Hi Mike, Thank you for sharing great information.
Can you share some detail about approach and sequence to follow like Infrastructure, gateway configuration, QoS and SRST, Presence . Unity, UCCX etc. When did you do SRST testing in the middle or at the end of the lab.? Please share your experience. Thanks & Regards, Ramcharan Arya CCIE # 28926 ( Routing & Switching) On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 12:26 PM, <michael.se...@compucom.com> wrote: > It took me 4 attempts to pass the lab. Actually the first three attempts > helped to develop a strategy for passing. The proctor in RTP, David, > thought me something, don't look at a no pass as a failure but a as > learning experience. After my third attempt I couldn't stand to see > another "fail" on the score report. I took 45 days, doing two labs a day > following the same strategy. > > If your typing skills are below 70 words/minute or less or you are hunt > and peck typist take a typing class "won't hurt" have to type fast. > > Briefly read the entire lab and absorb as much as possible 5 to 10 minutes > maximum regarding CUCM and gateway, QoS, etc. > > Perform all your switch and gateway configurations first including > everything so you don't have to revisit them. Write all configuration for > SW and Gateways in notepad prior to putting into devices and same to > desktop, leave them there when leaving the lab. Copy all the > customization's you'll need and put in notepad and put on desktop, i.e., > media resources, dial-peer, other customizations. Don't type and memorize > things you can obtain from links copy from links and edit > > 1.) Configure the SW first and take what configure you can from there > and move onto R1. > 2.) Configure R1 and take configuration from there to R2 and edit and > add additional configuration. > 3.) Configure R2 including SRST/GK/Dial-peers/MVA/everything. Move > configure from R2 and R1 to R3 and edit. > 4.) Configure R3/CUE/Presence/SRST using configuration from R1 and R2 > that's reusable. > 5.) Don't type the same thing twice. > 5.) Now move to CUCM. You should have a pretty good idea of what you > will need from reading lab. > 6.) Open browser to CUCM Pub, Sub, Unity. Add ntp and any required > customizations > 7.) Configure CUCM moving from left to right, save phones for last. > 8.) Configure UNITY and all voicemail customization > 9.) Configure UCCX script and record prompts unless they are > pre-recorded for you. > 10.) Configure Presence if you have it on your lab. > 11.) Need at least three hours to test and validate. > 12.) Make every attempt to complete lab before lunch. > 13.) Feel good at lunch relax forget the lab > 14.) Get your score report that says "PASS". > 15.) Preform Troubleshooting as you are most comfortable with I saved > it for last. > > There was a guy walking down the street in NYC and he recognized a famous > pianist. He stopped him and ask him "How do you get to Carnegie Hall. The > pianist replied "Practice, Practice, Practice". > > Michael Sears, CCIE(V)#38404 > Cisco Certified Unfied Communications Computing Systems Specialist > E911 Specialist > "Designing and Implementing Cisco Unified Communications on Unified > Computing Systems" > > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > www.PlatinumPlacement.com >
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