The Cisco TelePresence® Video Communications Suite Foundation version 2.0 instructor-led remote delivery course offered by High-Touch Delivery Learning Services will provide participants with the skills and knowledge needed to install and configure basic features on the Cisco® VCS, including SIP, H.323, interworking, internal routing (including trunks to Cisco UCM), external routing, bandwidth management, and redundancy.

Software Version

• VCS x8.1

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Install Cisco VCS Appliance
• Describe the H.323 and SIP standards and call flow
• Configure transforms, zones, search rules and call policy
• Configure basic security features
• Configure traversal and DNS zones
• Manage bandwidth

• Module 1: Cisco VCS Initial Installation and Setup
  •  Cisco VCS documentation, key features, and licensing
  •  Cisco VCS hardware, virtual machine, and physical installation

• Module 2: Cisco VCS H.323 Gatekeeper and SIP Registrar
  •  Cisco VCS basic settings
  •  H.323 standard, messaging, and Cisco VCS configuration
  •  SIP standard, messaging, and Cisco VCS configuration

• Module 3: Cisco VCS Internal Call Routing
  • Cisco VCS call routing
  • Regular expressions
  • Cisco VCS transforms
  • Cisco VCS search rules
  • Cisco VCS default and neighbor zones
  • Cisco VCS call policy

• Module 4: Cisco VCS Security
  •  Cisco VCS passwords, welcome messages, SSH, and Telnet
  •  Encryption
  •  Cisco VCS authentication

• Module 5: Cisco VCS External Call Routing
  •  Cisco VCS traversal zones
  •  Cisco VCS DNS zones

• Module 6: Cisco VCS Additional Features
  •  Cisco VCS bandwidth management
  •  Cisco VCS presence
  •  Cisco VCS redundancy

Lab Outline

• Lab 1: Cisco VCS Initial Configuration
• Lab 2: Cisco VCS H.323 Registration
• Lab 3: Cisco VCS SIP Registration
• Lab 4: Cisco VCS Call and Search Details
• Lab 5: Regular Expressions
• Lab 6: Cisco VCS Transforms
• Lab 7: Cisco VSC Neighbor Zones (includes neighboring to Unified CM)
• Lab 8: Cisco VCS Authentication
• Lab 9: Cisco VCS Expressway Configuration
• Lab 10: Cisco VCS DNS Zones
• Lab 11: Cisco VCS Subzone Configuration
• Lab 12: Cisco VCS Clustering

This course is designed for engineers who are installing and configuring Cisco VCS. The primary
audience for this course includes:

• Installation engineers
• Third-line support engineers
• Cisco TelePresence network design engineers

Following are the prerequisites for this course:

• Cisco TelePresence Basics On-Demand (TBOD) and Cisco TelePresence Endpoint
  Foundation (TEPF)
  Or
• TelePresence Support and Operations Training
  Or
• equivalent knowledge