11 steps to building a Cisco unified communications home lab

This blog post contains links to all the posts from my recent series on creating your own Cisco IP telephony environment:

1. Home Lab componentsCUCM home lab detailsSetting up VMware in your home labVMware settings (memory options, hard disk sizes, and CD-Rom and Ethernet settings)VMware settings (USB controller VMWare setting)Router selectionVoice interfaces and modulesVoice interface cardsPSTN simulationT1-CAS and T1-PRIFXS/FXO

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