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:
broken down into the following components:
(.*) = match all pattern strings
(?!.*@%localdomains%.*$).* = do not match any pattern strings ending in @localdomains
In the deployment example, calls destined for @cisco.com would be searched via the DNS zone, whereas
calls destined for @example.com would not.
calls destined for @example.com would not.
Enabling Presence Server (optional)
The Presence Server allows provisioned clients to see the presence status (Online, Away, Busy in a call and
Offline) of other clients.
Offline) of other clients.
1. Go to
Applications > Presence
.
2. Configure SIP SIMPLE Presence Server to On.
3. Click Save.
Creating user accounts
You must configure an account for each user:
1. Go to
Users > FindMe accounts
and click New.
2. Configure the fields as follows:
Username
The username for logging into this user account, for example name.surname.
Note that from X7.1 and later, the username is case insensitive. This same username must be
used as the name in the local authentication database if device authentication is enabled.
used as the name in the local authentication database if device authentication is enabled.
This username is also used to create the FindMe default device URI and the provisioned device
URI. To create these as a valid SIP URI, the username must consist of alphanumeric characters
but not spaces, the @ sign or extended characters (such as ö or â). For the full set of allowed
characters, see
URI. To create these as a valid SIP URI, the username must consist of alphanumeric characters
but not spaces, the @ sign or extended characters (such as ö or â). For the full set of allowed
characters, see
.
Display
name
name
The user’s name without formatting restrictions. It is displayed on the user search page and
used in phone books. For example Name Surname
used in phone books. For example Name Surname
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Configuring the VCS