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Configuring the VCS
Cisco VCS Deployment Guide: ENUM dialing on Cisco VCS (X7.2)
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Configuring the VCS
Configuring an ENUM zone and search rule
An ENUM zone on the VCS and its associated search rule are used to construct a query for a DNS
server with NAPTR records that describe how to convert E.164 numbers into one or more URIs.
server with NAPTR records that describe how to convert E.164 numbers into one or more URIs.
In this deployment scenario, we want to query DNS for NAPTR records based on the number that was
dialed, ignoring any domain information that has been appended. This requires
dialed, ignoring any domain information that has been appended. This requires
an ENUM zone configured with a DNS domain suffix to be used for the lookup
a search rule that transforms incoming dialed aliases into digit only numbers
To configure an ENUM zone:
1. Go to the
Zones
page (
VCS configuration > Zones > Zones
).
2. Click New. You are taken to the
Create zone
page.
3. Configure the fields as follows:
Name
Enter the name you want to give this zone, for example “ENUM lookup zone”
Type
Select ENUM
Hop count
Leave as default setting
DNS suffix
Enter the suffix of the DNS location where the NAPTR records for this ENUM lookup are
held, for example enum.search.com
held, for example enum.search.com
H.323 mode
Select On if the result of the ENUM lookup is allowed to be used to generate an H.323
call
call
SIP mode
Select On if the result of the ENUM lookup is allowed to be used to generate a SIP call
4. Click Create zone.