Cisco Collaboration Blog by Dmytro Benda: May 2015

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Welcome to my blog about Cisco Collaboration, voice, and contact center technologies.

I’m Dmytro Benda, a Cisco instructor (CCSI#33268) and collaboration specialist. Here I share practical articles, lab notes, configuration tips, and troubleshooting ideas based on real work with Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Unified CME, gateways, CUBE, and contact center solutions.

This blog is for engineers, students, and anyone working with Cisco collaboration technologies who wants clear technical content and real-world examples. I also post updates about Cisco training, my own courses, and upcoming learning activities.

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Friday, May 29, 2015

How to Make a Bootable DVD for Installing Cisco UC Products

Lately, I've been asked a lot about how to make a bootable disk for a Cisco Unified Communication Manager installation for a lab or test environment. This is quite easy to do, and the procedure has been repeatedly described in various sources. In my lab I use the method described here:

http://htluo.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-to-make-non-bootable-iso-image.html

IMPORTANT! This method is not recommended by the vendor. Therefore, it is suitable only for installations of products for the purpose of familiarization or training, but not for real projects.