Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway
Note that the regular expression used to prevent local domains being searched via the DNS zone can be broken down
into the following components:
into the following components:
(.*) = match all pattern strings
(?!.*@example\.com.*$).* = do not match any pattern strings ending in @example.com
In the deployment example, calls destined for @cisco.com would be searched via the DNS zone, whereas calls
destined for @example.com would not.
destined for @example.com would not.
Task 14: Configuring External (Unknown) IP Address Routing
The following configuration defines how a VCS routes calls (and other requests) to external IP addresses. An external
IP address is an IP address which is not ‘known’ to the VCS and therefore assumed to be a publicly routable address.
IP address is an IP address which is not ‘known’ to the VCS and therefore assumed to be a publicly routable address.
Known IP addresses are addresses defined in a subzone (using a subzone membership subnet rule) or the IP address
of an H.323 registered device.
of an H.323 registered device.
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All requests destined for external IP addresses, originating at the VCS Control are routed to the VCS
Expressway using a search rule.
Expressway using a search rule.
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The VCS Expressway then attempts to open a connection directly to the IP address.
To configure how the VCS handles calls to unknown IP addresses:
1.
Go to Configuration > Dial plan > Configuration.
2.
Configure the fields as follows:
VCS Control
VCS Expressway
Calls to unknown IP addresses
Indirect
Direct
VCS Control
VCS Expressway
3.
Click Save.
To create the search rules to route calls to IP addresses to the VCS Expressway:
1.
Go to Configuration > Dial plan > Search rules.
2.
Click New.
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