Thanks for sharing that valuable info Josh. Me and my peers were speaking about that exact thing (having the routers and switches. I'll make sure and use the ESXi over the desktop version. Thanks again.
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For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/index.html From: Josh Petro <josh.pe...@gmail.com<mailto:josh.pe...@gmail.com>> Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 8:21 PM To: Kenneth Staples <kstap...@cisco.com<mailto:kstap...@cisco.com>> Cc: "ccie_voice@onlinestudylist.com<mailto:ccie_voice@onlinestudylist.com>" <ccie_voice@onlinestudylist.com<mailto:ccie_voice@onlinestudylist.com>> Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Voice] CCIE Lab Prep via VMware If you're serious about studying, I would avoid the desktop version and go with ESXi and a good, reliable machine. You'll be fighting fatigue, the labs and learning new stuff, so adding troubleshooting a VMware Desktop issue will only frustrate you unnecessarily. I have 7961's and they were fine. I would recommend getting two 9900 series phones if you can so you can simulate video. Trust me, having the phones, gateways and switch will help a ton. Also, just find a 3750 switch and forget the router switch-modules. It's much easier and you'll still learn the needed commands. Just make sure you pay attention to the commands for those switch-modules (for VLAN setup, etc.) when studying. Anyone else, please feel free to comment. Josh On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Kenneth Staples (kstaples) <kstap...@cisco.com<mailto:kstap...@cisco.com>> wrote: Thanks josh. I've been hearing that the VMWare desktop should be all that's needed with the exception of some physical routers/switches for the branch sites and phones of course. The the Lab requirements for the new Collab IE, what more equipment may be needed….or will your current set up be sufficient? Might need additional phones of course for video. Thanks Kenneth Staples (Shift 7am – 4pm CST) Customer Support Engineer Cisco RMS - Unified Communications kstap...@cisco.com<http://kstap...@cisco.com> Phone: +1 512 340 3143<tel:%2B1%20512%20340%203143> CCNOC = 866-777-6269<tel:866-777-6269> GVNOC = 866-643-9428<tel:866-643-9428> TelePresence = (888) 654-9113<tel:%28888%29%20654-9113> Cisco Systems, Inc. 9500 Amberglen Blvd. United States Cisco.com - http://www.cisco.com This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/index.html From: Josh Petro <josh.pe...@gmail.com<mailto:josh.pe...@gmail.com>> Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 12:37 PM To: Kenneth Staples <kstap...@cisco.com<mailto:kstap...@cisco.com>> Cc: "ccie_voice@onlinestudylist.com<mailto:ccie_voice@onlinestudylist.com>" <ccie_voice@onlinestudylist.com<mailto:ccie_voice@onlinestudylist.com>> Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Voice] CCIE Lab Prep via VMware Kenneth I run my entire lab on ESXi 5.1 in demo mode. Saves having to purchase since this is lab anyhow. Just shutdown the VMs and the host when you're don't for the day and you'll get some time out of it. I have a dell workstation with a Xeon processor with 6 cores and 24gb RAM. The more important equipment is the routers. I did two attempts on the voice lab and having the routers makes a huge difference for home studying. For collaboration, you can get by with most of the 2800/3800 features until a 2900/3900 is available on the cheap. Josh On Tuesday, December 10, 2013, Kenneth Staples (kstaples) wrote: I wanted to ask if there is anyone out there preparing for the Voice CCIE lab using a VM server for the all UC servers involved and maybe even for the routers/switches as well? I could understand if your running all the UC servers on one VM server and the routers/switches that are needed are seperate from the VM. The reason I ask is because I'd like to see if it's possible to study convenient from my home (without having run 4 to 5 servers) rather than coming into the office to study for the lab. Ideally, I'd like to have one VM server running all UC nodes, and maybe a couple of routers/switches (non VM if necessary) and of course the physical phones to run from my home for easy/convenience of studying and less equipment as possible. However, I'm not sure if this is possible. Thanks in advance for your response. Kenneth Staples (Shift 7am – 4pm CST) Customer Support Engineer Cisco RMS - Unified Communications kstap...@cisco.com<http://kstap...@cisco.com> Phone: +1 512 340 3143<tel:%2B1%20512%20340%203143> CCNOC = 866-777-6269<tel:866-777-6269> GVNOC = 866-643-9428<tel:866-643-9428> TelePresence = (888) 654-9113<tel:%28888%29%20654-9113> Cisco Systems, Inc. 9500 Amberglen Blvd. United States Cisco.com - http://www.cisco.com This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/index.html
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