Everyone,
I am pleased to announce that after a year and a half of effort, yesterday I passed the last of the CCNP:V exams (TVOICEv
with an 856, which has finally made me CCNP:Voice certified.
I joined this forum about three or so years ago when I was just shy of my CCNA (or had I just gotten it? I can't remember), and used this to fuel my education through my CCNA:Voice and the first two exams into my CCNP:V. About a year ago, I dropped off the radar as a result of my new job and WGU education taking its toll on me. Now that it has calmed down a little bit, I plan on trying to support my future track to the CCIE:Voice by sharing information learned with this website and with its community, as it is this community that got me started.
Since I'm sure I am going to get questions about what I used to help me get certified, the answer can't really be answered by just one lab. I didn't have the funds to put together a full CCNP:V lab so I literally scrapped together pieces I found laying around at work to make it happen. That + VMWare + GNS3 = enough practice on each exam topic. For the most part though, here is the equipment I worked on:
Cisco 2851's, AIM-CUE, T1/E1 VWIC, CUCM8.0, Unity Connection8.0, CUPS8.0, Cisco 7940,7941,7960,7961,7936, UC540's, Cisco 3724's, Cisco 3560's, and probably some other things I can't remember off the top of my head. I'm starting the process of building a CCIE:V lab now, so I'll be sure to post my lab when that happens.
Long time no see guys, I'll see you around.
