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Cisco VCS Deployment Guide: Microsoft Lync 2010 and Cisco VCS X6.1

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Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 6

Objectives and intended audience .......................................................................................................... 6

Deployment scenario ............................................................................................................................... 6

Why add a “Lync Gateway” Cisco VCS Control? ............................................................................. 8

Features and capabilities ......................................................................................................................... 9

Cisco VCS X6.1 and Lync Server 2010 ........................................................................................... 9

Summary of configuration process ........................................................................................................ 10

Different structures for Lync Server ....................................................................................................... 11

Prerequisites prior to configuring Cisco VCS and Lync Server to interoperate .................................... 13

Enabling calls between endpoints registered on Cisco VCS Controls in the video

network ........................................................................................................................ 14

Video network Cisco VCS Control configuration summary ................................................................... 14

Ensure that the SIP domain of Cisco VCS Control(s) in the video network are configured .......... 14

Ensure that default links between the Cisco VCS Control’s zones are set up ............................... 14

Lync Server configuration ...................................................................................................................... 15

Registering endpoints to the Video Network ......................................................................................... 15

Endpoint configuration. ................................................................................................................... 15

Confirming registrations ................................................................................................................. 15

Testing the configuration ....................................................................................................................... 15

Enabling calls between Lync clients registered on Lync Server ..................................... 16

Cisco VCS Control configuration ........................................................................................................... 16

Enabling users for Lync ...................................................................................................... 17

Registering Lync clients to the Lync Server .......................................................................................... 19

Lync client configuration ................................................................................................................. 19

Testing the configuration ....................................................................................................................... 21

Enabling endpoints registered on the video network to call Lync clients registered on

Lync Server ................................................................................................................. 22

Video network Cisco VCS Control configuration ................................................................................... 22

Set up a neighbor zone to the “Lync gateway” Cisco VCS (cluster) .............................................. 22

Set up a search rule to route calls with the Lync Server domain to the “Lync gateway” Cisco VCS
(cluster). .......................................................................................................................................... 23

“Lync gateway” Cisco VCS Control configuration (1) ............................................................................ 24

Generate and load private key, root certificate, and server certificate onto “Lync gateway” Cisco
VCS Control (not needed if TCP connection is used) .................................................................... 24

Set up the SIP domain of the “Lync Gateway” Cisco VCS ............................................................ 25

Ensure that default links between the “Lync gateway” Cisco VCS Control’s zones are set up ..... 26

Configure DNS details .................................................................................................................... 26

Ensure that cluster name is configured .......................................................................................... 27

Configure an NTP server ................................................................................................................ 28

Switch on TLS in SIP configuration (not needed if TCP connection is used) ................................ 28

Set up H.323  SIP interworking ............................................................................................... 29

Set Call routed mode to Always ..................................................................................................... 29

Lync Server configuration ...................................................................................................................... 30

Trust a Lync Gateway VCS and assign a static route on Lync Server .......................................... 30