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Administering switch connections for DMCC applications that use Registration Services - assigning H.323 IP addresses

About this task

When you are administering AE Services for DMCC applications that use Registration Services, you have the option of using H.323 Gatekeepers when you administer a switch connection.

If you want to use the round-robin assignment of IP addresses to softphones based on a Switch Connection name (highly recommended), then set up a Switch Connection and use the H.323 Gatekeeper feature to associate a list of H.323 Gatekeepers (GKs) with the Switch Connection name. Only the IP addresses of the CLANs in the appropriate network region should be included in the H.323 GK list. The Processor Ethernet (PE) IP address of the Main CM is automatically included as a gatekeeper if the address is entered in the Edit Processor Ethernet IP page.

cautionCAUTION

The Processor Ethernet IP addresses of any ESS or LSP servers must not be included in the GK list. The PE IPs of ESS or LSP servers should only be included in the Survivability Hierarchy list.

Procedure

  1. From the AE Services Management Console main menu, select Communication Manager Interface > Switch Connections
  2. From the Switch Connections page, select the connection name you want to associate with the H.323 Gatekeeper .
  3. Click Edit H.323 Gatekeeper.
  4. On the Edit H.323 Gatekeeper page, in the Add Name or IP field, type the host name or IP address of the TN799DP CLAN you want to use.
    noteNote

    You must use either an explicit IPv4 address or an IPv6 address. Do not use an IPv4-mapped/compatible IPv6 address that combines the IPv4 and IPv6 formats.

    Do not add the Processor Ethernet IP addresses of any ESS or LSP servers to the H.323 Gatekeeper list. The PE IPs of the ESS or LSP servers should only be included in the Survivability Hierarchy list

  5. If you are adding multiple H.323 Gatekeepers (TN799DP CLANs), repeat Step 4 for each H.323 Gatekeeper.

    When you add multiple H.323 Gatekeepers for a switch connection, each host name or IP address is added as the last item in the name or IP address list.