Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway
Enabling endpoints registered on the video network to call MOC/Lync clients registered on OCS/Lync
Cisco VCS Deployment Guide: Microsoft OCS 2007 R2, Lync 2010 and Cisco VCS X7.0
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3. Configure the search rule so that all calls to URIs in the format .+@ciscotp.com.* are forwarded
to OCS/Lync. (To handle presence messaging a .* is included at the end of the domain to allow
any parameters following the domain to be retained in the SIP messaging.)
any parameters following the domain to be retained in the SIP messaging.)
Rule name
To OCS/Lync
Priority
100
Source
Any
Mode
Alias pattern match
Pattern type
Regex
Pattern string
.+@ciscotp\.com.*
Pattern behavior
Leave
On successful match
Stop
Target zone
To Microsoft OCS/Lync server via B2BUA
4. Click Save.
See the Zones and Neighbors section of VCS Administrator Guide for further details.
Note: never use a Mode of Any alias - always use a pattern string which matches the OCS/Lync
domain as closely as possible so that only calls, notifies and other messages that are handled by
OCS/Lync get sent to it.
domain as closely as possible so that only calls, notifies and other messages that are handled by
OCS/Lync get sent to it.
If Any alias were to be selected, then all calls and other messages would be routed to OCS/Lync —
subject to no higher priority search rules matching — whether or not OCS/Lync supports that call or
message and it may introduce delays, or worse cause calls, presence etc to fail.
subject to no higher priority search rules matching — whether or not OCS/Lync supports that call or
message and it may introduce delays, or worse cause calls, presence etc to fail.
Set up a search rules to route calls to any other domains supported
on OCS/Lync (but not in the video network) to OCS/Lync (via the
B2BUA)
on OCS/Lync (but not in the video network) to OCS/Lync (via the
B2BUA)
OCS/Lync may only support a single domain, the shared domain; if this is the case, no other search
rule is required here.
rule is required here.
If OCS/Lync does however support other domains and video endpoints should be able to call these
devices, one or more additional search rules can be added.
devices, one or more additional search rules can be added.
1. Go to the
Search rules
page (
VCS configuration > Dial plan > Search rules
).