CCIE Collaboration Lab Equipment and Software List
Passing the lab exam requires a depth of understanding difficult to obtain without hands-on experience. Early in your preparation you should arrange access to equipment similar to that used on the exam, and listed below:
Lab Equipment:
- Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) C460 Rack Server
- Cisco 3925 Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 (ISR G2)
- Cisco 2921 Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 (ISR G2)
- ISR G2 Modules and Interface Cards
- - 1-Port 3rd Gen Multiflex Trunk Voice/WAN Int. Cards - T1/E1
- - Cisco High-Density Packet Voice Digital Signal Processor Modules (PVDM3)
- - Cisco Service Ready Module 710 Service Module with Cisco Unity Express
- - 4-port Cisco Gigabit EtherSwitch 10/100/1000BASE-TX autosensing EHWIC with POE
- Cisco Catalyst 3750-X Series Switch
- Cisco Unified IP Phones 7965 and 9971
- Cisco Jabber for Windows
- Cisco Jabber Video for Cisco Telepresence*
*In backbone, no candidate configuration required
Software Versions
Any major software release which has been generally available for six months is eligible for testing in the CCIE Collaboration Lab Exam.
- Cisco Unified Communications Manager 9.1
- Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express 9.1
- Cisco Unified Contact Center Express 9.0
- Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence 9.1
- Cisco Unity Connection 9.1
- Cisco Unity Express 8.6
- All routers use IOS version 15.2(4) M Train
- Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series Switches uses 12.2(55) SE Train
Network Interfaces
- Fast Ethernet
- Frame Relay
Telephony Interfaces
- T1/E1
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