVP). However, one of the most requested topics (based on a poll conducted at the beginning of the month) was Cisco's associate-level voice certification, specifically, the CCNA Voice Concentration.
While the CCNA Voice Concentration is not currently a prerequisite for the CCVP certification, it will become a prerequisite beginning June 24, 2009. In order to earn this certification, you must be a CCNA, and you must pass exam 640-460. Read more
Let's say that you've decided to pursue CCVP certification, but you need some extra hands-on. You might want to set up a home lab. Some might suggest turning to an IOS emulator to practice anything IOS-related. However, building a home lab for the CCVP track isn't quite that simple. Specifically, you need to connect phones, analog circuits, and digitals circuits into routers. So, in my opinion, you need actual router hardware (in addition to an appropriate IOS image). Read more
Now that we've discussed some of the basic concepts and configuration fundamentals for topics found in Cisco's QoS course, let's shift our focus to a few practice exam questions. By the way, these are not "brain dump" questions. These are questions that I've written that reflect the concepts tested on the QoS exam.
Following is a series of five QoS exam-style questions. After answering each of the questions, you can then check your answers and review the detailed explanations. Here we go, and good luck! Read more
Well, after having a great Disney Cruise, I’m posting for the first time in several days. In my last posting, we discussed the foundational topics of the QoS course and exam. However, beginning in this posting, let’s focus on configuration. Read more
Based on your feedback requesting what topics you’d like to see addressed in this blog, this is the first in a series of entries addressing Cisco’s Quality of Service (QoS) course, and the corresponding exam. In this posting, let’s identify the major topic areas on the QoS course and exam.
Introduction to QoS
- You should understand the need for QoS in today’s converged networks (i.e. networks that combine voice, data, and video). Read more
In my previous posting, we discussed the intricacies of the Linux-based CCVP track. Now, let’s shift our focus to the Windows-based CCVP track. According to Cisco’s website, here are the exams and courses recommended for the Windows-based track. Read more
Once you decide to start down the CCVP certification path, you must choose which CCVP path. If you check out Cisco’s CCVP certification page, you’ll notice there are two paths for attaining your CCVP. Read more
Hello. My name is Kevin Wallace, and during the month of December, I have the privilege of blogging for Network World. The topic of this blog is Cisco Certified Voice Professional (CCVP) certification. Based on your feedback as to what you would like to see in this blog, we can chat about such things as exam tips, tough topics in the CCVP courses, how to set up home labs, etc. Read more
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