Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Maintenance Manual
Creating and Managing Phone Books
This chapter covers core phone book concepts and describes the creation and management of phone books and their
sources in Cisco TMS.
sources in Cisco TMS.
The chapter also includes reference material for all entries in the Phone Books menu.
Phone Book Basics
The Role of Phone Book Sources
Phone books in Cisco TMS are containers for one or more phone book sources. The phone book source supplies a list
of contacts that are made available to endpoints through phone books. Multiple sources connected to one phone
book will be merged together.
of contacts that are made available to endpoints through phone books. Multiple sources connected to one phone
book will be merged together.
A multitude of different source types are supported, including Active Directory users and Unified CM users. For an
extensive list with descriptions and configuration options, see
extensive list with descriptions and configuration options, see
.
Hierarchical Phone Books
Phone book sources are always imported as flat lists of contacts. However, phone books may contain other phone
books in a hierarchical structure based on, for example, geography or organizational structure.
books in a hierarchical structure based on, for example, geography or organizational structure.
All or parts of the hierarchical phone book may then be set on the different systems. Any phone books below the
specified level will be included recursively, while parent phone books will be excluded.
specified level will be included recursively, while parent phone books will be excluded.
Note that hierarchical phone books are not supported by the legacy global directory phone book format.
Default Source and Phone Book
As part of the default installation, Cisco TMS creates a simple phone book that contains all the systems that are
managed by Cisco TMS and assigns it to all systems automatically discovered by Cisco TMS.
managed by Cisco TMS and assigns it to all systems automatically discovered by Cisco TMS.
Phone Book Routing
In Administrative Tools > Configuration > General Settings, there is a setting called Route Phone Book Entries.
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