Iwan Hoogendoorn

Hi,

Based on the Cisco CCIE Worldwide Statistics website and the website of  Antonio Soares’ stats page I created some cool charts.

Here you go and have fun!

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Hi,

There are 2 new blogs available on how I am getting allong with the CCIE Voice study.

    Iwan’s Voice Quest: Part 2 & Iwan’s Voice Quest: Part 3

Have fun reading this … I am writing a new article today on my adventure with upgrading an Cisco 7960 with pre-historic SIP software on it.

Bye for now!

Iwan Hoogendoorn

Hi blog readers,

In my last post I told you about the CCIE Voice 3.0 lab that I am building.

Well as I will keep refering to this diagram–>   ccie-voice-vmware-gns3-diagram-1.0 just make a print of this and keep this as a hardcopy.

Today I will be showing you my configuration for all of the sites that are in the diagram. Because my sources (Blindhog & jayanm) did not posted full configuration examples for this lab and their setup is kind of outdated (as from the day I am writing this) I will post some full configuration with some explanation added to it, so it will be easier for you to set this up more easaly without loosing time.

HQ – hq-3725

host hq-3725
!this router is configured as a gateway on the callmanager itself
voice service voip
allow-connections h323 to h323
!
interface Loopback0
ip address 10.11.1.254 255.255.255.255
h323-gateway voip interface
h323-gateway voip bind srcaddr 10.11.1.254
!
interface FastEthernet0/0
ip address 10.11.11.135 255.255.255.0
speed 100
full-duplex
!
interface FastEthernet0/1
ip address 10.255.255.135 255.255.255.0
speed 100
full-duplex
!
interface Serial0/0
 no ip address
 encapsulation frame-relay
 clock rate 2000000
!
interface Serial0/0.1 point-to-point
 ip address 10.254.254.1 255.255.255.252
 snmp trap link-status
 frame-relay interface-dlci 101
!
interface Serial0/0.2 point-to-point
 ip address 10.254.254.5 255.255.255.252
 snmp trap link-status
 frame-relay interface-dlci 102
!
router ospf 1
!Frame relay links are advertised in OSPF
network 10.200.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
network 10.200.2.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
!also specify the LAN network in OSPF
network 10.11.11.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
!
!all numbers that not known from the headquarter are routed to the PSTN router
!because this site is comfigured as a peer within the callmanager all known numbers will router automatically to the callmanager
dial-peer voice 1 voip
destination-pattern .T
session target ipv4:10.255.255.254
incoming called-number .
dtmf-relay h245-alphanumeric
codec g711ulaw
no vad
!
!if you call 1011111... this number will be directed to the callmanager
dial-peer voice 2010 voip
destination-pattern 1011111...
!this is callmanagers IP address
session target ipv4:10.11.11.137
dtmf-relay h245-alphanumeric
codec g711ulaw
no vad
!
gateway

RS1 – rs1-3725

host rs1-3725
!this router is configured as a gateway on the callmanager itself
voice service voip
allow-connections h323 to h323
!
interface Loopback0
ip address 10.12.1.254 255.255.255.255
h323-gateway voip interface
h323-gateway voip bind srcaddr 10.12.1.254
!
interface FastEthernet0/0
ip address 10.11.12.254 255.255.255.0
speed 100
full-duplex
!
interface Serial0/0
 no ip address
 encapsulation frame-relay
 clock rate 2000000
!
interface Serial0/0.1 point-to-point
 ip address 10.254.254.2 255.255.255.252
 snmp trap link-status
 frame-relay interface-dlci 202
!
router ospf 1
!Frame relay link are advertised in OSPF
network 10.200.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
!
!also specify the LAN network in OSPF
network 10.11.12.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
!
!all numbers that not known from the headquarter are routed to the PSTN router
!because this site is configured as a peer within the callmanager all known numbers will router automatically to the callmanager
dial-peer voice 1 voip
destination-pattern .T
session target ipv4:10.255.255.254
incoming called-number .
dtmf-relay h245-alphanumeric
codec g711ulaw
no vad

RS2 - rs2-3725 

host rs2-3725
!this router is configured as a gateway on the callmanager itself
voice service voip
allow-connections h323 to h323
!
interface Loopback0
ip address 10.13.1.254 255.255.255.255
h323-gateway voip interface
h323-gateway voip bind srcaddr 10.13.1.254
!
interface FastEthernet0/0
ip address 10.11.13.254 255.255.255.0
speed 100
full-duplex
!
interface Serial0/0
 no ip address
 encapsulation frame-relay
 clock rate 2000000
!
interface Serial0/0.1 point-to-point
 ip address 10.254.254.6 255.255.255.252
 snmp trap link-status
 frame-relay interface-dlci 203
!
router ospf 1
!Frame relay link are advertised in OSPF
network 10.200.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
!also specify the LAN network in OSPF
network 10.13.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
!
!all numbers that not known from the headquarter are routed to the PSTN router
!because this site is configured as a peer within the callmanager all known numbers will router automatically to the callmanager
dial-peer voice 1 voip
destination-pattern .T
!this is the PSTNSIM IP address
session target ipv4:10.255.255.254
incoming called-number .
dtmf-relay h245-alphanumeric
codec g711ulaw
no vad

PSTN - pstn-3725 

host pstn-3725
!make sure all the sites are in the same VLANS for PSTN communication
interface FastEthernet0/0
 switchport
 switchport mode access
 switchport access vlan 20
 no shut
!
!make sure all the sites are in the same VLANS for PSTN communication
interface FastEthernet0/1
 switchport
 switchport mode access
 switchport access vlan 20
 no shut
!
!make sure all the sites are in the same VLANS for PSTN communication
interface FastEthernet0/2
 switchport
 switchport mode access
 switchport access vlan 20
 no shut
!
interface vlan 20
 ip address 10.255.255.254 255.255.255.0
 h323-gateway voip interface
 h323-gateway voip bind srcaddr 10.255.255.254
 no shut
!
tftp-server flash:P00307020200.bin
tftp-server flash:P00307020200.loads
tftp-server flash:P00307020200.sb2
tftp-server flash:P00307020200.sbn
!
ip route 10.11.11.0 255.255.255.0 10.255.255.135
ip route 10.11.12.0 255.255.255.0 10.255.255.11
ip route 10.11.13.0 255.255.255.0 10.255.255.12
!
!
!When someone calls from the PSTN phone to 1011111...the call is directed to the HQ and the HQ will send it to the Callmanager
dial-peer voice 1000 voip
destination-pattern 1011111...
session target ipv4:10.11.1.254
dtmf-relay h245-alphanumeric
codec g711ulaw
no vad
!
!When someone calls from the PSTN phone to 2022222...the call is directed to the RS1 and a phone will be configured on this site to handle
calls
dial-peer voice 2000 voip
destination-pattern 2022222...
session target ipv4:10.12.1.254
dtmf-relay h245-alphanumeric
codec g711ulaw
no vad
!
!When someone calls from the PSTN phone to 3033333... the call is directed to the RS2 and a phone will be configured on this site to handle calls
dial-peer voice 3000 voip
destination-pattern 3033333...
session target ipv4:10.13.1.254
dtmf-relay h245-alphanumeric
codec g711ulaw
no vad
!
!This is where you say this is a IP network (for PSTN it would be POTS)
dial-peer voice 1 voip
!this is that all incomming numbers will be forwarded to the pstn phone
incoming called-number .
dtmf-relay h245-alphanumeric
codec g711ulaw
no vad
!
telephony-service
load 7960-7940 P00307020200
max-ephones 1
max-dn 5
ip source-address 10.255.255.254 port 2000
!
!these are the 5 numbers that are going to be terminated at the PSTN PHONE
ephone-dn 1 dual-line
number 911
!
ephone-dn 2 dual-line
number 1015551111
!
ephone-dn 3 dual-line
number 2025552222
!
ephone-dn 4 dual-line
number 3035553333
!
ephone-dn 5 dual-line
number 55987654321
!
!This is the PSTN phone itself
ephone 1
mac-address 0000.0000.0000
type 7960
button 1:1 2:2 3:3 4:4 5:5
!
gateway

Next time I will show you a video with a demonstration of how everything is set up and how it´s working together.

This means that we are actually going to make some real calls accross with the softphones and the dynamips routers in combination with the Callmanager that is running on VMware.

Have fun with the configuration and if you have questions or remarks please contact me… I would be more than happy to help you!

Hi Guys,

After not studing for almost a year now I feel that there is someting missing and I feel that I need to do someting again. After planning and thinking about it I am finally going for it. I am going to study for the CCIE Voice exam.

Yesterday I allready made a planning and ordered some books, I am also busy getting the servers installed on VMware that I will be needing for my CCIE Voice exam.

Today I am going to book my CCIE Voice Exam for the 1st of October … and study towards this date … and I am going to start to build the following servers in VMWARE for the LAB exam!

• Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7.0
• Cisco Unified Contact Center Express 7.0
• Cisco Unified Presence 7.0
• Cisco Unity Connection 7.0

I also found some very usefull links that I can use and this is one of them –> http://ccie.gresz.ca/

Well Guys WISH ME LUCK because: I WILL BE A QUAD CCIE!!!

In the past when I had no CCIE at all –> I WILL BE A CCIE!!! so I am saying this with a smile on my face now

Hi followers,

As some of you may know and some of you don’t is that I recently started working for the bigest CCIE training facility worldwide IPExpert.
IPexpert announced me on their blog site on Thursday, August 20, 2009 14:34

IPexpert Welcomes Iwan Hoogendoorn, Triple CCIE, to the Team!

One of my tasks will be to write technical blogs so I will link the blog articles I have written in service of IPExpert from my page to the http://blog.ipexpert.com page.

Bye for now!!!

Iwan Hoogendoorn

I just received word about a new Cisco Certification that is comming …

It’s all about the new Cisco Certified Architect certification.

It’s strange but I think my unnatural thirst for knowledge and never ending hornyness of highest level cercification sensors are running on 100%. My brain is heating up right now and my heart is running faster … I am wondering if I should give this a go or not… If I do so it means that I have to forget about the University plans that I had, but eventually I think the Cisco Certified Architect will be more of value to me. Let’s think about this and aquire some more information about this new beast. I already decided to go for my fourth CCIE (Voice) the only thing is that my brain and time does not know yet … so will I continue to follow the Cisco path in a much higher level and forget about the University and the VMware ESX certs and Juniper Certs, of will I continue as planned …

I believe things are going to change   … God it’s already starting to run trough my toughts … CCIE Voice (my fourth one) CCDE (which is the prerequisites for the Cisco Certified Architect certificate) and 10 years of working expierience ow oops I forgot I also have to apply for this as I apply for a new job and they (the Cisco masters board) will decide if you can actually can start or if I have to come back another time…

The following piece of text is taken from the Cisco website itself:

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 29, 2009 – Responding to strong customer and market demand to recognize the architectural expertise of network designers, Cisco today introduced the Cisco Certified Architect, the highest level of accreditation achievable within Cisco® Career Certifications.

Key Facts/Highlights:

• Advanced technologies such as Cisco Unified Communications, Cisco TelePresence^TM and mobility are converging and increasing the opportunities for innovation and collaboration while adding to the complexity of enterprise networks.
• According to IDC, “With many existing certifications focused on point technologies, architect-level certifications bring together project management, business needs analysis, and IT elements into a true solutions framework and validate a candidate’s ability to address planning, design, interoperability, and connectivity issues.” *
• Gartner reported in its 2008 IT market compensation study (U.S. based), that “IT organizations continue to have difficulty in finding skilled IT professionals, especially enterprise architects, network architects, project managers and Web application programmers.” **

Cisco Certified Architect:

• The Cisco Certified Architect certification recognizes the architectural experience and competency of network designers who can support the increasingly complex networks of global organizations and effectively translate business strategies into evolutionary technical strategies.
• Cisco channel partners play a critical role in enabling customers to deploy advanced new technologies supported by professionals with the skills required to use these innovative solutions.
• The certification stands above the expert-level CCIE® certification in terms of difficulty, with an emphasis on expertise in network infrastructure architecture and a proven ability to work with executive-level customers to ensure that business requirements are incorporated into successful designs.

Certification Process:

• The Cisco Certified Architect certification will be administered as a board exam.
• Candidates will propose and defend an architecture solution to a set of business requirements, and the candidates will be asked to modify their proposals “on the fly,” based on additional requirements presented by the board.
• Prerequisites include a CCDE^TM certification, approximately 10 years of industry experience, and acceptance into the program via an application process.

Supporting Quotes:

• “It’s exciting to see Cisco raising the bar at the high end of its certification program for IT professionals,” said Zeus Kerravala, senior vice president, Yankee Group. “Organizations will be encouraged to view architecture as a defined job role rather than as a component of a job role. For individuals, this new certification provides a level of expertise that will be attractive to CCDE and CCIE holders as a way to advance their careers.”

• “Architecture is not just another name for ‘design’ – it’s a different perspective and set of skills,” said renowned author and networking expert Terry Slattery, CCIE® #1026. “The Cisco Certified Architect demonstrates a breadth and depth of knowledge and perspective, incorporating technology with the trade-offs required by real-world business requirements. It provides individuals with a clear path through their professional development. This new certification recognizes that an architectural view of network design is far more efficient than tackling network problems after implementation.”  
• “We applaud Cisco for taking an architectural approach and mapping it to the organization’s business requirements,” said Robert Stephens, vice president of the Revere Group. “As a partner, we spend a great deal of time looking at the network from a global perspective.  The new Cisco Certified Architect affirms the need to look at business drivers and validates that an individual possesses not only the expert technical acumen but can communicate the strategic business value of new technologies to senior business executives.” 
• “The Cisco Certified Architect designation was developed to meet the demands of global organizations for specialists with the advanced design skills to support increasingly complex networks and effectively translate business strategies into evolutionary architectural implementations,” said Jeanne Beliveau Dunn, general manager, Learning@Cisco. “This prestigious certification represents an exclusive group of architects who possess the hard skills to support complex network design and the soft skills to articulate the value of the technology to their colleagues.”