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.
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 extens-
ive list with descriptions and configuration options, see
ive 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.
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 spe-
cified level will be included recursively, while parent phone books will be excluded.
cified 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.
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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.
by Cisco TMS and assigns it to all systems automatically discovered by Cisco TMS.
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