Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway
VCS Control configuration
The configuration of the VCS Control has 3 steps:
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Configuring a neighbor zone that contains the Unified CM
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Configuring a search rule to route calls to that zone
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Configuring a transform that converts number@<IP address of cucm> to number@vcs.domain
Creating a neighbor zone for Unified CM
1. Go to
Configuration > Zones > Zones
.
2. Click New.
3. Configure the fields as follows (leave all other fields with default values):
Name
CUCM Neighbor
Type
Neighbor
Hop count
15
H.323 mode
Off (H.323 is not supported between VCS and Unified CM)
SIP mode
On
SIP port
5060 (if the SIP access port on Unified CM is not 5060, change the SIP Port value
to be the same as used by Unified CM)
to be the same as used by Unified CM)
Transport
TCP
Accept proxied
registrations
registrations
Deny
Media encryption mode
Auto
SIP authentication trust
mode
mode
Off
Peer 1 address
IP address of Unified CM, or the FQDN of Unified CM.
If you are planning to ultimately use a TLS connection, then typically you will
need to specify the FQDN of Unified CM here as this is the name that will be used
to authenticate the certificate presented by Unified CM.
need to specify the FQDN of Unified CM here as this is the name that will be used
to authenticate the certificate presented by Unified CM.
Zone profile (Advanced
section)
section)
This depends upon your version of Unified CM:
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Select Cisco Unified Communications Manager for versions prior to 8.6.1
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Select Cisco Unified Communications Manager (8.6.1 or later) for 8.6.1 or 8.6.2
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Select Custom for 9.x or later and:
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Set Call signaling routed mode to Always
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Leave all the other fields as their default values
Note that Unified CM 8.6.1 or later is required for BFCP (dual video / presentation
sharing).
sharing).
This configures the VCS to use SIP over TCP to communicate with the Unified CM. To use TLS,
complete the configuration as described here for TCP and then see
complete the configuration as described here for TCP and then see
4. Click Create zone.
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Enabling endpoints registered on VCS to call endpoints registered on Unified CM