Basics of Unified Communications (BUC) Version 7.0
5 Days Instructor-Led

Course Overview

This five-day course is intended to be a technical introduction to Unified Communications and converged Internet Protocol Networks. The course presents an incremental approach to designing, deploying and supporting an IT infrastructure for Unified Communications. The range of topics includes network technologies, Virtual LANs, Ethernet, Frame-Relay, MAC Addresses, IP Addresses and TCP/IP. The discussion encompasses not only these topics but also how they specifically relate to the successful operation of a complex converged network as typically used in most corporate enterprise environments today. The class will introduce the technologies used to create a robust and reliable IT infrastructure and incrementally build on UC concepts throughout the week to finally incorporate full interoperability to legacy Telecom devices and the VoIP components. Students will get hands-on experience and practice with TCP/IP design and sub supernetting. Additionally, students will be given hands-on exercises with Cisco Router Configuration and Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.x (formerly Cisco CallManager) and the support of legacy Analog Telecom and Cisco IP Telephones.

Who will benefit from this course?

The target audience for this course includes anyone who needs to gain a basic understanding of VOIP: individuals with strictly a PBX or Telecom Service Provider background; individuals with a fundamental data networking background who are moving into the area of converged networks; individuals who are new to supporting data networking projects such as someone with a Project Management or Business Administration background.

Prerequisites

Basic computer literacy
Basic windows navigation skills
Basic Internet usage skills
Basic e-mail usage skills
 

Course Objectives
 

After completing this course the student should be able to:
 

• Describe how various networks including Ethernet, Frame Relay, and MPLS function
• Describe network addressing including MAC, IP, and DLCI
• Describe networking and network protocols in the TCP/IP suite
• Describe networking equipment and its use including IP and Analog Phones, Cisco Routers,and Cisco Unified Communications Manager (UCM)
• Describe telephony and signaling, comparing TDM and VoIP
• Describe VOIP signaling protocols including H.323, SCCP, and MGCP
• Describe how to ensure Voice Quality on IP networks utilizing Quality of Service
• Navigate the Command Line Interface on a Cisco Router
• Configure Cisco Router “dial-peer” to support working VOIP environment
• Add and integrate a Cisco IP Phone to interoperate with legacy equipment.

Course Outline

Module 1: Basic Networking Concepts

• Open Systems Interconnect Model Review
• Understanding IP Addressing
• Understanding Binary Basics
• Constructing a Network Addressing Scheme

Labs

• Lab 1-1: Converting Decimal to Binary and Binary to Decimal
• Lab 1-2: Classifying Network Addressing
• Lab 1-3: Calculating Subnet Masks

Module 2: Operating and Configuring Cisco IOS Devices

• Operating Cisco IOS Software
• Staring a Switch and a Router
• Configuring Cisco IOS Devices

Labs

• Lab 2-1: Completing Router Startup and Initial Configuration
• Lab 2-2: Using The Router CLI

Module 3: Switch Operations in a VOIP Environment

• Cisco Discovery Protocol
• Introducing Basic Layer 2 Switching and Bridging Functions
• Improving Performance with Spanning Tree
• Solving the Challenges of Shared LANs
• Routing Between VLANs
• Configuring Cisco Catalyst Switches for Endpoints

Labs

• Lab 3-1: Connecting a Voice-Enabled Router
• Lab 3-2: Configuring Digital and Analog Voice Interfaces
• Lab 3-3: Configuring POTS Dial Peers

Module 4: Introduction to Voice over IP

• Introducing VOIP
• Understanding Codecs and Digital Signal Processors

Labs

• Lab 4-1: Configuring Cisco Unified Communications Manager Initial Settings
• Lab 4-2: Configuring Cisco Unified CallManager To Support Cisco IP Phones
• Lab 4-3: Configuring SIP Endpoints
• Lab 4-4: Configuring Basic Dial Plan Elements

Module 5: Introducing Dial Plans and Voice Networks

• Numbering Plans and Dial Plans
• Understanding Call Types
• Configuring Analog Voice Ports
• Configuring Digital Voice Ports
• Understanding Dial Peers

Module 6: Introduction to Cisco Unified Communications Manager

• Understanding Cisco Unified Communications Manager Architecture
• Understanding Cisco Unified Communications Manager Deployment and Redundancy Options

Module 7: Administration of Cisco Unified Communications Manger

• Understanding Unified Communications Manager Administration Options
• Managing Services and Initial Configuration of Cisco Unified Communications Manager
• Managing User Accounts in Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Module 8: Deploying Endpoints in Cisco Unified Communications Manager

• Understanding Endpoints in Cisco Unified Communications Manager
• Implementing and Hardening IP Phones

Module 9: Configuring Single-Site and Multi-Site Trunks and Dialing

• Implementing MGCP Gateways in Single-Site Deployments
• Implementing Multisite Connections
• Configuring Cisco Unified Communications Manager Call Routing Components