CCIE Voice Lab Equipment and IOS Version

Passing the Voice lab exam requires a depth of understanding difficult to obtain without hands-on experience. For your convenience, I have researched the equipment list that Cisco recommend’s for CCIE Voice track. Early in your preparation you should arrange access to the equipment covered on the exam, and listed below.

• MCS 7835 Call Manager/CRS Servers
• MCS 7835 Unity Server
• Catalyst 6503
• 3725 Routers (WAN, Gatekeeper, Gateway, PSTN Emulation)
• Cisco Unity Express
• 2651XM H.323 Gateway
• VG248 Analog Phone Gateway
• ATA186 Analog Telephone Adapters
• Catalyst 3550 with inline power
• IP Phones
• Analog Phones
• FAX

Software Versions

Any major release of Call Manager, Unity or CRS that has been generally available for six months is eligible for testing in the CCIE Voice lab exam. You may see more recent IOS versions installed in the lab, but will not be tested on those features unless indicated below.

• All routers use IOS version 12.4 Main Train
• Catalyst 6503 series switches use Switch OS version 7.6(X)
• Catalyst 3550 series switches use IOS version 12.1EA
• CCM version 4.1(3) with latest SR
• Unity version 4.0(5)
• CRS version 4.0(1)

Network Interfaces

• Fast Ethernet
• Frame Relay

Telephony Interfaces

• FXS
• FXO-M1
• T1
• E1