Recently, I  had a request from my friend asking for a help to divert the CME reception calls at 5pm to a pre-defined mobile number and UN-divert the call at 8:30am when the receptionist started working. I was going to post it last month but due to being busy in project work and other commitments I couldn’t possible get even a minute to post this !!

Anyhow, It took me about 30 minutes to think about the best solution and here is what I came up with and it works perfectly.

If you have any better way to achieve this please let me know.

required: CME router version 4 or 7x (didn’t test on older), any model of cisco router.

Here are the steps:

Steps #1
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Copy below call-divert.tcl and call-un-divert.tcl in a notepad and save them as .tcl extension

User Access Verification

Username: push

Password:

HQ-CME>en
HQ-CME#dir *.tcl
Directory of flash:/
94  -rw-         108  Jul 17 2009 14:28:02 +10:00  frog.tcl
95  -rw-         481  Jul 17 2009 14:40:20 +10:00  call-divert.tcl
96  -rw-         484  Jul 17 2009 14:40:30 +10:00  call-un-divert.tcl

512065536 bytes total (443867136 bytes free)

HQ-CME#

——————- call-divert.tcl ——————————

HQ-CME#more flash:call-divert.tcl

#
# Copyright (c) 2009 FROG silly billy

# All rights reserved.
# by:            Push Bhatkoti 28 Mar 2009 / CCIE# voice 21569

# title:          Call divert
# name:       call-divert.tcl

# desc:     This script runs in conjunction with IOS KRON which  diverts CME DID number         #                  office phone to a Mobile phone after 5pm

#

ios_config “ephone-dn 50″ “call-forward all 00412733020″
ios_config “end”
ios_config “do wr mem”

HQ-CME#

——————–call-un-divert.tcl————————–

HQ-CME#more flash:call-un-divert.tcl
#
# Copyright (c) 2009 FROG silly bill
# All rights reserved.#
# by:       Push Bhatkoti 28 Mar 2009/ CCIE Voice#21569
# title:    CME router Call UN-divert at 8:30am
# name:    call-un-divert.tcl
# desc:     This script runs in conjunction with ours IOS KRON, which UN-diverts CME DID
#               so that when receiptionist starts in the morning will be able to attend the calls
#
#           * download the file into flash:call-divert.tcl
#

ios_config “ephone-dn 50″ “no call-forward all  004127492820″
ios_config “end”
ios_config “do wr mem”

HQ-CME#

HQ-CME#

Now you’d be thinking what the hell ephone-dn is doing here.  Actually ephone-dn 50 is a receiption octoline here is the sample config of DN.

ephone-dn  50  octo-line
number 2000 secondary 94232000
pickup-group 88
label Nice-Dolls – 3002
description 02 23233002
name Reception
call-forward busy 4222
call-forward noan 4222 timeout 50
corlist incoming INTL-COR
no huntstop
hold-alert 120 originator
transfer-mode consult

IN above ephone-dn, 94232000 is the main DID number which hits CME router and receptionist picks it up and then transfers to the phones.

Step #2:
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Put the above 2 files in a TFTP server and then copy them into the flash:

HQ-CME#dir *.tcl
Directory of flash:/
95  -rw-         481  Jul 17 2009 14:40:20 +10:00  call-divert.tcl
96  -rw-         484  Jul 17 2009 14:40:30 +10:00  call-un-divert.tcl
512065536 bytes total (443867136 bytes free
HQ-CME#

Step #3:

Final step, Kron about two scripts to run them in a required time. BTW, cron used to be a unix/linux worlds keyword but it seems Cisco has  adapted it by using a fancy word like “Kron” duh!

The original requirement was 5pm calls divert to a mobile phone and 8:30 am call un-divert.

Here is how they should be cron’d:

First two cron policy lists and reference the two .tcl scripts into them:

kron policy-list call-divert
cli tclsh call-divert.tcl  ! for call divert

!
kron policy-list call-un-divert
cli tclsh call-un-divert.tcl ! for call un-divert

Then create 2 kron occurance and put above policy list with required divert / undivert time in them.

kron occurrence call-divert at 14:59 recurring !
policy-list call-divert Divert receiption call at 4:59pm

!
kron occurrence call-un-divert at 8:29 recurring
policy-list call-un-divert ! Undivert receiption call at 8:29AM
!
If anyone has better solution, please feel free to provide your feedback.

-Push Bhatkoti

CCIE voice#21569

We spent a lot of time in debugging and troubleshooting DSP issue. Recently, I used this DSP test (a hidden one yes) command and it gave me immediately result that the DSP on the router has gone alley and as a result the calls from one location to another one were having issue.

This handy tool has been tested on ISR modules.

Router# test voice driver
After typing out above command, you will see below menu driven options:

Enter VPM or HDV or ATM AIM or NM-HD-xx or HDV2 slot number : 1

C2800 Debugging Section;

1 – FPGA Registers Read/Write

2 – 5510 DSP test

3 – DSPRM test

4 – HDLC32 test

5 – Quit
Select option : 2
5510 DSP Testing Section:

1 – Reset ALL DSPs

2 – Reset 1 DSP

3 – Download DSPware

4 – CHPIR Enable/Disable

5 – Display c5510 ring

6 – Show HPI RAM

7 – Show eHPI memory thru Relay command

8 – Show Controller

9 – c5510 Keepalive Enable/Disable

10 – Download bootloader using indirect slave access

11 – Write HPI RAM

13 – DSP application download

14 – faked dsp crash

15 – Wait in Firmware Restart Indication

16 – Display DSP Keepalive Status

17 – QUIT
Select option : 16
DSP Keepalive Status Display:

=============================

DSP 1 is not UP, State: 5, Keepalive Sent: 0, Skip 0

DSP 2 is not UP, State: 5, Keepalive Sent: 0, Skip 0

DSP 3 is not UP, State: 5, Keepalive Sent: 0, Skip 0

DSP 4 is not UP, State: 5, Keepalive Sent: 0, Skip 0

DSP 5 Not Exist

DSP 6 Not Exist

DSP 7 Not Exist

DSP 8 Not Exist

5510 DSP Testing Section:

1 – Reset ALL DSPs

2 – Reset 1 DSP

3 – Download DSPware

4 – CHPIR Enable/Disable

5 – Display c5510 ring

6 – Show HPI RAM

7 – Show eHPI memory thru Relay command

8 – Show Controller

9 – c5510 Keepalive Enable/Disable

10 – Download bootloader using indirect slave access

11 – Write HPI RAM

13 – DSP application download

14 – faked dsp crash

15 – Wait in Firmware Restart Indication

16 – Display DSP Keepalive Status

17 – QUIT

-Push

CCIE Voice#21569

hehe… not in 10 mintues!! it’s in 20 minutes

It has been a long time since my previous posting on this blog. I have been busy doing all sort of bits and pieces!!

It seems that people are finding issues with integrating Cisco Call manager with Cisco Presence server. I have to agree to it because there are very limited documentation available for the public on the net. So I thot to spare some time and post it for the benifit of all.

I’m assuming you have already installed and configured cisco Call manager 7x. Two phones are already registered to it.

Also assuming that you have done basic installation of Cisco presence server. As you know Installing Cisco presence is like installing Yahoo messenger in your windows XP.

The next .. next.. next and finish strategy . It’s just the same as you add Call manager subscriber to a Publisher (in 5/6/7x), same secret, same Pub Ip address will be asked during the installation.

Here are the summary steps of integrating Cisco call manager 7x with Cisco presence 7x.

Step#1: Enable presence globally on Cisco Call manager

By default presence subscription is disable on CCM.

System>Service parameter>Cisco Call Manager>

search for “Inter-presence” key word and set “Allow Subscription”

Step#2: Create SIP trunk Security Profile in CCM

Special setting is required for SIP trunk which runs from CCM to Presence.

Copy “non Secure SIP Trunk Profile” to “Presence non-secure SIP trunk Proifle”

Modify below parameters:

1. Device security mode: Non-Secure

2. Incoming Transport type: TCP+UDP

3. Outgoing Transport Type: TCP

4. Incoming Port 5060 (untick Enable digest authentication)

5. Enable application Level Authentication UNTICK

6. Accept Presence Subscription TICK

7. Accept Out-of-Dialogue REFER TICK

8. Accept Unsoliciliated Notification TICK

9. Accept Replace header TICK

10. Transforms security status UNTICK

Save it

Step#3: Add a SIP trunk now from CCM to Presence

Device>TRUNK>SIP-trunk>

Protocol = SIP

fill below:

1. Device Name : PRESENCE-TRUNK

2. Description : blah blah

3. Device Pool : DP_HQ

4. Common Dev conf : None

5. call classification : On-Net

6. Media resource Grp : MRG_HQ

7. Location : HQ_LOC

8. AAR GROUP : HQ_AARG (if not using AAR leave empty)

9. Packet Capture mode : None

10. Packet Capture duration: 0

11. MTP required : TICK

12. Retry Video call as audio : TICK

13. SIP information – Desitnation Add: 142.2.64.51

DST is a SRV : UNTICK

1. Destination port : 5060

2. SIP PROFILE : Presence non-secure SIP trunk Proifle

Save above.

Step#3: Make your IP Phone presence capable

1. Register a phone 2001 name it HQ-Phone1

2. Create end user “test” and associate HQ-Phone1/2001 with the “test” user

3. Make sure test user is a part of “Standard CCM End User” and “standard CTI enable”

4. Make sure Primary extension “2001” is selected when you create the above “test” user

Step#3: Add an application user for IPPM and MOC CTI ports

This will be used by Presence server to initiate IP Phone services:

A) Go to > User Management>Application User>

1. User ID : IPPM

2. pass : blah

3. Presence Grp : Standard

4. Groups : Standard CCM End User

save it

Repeat above “A” steps for moc_user as well. moc_user will be used by MOC CTI user in Presence. All user who want presence using Microsoft MOC client will be associated to this user.

Make sure all “accept” tick boxes are TICKED on moc_user.

B) Go to > SYSTEM>Application Server> Add NEW

add Presence server IP address here I..e 142.2.64.51

save this as well. Damn too many things to save

Step#4: Create IP Phone service URL

Go to> Device>Device Settings> IP Phone Service

1. Service Name : IP PhoneMSG

2. ASCII Service Name : IP PhoneMSG

3. Service Description : Blah

4. Service URL : http://142.2.64.11:8081/ippm/default?name#Device blah

5. Service Category : XML Service

6. Service Type : Standard IP Phone Service

7. Blank

8. Blank

9. Enable : TICK

It’s standard Phone URL we create and subscribe in CCM. Nothing new!!

Make sure you copy the correct URL from the DOC CD.

Save above as well.

****Then subscribe above service to HQ phone1/2001*****

Step#5: Enable presence Licensing for each user

Go to> System>License>Capability Assignment>

Then Find the end user you want to assign the presence license.

Tick the user and hit <Bulk Assignment>

a new pop up window with pop-up. Tick both check-boxes in that and save.

1. Enable CUP – TICK
2. Enable CUPC - TICK

Step#6: Add CUPC client in CCM for HQ 2001 phone

The trick here is, this is a dummy phone which will control provide HQ Phone1/2001’s presence information to Presence server. Add this dummy presence client and add a HQ2001 DN to it.

Go to> Device>Phone> add NEW

Phone Type : Unified Personal Communicator then hit <NEXT>

1. Device Name : XXXCISCO

2. Device Pool : DP_HQ

3. Phone Button Templ : Personal Communicator SIP blah

4. CSS : Blah select all common things

5. Owner user ID : test ← a must

6. leave everything else default

7. Device security profile : Unified Personal Communicator Standard

8. SIP profile : Standard SIP profile

9. Digest User : test ← a must ** read more about this

   Save everything above so far so good , well done

   Now add a DN to this above device: (same as HQ phone1 shared one)

10. Directory Number : 2001

11. everything else … default or your customizeble >> Save above

Once above dummy device is added, associate this device with “test” user we created previously. Now you remember we have 2 device associated with this user: A) 2001 phone and B) XXXCISCO

Also Make Physical phone DN2001 has “test” user associated with it. This is the last option in line 2001’s setting before “save” button. If this has not been done and you run presence diagnostic it will keep telling you that “No line appreance existed in CCM blah blah”

That s all we needed to do on Call Manager. Now Jump on the Presence BOX.

Step#7: Presence box general configuration:

After installing basic presence, you’ll see presence post install setup screen on your web browser by typing presence Server IP address on your browser and supplying credentials to the login screen.

(hehe, I call it doggie screen, sitting like a dog waiting for your fingers to feed it like dog wait for food )

So you’ll see “Post Install Setup” screen with below options:

1. CUCM Publisher IP address : 142.2.64.11 (default, not changeble)

2. AXL User : Administrator

   1. 1. 1. 1. 1. (I’m too lazy to create a new one, for production server you must create a new AXL user for security reason.)

3. Axl password : blah blah..

4. Confirm password : blah blah <then hit the “NEXT”>

5. Security password : blah blah (whatever you supplied during installation)

6. Then hit the “CONFIRM” (Ignore the warning)

   Finally you will get 3 options:

   A) Home B) Status C) TOPOLOGY

7. Click on “HOME” you’ll see you are in a new home i.e. preseence main admin page.

Step#8: Upload License and Activate presence Services

1. first upload the license if you haven’t done that so far.

2. GO to > Cisco Unified Servicebility>>Tools>Activate services
   Activate all services, it will take 2-3 minutes.

Step#9: Configure Presence

Jump straight on Presence Admin page>>Diagnostic>System Troubleshootor

Pay attention to RED crossed balls and yellow exclamation ! Signs and fix them one by one.

1. Under Presence Engine: Click on FIX under “no commnication presence” this will take you to add presence gateway:

   Add NEW>

   Presence Gateway type : CUCM
   description : blah

   Presence Gateway : 142.2.64.11 ← CCM IP

   Double check the settings under below menus:

2. SYSTEM> CCM Publisher : Check all parameter under this

3. SYSTEM> Application Listioner>Default class SIP TCP Listioner (make sure its what you have defined in the SIP trunk on CCM – transport method TCP or UDP, both should have the same protocol/port) we are using:
   Protocol = TCP
   PORT = 5060

4. SYSTEM> Security>INCOMING ACL
   Add NEW> description=blah/all address pattern=all

Step#10: Tune the Presence Engine’s Service parameter (same as we do with CCM)

SYSTEM>> Service Parameter>Select active CUPS Server> Select Presence Engine

1. Search “Proxy Domain” and set it to : 142.2.64.51 (or domain name)

2. Search “Transport Preferred Order” and set it to : TCP/UDP/TLS

Step#10: Iconfigure P Phone Messenger on Presence server

Application>IP Phone> Setting

1. IPPM Application Status : ON

2. Application user Name : IPPMSG (created in step 3A)

3. Application Password : blah…

4. confirm password : Blah

5. Max Instant message : 25 default

6. Subscription timeout : 3400 default

7. Publish timeout : 3600 default

   Hit “SAVE”

Step#11: Select a SIP trunk between Presence to CCM

Tell presence which SIP trunk should be used for pumping calls to CCM.

Presence>>Setting>

1. CUP CVP Support : UNTICK

2. MAX Contact List Size : 200

3. Enable Instalt messeging : TICK

4. Enable SIP Publish on CUCM TICK

5. CUCM SIP Publish Trunk : <Select_Your_Trunk><– A MUST

Don’t forget to save after above. Above SIP trunk will be automatically listed in above “5”. This we is the one we created on CCM.

Step#12: Set TFTP address for IP COMMUNICATOR Clients

Application>Unified IP Personal Communicator>Settings

1. Proxy Listenor : Default Cisco SIP proxy TCP Listenor

2. Primary TFTP : 142.2.64.11 (CCM pub tftp)

3. Backup TFTP : 142.2.64.12 (sub tftp) or whatever

LDAP – if you are using LDAP put LDAP parameters there. Else disable it.

Step#13: For MOC client define CTI Gateway

Application>>CUCM CTI Gateway>Settings

1. Application Status : ON

2. Application Username : moc_user (make sure its created on CCM as app usr)

3. Application Password : blah

4. Confirmed Password : blah

5. CUCM Address : 142.2.64.11 (CCM address)

Now time to run the Presence troubleshooter again. This will tell you whats remaining and how to fix it. Once those are done, activate the presence and other services and bingo.. you are ready to rocck!! on hang on, oh no!! Still remaining:

1. MOC integration

2. Creating users and testing presence

3. Voicemail integration with Presence

I’m sleepy now, will continue remaining part next day!!

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How to integrate Cisco Presence with Call manager

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Push Bhatkoti (CCIE voice#21569)

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Cisco recommends purging CCM 4x CDR database before running DMA tool to migrate CCM 4x to 5x/6x.

You may use either method shown below to reduce the CCM 4 CDR database.

Method#1 (My favourite)

Shrink the database via the SQL Enterprise Manager.

Note: This is done on the Publisher.

1. Select Start > Programs > MS SQL Server > Enterprise manager.
2. Choose the Publisher server.
3. You can either go to the ART database or CDR database, based on which file is large.
4. Right-click the database.
5. Select All Tasks > Shrink database and click Files.
6. Select the database file CDR and CDR_log on the new window.
7. Shrink each of them.This process takes some time.If the file is still large or SQL is not able to shrink the transactional file, use Solution 3.

Method#2:

For SQL 2000 (Cisco CallManager 3.3 and 4.0), complete these steps to reduce the size of the CDR_log.LDF. This is located at C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Data.

Use these commands at the command prompt:

ART
C:\>osql -E
1>use art
2>go

1>backup log art with no_log
2>go

1>dbcc shrinkdatabase (art)
2>go

CDR
C:\>osql -E
1>use cdr
2>go

1>backup log cdr with no_log
2>go

1>dbcc shrinkdatabase (cdr)
2>go

Cheers
-Push CCIE#21569

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Want to escape the economic gloom? the (sydney) magazine comes up with 100 things to do that won’t cost a fortune -but will make you feel like a billionaire.

Welcome to Sydney in 2009. Wall Street’s in tatters, motorists are on bowser watch, a litre of milk costs $2.30 and interest rates are a constant concern.

What to do? Find a way to enjoy yourself. In Sydney, when the going gets tough, the tough get going – to restaurants, bars, beaches and cinemas. And, while the city might be home to Astral restaurant’s $1000 degustation menu and enough priced-up wagyu steaks to feed the Japan Sumo Association, it’s also a city that rewards the thrifty. Cheap thrills abound for those looking for distraction and to help you through these penny-pinching times, the(sydney)magazine has raided the petty cash drawer and found 100 fun things to do on the cheap.

You’ll find cheap eats, great walks, brilliant $2 stores, surprising happy hours (free drinks at est. anyone?), as well as designer factory outlets, guided tours galore and fiery political talks – with beer, of course. There are also a few surprises, such as ringing a bell at St Mary’s Cathedral or watching a hermit crab race in a Newtown pub. It may be that 1929 redux is just around the corner, but when you can breaststroke across Bondi Icebergs pool for less than a fiver, la dolce vita looks like nothing could sour it.

1. Taste the future

The students at the William Blue School of Hospitality in North Sydney run a Mod-Oz brasserie for lunch weekdays and dinner weeknights (except Tuesday). Look for $15 main courses and eager-to-please waiters. http://www.thinkeducationgroup.com.au.

2. Polish your ball skills

Brush up your bocce at the Gazebo Wine Garden in Elizabeth Bay. Every Sunday from 4pm there’s a free bocce competition and $15 jugs of sangria. 2 Elizabeth Bay Road, Elizabeth Bay. Phone: 9357 5333.

3. Dust off your bodyboard

Hose down your old bodyboard, brush up on the lingo (drop-knee isn’t an injury) and make tracks to your nearest surf beach.

4. Stay at a university

Stay close to the city – on campus at the University of Sydney. Wesley College (phone: 9565 3377) offers bed and breakfast for $65 a night per person over the summer, while single rooms at St John’s College (phone: 9394 5200) start at $65 a night. Check out the insect specimens at the university’s Macleay Museum while you’re in residence.

5. Chill out

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6. Head south

Surfers love the Royal National Park’s Garie Beach for its isolation and swells, while the views and high cliffs draw picnickers. Vehicle entry to the park is $11.

7. Laps with a view

More than 80 years ago, Andrew “Boy” Charlton won the 1500 metres at the Paris Olympics in world record time. See how you measure up with a multi-entry pass to the Domain pool named after him. Passes start at $51 (adult) for 10 visits. Phone: 9358 6686. Want a beach view? $4.50 lets you stretch out in the pool at Bondi Icebergs. http://www.icebergs.com.au.

8. Take an iTour

The gen-Y tour guide is small, digital, usually white, and lets you go at your own pace. Tour Sydney with your iPod by downloading a podcast for $9.95 from http://www.walkingtours.com.au.

9. Fire up a barbecue

Reassure yourself that the city, or at least the Shire, isn’t going to run out of water just yet with a picnic at Woronora Dam off the Princes Highway. The dam is open on weekends and has electric barbecues, playgrounds, shelters, toilets and drinking water. http://www.sca.nsw.gov.au.

10. Go bowling in bare feet

Kick off your shoes for barefoot bowls, offered at clubs including Cremorne, Mosman and Bradleys Head. From November the Waverley Bowling and Recreation Club (163 Birrell Street) will run Sunday barefoot bowling sessions, at midday and 4pm. $10 a head. Phone: 9389 3026.

11. Tasting city culture

Wash down your culture with a beer or two at The Old Fitzroy Theatre in Woollomooloo, which attracts an inner-city crowd and cutting-edge shows. Tickets are $28 from http://www.moshtix.com.au.

12. Kuleto’s cocktail bar

Thirsty students gather at Newtown’s Kuleto’s weeknights from 6pm-7.30pm. Discuss Derrida with two red corvettes in hand during the bar’s two-for-one and half-price cocktails happy hour. http://www.kuletos.com.au.

13. Take in some Shakespeare

The actors in a Bell Shakespeare preview performance might still be perfecting their iambic pentameter but when tickets can go for as little as $24 you can forgive a flubbed line or two. http://www.bellshakespeare.com.au.

14. Watch a pub crawl

Rock up at 7.30pm on Thursday nights for crab racing at Newtown’s Courthouse Hotel: buy a $2 hermit crab, name it and enter a heat. See your charge scuttle from the centre of a table to the edge – winners move on to the final and losers end up back in the aquarium. Phone: 9519 8273.

15. Try a soup dumpling

The Chinese call them xiao long bao. In New York, they’re soup dumplings. Try them at Ashfield’s New Shanghai, where $6.80 buys you eight mouthful-sized, neatly pleated, wheat-flour pockets of steamed, minced pork filling. 273 Liverpool Road. Phone: 9798 7721.

16. Meet an author

Hone your literary analysis skills at author talks offered by libraries including North Sydney’s Stanton Library (www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au) and the State Library in Macquarie Street (www.sl.nsw.gov.au).

17. Book Talks

Gleebooks holds regular talks and launches. Coming up: Matt Skinner talking wine and offering tastings (November 5, $10). http://www.gleebooks.com.au/events.

18. Watch whales frolic

Park yourself at a prime spot such as North Head and settle in for humpback displays of breaching, tail slapping and diving. The best months are June and July but you might still catch a waterspout or two in November and December as the whales return south.

19. Throw a tennis party

Book a tennis court (Rushcutters Bay Park Tennis Courts, $20-$26 an hour; Mosman Lawn Tennis Club, $20 an hour), dress in white and grab a bottle of Pimm’s (about $40 for 700ml). Fill a jug with ice, mix one part Pimm’s No. 1 with three parts lemonade, and add mint and cucumber.

20. Thrill to the snake man

Watch the Snake Man of La Perouse – aka local resident John Cann – pull tiger snakes and goannas out of his hessian bag before a wide-eyed audience. The free show is on every Sunday from 1.30pm-4.30pm at the snake pit on the side of Anzac Parade, past the entrance to the Botany Bay national park.

21. Grab Greek treats

At the modern Greek marvel that is Perama, pile up the little platters (called ouzomezedakia, from $5.50 each), including Cypriot pork and herb sausages and zucchini fritters. A spinach and cheese pie is mandatory ($6.50). 88 Audley Street, Petersham. Phone: 9569 7534.

22. Stretch your legs

Walk off that spinach pie by taking in the 26km Harbour Circle Walk, stretching west from the Harbour Bridge through Lavender Bay and Balls Head Bay to Riverview, and back through Hunters Hill, Drummoyne and Rozelle. http://www.walkingcoastal sydney.com.au.

23. Drive-in memories

It’s happy days all round at Sydney’s last drive-in at Blacktown, which has double features from 7.30pm for $16. But don’t expect a Bette Davis double bill – it”s strictly the latest Hollywood blockbusters. http://www.greaterunion.com.au.

24. Hang a hammock

Retreat to a hammock for a siesta. Look for Mexican (knotted) and Brazilian (fabric) hammocks at Kangaroo Tent City branches (Chatswood, Penrith and North Parramatta). Single Brazilian hammocks are about $55. Romantics can invest in a double hammock.

25. Budget films for buffs

Campbelltown’s Dumaresq Street Cinemas has adult tickets for $6. And don’t forget most cinemas have cut-price Tuesdays: at the Hornsby Odeon, adults pay $6 instead of $10, while at The Ritz in Randwick it’s $7.

26. Sample the best food

You don’t need an expense account to sample the 2009 Good Food Guide’s Restaurant of the Year. At Quay in the Overseas Passenger Terminal, you can enjoy a two-course lunch for $75. Think mud crab congee and eight-texture chocolate cake. Phone: 9251 5600.

27. Visit the barracks

Since 1841, soldiers have trooped through the imposing sandstone Victoria Barracks in Paddington. At 10am on Thursdays there are free tours – including a rousing performance by the resident band. Phone: 9339 3349.

28. Swill and spit

Discover some new drops at Amato’s Liquor Mart (267-277 Norton Street, Leichhardt), which runs free wine-tasting sessions every Friday (4pm-8pm) and Saturday (midday-8pm). Ultimo Wine Centre (99 Jones Street) showcases wines from around the world on Saturdays (from 12.30pm), and Paddington’s Five Ways Cellars (4 Heeley Street) hosts sessions every Saturday (midday-6pm).

29. You be the judge

Slip into a public gallery to witness the latest criminal trial. Hearings are held at Darlinghurst Courthouse in Taylor Square, the Law Court Building in Queens Square, the King Street Courthouse, St James Court or Wentworth Chambers in Philip Street. Law notices are published daily at http://www.smh.com.au/lawlists.

30. Discovering the source

Learn where Joern Utzon found his inspiration for those famous sails on a Sydney Architecture Walk. Tours, including “Utzon” and “Harbourings”, leave the Museum of Sydney on Wednesday and Saturday mornings. Cost: $25/$20. http://www.sydneyarchitecture.org.

31. Visit Brett Whiteley

The artist’s home and workspace remains much as it was when he died in 1992, packed with paintings, books and personal items. Open 10am-4pm Saturdays and Sundays. Free. 2 Raper Street, Surry Hills. Phone: 9225 1740.

32. Watch arthouse films

Catch something foreign and free in the Domain Theatre at the Art Gallery of NSW, which screens films related to its exhibitions. Until December 7, the Monet and the Impressionists Film Series will run films featuring images of nature. http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au.

33. Ponder the past

Consider the sacrifices of Australian servicemen and women – and some of the city’s finest architecture – at the art deco Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park. Check out the powerful sculpture Sacrifice, featuring the naked body of a soldier that is held aloft on his shield by his grieving mother, sister and wife. Free tours daily at 11.30am and 1.30pm. Open daily 9am-5pm.

34. Meet the makers

The film-viewing-and-discussion event Popcorn Taxi is interested in the craft of filmmaking, not what Naomi Watts had for breakfast. Previous guests have included Baz Luhrmann, George Miller and Dennis Hopper. From $15, usually at Greater

Union Bondi Junction. http://www.popcorntaxi.com.au.

35. Take the monorail

Start at Cockle Bay Wharf, jump off at Paddy’s Market, head to Mamak (15 Goulburn Street, Haymarket) for a $5 roti canai – flaky roti bread with spicy dipping sauces – then board again at the Chinatown stop and head back to Darling Park. A $9.50 Supervoucher day pass allows unlimited travel. http://www.metrotransport.com.au.

36. Grasp the bird’s tail

“Grasp bird’s tail”, “step back to repulse monkey” – not scenes from a wildlife doco but movements in the ancient practice of tai chi. Take a class in Centennial Park for $18. A five-week course is $75. http://www.traditionalqi.com.

37. Find a light show

Global warming hasn’t dimmed Sydneysiders’ enthusiasm for luminous Christmas displays. Streets to watch from late November: Sorlie Road, Frenchs Forest; Hodge Street, Hurstville; and Franklin Street, Barwon Crescent and Flanders Avenue, Matraville.

38. Dance the night away

Channel your inner Margot Fonteyn at the The Sydney Dance Company’s Walsh Bay studios, where 60 casual dance classes are offered a week. The $18 classes, from beginners to advanced, include classical ballet, “Broadway jazz”, Latin, tap and hip-hop. http://www.sydneydancecompany.com.

39. Paddle in heaven

Regulars are fiercely protective of the women-only McIvers sea baths, a 120-year-old piece of heaven carved into the Coogee cliffs. Throw 20 cents into a bucket as

you enter, then pick a spot. You’ll never want to leave. Daily 9am-5pm.

40. Take a sculpture walk

Absorb the work of Sydney sculptor Tom Bass on a $3 self-guided city tour. The artist, now in his 90s, created Hunter Street’s P&O Wall Fountain (also known as “the urinal”) and the AGC Sculpture at the Deutsche Bank building on Phillip Street. http://www.tombass.org.au.

41. Ring some bells

Ora Pro Nobis, Nomen Jesu Christi, St Bede… they’re the names of some of the bells of St Mary’s Cathedral. Become better acquainted with them by watching the cathedral’s bellringers – or learning how to ring them yourself. Phone: 9220 0400.

42. Catch of the day

Fishmongers takes humble fish and chips to a whole new level. Bring a bottle and nab a table for a super-serve of seafood with fat chips ($16). 42 Hall Street, Bondi Beach; 11-27 Wentworth Street, Manly.

43. Paddle by Point Piper

See how the other half live: kayak around Point Piper and peer into the backyards of the area’s mansions. Kayak hire $20 an hour from Ozpaddle, cnr Vickery Avenue and New South Head Road, Rose Bay. http://www.ozpaddle.com.au.

44. Night vision

Armchair astronomers can look through both a computer-controlled telescope and a 134-year-old 29cm lens telescope during $15 night-time tours of the Sydney Observatory. Great views this month of Jupiter and its moons. Phone: 9921 3485.

45. State your opinion

Release your ideological demons at the Sackville Hotel in Balmain during “pub politics”, which once a month on a Thursday night pulls in such guest speakers as Tony Abbott. Phone: 9555 7555.

46. Get a backstage pass

In 1960, Paul Robeson climbed the Opera House scaffolding to sing Ol’ Man River to construction workers. Discover facts like these during an Essential Tour of the Opera House. Adult tickets are $35 – save 25 per cent by booking online. http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com.

47. Made in China

Eastwood’s PK Pacific is a trove of inexpensive storage containers, party supplies, craft supplies and tableware. Squeeze down three skinny aisles to find everything from Asian porcelain figures to Chinese fans, parasols and handbags. 159 Rowe Street, Eastwood. Phone: 9804 1868.

48. Tour the fish market

Discover the largest fish market in the southern hemisphere on an early-morning $20 tour of Pyrmont’s Sydney Fish Market. See the auction floor, sashimi pavilion, and crab and lobster pens. Grab something fresh on the way out: those in the know swear by Claudio’s. http://www.sydneyfishmarket.com.au.

49. Make a play date

Belvoir’s downstairs theatre, B Sharp, offers Cheap Tuesdays. Show up one hour before show time and tickets are pay-what-you-can above $10 (maximum of two tickets available). http://www.belvoir.com.au.

50. Come up stumps

You don’t need to go to the SCG to hear a good sledge. Plant yourself at your local oval to see a cricket match for free. Visit http://www.cricketnsw.com.au to check out where your local team is playing this weekend.

51. Put the kids to work

Brasserie Bread is the loaf-of-choice at top city restaurants including est. and you could have some in your kitchen thanks to your kids. The Botany bread factory holds free one-hour baking classes for 5- to 12-year-olds every Saturday morning at 10am and noon. http://www.brasseriebread.com.au.

52. Channel the Don

During a $25 tour of the Sydney Cricket Ground you can visualise Don Bradman getting his 452 not out in 1930 against Queensland or Harold Larwood’s first salvo in the Bodyline series, then visit the dressing rooms, run down the players’ tunnel and stop in at the museum. http://www.sydneycricketground.com.au.

53. Find a frilly frock

Grab something flirty, floaty or frilly at Alannah Hill’s Drummoyne factory outlet. You’ll find previous season’s dresses, skirts and stockings in all sizes for 40-60 per cent off. http://www.birkenheadpoint.com.au.

54. Rhyme on a dime

Glebe’s most eccentric resident, the Friend in Hand pub, holds poetry night WordinHand on the first Tuesday of the month. In the bizarre bar, bards bravely compete for attention. Test your own couplets on the open mic. Entry with a $10 donation. http://www.friendinhand.com.au.

55. Pick up a pencil

At the Arthouse Hotel in Pitt Stree, punters ponder brushstrokes over Peronis. On Monday nights, life models stretch oout in the upstairs Dome Restaurant for $3 life drawing sessions. http://www.thearthousehotel.com.au

56. See Thai chefs at work

Drop in to Chat Thai (open 11am-10pm) during off-peak hours to take a chilli-laden journey to north-eastern Thailand with dishes such as crying tiger ($8) – marinated, grilled beef served with sharp northern-style dipping sauce. 20 Campbell Street, Haymarket. Phone: 9211 1808.

57. Pack a picnic

With 23 hectares of 19th- century gardens, the 200-year-old Vaucluse House is a gem. Plant a picnic basket in the gorgeous garden for nothing, or take a tour of the house on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays for $8. http://www.hht.net.au.

58. Samba in Woollahra

At Jazz Juice, the Woollahra Hotel’s live music nights, samba is as common as New Orleans blues. Eclectic bands play Sundays 6.30pm-9.30pm, while Thursdays belong to world music group Marsala. 7.45pm-10.45pm. http://www.woollahrahotel.com.au.

59. On your bike

The 250-metre Monster Mountain X bike track at Sydney Olympic Park has plenty of jumps and turns for young mountain and BMX bikers and it’s free if you BYO wheels. Or hire a mountain bike from the Sydney Olympic Park Visitors Centre ($12 for one hour). http://www.sydney olympicpark.com.au.

60. Relive student days

Glebe’s Excelsior Hotel boasts a line-up of indie folk, rock and acoustic acts from Thursday to Sunday nights, and $2.90 schooners during happy hour (4.30pm-6.30pm weeknights). Phone: 9552 9700; http://www.drummedia.com.au.

61. Join the club, or start it

Most libraries and independent bookstores have book clubs, or call some friends, choose a book (Tim Winton’s Breath was a hit this year) and pick a venue. See http://www.gumtree.com.au for local book clubs.

62. The China syndrome

At Sun Jewel Variety Store in Campsie you’ll find woven seagrass placemats, wicker coasters, outdoor bamboo flares, ribbons, china tea sets, noodle bowls and Chinese lanterns galore. 190 Beamish Street, Campsie. Phone: 9718 0464.

63. Visit a quirky museum

Discover that Edmund Barton and Don Bradman were Freemasons at the Museum of Freemasonry in Castlereagh Street. Or visit the UNSW’s Museum of Human Disease for $11, where exhibition highlights include 30 cancerous lungs. But phone 9385 1522 first.

64. Rock around the Clock

At the upstairs Balcony Bar of the Clock in Surry Hills, happy hour runs from 6pm-7pm Monday-Saturday with all cocktails $9. http://www.clockhotel.com.au.

65. Build a castle

Get a castle by the sea for nothing. Bucket? Check. Spade? Check. Now head on down to Palm Beach, Bondi or Bronte and rediscover the joys of making a sandcastle.

66. Climb the bridge

See Sydney from the Harbour Bridge without the hard work and daggy suits of BridgeClimb. The Pylon Lookout, up 200 steps in the south-east pylon, has exhibitions and a viewing platform – all for $9.50. http://www.pylonlookout.com.au.

67. Walk in the park

Starting daily at 10.30am, a Botanic Gardens expert leads a jaunt along the

Farm Cove foreshore and through the herb, rose and oriental gardens. http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au.

68. Take an ABC tour

You might open wide the doors of the Play School set, or peek into a live radio studio where 702 Sydney hosts sometimes invite tourers in for an on-air chat. Tours are $7.50, weekdays at 9.50am and 12.20pm. Phone: 8333 5488.

69. Applause! Applause!

Head to the ABC to be a member of the studio audience for Enough Rope or The Gruen Transfer, Channel Ten to sit in on Good News Week, Channel Nine for The Footy Show, or Seven for Dancing with the Stars. Visit network websites for all the details.

70.Watch some birds

Release your inner ornithologist with a bit of bird watching at Centennial Park, where there are 124 native and 18 introduced species. You might even spot one of the park’s more elusive residents, such as a tawny frogmouth. For a spotter’s guide to the park, visit http://www.centennialparklands.com.au.

71.Catch a band and burrito

Grab a burrito ($13-$16) and a jug of sangria ($16) at Surry Hills rocker pub the Hopetoun’s upstairs restaurant, then stumble downstairs to catch nightly shows of up to four bands. Band cover charge from $6. http://www.myspace.com/hopetounhotel.

72. Go fly a kite

Expert kite flyers recommend Tania Park at Balgowlah Heights, high-up Christison Park at Vaucluse, and Botany Bay National Park in La Perouse. An $8 kite kit from Kite Magic in Coogee makes a standard diamond flier guaranteed to soar. Phone: 9315 7001.

73. Enjoy the view

Wedged under the Opera House, the indoor/outdoor Opera Bar is the city’s best-looking venue for free live music. Slinky jazz trios, earnest singer-songwriters and soul crooners play from 2pm on weekends and 8.30pm every night.

http://www.operabar.com.au.

74. Join a yacht crew

If you know your way around a jib, register with your local yacht club. Phone the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Rushcutters Bay on 8292 7870, Newport’s Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club on 9997 1022 or check the listings for Manly Yacht Club at http://www.myc.org.au.

75. Shop for a swimsuit

The Zimmermann factory outlet in Zetland is regularly topped up with fresh threads, most selling for 60-80 per cent off. Grab a cossie in time for summer for $70. Phone: 9697 9988.

76. Play chopsticks

Freshen up your house by buying a couple of bargain packets of lushly coloured decorative chopsticks from Chinese supermarket New Yen Yen and stacking them in an interesting vessel. No one would know they cost almost nothing. Shop 25D, 1 Lakeside Road, Eastwood. Phone: 9804 0988.

77. Listen to local music

The Whitlams tipped a hat to the “Sando”; in Newtown in their song God Drinks at the Sando. The pub offers a bunch of free nights, including a Live and Local set on Wednesdays and an acoustic night on Thursdays. http://www.sando.com.au.

78. Unearth new talent

Ten dollars could nab you a seat at the SBW Stables Theatre in Kings Cross for a Griffin Theatre Company production on Pay-What-You-Can Mondays. Show up at the box office one hour before the 6.30pm performance and pay what you can ($10 minimum and limit of two seats). http://www.griffintheatre.com.au.

79. Pick up some PJs

The Homebush Direct Factory Outlet store of that couturier of comfort, Peter Alexander, has sleepwear for a song. Phone: 9763 1876.

80. Go late-night shopping

Every Thursday night from 9pm-midnight, Oxford Street trendoids converge on the Paddo Inn for an extended happy hour known as Late Night Shopping. Cocktails go for $10 (usually $16). http://www.paddingtoninn.com.au.

81. Discover future stars

NIDA’s graduate list reads like the credits to a dream flick – Blanchett, Weaving, Luhrmann, Gibson. Meet the next generation at one of its student productions. http://www.nida.edu.au.

82. Hoe into hawker food

McLucksa stands out for its wok-smokey char kway teow – wide rice noodle ribbons tossed with sweet Chinese sausage, shredded chicken, squid and bean sprouts ($8.50). Level 3, Market City food court, Haymarket. Phone: 9211 1922.

83. Spot a possum

Bring a torch and join a twilight Spotlight Prowl in Centennial Park for $11. Rangers will point out the nocturnal inhabitants. Phone: 9339 6699.

84. Rock the Bridge

The Bridge Hotel in Rozelle has welcomed B.B. King and Melissa Etheridge to its stage in the past. Tickets are usually about $20 but on the last Friday of every month, Tice & Evans – featuring former AC/DC bassist Mark Evans – bring their acoustic show to the Bridge for free. Phone: 9810 1260.

85. Get souped up

Hanoi Quan offers a menu of North Vietnamese street food: authentic pho (beef or chicken noodle soup, $8) and even tastier bun cha ($9) – pork on noodles with salad and nuoc cham. 346b Illawarra Road, Marrickville. Phone: 9559 1637.

86. Grab a $20 STC ticket

STC’s much-touted “20 for $20″ tickets (20 seats are released for $20 for selected shows) are not available for every show but keep an eye out for the deal on Rabbit, directed by Brendan Cowell. Opens November 22. http://www.sydneytheatre.com.au.

87. A vegetarian feast

With a Bollywood beat in the background, Maya Masala serves up a marvellous masala dosa (south Indian pancake with spiced potato filling, $9) or a fully vegetarian, southern-style thali (puffy fried puri breads, four curries, pickles, yoghurt and rice, $13.90). 468-472 Cleveland Street, Surry Hills. Phone: 9699 8663.

88. Tour Lucas Heights

Visit Australia’s only nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights and see the 20-megawatt beast in action through CCTV. You can also view the “neutron guide hall”, where there are enough neutron beams to make a Bond villain blush. Pre-booked tours are free. Phone: 9717 3111.

89. Find a family skeleton

Perhaps you’re descended from Napoleon? The Society of Australian Genealogists will help you find out. Visit its library at 379 Kent Street, where local and school histories, shipping records and parish registers reveal the past. Daily research fee is $20 for non-members. http://www.sag.org.au.

90. A mighty mixed grill

At the Sultan’s Table, order a plate of lamb and chicken shish (skewered chunks) plus flat, sausagey strips of minced lamb Adana, sizzled on flat-edged skewers. Add a dip, a puffy slab of Turkish bread and a soft drink and you’ll find that $25 buys a feast for two carnivores. 179 Enmore Road, Enmore. Phone: 9557 0229.

91.Tour a cemetery

Explorer Sir Thomas Mitchell is buried in the 160-year-old cemetery at St Stephens Newtown. So, too, is Eliza Donnithorne, believed to have been the inspiration for Miss Havisham in Dickens’ Great Expectations. $10 tours run on the first Sunday of every month at 11.30 am. Phone: 9557 2043.

92.Take a sculptural walk

Stroll the beachside Cabbage Tree Bay Eco-Sculpture Walk from Manly to Shelly Beach, which includes sculptures of a long-nosed bandicoot and a Manly surfer. At Shelly, pick up some fish and chips from the Sandbar Cafe ($14.50).

93. Catch some classics

A classical concert for $15? It’s baton up and prices down at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s Conductors’ Series. The discount concerts feature some of its best ensembles – from early music to improv jazz. http://www.music.usyd.edu.au/concerts/index.shtml

94. Join a petanque club

If you don’t know your demi portee from your roulette dirigee, it’s time to brush up your petanque skills. For clubs and coaching advice, visit http://www.petanque.org.

95. Dig into a $2 shop

You’ll find things at Hot Dollar in Westfield Bondi Junction that wouldn’t look out of place in Sydney’s ritziest manors – from giant old-fashioned glass cookie jars and good vases, to photo frames and metal water pitchers. Shop 1035, Level 1, Westfield, 500 Oxford Street, Bondi Junction. Phone: 9387 8262.

96. Take political action

Take a seat in the Legislative Assembly and see members of the State’s lower house debate bills and trade barbs. November sitting dates are 11-14 and 25-28.

http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au.

97. Funk and bubbles

Thursdays are funk nights at Establishment, Justin Hemmes’ original pleasure dome where the blokes’ suits are dark and the womens’ skirts are short. Ladies get a free glass of sparkling wine on arrival. http://www.merivale.com.

98. Slurp up some noodles

Northsiders love Ramen Sun Sun, a ramen-ya (noodle shop), where you’ll find boiling basins of broth, such as the Tokyo-style with egg noodles, roast pork, corn niblets and an egg half ($9). Chorused Japanese greetings and farewells are free. Crows Nest Plaza, 103 Willoughby Road, Crows Nest. Phone: 9906 2956.

99. Get set for Christmas

The C Mart Bargain Centre is a fertile hunting ground for people short on cash: look for treasure-chest boxes, vases, teapots, vacuum flasks and joss paper. 210 Beamish Street, Campsie. Phone: 9787 9188.

100. Carve up an $8 steak

Order an $8 steak meal or a schnitzel at the Robin Hood Hotel bar and secure a quiet spot upstairs to enjoy it with either chips or mash and the sauce of your choice. 203 Bronte Road, Waverley. Phone: 9389 3477.

source: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/11/06/122556100919.html

I have looked around a lot of document and came through various documents and finally couldn’t find what I was after. Then after reading heaps of crap, I made a short doc which really  shrinks down the VPIM.

Basic Concept:
VPIM :  Based on SMTP & MIME (Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extension)

Message content components:

• – spoken name
• – forwarded fax and text messages.
• – vCard (phone number, text name and email address)

VPIM Addresses: extension@domainname.com

Dial ID vs. Location

• – Primary Location (Default Location)
• - Delivery Locations

Voice Connector:  This encodes Voice mail into VPIM format.

VPIM Subscriber ??
[VPIM:<Delivery Location Dial ID>_<Remote Mailbox Number>]

CiscoUnity4.0.5CD1\ADSchemaSetup\ADSchemaSetup.exe
- select only [Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 VPIM Connector]

CiscoUnity4.0.5CD1\VoiceConnector-Ex2000\Install.exe

routing group
routing group connector

CUE settings:

hostname CUE

ip domain-name cue.cisco.com
ip name-server <DNS-Server-IP>

network location id 408
email domain yyy.cisco.com (put your actual <Exch-Domain-Name> here)
name “Unity”
voicemail extension-length 4
enable
end location

network location id XXX (where XXX = sitec location ID)
email domain 10.1.1.253 (CUE IP)
name “CUE”
voicemail extension-length 8
enable
end location

network local location id XXX <Sitec location ID>
—————————————————————–
Primary Locations
- yyy.cisco.com for Domain Name(SMTP)
- Dialing Domain leave blank.
- Update Addressing Options = Global directory / Global directory

Delivery Locations
==============

- [SMTP domain name] = 10.1.1.253 (CUE IP)
- Check [Sender's recorded name]
- Check [Sender's vCard]
—————————————————————–

Troubleshooting commands:
show network locations
show network detail location id …
show network detail local
show network queues

How to send vpim  messages:

1. Press  messege button of your phone
2. option#2 – saying something leave message (thats how we send vpim message), follow the cisco IVR lady.
3. You need to dial location ID# then phone number for example 408+phone number where 408 is hq site vpim site “Id”

Hope this helps to some folks who are struggling with VPIM mistry!

-Push Bhatkoti

CCIE voice#21569

Bullshit! how can anyone do the QoS part in 10 minutes?

YES its possible! and proved…. keep reading

I have seen many people struggling with QoS and till last minute they are not 100 percent sure that if what that is the right solution what was asked in the monster exam. Even you have a good understanding of  QoS and you say that oh yeah, I have no problem with QoS but just about the enormous time everyone is puts in configuring the QoS itself.

Everyone may have different approach to win the lab game but my approach was like this;

The whole lab has 100 points. To pass the lab we only need 80 points.
- Don’t touch LAN QoS – u hve to configure on 3 switches. CatOS is creepy, it may spike other things as well. AS u know 6608 blades are really old, applying QoS onto those older crabs may hung or may behave un-expected. I kept hearing from others that they had issues where they had to reset the 6608 blade or ethernet module. I was lucky, as here in Sydney lab I never had that kind of issue(s).

So the bottom line is, don’t be too greedy and you may safely leave some topics where you are not 100% confident (as i did). As we all know that the lab exam is not like the university exam where you’d be given points for partially correct answer.
The real benefit of leaving  non-confident topics is “Save time” and put that time in doing other things , may be you can utilize that in verifying the answers again and agin until u drain your 8 hours time.

Just a sideconfig)#do sh run int s0/3/0
Building configuration…

Current configuration : 152 bytes
!
interface Serial0/3/0
description — to frswitch –
no ip address
encapsulation frame-relay
ip ospf dead-interval minimal hello-multiplier 4
end

HQ(config)#do sh run int s0/3/0.1
Building configuration…

Current configuration : 178 bytes
!
interface Serial0/3/0.1 point-to-point
description ====== To SITE-B =======
ip address 10.10.33.1 255.255.255.128
ip ospf mtu-ignore
frame-relay interface-dlci 201
end

HQ(config)#

HQ(config)#
HQ(config)#do sh run int s0/3/0.2
Building configuration…

Current configuration : 178 bytes
!
interface Serial0/3/0.2 point-to-point
description ===== To SITE-C ======
ip address 10.10.33.129 255.255.255.128
ip ospf mtu-ignore
frame-relay interface-dlci 202
end

HQ(config)#

HQ(config)#
HQ(config)#int s0/3/0.1
HQ(config-subif)#bandwidth 512
HQ(config-subif)#exit
HQ(config)#
HQ(config)#int s0/3/0.1
HQ(config-subif)#
HQ(config-subif)#!first Assign the bandwidth to this interface this is a must
HQ(config-subif)#
HQ(config-subif)#bandwidth 512
HQ(config-subif)#
HQ(config-subif)#!now the magic part
HQ(config-subif)#
HQ(config-subif)#frame-re interface-dlci 201
HQ(config-fr-dlci)#
HQ(config-fr-dlci)#auto qos voip trust fr-atm

Now lets see what MAGIC has the above command has done in your router;

Common Myth: Auto-QoS breaks many things. I had the same concept until I proved that it does’t break anything and is a real time saver tool.  I know all bootcamps teaches not to use it, but they don’t explain you why not! May be they don’t want to tell you the secrets? duh! (just joking) . I never been to any bootcamp so I really don’t know what they teaches. I did everything start to finish in 9 months myself, self learning method with a few wonderful online study mates!

the other myth is wheather it is allowed in the real lab exam – yes it is, I raised this question with Ben NG on Ask Expert and his answer was “yes you can use it as long as it qualify the questions requirement” , in other word, its not just run auto-qos and thats all, you need to fine tune it.

Change#1 in existing configuration
—————————–
First lets see if anything got changed in physical interface;

HQ(config-fr-dlci)#do sh run int s0/3/0
Building configuration…

Current configuration : 196 bytes
!
interface Serial0/3/0
description — to frswitch –
no ip address
encapsulation frame-relay
ip ospf dead-interval minimal hello-multiplier 4
no fair-queue
frame-relay traffic-shaping <—- NEW NEW
end

HQ(config-fr-dlci)#

note; U don’t hve to remember to put that command if you are doing FRTS.

Change#2 in existing configuration
—————————–

Next, lets see what has changed on sub interace:

HQ(config-fr-dlci)#do sh run int s0/3/0.1
Building configuration…

Current configuration : 236 bytes
!
interface Serial0/3/0.1 point-to-point
description ====== To SITE-B =======
bandwidth 512
ip ospf mtu-ignore
frame-relay interface-dlci 201 ppp Virtual-Template200 <– WOW
class AutoQoS-FR-Se0/3/0-201 <—WOW
auto qos voip trust fr-atm
end

HQ(config-fr-dlci)#

Change#3 in existing configuration
—————————–
HQ(config-fr-dlci)#do sh run | be class
class-map match-any AutoQoS-VoIP-RTP-Trust
match ip dscp ef
class-map match-any AutoQoS-VoIP-Control-Trust
match ip dscp cs3
match ip dscp af31
!
!
policy-map AutoQoS-Policy-Trust
class AutoQoS-VoIP-RTP-Trust
priority percent 70
class AutoQoS-VoIP-Control-Trust
bandwidth percent 5
class class-default
fair-queue

wow – thats sound really time saver here! but what about virtual template and frame-relay class?

well u won’t get everything spoon-feed
but wait! shut up!

this baby feeds you everything…. ‘auto qos voiptrust fr-atm’is the man here!

Change#4 in existing configuration
—————————–

HQ(config-fr-dlci)#do sh run | be Virtual-Tem

frame-relay interface-dlci 201 ppp Virtual-Template200
class AutoQoS-FR-Se0/3/0-201
auto qos voip trust fr-atm
!
interface Serial0/3/0.2 point-to-point
description ===== To SITE-C ======
ip address 10.10.33.129 255.255.255.128
ip ospf mtu-ignore
frame-relay interface-dlci 202
!
interface Virtual-Template200 <————–WoW
bandwidth 512
ip address 10.10.33.1 255.255.255.128
ppp multilink
ppp multilink interleave
ppp multilink fragment delay 10
service-policy output AutoQoS-Policy-Trust

!Change#5 in existing configuration
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HQ(config-fr-dlci)#
HQ(config-fr-dlci)#do sh run | be map-class
map-class frame-relay AutoQoS-FR-Se0/3/0-201
frame-relay cir 512000
frame-relay bc 5120
frame-relay be 0
frame-relay mincir 512000
!
!

I think thats pretty much all you need for MLPPP scenario, for FRTS only
you need use this command:

HQ(config-subif)#interface 3/0.2 <— going to CME site for example
HQ(config-subif)#bandwidth 2048
HQ(config-subif)#
HQ(config-subif)#!now the magic part
HQ(config-subif)#
HQ(config-subif)#frame-re interface-dlci 202
HQ(config-fr-dlci)#
HQ(config-fr-dlci)#auto qos voip trust <— just that yes, noticed there is no “fr-atm”

Summary of commands;

auto qos voip trust          <—- for FRTS only , no mlppp
auto qos voip trust fr-atm   <—- for MLPPP only

How can you save time?
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1. you don’t have to look in the docCD for any command.
2. Just quickly put the above template on all sites and then copy and paste them into notepad and modify according to the questions need.

Some one who’s reading this blog must be saying that “Enough of the bullsh**t and about to close firefox/IE windows and probably mumaling about ‘oh dude come on now and get to the real life, show me how to do any QoS scenario in 10 minutes”

Hue…. you are 20 yrs+ old now [no morebaby] and still expecting someone will spoon feed you the QoS tricks?
ok ok… showing you in a sec….

Lets take an example;

a. mark sip and h323 traffic to cs3 [ since I hate switches, I will do it on router itself].
b. hq to siteb = MLPPP,                  PVC = 512kbps
c. hq to sitec = frf.12/shapping    PVC = 2048 kbps
d.misc…. whatever…

Step#1: do the marking first
config t
class-map match-any NBAR
match protocol Sip
match protocol h323

Policy-map remark
class NBAR
set dscp CS3

interface fas0/0
service-policy input remark

now thats done HQ router, do show run and copy and paste it to other routers. Note when you copy and paste to other router it may take a bit of time to see the all commands pasted on the router, just paste on siteb router and move on to site c and paste there as well. Then come back to siteb router apply service-policy input on the lan facing interface and then move on to siteC router to apply the service-policy input command.

tips1# my fas0/0 had 3 sub-interface – fas0/0.10 for server ,  fas0/0.100 – hqvoice-vlan, fas0/0.1000 for datavlan. So instead of applying service policy on all 3 interface, just apply on the main one ie..e fas0/0.
wow!

tips2# I have seen most of my friends tends to be leaving data vlan at siteB for marking. So put on both data and voice vlan at siteB.

tips3# Also noticed, at siteC CME router, be careful when marking. at my home lab i had 2801 router and 2 sub-interface on fast0/0 interface e.g. fas0/0.100 = voice, fas0/0.1000 =data. So i just put my QoS service policy on fas0/0 like i did on my Hq router.

Now you all propably think that marking on router is done and wow easy 10 points. but when you read your score report u will see “ZERO”!! Damn blame the innocent  guy at http://www.ccievoice-assessor.com/ coz he graded your lab wrong! May be he was in a pub just before he got back and went straight into your pod to start grading it!!

Think about SITEC where you’ve h323 RAS traffic also needs to be marked to CS3. You probably applied the QoS service-policy on fas0/0 [in my scenario above] and when dialpeer tries eastiblishing a call to hq, h323 signaling straight hits to WAN interface.
Think about it! , you’ve applied marking on fas0/0 , when you confirm the QoS marking u won’t see that h323 protocol counters in the show policy-map interface command.
bummer!

So above practice is just to mark signaling stuffs on each routers – max time 2-3 minutes. [not for the guys who don't know where "q" key is in the keyboard]. BTW people call me sometime a stenographer coz my typing speed is like those people who type really fast without looking at the keyboard [touch typeing]

Now remaining 7 minutes and I have the whole QoS job to bind up. . damn it doen’st look right.

STEP#2 Everything else, apart from marking;   s0/3/0.1 = hq to siteb , s0/3/0.2 hq to sitec

config t
HQ(config)#int s0/3/0.1
HQ(config-subif)#
HQ(config-subif)#!first Assign the bandwidth to this interface this is a must
HQ(config-subif)#
HQ(config-subif)#bandwidth 512
HQ(config-subif)#!now the magic part
HQ(config-subif)#frame-re interface-dlci 201
HQ(config-fr-dlci)#auto qos voip trust fr-atm
exit

apply that command to siteb as well. at siteC router just use ‘auto qos voip trust’ for frf.12 or frts
STEP#3 copying/pasting and modifying parameters in notepad to/from router. MAX time = 4 minutes

Do ’show run’ pipe out the class-map+map-class+virtual-template and paste them into the notepad.
HQ(config-fr-dlci)#do sh run | be class

class-map match-any AutoQoS-VoIP-RTP-Trust
match ip dscp ef
class-map match-any AutoQoS-VoIP-Control-Trust
match ip dscp cs3
match ip dscp af31
!
!
policy-map AutoQoS-Policy-Trust <—– use this default for HQ-2-siteB
class AutoQoS-VoIP-RTP-Trust
priority percent 70
class AutoQoS-VoIP-Control-Trust
bandwidth percent 5
class class-default
fair-queue

interface Virtual-Template200 <————–WoW
bandwidth 512
ip address 10.10.33.1 255.255.255.128
ppp multilink
ppp multilink interleave
ppp multilink fragment delay 10
service-policy output AutoQoS-Policy-Trust
!

HQ(config-fr-dlci)#
HQ(config-fr-dlci)#do sh run | be map-class
map-class frame-relay AutoQoS-FR-Se0/3/0-201
frame-relay cir 512000
frame-relay bc 5120
frame-relay be 0
frame-relay mincir 512000
!

Within your notepad, copy and paste the policy-map (above) commands, we need to prepare that for hq to siteC.
policy-map AutoQoS-Policy-Trust-SITEC <—– copy and paste within notepad rename end of itSITEC
class AutoQoS-VoIP-RTP-Trust
priority percent 70 <————change them if required
class AutoQoS-VoIP-Control-Trust
bandwidth percent 5 <———-change them whatever u want
class class-default
fair-queue

another copy and paste business withing notepad;

frame-relay cir 512000 <— that shud be 95% of pvc according to the QoS SRND
frame-relay bc 5120 <——-ditto—-
frame-relay be 0
frame-relay mincir 512000 —-ditto—-

tips#?# press ctrl + h in notepad put infront of find – 5120 , replace-with 4864 (95% of pvc), and hit replace all.. bingo… ur all 3 parameters are replaced now. do the same for hq to siteC frame-relay pvc parameters.

Once everything is ready in notepad, paste above parameters back to routers. Make a note that hq and siteC frame-relay class-map name could be different and also under map-class service-policy statement u need to remove the existing one first then type the new one ’service-policy output autoqos-blah–sitec’
paste pvc parameters at the same time.

Last step4# verification

show policy-map interface and check the counters.

break-down of time is;

3 minutes = marking
3 minutes = applying autoqos
4 minutes = modifying parameter and pasting them back to router and verification.

First time when I did this practice, it used to take my 30-40 minutes. Gradually when I knew inside out where to modify and how to use notepad I really reduced it down to 10 minutes. Believe me, its doeable, just matter of the practice.

do this practice 10 times and when u reach to 11th then u will see oh, QoS is only 10 minute job.

Note, I haven’t included the time in reading the QoS question in above 10 minute business.

The other important tip is, read the question 3 times and verify that if the solution u are working on is going in the right direction.

Pushkar Bhatkoti
CCIE voice #21569

PS: if anyone who found this article useful, don’t forget to send me a post card. LOL :=)