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Cisco Voice Gateways and Gatekeeper v2.0

This set of remote lab exercises (lab bundle) provides students with neccessary skills to install, configure, monitor and troubleshoot Cisco voice gateways and gatekeepers, especially in enterprise installations and thus prepares them for deployment of Cisco voice solutions. Additionally, the lab exercises allow students to gain the respective knowledge as required in the Implementing Cisco Voice Gateways and Gatekeepers (GWGK) exam within the CCVP certification track.

This remote lab bundle guides students through all major topics, covered in the associated GWGK course. The learners examine the functions of H.323, MGCP, SIP gateways, and H.323 gatekeepers, learn how to integrate a VoIP network with the PSTN and PBXs, implement a dial plan and advanced gateway features, implement IP-to-IP gateways and deploy H.323 gatekeepers.

Content

This set of lab exercises contains the following exercises:

Objectives

Upon finishing this set of exercises, you will be able to:
Configure a H.323 gateway to integrate with Cisco Unified CallManager

  • Add a H.323 gateway to Cisco Unified CallManager
  • Add an MGCP gateway to Cisco Unified CallManager
  • Configure an MGCP gateway to integrate with Cisco Unified CallManager
  • Configure Cisco Unified CallManager Express with a SIP dial peer which will be used to route calls to another SIP equipment
  • Configure an FXO trunk on an IOS gateway
  • Configure the PRI controllers for correct signaling, framing and timeslot association
  • Configure the correct ISDN switch type and ISDN serial interface settings
  • Configure Cisco IOS router for QSIG PRI connection
  • Configure Cisco Unified CallManager QSIG PRI trunks for interconnection
  • Verify the correct operation
  • Configure dial-peers for in and outbound PSTN routing
  • Configure voice-translation rules and profiles for correct ANI and DNIS digit manipulation
  • Configure WAN with PSTN fallback routing in IP to PSTN and IP to IP scenarios
  • Configure RSVP based CAC on IOS gateways for VoIP calls
  • Configure calling privileges on IOS gateways
  • Configure a SRST reference point in Cisco Unified CallManager and assign it to a device pool
  • Configure CallManager fallback on the IOS gateway to allow IP phones to register
  • Configure MGCP to H.323 fallback to allow PSTN calls during fallback operation
  • Configure transcoding and conferencing functionality on an IOS gateway
  • Add the media resources to Cisco Unified CallManager
  • Configure the sample auto attendant call application to handle inbound PSTN calls
  • Configure an H.323 gatekeeper to support multiple local zones
  • Register Cisco Unified CallManager and gateways at the gatekeeper
  • Test the gatekeeper configuration and the Cisco Unified CallManager and gateway registration
  • Calculate bandwidth requirements for gatekeeper call admission control
  • Configure and test gatekeeper bandwidth configuration
  • Configure remote zones on the gatekeeper
  • Configure remote zone prefixes which are pointing to another gatekeeper in the network
  • Configure a GUP cluster and verify correct operation
  • Configure an IP to IP gateway for protocol interworking and address hiding

Importance

This remote lab bundle is important preparation step for the CCVP Certfication and also for gaining the practical skills to deploy and maintain Cisco voice gateways and H.323 gatekeepers in both enterprise and service provider environment.

Target Audience

This remote lab bundle is targeting engineers focused on packet telephony who are involved in implementation of Cisco voice gateways and H.323 gatekeepers or everybody who prepares for the CCVP certification.

Prerequisite Knowledge

Students should (in addition to GWGK course) attend CVOICE and CIPT1 courses or have equivalent knowledge prior to take this remote lab.