voice - which call mgr version to buy for a lab?

[lgontarsk]

Hi, I'm going to buy some call managers for a lab. i'd eventually like to study for the lab, but not right away. can anyone tell me which version of call manager they think I should buy?

I'm worried that if I buy 4.3 for my home lab, it will become outdated quickly due to version 6 being released.

I looked at the ccie voice lab info, and i didn't see anything that had to do with CCM version.

Thanks!

LisaG

[Rob Huffman]

Hi Lisa,

This link shows the current tested CCM Version and enquipment.

CCIE VOICE TRACK

Lab Equipment and IOS Version

http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/voice/lab_equipment.html

If it were me I would likely go for a newer version that CCM 4.3 due to the fact that this will be a fairly long study period and the lab will probably be testing 6.x by then. That being said "study is study" and the knowledge that you gained from studying CCM 4.x versions would never be wasted as the overall concepts will remain constant :)

Best of luck and I Hope this helps!

Rob