Franske ITC-2300 Schedule

Date	Week	Session	Before Class	In Class	Due In Class	Due Online
28-Aug	1	1		Syllabus/Schedule/Introduction
4-Sep	2	2	Read: Introduction to Virtualization (complete whitepaper), vmWare vSphere Basics (complete whitepaper), vSphere 6.5 Installation and Setup Guide (Pages 82-85, 193-217)	vmWare ESXi Installation Lab		VMware Week 1 Questions (Intro/ESXi)
11-Sep	3	3	Read: vSphere 6.5 Virtual Machine Administration (p. 8-23), VCSA 6.5 Installation Walkthrough, vSphere 6.5 Installation and Setup Guide (p. 10-18, 232-240), vCenter 6.5 Server and Host Management (p. 23-61)	vmWare vCenter Installation Lab	VMware ESXi Install Lab Report	VMware Week 2 Questions (vCenter)
18-Sep	4	4	Read: vSphere 6.5 Command Line Concepts and Examples (p. 11-31), vmWare KB1038043, vCenter 6.5 Server and Host Management (p. 113-124), vSphere 6.5 Virtual Machine Administration (p. 24-50) (Notes: Add AD Integration)	vmWare VM Administration Lab	VMware vCenter Install Lab Report	VMware Week 3 Questions (Administration); VMware ESXi Exam
25-Sep	5	5		BEN GONE: vmWare Virtualization Catch Up Week
2-Oct	6	6	Read: Proxmox VE Fundamentals, Installing Proxmox VE	Proxmox Installation Lab	Vmware VM Administration Lab Report
9-Oct	7	7	Read: Cluster and VM Management, Creating Containers	Proxmox VM Administration Lab	Proxmox Installation Lab Report	VMware vCenter Exam and Proxmox Week 1&2 Questions Combined (Installation/Administration)
16-Oct	8	8	Read: Introducing the Cloud Materials (see below)	Introducing the Cloud Labs	Proxmox VM Administration Lab Report	Proxmox Exam; Introducing the Cloud Questions
23-Oct	9	9	Read: Using Azure Virtual Machines Materials (see below)	Using Azure Virtual Machines Labs	Introducing the Cloud Lab Report	Using Azure Virtual Machines Questions
30-Oct	10	10	Read: Scaling Azure Virtual Machines Materials (see below)	Scaling Azure Virtual Machines Labs	Using Azure Virtual Machines Lab Report	Scaling Azure Virtual Machines Questions; Introducing the Cloud Exam
6-Nov	11	11	Read/Watch: Introduction to VoIP with Asterisk Materials (see below)	Introduction to VoIP Labs	Scaling Azure Virtual Machines Lab Report	Introduction to VoIP Questions; Using Azure Virtual Machines Exam
13-Nov	13	13	Read: VoIP: Provisioning, Voicemail, and SIP (see below)	Provisioning, Voicemail, and SIP Labs	Introduction to VoIP Lab Report	Provisioning, Voicemail, and SIP Questions; Scaling Azure Virtual Machines Exam
20-Nov	14	14	Read: T1 and PSTN Access Materials (see below)	T1 and PSTN Access Labs	VoIP: Provisioning, Voicemail, and SIP Lab Report	T1 and PSTN Access Questions; Introduction to VoIP Exam
27-Nov	15	15	Read: GUI Asterisk Configuration Materials (see below)	GUI Asterisk Configuration Labs	T1 and PSTN Access Lab Report	GUI Asterisk Configuration Questions; VoIP: Provisioning, Voicemail, and SIP Exam
4-Dec	16	16	Readings as required for your case study projects	Case Study Projects	GUI Asterisk Configuration Lab Report	T1 and PSTN Access Exam
11-Dec	16	16		Case Study Projects	Case Study Projects	GUI Asterisk Configuration Exam
18-Dec	FE				All Remaining Work	Online Final Exam

Online Reading Links

Introducing the Cloud

• Cloud Concepts
• Azure Architecture
• Manage Services with the Azure Portal
  • NOTE: Skip the 3 "Exercises" for now, they will be labs in class
• Azure Compute Options
• Azure Data Storage Options
• Azure Networking Options
• Security, Responsibility, and Trust in Azure
• Control and Organize Azure Resources with Azure Resource Manager

Using Azure Virtual Machines

• Introduction to Azure Virtual Machines
  • NOTE: Skip the "Exercise" for now, it will be a lab in class
• Choose a Data Storage Approach in Azure

Scaling Azure Virtual Machines

• Keep Your Virtual Machines Updated
• Configure the Network for your Virtual Machine
• Build Azure Resource Manager Templates
• Add and Size Disks in Azure Virtual Machines

Introduction to VoIP with Asterisk

• VIDEO: Asterisk from Scratch - Part 1 - Intro to Asterisk & Asterisk Architecture
• VIDEO: Asterisk from Scratch - Part 2 - Installing Asterisk & Intro to Dial Plan
• VIDEO: Asterisk from Scratch - Part 4 - Introduction to Dial Plan (First 12:30 ONLY)
• Configuring Asterisk for User Devices
• Cisco IP Phone Boot Process
• What is Chan-SCCP
• Chan-SCCP sccp.conf Configuration File Documentation
• SCCP Dialplan Configuration

Beginning in Fall 2020

• Dialplan Syntax
• A Simple Dialplan
• Building an Interactive Dialplan

VoIP: Provisioning, Voicemail, and SIP

• VIDEO: Asterisk from Scratch - Part 4 - Introduction to Dial Plan (Continuing from 12:30 through end)
• Digium A-Series Phone Provisioning
• Digium A-Series Phone Web Interface
• PJSIP Config Sections and Relationships
• Digium D-Series Phone Provisioning
• Introduction to DPMA
• DPMA Installation Instructions
• DPMA Configuration
• SIP Configuration for DPMA Phones
• Asterisk Voicemail
• Asterisk Dialplan Voicemail Integration

VoIP: T1 and PSTN Access

• The Basics of Trunking
• DIDs and Trunking
• CAS vs PRI Trunking
• PRI vs SIP Trunking
• Fundamental Dialplan for Outside Connectivity
• Outside VoIP Connectivity
  • NOTE: This is an older reference and the SIP configuration shown uses sip.conf which is slightly different than the pjsip.conf we are using, just be aware that the concepts are sound but the exact SIP configuration will be a bit different
• PJSIP Configuration for Trunk to Service Provider Including Registration
• Emergency Dialing
• Asterisk Dialplan Security
• Cisco IOS Dial Peer Configuration Guide: Dial Peer Overview
• Cisco IOS Dial Peer Configuration Guide: Dial Peer Features and Configuration
• Cisco IOS Voice Port Configuration Guide: Voice Port Configuration Overview
• Cisco Unified CallManager Express Solution Reference Network Design Guide: Voice Gateways

VoIP: GUI Asterisk Configuration

• FreePBX Installation Guide
• FreePBX Registration
• FreePBX: Configuring Your PBX - Skip the section on "Setting Up SIPStation Trunks"
• Using EPM with DPMA for Digium Phones
• FreePBX PJSIP Extensions
• FreePBX Trunks