Dave Schulz guest blogs again today about Cisco's voice certification changes. Dave asserts that the new CCNA Voice - due to the new ICOMM exam - looks like it raises the bar a bit on getting your CCNA Voice certification. Similar to his post last week, Dave examines the new ICOMM 8.0 course to help interpret more detail about the kind of materials you might expect to see in the new ICOMM exam. Dave is a Voice instructor forSkyline ATS, author of the newCIPT2快速参考from Cisco Press. Do you agree that ICOMM makes CCNA Voice more challenging? Also, it's your last chance to toss a question out to Dave, since this is his final round of posting for his guest appearance. Thanks, Dave!
Today's blog will be addressing the changes for CCNA voice. The changes released by Cisco in the past week affect the CCNA voice, as well as, the CCVP (now CCNP voice) certification programs. The CCNA voice certification still requires a valid CCNA certification. The old CCNA Voice then required you to pass either the IIUC (640-460) or the CVOICE (642-436) exams. If you are currently working on this path, you have until the end of February to complete the certification path.
新CCNA语音替换为新ICOMM（640-461）考试的两名年龄较大的考试选项。这门考试有一个相关的培训课程，介绍思科语音和统一通信（ICOMM）V8.0。上周对CIPT1和CIPT2岗位类似，该岗位检查新的课程，看看我们可能会做出新的ICOMM考试什么结论。
Overview:
过程中被认为是介绍思科统一通信，其覆盖思科统一通信管理器，思科统一通信管理器Express中，的Cisco Unity Connection，和Cisco Unified存在。有些人可能会说...“四个产品在5天的课程？”是的，你没有听错。而且，由于你已经有这么多的乐趣....尽管这门课程已经在标题中“引入”的第一个字，和声音是和“管理”当然，这既不是行政级别，也不介绍-level课程。
大量假设是关于知识的水平，这将是一个先决条件，这门课程和考试取得。该课程本身陈述了学习者应begin与融合的语音和数据网络的使用知识，网关的知识，思科统一通信管理器和思科Unity Connection的过程。哦，我说的这个类的标题开始用的字，introducing？因此，不存在似乎是在CCNA认证的缝隙与学生在入学ICOMM？那么，你是法官。但是，不要在这5天的课程的第一个视图兴奋，思维....我可以把这个5天的课程，通过考试，我是一个CCNA语音。是的....你可以去思科并采取CCIE语音考试，并在一天成为CCIE！谈何容易！
Seriously, I think there's a gap between the topics in CCNA and what you need to start ICOMM - at least based on the course. After you complete the CCNA, you will need to get more understanding of these products and technology before you enroll in the ICOMM course, as well as, changing one's understanding of what "introducing" and "administration" means.
Specific topics:
Anyway, the ICOMM course and exam cover a host of information regarding these four products dealing with interfaces, users and user configuration, and some design concepts of these products. Voicemail integration, call flow, and presence server configuration and are also discussed, along with QoS concepts, dial-peer configuration, and host of features and mobility concepts. The level of maintenance and administration covered in this course is quite advanced covering not only the DRF (disaster recovery system), but reports, Call Detail Records, and the use of the Real-Time Monitoring Tool.
Bridging the gap:
Just some suggestions here, if you are beginning your pursuit of the CCNA voice, then I would suggest (after you complete the CCNA) to take one of the following routes before beginning the ICOMM course. These options can include any of the following (to cover the pre-requisite of your understanding of Cisco Unified CM and Cisco Unity Connection):
1. Gain a working knowledge by your current involvement with voice technology on the job.
2. Enroll in a basic administration class (ACUCM和AUC). These classes are TRUE introductory classes that can be understood by anyone beginning their pursuit of CCNA voice. However, these do not cover Cisco Unified CM Express or Presence, but should be you a core understanding of voice technology as it applies to these two products.
3. Study and learn the voice technologies required by purchasing Cisco Press books, Quick Reference guides, reading the Cisco documentation, and building your own home lab.
4.获取一个学习伙伴 - 我追求CCIE的过程中，我有一个研究的合作伙伴，真正帮助提供鼓励，深入挖掘一些更复杂的概念，并继续与追求，即使当事情遇到困难
(Note from Wendell: on the above, it will be interesting to see what's in the new ICOMM Cert Guide once it's available.)
Conclusions:
看来，门槛已经提高大多数的认证路径。一些这是由于新产品和新技术的覆盖，有些人可能是由于思科的尝试，以尽量减少CCNA语音，CCNP语音和CCIE语音之间的差距。但是，不要让任何事情从追求自己的梦想，并获得CCNA语音或任何其他认证气馁。坚持下去！
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