Learning Path: Cisco:Voice Solutions For Business With Cisco

Make the best that Cisco has to offer for your businesses

What you'll learn

Set up CLI connections for your SME voice network

Work with the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express software to manage your network connections

Set up your network topology and configure your hardware, such as routers, switches, and IP phones

Work with the perfect dial plan to maintain your network's cost-effectiveness

Ensure Quality of Service and security over your network

Create and maintain your GUI connections

Work with Virtual Solutions for your Large Enterprise voice network with the help of VMWare

Manage your network’s DHCP and DNS dependencies

Set up different Dial Plans and manage your network’s Users

Set up and configure Cisco Unity Connection for you enabling and managing voicemail over your network

Requirements

Prior knowledge of computer networks is expected

Description

Network engineering has seen an increase in demand, and businesses are always on the lookout for engineers who can configure networks that meet their needs and provide support once they’re set up. Cisco provides a number of options both in terms of hardware and software to address these networking needs at various levels. So, If you are a novice in the field of network engineering or are simply looking to set up an efficient and cost-effective voice network for your own business, then go for this Learning Path.
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 The highlights of this Learning Path are:


Work with the perfect dial plan to maintain your network's cost-effectiveness
Learn how to connect the analog telephone adaptor for connecting your Cisco phone to the network
Know how to validate your calls over the network

Let's take a look at your learning journey. To start with, you will explore the different hardware options over your network, and how they are brought together to create your basic connection. You will then learn to install and work with modems, routers, and analog telephones. You will also dive into implementing gateway and trunk connections with various hardware options provided by Cisco. After that, you will dive into different topologies and learn to implement each of these depending on the requirement. You will learn how to configure your network, practically manage your device’s IP addresses, and work with different Cisco dial plans. Next, you will learn to set up Cisco command-line interface connections, and work with the hardware feature sets that fulfill your organization's various needs. From there, you will explore the different software you will need for your network. You will learn to work with the Cisco Unified Communication Manager Express, Cisco Unity, and Cisco Configuration Professional Express, as well as the different file sets you will encounter on a daily basis. After that, you will learn to design your SME topology, and configure various devices for your network. You will set up your own dial plans, and also set up accounts with the help of the Cisco GUI Admin. Finally, you will learn to use Cisco Unity Connection to manage voice calls and messages over your organization's network.

On the completion of this Learning Path, you will be well versed with building, securing, and maintaining your own voice network for small to medium-sized enterprises.

Meet Your Expert:

We have the best works of the following esteemed author to ensure that your learning journey is smooth:


Joseph Sullivan is a Professor at Joliet Junior College. Joe is a certified Cisco Netacad instructor and has received numerous Instructor Excellence Expert awards from Cisco; this is awarded to top instructors globally. He brings his field experience into the classroom and is an engineer with Motorola. In his role as a System Architect Senior Engineer for Motorola, Joe designed authentication systems for KDDI in Japan, E911 Public Safety Access Point Number portability, and enhanced Push-to-Talk services. He is also the principal innovator of two applied patents in the method and apparatus for packet discard selection and the management of paging resources associated with a push-to-talk communications. Joe is currently studying Cloud Infrastructure and continuing his work with collaboration-secure video and voice communication systems.

Overview

Section 1: Cisco Voice Solutions for Small Business – ATA

Lecture 1 The Course Overview

Lecture 2 Exploring the ATA

Lecture 3 Connecting the Analog Telephone Adaptor (ATA)

Lecture 4 Exploring the Modem

Lecture 5 Working with the Small Business Router Interface

Lecture 6 SIP Connections and Considerations

Lecture 7 SIP Pricing Models

Lecture 8 Support Fax/Secure Fax

Lecture 9 Simple Voice – Google Voice

Lecture 10 What Are Your Options, CLI, or WEB?

Lecture 11 Taking Care of Configuration

Lecture 12 Addressing with IPv4/IPv6

Lecture 13 Measuring Voice Quality

Lecture 14 Exploring and Configuring Dial Plans

Lecture 15 Building a Small Business Topology

Lecture 16 Hello, Who Is This? Making Calls Over Your Networks

Lecture 17 Validation Steps

Section 2: Cisco Voice Solutions for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises SME - CUCME

Lecture 18 The Course Overview

Lecture 19 CLI Connections

Lecture 20 Gathering Hardware, Feature Sets, and Licenses

Lecture 21 Phone Options - SCCP, SIP, and CIPC

Lecture 22 Exploring CUCME File Set

Lecture 23 Unity File Set

Lecture 24 CCP Express File Set

Lecture 25 SME Topology

Lecture 26 Switch VOIP Configuration

Lecture 27 Router VOIP Configuration for SCCP

Lecture 28 Router VOIP Configuration for SIP

Lecture 29 Macros for Quality of Service and Security Advanced Security

Lecture 30 Digit Manipulation, Dial Plans, and Dial Peers

Lecture 31 Configuring Inter-Pod Connectivity

Lecture 32 GUI Administration

Lecture 33 SIP Configuration

Lecture 34 Validation and Troubleshooting

Lecture 35 Setting Up Unity Via CLI

Lecture 36 Configuring Unity GUI

Lecture 37 Validation of Unity

This Learning Path is targeted at network engineers with a basic understanding of network topologies and how they work