Understanding Cisco Collaboration Foundations (CLFNDU)
- Length 5 days
- Price $6589 inc GST
- Version 2.0

The Understanding Cisco Collaboration Foundations (CLFNDU) course gives you the skills and knowledge needed to administer and support a simple, single-site Cisco® Unified Communications Manager (UCM) solution with Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) gateway.
The training covers initial parameters, management of devices including phones and video endpoints, management of users, and management of media resources, as well as Cisco Unified Communications solutions maintenance and troubleshooting tools. In addition, you will learn the basics of SIP dial plans including connectivity to Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) services, and how to use class-of-service capabilities.
This training does not lead directly to a certification exam, but it does cover foundational knowledge that can help you prepare for several Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) and other professional-level collaboration trainings and exams. This training also earns you 21 Continuing Education (CE) credits toward recertification.
Digital courseware: Cisco provides students with electronic courseware for this course. Students who have a confirmed booking will be sent an email prior to the course start date, with a link to create an account via learningspace.cisco.com before they attend their first day of class. Please note that any electronic courseware or labs will not be available (visible) until the first day of the class.
Exam Vouchers: Cisco exam vouchers are not included in the course fees but can be purchased separately where applicable.
After taking this course, you should be able to:
Describe benefits of using Cisco collaboration solution, collaboration deployment models, and components of collaboration solution in on-premises, cloud, and hybrid deployments
Explore different codecs used in voice and video calls and explain how SIP signaling is used to set up and teardown calls
Identify Cisco Unified Communications Manager User Types and use Active Directory to manage Users in Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Identify the appropriate Cisco Unified IP Phone software solution for registration, recognise different Cisco Unified IP Phone models and their supported software, and identify various models of Webex video endpoints
Provide an understanding of Cisco Unified Communications Manager, including its deployment models, cluster architecture, network requirements, collaboration services, administration tools, and redundancy strategies to design, implement, and maintain robust collaboration networks
Examine the lifecycle of Cisco collaboration endpoints
Understand the dial plans and call routing in Cisco Unified Communications Manager including the key components, digit manipulation techniques, translation patterns, and practical skills to create and configure a basic dial plan
Configure a class of service elements in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Provide an overview of the reporting and maintenance tools available for managing and monitoring Cisco Unified Communications systems
Analyse media resources within Cisco Unified Communications systems, including conferencing solutions, transcoders, media termination points, and music on hold, to optimise their configuration and usage
Describe the differences between a rendezvous, Meet-Me and ad hoc conference, describe how to create a SIP Trunk for Cisco Meeting Server in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, and how to set up media resources to support ad hoc and Meet-Me conferences
Analyse the deployment, integration, and use cases of Cisco Instant Messaging and Presence Service alongside Cisco Unified Communications Manager to optimise communication through scalable, redundant, and secure solutions
Evaluate the features, deployment options, and integration of Cisco Jabber with Cisco Unified Communications Manager to optimise communication workflows, enhance team collaboration, and provide a smooth transition to modern communication solutions
Analyse Cisco Unity Connection components, architecture, and call handlers, focusing on the system’s deployment, configuration, and user management to optimise communication workflows and enhance user experience
Describe the Cisco Edge Services Components
Analyse the architecture and configuration of Cisco Expressway Zones, as well as the role of Search Rules, security certificates, and encryption strategies to enable efficient and secure voice, video, and collaboration services between internal and external networks
Analyse the architecture and configuration of Cisco Unified Border Element, including its key features for signaling and media interworking, security demarcation, toll-fraud prevention, and call admission control to enable secure, cost-effective voice and video connectivity across disparate VoIP networks
Describe how to access the Control Hub and navigate the menus to setup a Webex collaboration solution
Introduce User administration in Control Hub
Explore the registration process to Control Hub
Examine Webex Calling options using the Control Hub
Explore admin-configurable features and user configurable features in Webex calling
Describe Reporting and Maintenance
Provide a technical understanding of Cisco Webex cloud and hybrid media resources, including voicemail management, Edge Audio, and Video Mesh
Describe Cisco Webex Hybrid Cloud Connected Unified Communications
Describe Webex Hybrid Services

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Students preparing to take the CCNP Collaboration certification
Network Administrators
Network Engineers
Systems Engineers
There are no prerequisites for this training. However, the knowledge and skills you are recommended to have before attending this training are:
Internet web browser usability knowledge and general computer usage
Knowledge of Cisco Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS®) command line
The supply of this course by Lumify Work is governed by the booking terms and conditions. Please read the terms and conditions carefully before enrolling in this course, as enrolment in the course is conditional on acceptance of these terms and conditions.