I'm interested in knowing what others are doing lately with regard to device choice on a private WAN Metro Ethernet connection when feature requirements are met by both an L3 switch and router. Thanks, Chris ... View more

At present I have two DMVPNs in place over the internet. One hub per DMVPN. All spokes and the hubs utilize the internet for the DMVPN. I have one new location that has a metro-ethernet link from it's spoke router to one of the hub routers (this hub router has one interface internet facing and one interface for the private metro LAN to the spoke site). Given this is a private connection, spoke to spoke communication won't be possible, which is fine in this case. My question is - will this "break" anything or cause other issues with the DMVPN's operation? I don't want to create a second DMVPN just for this connection if at all possible. I use route tagging to prevent loops and from sending DMVPN traffic from one VPN to the other. If I create a new DMVPN, I need to modify the tags on all of my spokes. I suppose I could also just do a separate GRE tunnel with IPsec and not put this on the DMVPN at all. If I add more metro-E sites in the future I could then create another DMVPN for that transport. Thoughts? Or any alternative recommendations for design? Thanks, Chris ... View more

Hello, I'm looking for thoughts, opinions, and experiences with opting to go with Nexus in the LAN core vs. a Catalyst 4500/6500/6800. Not concerned about FWSM/WISM modules or PoE - purely L3 routing, multicast rp, etc. Thanks, Chris ... View more

Is there a way to use a wav file recording as the standard greeting for a user mailbox as opposed to recording the greeting from an IP phone? Platform is Cisco Unity Express 3.0. Kind regards, CB                   ... View more

Hi, I'm wondering first if I am correct in reading this Cisco Validated Design configuration as limiting everything but ef/cs3 to 10 Mbps on the example interface. So effectively all traffic to/from say, a workstation plugged into this switch, or a workstation daisy chained to an IP phone, which is connected to this switch, is limited down to 10 Mbps on this 1 Gbps interface? My understanding is service-policy will be applied before trust. If that is the case, I'm wondering the reason for such a low rate? mls qos map policed-dscp  0 10 18 24 46 to 8 mls qos map cos-dscp 0 8 16 24 32 46 48 56 mls qos srr-queue output cos-map queue 1 threshold 3 4 5 mls qos srr-queue output cos-map queue 2 threshold 1 2 mls qos srr-queue output cos-map queue 2 threshold 2 3 mls qos srr-queue output cos-map queue 2 threshold 3 6 7 mls qos srr-queue output cos-map queue 3 threshold 3 0 mls qos srr-queue output cos-map queue 4 threshold 3 1 mls qos srr-queue output dscp-map queue 1 threshold 3 32 33 40 41 42 43 44 45 mls qos srr-queue output dscp-map queue 1 threshold 3 46 47 mls qos srr-queue output dscp-map queue 2 threshold 1 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 mls qos srr-queue output dscp-map queue 2 threshold 1 26 27 28 29 30 31 34 35 mls qos srr-queue output dscp-map queue 2 threshold 1 36 37 38 39 mls qos srr-queue output dscp-map queue 2 threshold 2 24 mls qos srr-queue output dscp-map queue 2 threshold 3 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 mls qos srr-queue output dscp-map queue 2 threshold 3 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 mls qos srr-queue output dscp-map queue 3 threshold 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 mls qos srr-queue output dscp-map queue 4 threshold 1 8 9 11 13 15 mls qos srr-queue output dscp-map queue 4 threshold 2 10 12 14 mls qos queue-set output 1 threshold 1 100 100 50 200 mls qos queue-set output 1 threshold 2 125 125 100 400 mls qos queue-set output 1 threshold 3 100 100 100 3200 mls qos queue-set output 1 threshold 4 60 150 50 200 mls qos queue-set output 1 buffers 15 25 40 20 mls qos class-map match-all AUTOQOS_VOIP_DATA_CLASS match ip dscp ef class-map match-all AUTOQOS_DEFAULT_CLASS match access-group name AUTOQOS-ACL-DEFAULT class-map match-all AUTOQOS_VOIP_SIGNAL_CLASS match ip dscp cs3 ! policy-map AUTOQOS-SRND4-CISCOPHONE-POLICY class AUTOQOS_VOIP_DATA_CLASS    set dscp ef   police 128000 8000 exceed-action policed-dscp-transmit class AUTOQOS_VOIP_SIGNAL_CLASS   set dscp cs3   police 32000 8000 exceed-action policed-dscp-transmit   class AUTOQOS_DEFAULT_CLASS    set dscp default    police 10000000 8000 exceed-action policed-dscp-transmit interface GigabitEthernet1/0/1   switchport access vlan 164   switchport mode access   switchport voice vlan 165   switchport port-security maximum 11   switchport port-security   switchport port-security aging time 2   switchport port-security violation restrict   switchport port-security aging type inactivity   ip arp inspection limit rate 100   srr-queue bandwidth share 1 30 35 5   priority-queue out   mls qos trust device cisco-phone   mls qos trust cos   macro description AccessEdgeQoS   auto qos voip cisco-phone   spanning-tree portfast   service-policy input AUTOQOS-SRND4-CISCOPHONE-POLICY   ip verify source   ip dhco snooping limit rate 100 Many thanks. -C ... View more

Hello, I'm looking to know how to make the "operator" extension different based on business hours schedule on the UC540. The customer is looking to have the auto attendant timeout go to two different extensions based on if the timeout (caller does not make a selection) occurs during business hours or after business hours. Thanks in advance! Best regards, Chris                   ... View more

Hello, I have a customer with CallManager Express that wants an ephone-dn number, when called, to ring over loud speakers/horns in a manufacturing production environment. This ring would alert people in the plant to answer an ephone that has this ephone-dn extension number assigned to it. If the call was not answered, it would go to a voicemail box (unity express). Is this possible with an FXS port? Would a third party device be required? Has anyone done this and if so, do you have any experiences you would be willing to share? Any configuration examples available? Any and all assistance is very much appreciated. Thanks, Chris              ... View more