Revamped CCVP Lab Setup

Well, I had some time to re-think the lab so I wiped the configs, killed the UCM VMs and started from scratch last week. Visio diagram below – I still need to document the internet cloud and remote VPN site, but that’s the new setup in a nutshell. Hoping that I can ride it out for the home stretch – CIPT2 and TUC to go. This time, as soon as I got data, VLAN, basic PSTN, and basic CM connectivity, I backed up all of the devices and virtual machines so that I can just restore everything to its core state when I mess it up (again).

On the menu for this w/e is SRST, MGCP Fallback, TEHO, CME Fallback, AAR, and CAC labs – It’s gonna be a PARTY

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itdaddy

dude where is your visio digram ?? I dont see it in your post?
and good idea on the back up in pure state hahahhah spoken like a vet!

laidbackfreak

looking good

Whats in your kit list?

pitviper

laidbackfreak wrote: »

Whats in your kit list?

It keeps evolving but I think I'm good for a while now. Would love to add a 3750 but since the NME-16ES actually runs the full 3750 EMI IOS, I’m holding off until the prices come down a tad.

HQ
2811, PVDM2-32, VIC2-4FXO, VIC2-2FXS, VWIC-2MFT-T1, WIC-2T
3550 EMI PoE
3x7941s

BR1
2811, PVDM2-32, VIC2-4FXO, VIC-4FXS/DID, VWIC-2MFT-T1, WIC-2T, AIM-CUE, Inline PSU, NME-16ES-1G-P
2x7965s (love these)

BR2
2811, PVDM2-32, VIC2-2FXO, VIC2-2FXS, VWIC-2MFT-E1, WIC-1T
3550 EMI PoE
2x7960s

VPN Site
2651XM
1x7941

PSTN Cloud
IAD2431-16FXS (POTS cloud and E1 PRI termination)
2821, PVDM2-32, VWIC2-2MFT-T1/E1, EVM-HD-8FXS/DID
1x7961 w/7914
1xAnalog Phone (911/999)

Frame Relay Cloud / Access Server
3640, 2xNM-4T, NM-32A

2xDell PowerEdge servers – VMWare

And a bunch of older stuff which was basically my CCNA lab @ one point in time!

Luckycharms

Change out two things and you are golden for a CCIE level lab. (only considering posted hardware not VM's )

1. 3550's to 3560's/70's (Queuing is different.. WRR/SRR, and more etc.)
2. BR2 - 7960's to 7965 (or anything that supports ClearChannel and iLBC)

I know those changes are $$$ but from the looks of things you don't mind spending money on your lab.

*** Congrats on the PVDM2-32 ... those things are great to have***

pitviper

Luckycharms wrote: »

Change out two things and you are golden for a CCIE level lab. (only considering posted hardware not VM's )

1. 3550's to 3560's/70's (Queuing is different.. WRR/SRR, and more etc.)
2. BR2 - 7960's to 7965 (or anything that supports ClearChannel and iLBC)

I know those changes are $$$ but from the looks of things you don't mind spending money on your lab.

*** Congrats on the PVDM2-32 ... those things are great to have***

Thanks man, your input is greatly appreciated!

Here’s what I have on the servers right now:
Dell PowerEdge w/2x Xeon Quad CPUs, 8GB RAM, Server 2003R2 Enterprise x64
-CUCM7PUB, CUCM7SUB, CUC7

Dell PowerEdge w/1x Xeon Quad CPU, 4GB RAM, Server 2003R2 Enterprise x64
-CUCCX7, CUPS7 (these are built but not integrated yet)

And yeah, I’m dying to upgrade the switches – Definitely want a few more 7965s too. I actually screwed myself with the first 2 that I purchased – Didn’t realized that the 3550s didn’t support 802.3af PoE, so that’s why BR1 has the updated switch and shiny new phones (and not HQ)! ooops!

pitviper

Some pics of 2 the 3 exquisitely crafted cisco "pillars" – OK maybe not, but it does save desk space for other things like my laptop, energy drinks, and fritos.

itdaddy

pitviper you are one sick! $#%^#^$%^##^ haaha

what an amazing home lab. man that cost some bucks huh? woowowoow
those phones are minimium 100.00 bucks each wowoow
thanks for your map great ideas

2811 wow aren they like 2,000 each ????

TheShadow

I admire your taste in figures to state the obvious. Note one Mr. Hanky figure indicating that you have quite a lot of expensive sh*t there. ROTFLMAO.

Oh and I love the binary clock. I have one that I made with neon lights and discrete TTL gate chips years ago. To big for a desk however. Your lab is simply killer.

pitviper

Thanks guys. It’s amazing the deals that you can get on ebay if you have some time on your side. I pretty much pieced everything together over the last year and a half or so. I spend a ton of time labbing, whether it be for studies, or to test something out for work, so it’s worth every penny to me.

pitviper

TheShadow wrote: »

Oh and I love the binary clock. I have one that I made with neon lights and discrete TTL gate chips years ago. To big for a desk however.

Nice!! Everyone should have at least one binary clock

itdaddy

pitviper ccvp guru dude

is there a way without opening up a 1760 to find if it has a DSP module?
already without opening up the case?
thanks

mikej412

itdaddy wrote: »

is there a way without opening up a 1760 to find if it has a DSP module?

show diag

.........
.........
.........
.........

Packet Voice DSP Module Slot 0:
Hardware Revision : 2.2
Part Number : 73&#8722;3815&#8722;01
Board Revision : A0
Deviation Number : 0&#8722;0
Fab Version : 02
PCB Serial Number : ICP042200ET
RMA Test History : 00
RMA Number : 0&#8722;0&#8722;0&#8722;0
RMA History : 00
Processor type : 02
Number of DSP's : 2
Type of DSP : TMS320C549
EEPROM format version 4
EEPROM contents (hex):
0x00: 04 FF 40 01 5B 41 02 02 82 49 0E E7 01 42 41 30
0x10: 80 00 00 00 00 02 02 C1 8B 49 43 50 30 34 32 32
0x20: 30 30 45 54 03 00 81 00 00 00 00 04 00 09 02 FF

.........
.........
.........

pitviper

Also (assuming that you are running a voice IOS) there are a couple of LEDs on the front of the 1760 that say "PVDM x OK" that will illuminate if one or more of the banks are occupied.

itdaddy

crap mikej I did that and nothing well will have to try all 5of my 1760s
thanks now I now what to look for but by the looks of things it looks
self explanatory ahha thanks guys! fantastic!

thanks pitviper for your drawing looks way cool!

laidbackfreak

pitviper wrote: »

Nice!! Everyone should have at least one binary clock

I've got a binary wrist watch does that count?

this one :-
http://www.gadgetsnews.co.uk/images/binary_watch_1.jpg

pitviper

laidbackfreak wrote: »

i've got a binary wrist watch does that count?

hell yeah!

itdaddy

pitviper you are right on the front of my 1760s I do have LEDs that light up when I have a PVDM haahha I just saw them hahaha
thanks and it sucks all 5 of my 1760s have no pvdm hah
oh well I saw a pvdm 256-4 for like 65 bucks on ebay
will get one thanks bud

TheShadow

itdaddy make sure you check carefully because some of those sellers are not always sure what they they are selling. They mix and match so double check before you plug it in. Both I and a friend ended up with substitute PVDM2-8's from different vendors no less. Useless on a 1760 but they will plug in if you are not paying attention.

itdaddy

c2600-ipbasek9-mz.124-12.bin

hey pitviper I just got my cisco 2610xm router in and it has this image on it. is this what it needs and ip based image? to work as a gatekeeper?

thanks

pitviper

itdaddy wrote: »

c2600-ipbasek9-mz.124-12.bin

hey pitviper I just got my cisco 2610xm router in and it has this image on it. is this what it needs and ip based image? to work as a gatekeeper?

thanks

You need at least an IP VOICE feature set, maybe higher. Search for the "feature navigator" on Cisco.com. Look for H.323 Gatekeeper.

pitviper

12.4(25b) INT VOICE/VIDEO, IPIP GW, TDMIP GW c2600-ipvoice_ivs-mz.124-25b.bin 128 32
12.4(25b) INT VOICE/VIDEO, IPIPGW, TDMIP GW AES c2600-adventerprisek9_ivs-mz.124-25b.bin 128 32

BroadcastStorm

pitviper wrote: »

12.4(25b) INT VOICE/VIDEO, IPIP GW, TDMIP GW c2600-ipvoice_ivs-mz.124-25b.bin 128 32
12.4(25b) INT VOICE/VIDEO, IPIPGW, TDMIP GW AES c2600-adventerprisek9_ivs-mz.124-25b.bin 128 32

What is the minimum Router model this IOS will support?

Your toys are bad ass

laidbackfreak

BroadcastStorm wrote: »

What is the minimum Router model this IOS will support?

Your toys are bad ass

Looking here :-
Cisco Feature Navigator - Cisco Systems

shows that 2610XM is minimum for those images.

pitviper

Looks like these will run on a 2600 non-XM - Pretty old, so no idea if anything is missing (or different):

12.3(26) IP/H323 c2600-ix-mz.123-26.bin 48 16
12.3(26) IP/H323 PLUS BASIC c2600-is3x-mz.123-26.bin 64 16

itdaddy

Pit
so the 12.4 IOS you first suggested will work on my 2610XM? just to make sure thanks a lot

:so these willl work?
12.4(25b) INT VOICE/VIDEO, IPIP GW, TDMIP GW c2600-ipvoice_ivs-mz.124-25b.bin 128 32
12.4(25b) INT VOICE/VIDEO, IPIPGW, TDMIP GW AES c2600-adventerprisek9_ivs-mz.124-25b.bin 128 32

Dr_Atomic

I see that you have the book "Cisco Unity Deployment and Solutions Guide." It's not technically part of the CCVP track, but it seems like it would be helpful in understanding Unity. What did you think of the book? Do you think it's essential in the VP track?

pitviper

Dr_Atomic wrote: »

I see that you have the book "Cisco Unity Deployment and Solutions Guide." It's not technically part of the CCVP track, but it seems like it would be helpful in understanding Unity. What did you think of the book? Do you think it's essential in the VP track?

It's definitely a good book but a bit overkill for the CCVP for sure. CIPT1 will test you on the basics of integration, and TUC on troubleshooting integration, but neither go much deeper then the initial setup (so far at least) and @ the CCIE:Voice level, you're going to want to focus on Unity Connection. There are a few PDFs on the Cisco site with step by step details for initial integration with CUCM - those will be helpful from a CCVP perspective for sure.

I picked up the book used (<$20) because I needed an indepth resource for comparing the pros and cons of a voice mail deployment w/m$ Exchange data store. Long story short, it's still an ongoing project but we're past the voicemial piece and Unity Connection is where it's at

Now if you have the opportunity to work with Unity - I think that this book would be a must have reference.

pitviper

I decided to tweak the lab a little bit so here are the latest (and hopefully final!) updates:

Replaced the 2 3550 PoEs with 3560 PoEs, replaced BR2’s phones w/7941s, and switched to a single router (2821) PSTN solution. The IAD was nice but I didn’t really need that many analog connections for the IE voice workbooks (still have 8 simulated POTS lines w/the EVM-HD in the 2821).

(Figured that I’s take pics now while it’s still neat as I just re-cabled everything this w/e)

chmorin

Once I get money, I'm building that! What is that at the top of the lower section?

My... I dream of having stuff like that! It would make my weekends amazing!

pitviper

chmorin wrote: »

What is that at the top of the lower section?

It's a 3640 - I'm using it as my Frame-Relay cloud (NM-4Ts on the left) and access server (NM-32A lower right w/the 2 octal cables).