Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Maintenance Manual
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.
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.
A multitude of different source types are supported, including Active Directory users and Cisco Unified CM
users. For an extensive list with descriptions and configuration options, see
users. For an extensive list with descriptions and configuration options, see
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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.
phone 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.
the 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.
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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.
are 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.
n
Yes is the default setting, which means that endpoints will only display addresses that they are capable of
dialling. For example, on an H.323-only endpoint, ISDN numbers and SIP addresses will not be displayed.
dialling. For example, on an H.323-only endpoint, ISDN numbers and SIP addresses will not be displayed.
n
No means that the endpoints will display all addresses and numbers in the phone book regardless of their
dialling capabilities.
dialling capabilities.
Note that enabling this setting causes additional server load and may lead to slower phone book searches for
users.
users.
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