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Today, Cisco announced the new voice lab blueprint and hardware list - Vik and Mark are now off to the races working on the updates as we speak!  Please see below for the new topics and hardware - and stay tuned for more technical details.

CCIE Voice Lab Exam v3.0 Blueprint
The blueprint is a detailed outline of the topics likely to appear on the lab exam. This blueprint introduces pre-configurations of basic tasks (such as phone registration, basic application integration, basic dial plan, etc.), in order to devote additional focus on expert level skills (advanced configuration and troubleshooting) assessments. As usual, knowledge of troubleshooting is an important skill and candidates are expected to diagnose and solve issues as part of the CCIE lab exam. The topics listed are guidelines and other relevant or related topics may also appear.

1.00     Implement and Troubleshoot Campus Infrastructure and Services
1.01     VLAN
1.02     DHCP
1.03     TFTP
1.04     NTP

2.00     Implement and Troubleshoot CUCM Endpoints
2.01     CUCM SCCP Endpoints
2.02     CUCM SIP Endpoints

3.00     Implement and Troubleshoot CUCME Endpoints
3.01     CUCME SCCP Endpoints
3.02     CUCME SIP Endpoints

4.00     Implement and Troubleshoot Voice Gateways
4.01     T1/E1 PRI
4.02     T1/E1 CAS
4.03     H.323
4.04     MGCP
4.05     SIP
4.06     H.323 RAS
4.07     IP-IP Gateway/CUBE

5.00     Implement and Troubleshoot Call Routing Policies
5.01     Route Patterns and Dial-peers
5.02     Digit Manipulations and Translations
5.03     Class of Services
5.04     Route Selection Preference and Redundancy
5.05     Mobility and Single Number Reach

6.00     Implement and Troubleshoot High Availability Features
6.01     SRST
6.02     AAR

7.00     Implement and Troubleshoot Media Resources
7.01     CODEC Selection and Flexibility
7.02     Conference Bridges
7.03     Transcoder
7.04     Music-on-hold
7.05     Media Resources Preference and Redundancy
7.06     Other CUCM Media Resources

8.00     Implement and Troubleshoot Supplementary Services
8.01     Call Park
8.02     Call Pickup
8.03     Barge
8.04     Callback
8.05     Other Supplementary Services

9.00     Implement and Troubleshoot Other CUCM Voice Applications
9.01     Extension Mobility
9.02     IPMA
9.03     Other CUCM Voice Applications

10.00     Implement and Troubleshoot QoS and CAC
10.01     L2/L3 Traffic Classifications and Policing
10.02     L2/L3 Queuing Mechanisms
10.03     L2 LFI
10.04     RSVP
10.05     Call Admission Control

11.00     Implement and Troubleshoot Messaging
11.01     Cisco Unity Connection
11.02     Cisco Unity Express
11.03     Call Handling and Routing

12.00     Implement and Troubleshoot Cisco Unified Contact Center Express
12.01     Advanced Configuration
12.02     Script Customization
12.03     Redundancy

13.00     Implement and Troubleshoot Cisco Unified Presence
13.01     CUCM Presence
13.02     Cisco Unified Presence Server Integration

CCIE Voice Lab 3.0 Equipment and Software Versions
Passing the CCIE Voice Lab Exam requires a depth of understanding difficult to obtain without hands-on experience. Early in your preparation, you should arrange access to the equipment listed below:

Lab Equipment:
* Cisco MCS-7845 Media Convergence Servers
* Cisco 3825 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR)
* Cisco 2821 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR)
* ISR Modules and Interface Cards
+ VWIC2-1MFT-T1/E1
+ PVDM2
+ HWIC-4ESW-POE
+ NME-CUE
* Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series Switches
* IP Phones and Soft Clients

Software Versions
Any major software release which has been generally available for six months is eligible for testing in the CCIE Voice Lab Exam.

* Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7.0
* Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express 7.0
* Cisco Unified Contact Center Express 7.0
* Cisco Unified Presence 7.0
* Cisco Unity Connection 7.0
* All routers use IOS version 12.4T Train.
* Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series Switches uses 12.2 Main Train

Network Interfaces
* Fast Ethernet
* Frame Relay

Telephony Interfaces
* T1
* E1