Just as an FYI I received the following in an answer to a question I sent to cisco. It goes a bit off topic from the original question but it didnt really make sense to just paste in the mention of QOS.
===== I will try to explain the rational for C&S IP Telephony and how it relates to CCIE Voice. C&S is a Service Provider oriented exam. The commonality between Service Providers is their IP core and the technologies involved with an IP core such as unicast IP routing (OSPF, ISIS, BGP), QoS, Multicast, MPLS, MPLS VPNs, traffic engineering, Multiprotocol BGP, etc. These are the main elements of the C&S lab exam and we expect a C&S CCIE to be expert in these areas. Service Providers also supply a number of access services such as optical, cable, DSL, wireless, dial, and IP Telephony. When the C&S track was designed we decided that it is not feasible to require a candidate to be expert in all of these service areas but they should be familiar with a least one of these areas. So the structure of the C&S exam evolved into 1 lab that tests the core IP technologies and a series of written exams that cover the core IP technologies and 1 of the service technologies. Therefore a C&S CCIE is considered to be a core IP expert but is also literate in at least one service area. CCIE Voice will test competencies regarding a total voice solution, but not the inherent infrastructure over which a VoIP solution is implemented. That is why the CCIE Voice written exam is %100 percent voice. Therefore a CCIE in Voice will be considered a VoIP expert while a C&S CCIE who passed the IP telephony exam is considered a core IP expert with a high level of VoIP literacy. I agree that there is a %50 overlap between the CCIE Voice written exam and the CCIE C&S IP telephony exam, but there is very little overlap between the CCIE Voice lab and the CCIE C&S lab. The one topic that is common is QoS. =================================== --On 06 March 2003 18:19 +0000 The Long and Winding Road wrote: > ""Skarphedinsson Arni V."" wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> I would say it sound very intresting, sepcialy for those that have call >> manager / voice experince. >> I wonder how much routing it has, for example, I doubt you have to > configure >> BGP on this one, or what do you think ? > > OTOH, bet you'd have QoS up the wazoo!!!!! > Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=64650&t=64620 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
