Cisco Voice over Frame Relay, ATM, and IP (Networking Technology) [Hardcover]

Stephen McQuerry (Author), Kelly McGrew (Author), Stephen Foy (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1578702275 | ISBN-13: 978-1578702275 | Publication Date: April 9, 2001

Authorized self-study guide for voice over data network foundation learning

This book will help you to:

• Configure Voice over Frame Relay, ATM, or IP using Cisco IOS(r) software
• Analyze existing voice hardware/software, and select the Cisco multiservice access devices that best serve your needs
• Analyze existing branch and regional office voice networks and services, and choose the optimum transmission method for voice traffic: Frame Relay, ATM, or IP
• Learn the fundamentals of VoFR, VoATM, and VoIP standards, protocols, and the Cisco hardware that supports these services
• Learn the basics of the Architecture for Voice, Video, and Integrated Data (AVVID) including CallManager, Cisco IP Phones, and related voice gateway equipment
• Design, configure, integrate, and optimize an enterprise network in remote branch and regional offices by using integrated access technology that combines voice and data transmission over Frame Relay, ATM, and IP connections, access devices, and CIPT client hardware
• Learn the fundamentals of PBXs, and apply the principles and concepts to develop a process for integrating Cisco equipment with PBXs and for replacing PBXs

Cisco Voice over Frame Relay, ATM, and IP teaches you the Cisco solutions for voice technology (VoIP, VoFR, VoATM). This complete solutions guide helps you analyze existing voice hardware and software and select the Cisco multiservice access devices that best serve the needs of your network environment. In addition to learning how to design, configure, integrate, and optimize networks in remote branch and regional offices, this book also provides you with a fundamental understanding of PBXs, enabling you to develop a process for integrating Cisco equipment with or replacing PBXs.

Cisco Voice over Frame Relay, ATM, and IP prepares you for voice and data integration by teaching you how to install and configure Cisco voice and data network routers; how to configure Cisco voice-enabled equipment for Voice over Frame Relay, ATM, and IP; how to configure voice ports, dial peers, and special commands to enable voice transmission over a data network; and how to perform voice traffic analysis to determine how to improve the quality of service (QoS) for delay-sensitive voice traffic.

This book features actual router output and configuration examples to aid in the discussion of the configuration of these technologies. At the end of each chapter your comprehension is tested by review questions. Cisco Voice over Frame Relay, ATM, and IP has all of the tools you need to vastly improve your understanding of the Cisco solution to voice networking needs.

Cisco Voice over Frame Relay, ATM, and IP is part of a recommended self-study program from Cisco Systems(r) that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners, and self-study products from Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners, please visit www.cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining.

This volume is in the Certification Self-Study Series offered by Cisco Press(r). Books in this series provide officially developed self-study solutions to help networking professionals understand technology implementations and prepare for the Cisco Career Certifications examinations.

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Authorized self-study guide for voice over data network foundation learning

This book will help you to:

* Configure Voice over Frame Relay, ATM, or IP using Cisco IOS software
* Analyze existing voice hardware/software, and select the Cisco multiservice access devices that best serve your needs
* Analyze existing branch and regional office voice networks and services, and choose the optimum transmission method for voice traffic: Frame Relay, ATM, or IP
* Learn the fundamentals of VoFR, VoATM, and VoIP standards, protocols, and the Cisco hardware that supports these services
* Learn the basics of the Architecture for Voice, Video, and Integrated Data (AVVID) including CallManager, Cisco IP Phones, and related voice gateway equipment
* Design, configure, integrate, and optimize an enterprise network in remote branch and regional offices by using integrated access technology that combines voice and data transmission over Frame Relay, ATM, and IP connections, access devices, and CIPT client hardware
* Learn the fundamentals of PBXs, and apply the principles and concepts to develop a process for integrating Cisco equipment with PBXs and for replacing PBXs

Cisco Voice over Frame Relay, ATM, and IP teaches you the Cisco solutions for voice technology (VoIP, VoFR, VoATM). This complete solutions guide helps you analyze existing voice hardware and software and select the Cisco multiservice access devices that best serve the needs of your network environment. In addition to learning how to design, configure, integrate, and optimize networks in remote branch and regional offices, this book also provides you with a fundamental understanding of PBXs, enabling you to develop a process for integrating Cisco equipment with or replacing PBXs.

Cisco Voice over Frame Relay, ATM, and IP prepares you for voice and data integration by teaching you how to install and configure Cisco voice and data network routers; how to configure Cisco voice-enabled equipment for Voice over Frame Relay, ATM, and IP; how to configure voice ports, dial peers, and special commands to enable voice transmission over a data network; and how to perform voice traffic analysis to determine how to improve the quality of service (QoS) for delay-sensitive voice traffic.

This book features actual router output and configuration examples to aid in the discussion of the configuration of these technologies. At the end of each chapter your comprehension is tested by review questions. Cisco Voice over Frame Relay, ATM, and IP has all of the tools you need to vastly improve your understanding of the Cisco solution to voice networking needs.

Cisco Voice over Frame Relay, ATM, and IP is part of a recommended self-study program from Cisco Systems that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners, and self-study products from Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners, please visit cisco/go/authorizedtraining.

This volume is in the Certification Self-Study Series offered by Cisco Press. Books in this series provide officially developed self-study solutions to help networking professionals understand technology implementations and prepare for the Cisco Career Certifications examinations.

About the Author

Steve McQuerry, CCIE(r) No. 6108, is an instructor and consultant with more than 10 years of networking industry experience. He is a Cisco Systems instructor teaching routing and switching concepts for Global Knowledge.

Kelly McGrew is a Cisco Systems instructor and vice-president of mcgrew.net inc., a network training and course development firm. He holds the Cisco Voice Access Specialist certification and teaches the ICND, BCMSN, DCN, CVoice, CIPT, and EVoDD courses.

Stephen Foy is an internetworking instructor for Global Knowledge with more than 22 years experience in the networking industry. He is a Cisco Systems instructor and holds the Cisco Voice Access Specialization certification.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 552 pages
• Publisher: Cisco Press (April 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578702275
• ISBN-13: 978-1578702275
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,165,584 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Study with this book - Fail the CVoice exam, October 6, 2003

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Jason Wetzel (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cisco Voice over Frame Relay, ATM, and IP (Networking Technology) (Hardcover)

If you are looking for a good preparation for taking the CVoice exam, then keep looking. This book has a lot of good info in general, but as a test prep it misses the mark. Just ask me since I studied the crap out of this text and failed miserably on the exam. I guess I'm used to books that help me prepare to actually *pass* exams! For example, MGCP gets about 1 paragraph in this book.. but the exam requires in-depth knowledge of that protocol ...which I now see was indicated on Cisco's test blueprint all this time. Sigh.
If you need VoWhatever info, just get articles off the Cisco website, and save your money.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Introduction to Cisco VOIP Technologies, June 12, 2004

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Mark G. Reyero "IT Consultant, CCIE 12932, an... (Annapolis, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cisco Voice over Frame Relay, ATM, and IP (Networking Technology) (Hardcover)

I recently picked up a copy of the Cisco Press "Cisco Voice Over Frame Relay, ATM and IP" (ISBN: 1578702275) for review and study for a variety of my Cisco IP Telephony Specialization exams. As some of the previous reviews mentioned, the book does lacks some of the breadth and depth required for some of the newer Cisco IOS features. However, if you are interested in learning the fundamentals of Cisco Voice over Frame Relay, ATM and IP, then this book should serve as a very good starting point. However, any reader should realize that Cisco in constantly adding new feature to IOS as well new hardware platforms. Therefore, if the reader is planning to use this book for exam prep, he/she should visit CCO to complement the information in this book.

The first section of the book discusses the historical and theoretical components of both analog telephony and digital telephony. The book provides excellent coverage of analog technologies for those of us from the data/digital world. The early chapters discuss the various signaling concepts, sampling, and voice digitization.

The second section of the book covers off on the Cisco-specific hardware platforms that support Voice over Frame Relay, ATM and IP. This is where the book is probably the weakest, mostly due to the fact that much of the router platforms discussed are now End-of-Sale for Cisco. Again, I would recommend that the reader visit Cisco.com after reading this section for the latest on Cisco-specific hardware platforms that support Voice over Frame Relay, ATM and IP.

The third section provides the reader with nuts-and-bolts of configuring Cisco Voice over Frame Relay, ATM and IP. Here is where the reader can improve his/her engineering skills by looking at the tons of sample configurations to support VoFR, VoIP, VoATM, QoS, Toll-bypass, and legacy-PBX integration.

The final section of the book covers off on both the legacy "old-world" enterprise PBX technologies and the emerging IP Telephony technologies. This section would probably have been better served by moving it to the beginning of the book during the discussion of Analog Telephony and Digital Telephony.

All in all, I would recommend the book to any reader who is interested in learning the fundamental basics of Cisco Voice over Frame Relay, ATM and IP, with the one caveat that the reader will need to augment the materials with the latest information from Cisco's website.

Mark G. Reyero
CCIE #12932

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Atrocious, September 16, 2003

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Zakhary Alper (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cisco Voice over Frame Relay, ATM, and IP (Networking Technology) (Hardcover)

I am almost done reading this book. The first 2 or 3 chapters are reasonably good, but then book becomes incomprehensible. There are three problems with this book. Firstly, it does not appear to have a coherent structure. Secondly, explanations are atrocious - the authors just did the assigned task of writing without any sincere intent to enlighten the reader. And thirdly, there are errors. If you can, steer away from this book. You can pick up the same information from "Integrating Voice and Data Networks" by Scott Keagy. That book is immeasurably better, that author really tries to drive the content home to the reader.