Friday, 19 December 2014

200-001 Exam Question

QUESTION NO : 11

Which encoder is best suited for professional, studio-quality audio and video processing?

A. Scientific Atlanta Encoder
B. Cisco Digital Media Encoder 1000
C. Cisco Digital Media Encoder 2000
D. Cisco Digital Media Encoder 3000

Answer : C

200-001 Exam Question

QUESTION NO : 10

When scheduling a multipoint conference, which three devices are required for the conference to be scheduled and completed successfully? (Choose three.)

A. Cisco Unified Communications Manager
B. multipoint control unit
C. video conferencing endpoints
D. Cisco Unity Connection
E. Cisco Unified IM and Presence

Answer : ABC

Sunday, 23 November 2014

200-001 Exam Question

QUESTION NO : 9

Which scheduling and management application can be installed on any hardware platform that meets the minimum specifications that the end customer decides to deploy?

A. Cisco Video Communications
B. Cisco TelePresence Management Suite
C. Cisco Digital Media Manager
D. Cisco TelePresence Management Switch
E. Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Answer : B

Monday, 22 September 2014

Cisco Focuses on Railroads With New IoT Solution

Cisco Systems brings his Internet experience things for the railroad industry, the introduction of a solution that is designed to modernize rail networks to improve security, reduce costs and passengers associated with improved experience. Cisco this week unveiled rail connected, provides a portfolio of networking giant and its partners that the company representatives are both rail operators and passengers benefit in trains.


The Internet of Things (IoT) solution of smart transport solutions major initiative of Cisco aimed to railways and other transport systems includes a wide range of company products of network switches and routers, to the chambers of video surveillance, telepresence video conferencing systems, wireless access Points, digital signage and software.

The solution is designed to cover all aspects of the rail system, trained by the stations themselves. Comes at a time when railroads are a number of challenges due to aging systems detrimental to new federal safety requirements environmental situations have to do. Cisco offer has been developed to address these challenges, Barry Einsig,global executive transport for the business vertical business solutions from Cisco.

The rail comprises four connected activities such as station is connected. The component takes the various disparate parts of the traditional network stations and communication systems, and applies in a standards-based IP network. The network includes everything from routers and switches to video surveillance, digital signage, and video memory. Data anywhere easily allow officials to rail transit passengers and to monitor closely if there is a time delay while video cameras so the railway officials tabs on what is happening in their stations to hold and solve security problems quickly and programming.

Connected Train ensures a rider experience that includes on-board services like Wi-Fi as well as video surveillance and automated operations. Passengers can use the Wi-Fi network to do such tasks as pay fares, keep track of the train schedule, surf the Web and work.Einsig said it makes the railway more efficient and helps the passenger to work with fewer interruptions if that's what they want.

You have complete freedom to be productive while you ride if you have constant connectivity the whole time, he said. Connected Trackside offers a ruggedized IP infrastructure that connects the train to a mobile to Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) backhaul network and then the data center, according to Cisco officials. This part of the overall solutions includes a sensor network that offers computing power at the edge a process Cisco officials call fog computing. 

Railway operators can more quickly learn when there is an issue on the tracks when the data coming back from the edge doesn't fit the norm and the computers on the edge can analyze the data they are getting, and then decide what data to discard and what to send back to the data center, which can help save the railway networking and storage costs.


 Cisco's Positive Train Control technology combines with products from partners to create a communications system that looks to reduce rail accidents such as train collisions and derailments and comply with increasingly strict governmental regulations. Safety was a key factor in developing the Positive Train Control. Citing numbers from the U.S.Federal Railroad Association, two-thirds of rail accidents are caused by human error. The Positive Train Control system can figure out the speed and location of the train, and then can send out alerts or warnings, or even automatically slow or stop the train, according to the company.

Wednesday, 6 August 2014

Cisco-Powered Telstra Cloud To Be Released in US


Cisco unveil an aggressive pricing strategy for its ambitious InterCloud software.Meanwhile, are white label cloud offering of Dimension Data powered by Cisco will be announced later this month, while Telstra Cisco cloud Americans are released in November.Cisco has yet to complete the prices for Inter Cloud Enterprise Edition, but is eyeing a possible price tag of around U.S. $ 500 per port as an annual subscription license license for inter-cloud, enterprise-class software and only in the U.S. $ 250 per port per year for the license provider networks Cisco Powered services, Bob Gault, vice president of cloud and managed services partner organization Cisco.

We will not get rich selling these licenses to a customer of the company, Gault Monday morning said in a presentation to about 118 IT executives in the 18th annual summit of the cloud solutions from vendors powerful hybrid cloud Green Pages Technology Solutions offered. It is strategically important for us to embrace the hybrid cloud.Gault said that Cisco still finalizing prices and could change. Is directionally correct, he said the estimated price that has not been officially announced by Cisco.Even without final price, Gault said the new software Cisco InterCloud tissue for companies is now available to implement to its customers in order to ensure that the full benefits of sovereignty InterCloud including data and application portability in cloud hybrid environments. It's as simple as that (inter cloud companies) Software and private cloud integration as a virtual machine, he said.

Cisco aims to use its powerful fast-selling Unified Compute System server and network management platform, private and public cloud workloads are managed under UCS Director under a single pane of glass, Gault.Gault said urged both partners and customers , testing and implementation of software start InterCloud fabric. "It is a game software, said. Many of our members are not familiar with the software. What I encourage is to do our members get the API to get the software, test, pilot, and kick the tires on it so that they understand.

The new Cisco Intercloud offensive, with Telstra and DiData

In addition to the price of soon-to-be-released the software into the cloud, Gault said the new services Cisco partners, the Inter-Cloud, which was brought to market quickly.Cisco partners work to buy Dimension Data Cisco services remains "bill the end user hardware and software, including cloud infrastructure-as-a-Service, the Gault.

It is a Cisco brand, said. If you go to the website, there is a website Cisco. Cisco seems. Feels like Cisco, but behind the scenes you have a partner, Phase Two and Phase Three got props. The deal comes with New Dimension Data solutions provider recently is a niche player with the name in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for managed Cloud Hosting in North America.The cloud service powered by Cisco Telstra in Australia resident, meanwhile, is set to be available in November, Gault said. You will be more announcements to see in the next 30 to 45 days, he promised.


Cisco aims, the partners will initially offer the InterCloud software through its Program Authorized Technology Provider limit. We limit who can buy this outlook for a couple because we ensure that our partners before and after sales experience you want to do through this material in the cloud, he said.The new Cisco InterCloud offensive move is a watershed to ensure that everything that comes from Cisco in time is, API, Gault said.It is no longer based solely CLI (command line interface to Cisco IOS networking software). API is based. So everything will cloudised time.Cisco has even hired by Amazon Web Services are called to help talent, the power of your software catalog InterCloud, the Gault. He said 500 new strong division cloud computing is full of clouds and managed service experts.

Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Cisco's Latest CCNP Security Updates

Cisco has given us a big makeover for one of their premier Professional Level Certifications - the Cisco Certified Network Professional Security (CCNP Security) Certification. The 2014 updates retire some devices and technologies from coverage, and replace these with some of the latest and greatest in Cisco's security portfolio.It does seem that in the area of security,Cisco makes the most sweeping changes, retiring products with no warning. The ever-changing network security landscape certainly helps to make this a reality.

Prerequisites

The most common method of meeting the prerequisites is to simply possess the CCNA Security certification. The simplest path to CCNA Security is to possess the CCENT Certification and then pass 640-554 IINS. 
A less common method of meeting the prerequisites is to possess any valid CCIE Certification from Cisco Systems. This is actually how I can move right to this new CCNP Security as I possess the CCIE R&S cert.What about if you passed the older CCNA Security exams? As usual, Cisco is very fair about this.Candidates who have a valid CCNA Routing and Switching certification and have passed either Securing Cisco Network Devices exams 642-551 or 642-552 can act as a prerequisite valid through December 31, 2014.

CCNP Security Requirements

Four new exams are required for this premier Certification:  300-206 SENSS - the Implementing Cisco Edge Network Security (SENSS) (300-206) focuses on Cisco network perimeter edge devices such as Cisco switches, Cisco routers, and Cisco ASA firewalls. The exam is 90 total minutes and consists of 65-75 questions. The main sections and content you need to be ready for are:
  • Threat Defense - 25% of your exam is this area. It covers ASA firewalls, Layer 2 security, and the hardening of Cisco devices like routers and switches.
  • Cisco Security Devices GUIs and Secured CLI Management - 25% of your exam is in this area. Topics in this area are SSHv2, HTTPS, SNMPv3, RBAC in ASA and IOS, Cisco Prime, Cisco Security Manager, and the ASA’s ASDM GUI. 
  • Management Services on Cisco Devices - 12% of your exam is in this area. Topics are the NetFlow exporter, logging best practices, NTP, CDP, DNS, SCP, SFTP, and DHCP.
  • Troubleshooting, Monitoring and Reporting Tools - 10% of your exam is in this area. Topics are monitoring firewalls using analysis of packet tracer, packet capture, and syslog data.
  • Threat Defense Architectures - 16% of your exam is in this area. Topics are the design of firewall solutions as well as additional Layer 2 security mechanisms.
  • Security Components and Considerations - 12% of your exam is in this area.
Topics are security operations management architectures, Data Center security components and considerations, collaboration security components and considerations, and common IPv6 security considerations.300-208 SISAS - the Implementing Cisco Secure Access Solutions (SISAS) (300-208) exam challenges your knowledge of the components and architecture of secure access utilizing 802.1X and Cisco TrustSec.This exam is 90 minutes and consists of 65-75 questions. The main sections you need to be ready for are:

  • Identity Management and Secure Access - 33% of your exam is in this area. Topics are TACACS+, RADIUS, Native AD, LDAP, identity management, 802.1X, MAB, network authorization enforcement, Central Web Authentication, profiling, guest services, posture services, and BYOD access.
  • Threat Defense - 10% of your exam is in this area. The topic is the TrustSec architecture.
  • Troubleshooting, Monitoring and Reporting Tools - 7% of your exam is in this area. The topic is troubleshooting the ISE and AAA solutions.
  • Threat Defense Architectures - 17% of your exam is in this area. The topic is designing a highly secure wireless solution with ISE.
  • Design Identity Management Architectures - 33% of your exam is in this area. Topics are device administration, identity management, profiling, guest services, posturing services, and BYOD access
300-209 SIMOS - the Implementing Cisco Secure Mobility Solutions (SIMOS) (300-209) exam challenges you on the variety of Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions that Cisco has available on the Cisco ASA firewall and Cisco IOS software platforms. The exam is 90 minutes and consists of 65-75 questions. The topics are:
  • Secure Communications - 32% of your exam is in this area. The topics are site-to-site VPNs and remote access VPNs.
  • Troubleshooting, Monitoring and Reporting Tools - 38% of your exam is in this area. The topic is the troubleshooting of all of the VPN variants.
  • Secure Communications Architectures - 30% of your exam is in this area. The topics are designing site-to-site and remote access VPN solutions, and encryption, hashing, and Next Generation Encryption (NGE).
300-207 SITCS - the Implementing Cisco Threat Control Solutions (SITCS) (300-207) exam seeks to challenge you on advanced firewall architecture and configuration with the Cisco next-generation firewall, utilizing access and identity policies. The exam is 90 minutes and consists of 65-75 questions. Topics include:
  • Content Security - 22% of your exam is in this area. The topics are  the Cisco ASA 5500-X NGFW Security Services, Cisco Cloud Web Security, Cisco WSA, and Cisco ESA.
  • Threat Defense - 23% of your exam is in this area. The topic is the configuration of Cisco IPS.
  • Devices GUIs and Secured CLI - 16% of your exam is in this area. The topic is content security.
  • Troubleshooting, Monitoring and Reporting Tools - 19% of your exam is in this area. Topics are IME and IP logging for IPS, content security, and Cisco Security IntelliShield.
  • Threat Defense Architectures - 8% of your exam is in this area. The topic is the design of an IPS solution.
  • Content Security Architectures - 12% of your exam is in this area. Topics are the design of Web, email, and application security solutions.

Monday, 31 March 2014

Breaking Down the New Cisco Certifications: Cisco Video Network Specialist,CCNA Video

Tuesday,Cisco announced the creation of the new Cisco Specialist video networking and CCNA certifications video. Cisco Certified Network Specialist video is for people who do the work and technical image,video or audiovisual facilities managers in IP environments-Interconnection.CCNA Video is designed to extend the capabilities of an existing professional Cisco Voice (CCNA Voice) in video technologies . CCNA Certification video combines operational tasks of the Specialist Cisco Certified Network Video and deployment,implementation and troubleshooting knowledge that comes with the CCNA Voice.Such as video/voice over IP market is growing at a very rapid pace, obtaining these certifications enable people interested in these technologies for easier entry into the market.It is likely that Cisco can provide a professional level (CCNP) video track at a given time to complete this growth.The following sections discuss the test of these new certification requirements.

 Cisco Video Network Specialist Exam Requirements

 The Cisco Video Network Specialist certification involves the passing of the 200-001 VIVND Implementing Cisco Video Network Devices exam.To pass this test,you’ll need to understand the following set of exam objectives:

Video Concepts

  • Describe the functional components of video solutions

Endpoint Configuration

  • Describe video product models
  • Describe environment recommendations
  • Implement desktop endpoints and surveillance cameras
  • Describe features and functions 

Troubleshooting and Support

  • Describe troubleshooting methodologies
  • Identify endpoint issues
  • Collect system information
  • Manage configuration
  • Implement key CLI commands
  • Monitor events and alerts

Conferencing Concepts

  • Describe multi point control units
  • Describe conferencing features
  • Describe scheduling vs. ad hoc vs. on-demand features

CCNA Video

CCNA video requires the approval of two different tests.The first is the same VIVND 200-001-Implementing Cisco Network Devices video that is required for certification Cisco Specialist video over IP,and the second is the 640-461 ICOMM-Introducing Cisco Voice and Unified Communications Examining Authority (ICOMM).For those familiar with the CCNA Voice,this review will be familiar,as it is even necessary for the CCNA exam certification voice.What this means is that once the CCNA video was made, there are actually three different certifications required: CCNA Video,Voice and CCNA Cisco Specialist Network Video.To pass the ICOMM test the next set of exam objectives has been set:



Describe the characteristics of a Cisco Unified Communications solution

  • Describe the Cisco Unified Communications components and their functions
  • Describe call signaling and media flows
  • Describe quality implications of a VoIP network

Provision end users and associated devices

  • Describe user creation options for Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express
  • Create or modify user accounts for Cisco Unified Communications Manager
  • Create or modify user accounts for Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express using the GUI
  • Create or modify endpoints for Cisco Unified Communications Manager
  • Create or modify endpoints for Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express using the GUI
  • Describe how calling privileges function and how calling privileges impact system features
  • Create or modify directory numbers
  • Enable user features and related calling privileges for extension mobility, call coverage, intercom, native presence, and unified mobility remote destination configuration
  • Enable end users for Cisco Unified Presence
  • Verify user features are operational

Configure voice messaging and presence

  • Describe user creation options for voice messaging
  • Create or modify user accounts for Cisco Unity Connection
  • Describe Cisco Unified Presence
  • Configure Cisco Unified Presence

Maintain Cisco Unified Communications system

  • Generate CDR and CMR reports
  • Generate capacity reports
  • Generate usage reports
  • Generate RTMT reports to monitor system activities
  • Monitor voicemail usage
  • Remove unassigned directory numbers
  • Perform manual system backup

Provide end user support

  • Verify PSTN connectivity
  • Define fault domains using information gathered from end user
  • Troubleshoot endpoint issues
  • Identify voicemail issues and resolve issues related to user mailboxes
  • Describe causes and symptoms of call quality issues
  • Reset single devices
  • Describe how to use phone applications