From: ccie2be (ccie2be@nyc.rr.com)
Date: Wed Jun 23 2004 - 18:58:41 GMT-3
Hey Joe,
FYI:
I think what you're saying is no longer true. Cisco now has a version of
Call Manager that's included with IOS. I believes it's referred to as Call
Manager Express.
If I remember correctly, there was a article about this in a recent issue of
Packet Magazine.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Freeman" <joe.freeman@CenturyTel.com>
To: <ccie2002@bellsouth.net>; <Ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 5:46 PM
Subject: RE: Cisco Call Mgr in Lab environment Help
> Cisco Call Manager comes in one of two ways-
>
> Either as part of a hardware/software bundle, or as software only. The
> software only kit will only install on certain platforms - HP
> DL320/DL380, or a couple of IBM x86 servers. The install will read the
> bios and determine which hardware you have. If you don't have approved
> hardware, it simply will not install. Keep in mind that not all variants
> of the platforms I mentioned are approved, either.
>
> I would first talk to my Cisco Account Manager or my reseller, if I
> didn't have a CAM, and ask them about any promotions I might be able to
> use. If you work for a reseller, check into the NFR promo's especially.
>
> Before I forget, when you install CCM, you don't install the OS, then an
> application. The CCM install expects you to start with bare metal, and
> installs its own version of W2K. All patches to the OS on the CCM need
> to come from Cisco, or you run a major chance of cratering your CCM.
>
> Drop me a line direct, and I discuss it more with you.
>
> Joe Freeman, CCNP/CCDP
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> ccie2002@bellsouth.net
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 4:35 PM
> To: Ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Cisco Call Mgr in Lab environment Help
>
> All:
>
> I need some help/wisdom. My company has given me a task to
> build/design a lab within our dept to help my fellow employees.
> Now my delimina is that they would like to setup IP PHONES in the lab.
> Upon my research (rookie) I need Cisco Call Manager and Windows 2000
> Server.
> Is there a way to do this in a lab enivironment cheap. Our
> budget for the lab is VERY small. I have read a post
> on VMWARE but I am not sure how to link Windows 2000 server to it.
> Or is there a way to do this without Windows 2000 server. Ideally, I
> would like to turn a PC (windows XP) into a server and have Cisco Call
> mgr on it.
>
>
> I need alot of help/suggestions on this. So far I have come up with
> putting the phones off a Cat 5000 and putting them in separate VLANS.
> Now I need help on running Cisco Call mgr as cheap as possible.
>
> Anyone have any ways to do this.
>
>
> D
>
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