Cisco Collaboration Core: Provisioning Endpoints and Implementing the Dial Plan from Pluralsight

Today’s complex collaboration deployments require efficiency and predictability. You are going to see how to configure policy via device pools, simplify endpoint deployment, build MGCP gateways, and implement path selection via call routing.

Building a predictable collaboration solution makes it easier to manage and troubleshoot complex deployments. In this course, Cisco Collaboration Core: Provisioning Endpoints and Implementing the Dial Plan, you are going to see how to configure policy, simplify endpoint deployment, and how to create a dial plan that implements redundancy and efficiency.

First, you will learn how to configure predictability and policy using device pools. Next, you will explore how to deploy large numbers of endpoints using a variety of methods including bulk, auto-registration, and self-provisioning.

You will also see how to customize directory number parameters such as line appearance and avoid potential problems that can arise when assigning partitions, how to simplify calling numbers by configuring URI alias addresses to users and their extensions, and how to deploy alternate numbers to create a more efficient dial plan.

Finally, you will discover how to configure an MGCP gateway for PSTN connectivity as well as how to troubleshoot using debug and show commands, how to simplify call routing, perform digit manipulation, and examine call traces using RTMT.

When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge needed to efficiently deploy endpoints, provision an efficient and predictable dial plan, and be well on your way to passing the Cisco Collaboration Core exam.

What's inside

Syllabus

Course Overview

Implementing Policy Using Device Pools

Deploying IP Phones: Auto, Self-provisioning, and Bulk

Examining Endpoint Addressing

Deploying MGCP Gateways

Configuring Cisco Unified Communications Manager Call Routing

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Develops the skills necessary for configuring policy, deploying endpoints, and implementing a dial plan, which are core skills for network engineers and administrators responsible for deploying and managing Cisco Collaboration solutions

Taught by Sean Douglas, who are recognized for their work in the topic that the course teaches

Examines the configuration of MGCP gateways for PSTN connectivity, which is highly relevant to network administrators and engineers responsible for deploying and managing Cisco Collaboration solutions

Covers advanced topics such as call routing, digit manipulation, and call traces using RTMT, which is useful for network engineers and administrators responsible for troubleshooting and optimizing Cisco Collaboration solutions

Provides hands-on labs and interactives materials, which can help learners apply the concepts and skills they learn

Covers a range of topics related to deploying and managing Cisco Collaboration solutions, which is useful for network engineers and administrators responsible for these tasks

Career center

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Unified Communications Engineer

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