Awesome Dan, Congratulations. You certainly earned it. Is it possible to use UC320 instead UC520?
Moreover, is there free material to jump start in CCIE Voice written exam? You are truly an inspiration. Cheers, Ben Sutanto PMP, MBA On Jul 26, 2012, at 11:49, "Dan Quinlan (daquinla)" <daqui...@cisco.com> wrote: > All, > > Thanks so much for the show of support – I received a TON of messages from > list members. I've decided to answer the various questions I've received > publicly for all to see, so that my answers might help everyone striving for > their CCIE Voice. This is a long post, but will probably help some of you. > [Q] What test number did you get / did you get Lab 7? [A] I have no idea. I > didn't use any "brain dumps" or any material that might be considered > questionable. Each time I sat for the lab, I was handed a test that I had > never seen before (as it should be, in my opinion). First, I believe "brain > dumps" to be cheating and didn't want to earn my CCIE that way. Second, I > work for Cisco, the company who runs the CCIE program. It's not worth > tainting my career by doing something that I consider unethical. It's > extremely important to me that I earn my CCIE the right way. > [Q] Where did you take your exam? [A] My first attempt in 2011 was San Jose. > All my attempts after that were in RTP. > [Q] What materials did you use to study? [A] As far as 3rd party materials, I > used IPExpert and Proctor Labs exclusively. I purchased the IPExpert > Complete End-to-End Program (Workbooks, VoDs, AoDs, the Instructor Led > Bootcamp, the One Week Lab Experience, and Proctor Labs rack time) and then > the 5-Lab Self-Study Challenge. I used all of these in addition to the Cisco > SRND documents / Cisco product documentation, Cisco Press books, real-world > experience, and of course the Online Study List. > [Q] How long did you prepare? [A] I started studying (slowly) in January of > 2011. I took the Bootcamp and Lab Experience classes in June / July 2011, > and failed my first attempt in July of 2011. I took a long break from > studying after failing, but began studying again in earnest in January 2012. > I failed my attempts in May 2012 and June 2012 (attempt 2 and 3), then passed > in July 2012 (attempt 4). All said, it was 1.5 years, but really it was a > year of focused studying with a 6-month break in the middle. > [Q] What gear did you use? [A] I used a Cisco UC520 with the "normal" config > removed to provide VPN connectivity to Proctor Labs and to provide PoE / VLAN > / etc for my phones: 1 "PSTN" phone, 2 "Site A" phones, 1 "Site B" phone, and > 2 "Site C" phones (all 7965's). When doing practice labs, I would configure > all of my local phones as well as the remote phones provided on the Proctor > Labs racks. I did not use soft phones at all. Additionally, I stood up my > own UC Manager Pub and Sub, Unity Connection, CUPS, and UCCX in VMWare to > practice individual concepts when not using Proctor Labs rack sessions. I > did not stand up my own gateways or infrastructure, except for the bare > minimum to provide connectivity to my VMWare-based servers. Yes, I have > access to the software as a Cisco employee. No, I can't give you a copy. > [Q] What was your strategy on exam day to manage time? [A] I followed a > strategy similar to one that I practiced for two months while doing IPExpert > practice labs. When doing a practice lab, I start by building a table of all > of the questions, points, and devices, I read the entire exam quickly, and I > fill out the table (x if I had to configure that device for that question). > Then I start configuring. I configure NTP first on all devices (making sure > to manually restart NTP on the SUB via the CLI once the PUB synch's to the > NTP server), then all of the infrastructure (VLAN, DHCP, etc) on all devices. > After that, I start my CUE config. As it reboots I begin configuring > everything on Site C gateway in order (not call routing if UCM, including > call routing if CME), checking on the CUE as I go and finishing CUE steps > whenever it's ready. Once C is all done, I configure the Site B router > (except call routing) in order. Then the Site A router and switch (except > call routing) in order. Once that's all done, I start on UCM and do a bunch > of "standard" stuff that I do every time – check replication, check services, > set service parameters, add gateways, device pools, timezones, etc. Once > I've done all of my UCM basics, I start working through the UCM questions in > order (some are already done by default by my "basic" config). I do all of my > UCM-based call routing at one time (UCM RPs as well as dial-peers and > gatekeeper). Then I do Voicemail configs, UCCX configs, Presence configs, > and anything I skipped. One of the last things I do is test any SRST, if > required by the practice lab. > [Q] Did you have XXXXXX on your exam? [A] I work for Cisco. There's no way > I'll ever answer that question and break the NDA. > [Q] Can you send me .pdf files of your study materials? [A] Of course not. I > won't help anyone steal from Wayne, Vik, and the rest of the good folks at > IPExpert. If you want it, contact a Sales Rep at IPExpert. They're very > happy to sell you IPExpert's products. > I think that covers the majority of the questions I've received from the > list. Thanks again for your help and support, and I hope this helps some of > you to earn your CCIE. > > DQ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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