<div>Just because a dial plan is in place does not mean that anything is connecting utilizing the dial plan. I can see some room for work there. </div>
<div><br clear="all">Larry Hadrava<br>CCIE #12203 CCNP CCNA<br>Sr. Support Engineer – IPexpert, Inc.<br>URL: <a href="http://www.IPexpert.com">http://www.IPexpert.com</a><br><br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Jonathan Charles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jonvoip@gmail.com">jonvoip@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Yes, but there are some conflicting statements...<br><br>One of the configuration items on the blueprint is DHCP... If the<br>
phones are already registered, then DHCP must have been too...<br><br>If basic dial plan is constructed, that means the PRIs/CAS lines are<br>configured, which means you had to configure the transcoders and conf<br>bridges before that (else you would have to tear them back down to<br>
configure the transcoders...)...<br><br>This is weird...<br><font color="#888888"><br><br>Jonathan<br></font>
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<div class="h5"><br>On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Larry Hadrava <<a href="mailto:lhadrava@ipexpert.com">lhadrava@ipexpert.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I would expect for the key word to be "basic".<br>> Phone registration is just that - a phone registered to UCM or UCME. I would<br>
> expect all of the phone configuration to be manipulated according to the lab<br>> instructions<br>><br>> Basic application integration could mean simple integration between UCM and<br>> UCCX or UCM to Unity connection - again the rest of the actual configuration<br>
> would be done as per the lab<br>><br>> Basic dial plan - I would expect that there may be some items configured,<br>> but not a great deal. Certainly not to the point of anywhere near a complete<br>> dial plan.<br>
><br>> With all of that "basic pre-configuration" comes the troubleshooting. Just<br>> because something is pre-configured does not mean it is totally correct.<br>><br>> All of the above is opinion and not based upon any special knowledge or<br>
> psychic capability:-)<br>><br>> Larry Hadrava<br>> CCIE #12203 CCNP CCNA<br>> Sr. Support Engineer – IPexpert, Inc.<br>> URL: <a href="http://www.ipexpert.com/" target="_blank">http://www.IPexpert.com</a><br>
><br>><br>> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Jonathan Charles <<a href="mailto:jonvoip@gmail.com">jonvoip@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> OK, the V3 Lab Blueprint has this statement:<br>>><br>
>> The blueprint is a detailed outline of the topics likely to appear on<br>>> the lab exam. This blueprint introduces pre-configurations of basic<br>>> tasks (such as phone registration, basic application integration,<br>
>> basic dial plan, etc.), in order to devote additional focus on expert<br>>> level skills (advanced configuration and troubleshooting) assessments.<br>>> As usual, knowledge of troubleshooting is an important skill and<br>
>> candidates are expected to diagnose and solve issues as part of the<br>>> CCIE lab exam. The topics listed are guidelines and other relevant or<br>>> related topics may also appear.<br>>><br>>> The statement, " This blueprint introduces pre-configurations of basic<br>
>> tasks (such as phone registration, basic application integration,<br>>> basic dial plan, etc.), in order to devote additional focus on expert<br>>> level skills " seems to indicate that the phone will be preconfigured<br>
>> and registered and the dial plan may already be built...<br>>><br>>> Am I understanding this correctly?<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> Jonathan<br>><br>><br></div></div></blockquote>
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