• Channel Partner/Reseller
• Customers
• Employee

• Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch Essentials I is a required prerequisite course.
• Experience with Cisco IOS Software routers and knowledge of IP routing and switching fundamentals; knowledge equivalent to the CCNA and/or CCNP certifications.
• Experience with UNIX (Solaris) operating systems.
• Exposure to MGCP and SIP call signaling protocols.
• Background with telephony network concepts and terminology.

After completing this course the student should be able to:

• Identify and explain the Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch Broadband Local Integrated Services Solutions, solution components, and interoperability.
• Identify and describe and Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch system architecture, interfaces, and databases.
• Describe and demonstrate Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch system operations and maintenance procedures and commands.
• Describe the Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch provisioning table relationships used to process and control on-net and off-net calls and various routing/translation scenarios.
• Demonstrate the decoding of MGCP and SIP signaling protocols.
• Describe the system architecture and operation of the MGX8800 Series TGW, Cisco IOS Software ITP Signaling Gateway (SGW), and Cisco Software IOS TGWs.
• Demonstrate using Cisco IOS Software/command-line interface (CLI) commands to determine status and troubleshoot faults on Cisco MGX 8800 Series Switches, ITP, and AS5X00 platforms.
• Practice using troubleshooting tools and methods to isolate and resolve off-net trunking/signaling faults.

The Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch Essentials II course builds on the concepts presented in Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch Essentials I.

This course focuses on translations (dial plans), public switched telephone network (PSTN) interconnect with Cisco IP Transfer Point (ITP) signaling gateways, and off-net trunking with both Cisco AS5X00 IOS Software and Cisco MGX 8000 Series trunking gateways.

This course focuses on developing Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch provisioning scripts for off-net trunking and call routing, in-depth coverage of Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Signaling System 7 (SS7), and Signaling Transport (SIGTRAN) signaling protocols, and troubleshooting of call processing faults.

The course outline is as follows:

• Course Introduction
• Broadband Local Integrated Services Solution and BTS System Review
• MGCP
• SIP
• Translations and Trunking
• Announcement Server Provisioning
• SS7/SIGTRAN Signaling and ITP Provisioning
• Provisioning Trunking Gateways
• Cisco MGX 8000 Series (VISM) Trunking Gateways
• Translations and Dial Plans