Detailed Course Outline
- Reviewing Unified Communication Virtualization
- Three pilars of UC on UCS solution
- Virtualization solution
- NetApp and FlexPod solution
- Tested Reference Configuration
- Describe TRC and understand its benefits
- Describe supported Cisco UCS options
- Explain unsupported UCS solution
- Using Specification Based HW Support
- Describe Specification Based guidelines for ESXi and Virtual Machines
- Describe Specification Based guidelines for vCenter
- Review best practices related to Spec-Based deployments
- Prerequisites
- Installation specifics related to NTP server
- Unattended installation and Answer File Generator
- Upgrading VMware Tools in UC applications
- Installing Cisco Unified Communications Applications
- vCPU and vRAM requirements
- Cisco Unified Communications Sizing Tool
- Installing Cisco Unity Connection, Unified Presence Server, and Contact Center Express
- Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco Unified Communications Apps
- Reviewing hardware monitoring applications
- Monitoring hypervisor layer
- Measuring storage performance
- Upgrading and Migrating Cisco Unified Communications Applications
- Understanding W1 upgrade process (Windows to appliance model)
- Explaining L2 upgrade process (appliance to appliance model)
- Reviewing migration strategies
- Upgrading VMware Tools
COURSE LABS
- Access the Lab Equipment
- Tested Reference Configuration
- Examining ISO Images
- Planning Deployment
- CUCM Installation
- UCxn Installation
- Installing and integrating a CUP server
- UCCX installation