1. What is the maximum size of an IP packet in bytes? Highlight for answer: 65535 bytes 2. What is the multicast address that an OSPF designated router will used to send…
Month: April 2009
Basic IP Phone Configuration on Cisco Call Manager Express
Before showing you how to configure a basic IP phone on Cisco CallManager Express (CCME), you need first to understand the concepts of ephone and ephone-dn. In CCME, “ephone” (short for Ethernet…
SIP Trunking With Call Manager Express
For many years now, telephony voice services for businesses and enterprises have been provided by using legacy PBX systems connected to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) using TDM connections (T1/E1 ISDN…
Call Manager Express CME Deployment Scenarios
The Cisco Unified CallManager Express (CME) solution not only has the benefit of voice-data integration on a single platform, but offers also flexible deployment options. The Cisco CME on its basic form…
How To Install Cisco Call Manager Express CME Software
The Cisco Call Manager Express (CME) software (its new name is Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express) provides IP Telephony services that run on Cisco Integrated Services routers (such as 1800, 2800, 3800…
Routing Tables
A routing table is a database repository that holds the router’s routing information that represents each possible logical destination network that is known to the router. The entries for major networks are…
How to configure VTP?
Before VLANs can be configured, VTP must be configured. By default, every switch will operate in VTP server mode for the management domain NULL, with no password or secure mode. The following…
VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)
Administration of network environments that consists of many interconnected switches is complicated. Cisco has developed a propriety solution to manage VLANs across such networks using the VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) to exchange…
Virtual LANs(VLAN)
VLAN Membership When a VLAN is provided at an access layer switch, an end user must be able to gain membership to it. Two membership methods exist on Cisco Catalyst switches: static…