Task List for Setting Up an Intersite Link Between Cisco Unity and Unity Connection Gateways
1. Make decisions about your network topology and gather information needed to configure the intersite link. See the “Making Deployment Decisions and Gathering Important Information” section.
2. Determine the Cisco Unity domain name used for messaging with Unity Connection. See the “Determining Cisco Unity Interoperability Domain Name” section.
3. Prepare the Cisco Unity gateway by configuring settings on the primary location page, checking permissions, and extending the Active Directory schema. See the “Preparing Cisco Unity Gateway” section.
4. If you have previously installed the Interoperability Gateway for Microsoft Exchange, do one of the following to ensure that it is properly configured:
– If the Interoperability Gateway is installed on Exchange 2010 or 2007, check the foreign connector configuration and configure a Send Connector and a Receive Connector. See the “Configuring a Previously Installed Interoperability Gateway for Unity Connection Interoperability on Exchange 2010 or 2007” section.
– If the Interoperability Gateway is installed on Exchange 2003, update your SMTP connector, adding the UCI address space. See the “Configuring a Previously Installed Interoperability Gateway for Unity Connection Interoperability on Exchange 2003” section.
5. If you have not previously installed the Interoperability Gateway for Microsoft Exchange, install and configure it. (If you are currently using or plan to use VPIM Networking or Trusted Internet locations on Cisco Unity, configure the Interoperability Gateway to handle these types of networking as well as Unity Connection interoperability.) For up-to-date version support and requirements for the Interoperability Gateway, see the Networking Options Requirements for Cisco Unity (Version 5.x and Later), available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/unity/compatibility/matrix/cunetoptionsreqs.html.
6. If you uninstalled the Cisco Unity Voice Connector in task 4. and you still require the Voice Connector to handle Bridge Networking and/or AMIS Networking, reinstall it with only those options configured. See the “Installing the Voice Connector” section of the applicable Release Notes for Cisco Unity Voice Connector for Microsoft Exchange, available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps2237/prod_release_notes_list.html.
7. Configure the Unity Connection gateway to accept SMTP connections from the Exchange server that delivers messages from Cisco Unity. See the “Configuring SMTP Access on the Unity Connection Gateway” section.
8. Download the Cisco Unity gateway configuration file. See the “Downloading Cisco Unity Gateway Configuration File” section.
9. On the Cisco Unity site gateway, set up a template to use when importing Unity Connection users into Cisco Unity. See the “Setting Up a Template for Unity Connection Users on the Cisco Unity Gateway” section.
10. Begin linking the gateways by creating the intersite link in Cisco Unity Connection Administration on the Unity Connection gateway. See the “Creating the Intersite Link on the Unity Connection Gateway” section.
11. Finish linking the gateways by creating the intersite link on the Cisco Unity gateway. See the “Creating the Intersite Link on the Cisco Unity Gateway” section.
12. Configure partitions and search spaces so that Cisco Unity Connection users can address to Cisco Unity users and vice versa. See the “Configuring Partitions and Search Spaces for Cisco Unity and Unity Connection Interoperability” section.
13. Optionally, if you select to synchronize system distribution lists in either or both directions between the gateways, configure individual distribution lists to allow or prevent replication. See the “Configuring Individual System Distribution Lists for Synchronization” section.
14. Optionally, extend identified subscriber messaging on the Cisco Unity servers to include Unity Connection Networking subscribers. See the “Extending Cisco Unity Identified Subscriber Messaging to Include Unity Connection Networking Subscribers” section.
15. Optionally, set up cross-server sign-in, transfers, and live reply. See the “Cross-Server Sign-In, Transfers, and Live Reply in Cisco Unity Connection 10.x” chapter.
Making Deployment Decisions and Gathering Important Information
Before you begin setting up Cisco Unity-Unity Connection interoperability, be sure to plan for the following, and gather the applicable information:
- If you have configured VPIM on your Cisco Unity servers using the Cisco Unity Voice Connector and its associated transport event sink, you must migrate your VPIM configuration to use the Interoperability Gateway for Microsoft Exchange rather than the Voice Connector. The Interoperability Gateway and the Voice Connector transport event sink cannot coexist when Cisco Unity is configured for interoperability with Cisco Unity Connection. If you are installing the Interoperability Gateway for the first time, be sure to configure it for both VPIM and Cisco Unity Connection Networking. The task list tell you when to uninstall the Voice Connector. (If you still require the Voice Connector to handle Bridge Networking and/or AMIS Networking, you reinstall it to handle those options.)
- Select a single location on each site to act as a gateway to the other site. The gateways you select must have HTTP or HTTPS connectivity in order for directory synchronization to occur.
– When selecting the Cisco Unity site gateway, if possible, select the server with the highest resources, lowest user count, and smallest amount of call activity. In particular, Platform Overlay 1 servers have CPU, memory, disk and MSDE/SQL Express limits that lower the ability of the server to handle synchronization overhead.
– When selecting the Cisco Unity location, consider that all locations from the Unity Connection site belongs to the same Dialing Domain as the Cisco Unity site gateway.
Determining Cisco Unity Interoperability Domain Name
In order for messages to be exchanged between Cisco Unity Connection and Cisco Unity, you need to decide on the domain name that Unity Connection uses when addressing messages to Cisco Unity users. The domain name uniquely identifies the messaging system. The domain name is configured as follows:
- On the SMTP Domain Name field on the Network > Primary Location page in the Cisco Unity Administrator on the Cisco Unity gateway.
- On the Interop Domain FQDN field in the Interoperability Gateway Administrator.
Additionally, based on the Interop Domain FQDN, the domain name is configured as follows:
- If you install the Interoperability Gateway on an Exchange 2010 or 2007 server:
– As the SMTP AddressSpace domain on the Interoperability Gateway Foreign Connector. (This value is set automatically, based on the Interop Domain FQDN, when the Interoperability Gateway Foreign Connector is created or modified using the Interoperability Gateway Administrator.)
– As the DomainName on the Interoperability Gateway Accepted Domain. (This value is set automatically, based on the Interop Domain FQDN, when the Interoperability Gateway Accepted Domain is created or modified using the Interoperability Gateway Administrator.)
- If you install the Interoperability Gateway on an Exchange 2003 server:
– As the SMTP Address Space domain in the Interoperability Gateway SMTP Connector.
– As the SMTP Email Address Policy on the Interoperability Gateway Recipient Policy.
If you have previously installed the Interoperability Gateway for Microsoft Exchange to handle VPIM or Trusted Internet subscribers on Cisco Unity, use the interoperability domain that was selected during that process, unless it matches the Cisco Unity Connection gateway SMTP domain.
If you have not previously installed the Interoperability Gateway to handle other networking features, the interoperability domain name can be whatever you would like it to be. As a best practice, however, you should use a name that follows the format <Name>.<DomainName>, where <Name> is a descriptive term and <DomainName> is the domain name of your organization, for example, interop.mydomain.com. Note however that the interoperability domain name that you select must meet the following requirements:
- It should not match any SMTP domain used in the Exchange organization to which Cisco Unity belongs for any purpose other than for routing messages through the Interoperability Gateway for Microsoft Exchange.
- It must not match the SMTP domain of the Unity Connection site gateway. (You can check the SMTP domain on the System Settings > SMTP Configuration > Server page in Cisco Unity Connection Administration on the Unity Connection gateway.)
Preparing Cisco Unity Gateway
Do the procedures in the following sections to prepare the Cisco Unity gateway:
Configuring Primary Location Profile Page on Cisco Unity Gateway
To Configure the Primary Location Profile Page on the Cisco Unity Gateway
Step 1 In the Cisco Unity Administrator on the Cisco Unity gateway, go to the Network > Primary Location > Profile page.
Step 2 Enter a meaningful name for the location.
Step 3 If a Dial ID has not been entered, enter one. The Dial ID identifies this location to Cisco Unity and is required to save changes to the page.
Step 4 For the Dialing Domain name:
- If your installation consists of only one Cisco Unity server, create a dialing domain name.
- If your installation consists of multiple Cisco Unity servers networked via Digital Networking, and if this server is integrated with the same phone system as other networked Cisco Unity servers, you may have already added this server to a dialing domain. If not, enter the dialing domain name, or select it from the available list. The list contains names of dialing domain names already configured on at least one other Cisco Unity server in the network.
Note that the dialing domain name is case sensitive and must be entered exactly the same on all of the servers. To ensure that all servers are correctly added to the same dialing domain, enter the dialing domain name on one Cisco Unity server and wait for the name to replicate to the other Cisco Unity servers. By doing so, you also confirm that replication is working correctly among the servers. The time that it takes for the primary location data from other Cisco Unity servers to be reflected on the local server depends on your network configuration and replication schedule.
Step 5 In the SMTP Domain Name field, enter the interoperability domain name that you previously select in the “Determining Cisco Unity Interoperability Domain Name” section.
Step 6 Select the Save icon.
Checking Cisco Unity Permissions to Create Unity Connection Users
During Cisco Unity installation, when you ran the Cisco Unity Permissions wizard to grant the necessary permissions to the installation and service accounts, if you did not check the Set Permissions Required by AMIS, Cisco Unity Bridge, and VPIM check box on the Choose Whether to Enable Voice Messaging Interoperability page, do the To Set Permissions to Create Cisco Unity Connection Users on Cisco Unity.
Tip If you do not know whether you checked the check box, run the Permissions wizard in report mode. For more information, see the Report Mode Help file, PWReportHelp_<language>.htm, in the directory in which the Permissions wizard is installed.
For more information on running the Permissions wizard, see the Permissions wizard Help file, PWHelp_<language>.htm, in the directory in which the Permissions wizard is installed.
To Set Permissions to Create Cisco Unity Connection Users on Cisco Unity
Step 1 Sign in to the gateway server using an account that:
- Is a member of the Domain Admins group in the domain that the Cisco Unity server belongs to, or that has permissions equivalent to the default permissions for the Domain Admins group.
- Is either an Exchange Full Administrator or a member of the Domain Admins group in the domain that contains all of the domains from which you want to import Cisco Unity subscribers.
Step 2 Re-run the Permissions wizard, and follow the on-screen prompts until the Choose Whether to Enable Voice Messaging Interoperability page appears.
Step 3 Check the Set Permissions Required by AMIS, Cisco Unity Bridge, and VPIM check box.
Step 4 Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the Permissions wizard.
Extending the Active Directory Schema
Before Cisco Unity is installed, the Active Directory schema is extended to store Cisco Unity-specific information. To support interoperability with Cisco Unity Connection, the schema must be further extended.
To see the schema changes that need to be made to support Cisco Unity Connection interoperability, browse to the directory Schema\LdifScripts on Cisco Unity Disc 1, and view the file vpimgateway.ldf. (The extensions needed for Cisco Unity Connection interoperability are the same as those needed for VPIM Networking.)
Do the following procedure only if you did not already modify the Active Directory schema to support VPIM Networking. You can verify whether the schema has already been modified by examining the log file that is generated each time the schema is updated. A shortcut to the directory where the log file is located is placed on the Windows desktop.
To Extend the Active Directory Schema for Cisco Unity Connection Interoperability and VPIM Networking
Step 1 Confirm that all domain controllers are on line before making the schema updates. Schema replication occurs only when all domain controllers are on line.
Step 2 On the domain controller that is the schema master, sign in using an account that is a member of the Schema Administrators group.
Step 3 On Cisco Unity DVD 1 or CD 1, or from the location to which you saved the downloaded Cisco Unity CD 1 image files, browse to the directory ADSchemaSetup, and double-click ADSchemaSetup.exe.
Step 4 In the dialog box, double-click a row to select the language in which you view the ADSchemaSetup.
Step 5 Check the Exchange VPIM and Connection Networking Connector check box, uncheck the other check boxes, and then select OK.
Step 6 When the LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) scripts have finished running, select OK.
Step 7 When the schema extension has finished, Ldif.log and LDif.err files are saved to the desktop. View the contents of the files to confirm that the extension completed successfully.
Step 8 Wait for the changes to the schema to replicate throughout the forest before adding information to the primary location and to delivery locations. Changes to the schema may take 15 minutes or more to replicate.
Configuring a Previously Installed Interoperability Gateway for Unity Connection Interoperability on Exchange 2010 or 2007
In order for messages to be exchanged between Cisco Unity and Cisco Unity Connection via the Interoperability Gateway for Microsoft Exchange, a valid Foreign Connector must be present on the Exchange 2010 or 2007 server to properly route messages through the Interoperability Gateway. In addition, the Exchange organization to which your Cisco Unity servers belong must be allowed to send mail to and receive mail from the SMTP bridgehead servers in the remote network. In the case where the remote network is a Cisco Unity Connection site, depending on your configuration, mail may be sent and received directly with the Unity Connection site gateway or with a smart host or other relay outside of the Exchange organization that handles SMTP connections on behalf of the Unity Connection gateway.
In this section, first do the To Configure a Previously Installed Interoperability Gateway for Cisco Unity Connection Interoperability (Exchange 2010 or 2007 Only).
If you are already familiar with how to configure the Exchange organization to allow messages to be sent and received with the Cisco Unity Connection gateway, smart host, or relay, skip the remaining procedures and handle the message delivery configuration based on rules and practices established in your organization. Otherwise, do the remaining two procedures:
To Configure a Previously Installed Interoperability Gateway for Cisco Unity Connection Interoperability (Exchange 2010 or 2007 Only)
Step 1 Open the Interoperability Gateway Administrator. (In the Windows Start Menu, browse to Start > Programs > Cisco > IGE Admin.)
If the Interoperability Gateway is installed on Exchange 2010, the Interoperability Gateway Administrator prompts you to enter account credentials. Use an account that has Full Exchange Administrator privileges.
Step 2 In the top pane of the Administrator, under Address Spaces, confirm whether the UCI (Cisco Unity-Connection Interoperability) check box is checked. If it is already checked, close the Interoperability Gateway Administrator and continue with the next task in the task list. If it is not checked, check it.
Step 3 In the tree control at left in the Interoperability Gateway Administrator, select Foreign Connector.
Step 4 If a Foreign Connector has not previously been created that covers the interoperability domain and the UCI feature address space that you checked in Step 2, a warning message displays in red at the top of the Foreign Connector pane.
If you do not see this warning, and a valid Foreign Connector is displayed in the list box on the upper left side of the pane, close the Interoperability Gateway Administrator and continue with the next task in the task list.
If you do see the warning, you can modify the existing Foreign Connector that was created when the Interoperability Gateway for Microsoft Exchange was initially installed. To do so, do the following substeps:
a. In the list of Foreign Connectors that are homed on the server and contain at least one address space that pertains to Cisco Unity networking (at the upper left), select the existing Foreign Connector.
b. Select Modify below the list box.
c. On the Execute Shell Command screen, select Run.
Step 5 Close the Interoperability Gateway Administrator.
To Configure a Send Connector for a Remote Voice Messaging System (Exchange 2010 or 2007 Only)
Step 1 On the Exchange server on which the Interoperability Gateway is installed, open the Exchange Management Shell.
Step 2 In the left-hand pane, expand Organization Configuration and select Hub Transport.
Step 3 In the main Hub Transport pane, select the Send Connectors tab.
Step 4 In the Actions pane, under Hub Transport, select New Send Connector.
Step 5 In the New SMTP Send Connector wizard, on the Introduction page, enter a Name for the new connector.
Step 6 Under Select the Intended Use for this Send Connector, select Custom, then select Next.
Step 7 On the Address space page, select Add.
Step 8 For Address, enter the SMTP domain of the remote network, then select OK.
Step 9 Select Next.
Step 10 On the Network settings page, select Route Mail through the Following Smart Hosts.
Step 11 Select Add.
Step 12 For IP Address, enter the IP address of the Unity Connection gateway if messages are routed directly to the gateway, or of a smart host or other relay if one is configured to deliver messages from the Exchange organization to the Unity Connection gateway.
Step 13 Select OK.
Step 14 Select Next to continue to the next page.
Step 15 On the Configure Smart Host Authentication Settings Page, select the type of authentication to use when sending mail between the Exchange organization and the Unity Connection gateway.
Step 16 Select Next to continue to the next page.
Step 17 On the Source Server page, the local Exchange server should be listed by default. Select Next to continue.
Step 18 Confirm the settings on the New Connector page and select New to add the new connector.
Step 19 Select Finish to exit the wizard.
Step 20 On the Send Connectors tab, right-click the connector that you created and select Properties.
Step 21 Set the Protocol Logging Level to Verbose.
Step 22 Select OK to close the properties window.
To Configure a Receive Connector for a Remote Voice Messaging System (Exchange 2010 or 2007 Only)
Step 1 On the Exchange server on which the Interoperability Gateway is installed, open the Exchange Management Shell.
Step 2 In the left-hand pane, expand Server Configuration and select Hub Transport.
Step 3 In the upper Hub Transport pane, select the local Exchange server from the list of servers.
Step 4 In the lower pane, confirm that the title of the pane is the name of the local Exchange server, then select the Receive Connectors tab.
Step 5 In the Actions pane, under the local server name, select New Receive Connector.
Step 6 In the New SMTP Send Connector wizard, on the Introduction page, enter a name for the new connector.
Step 7 Under Select the Intended Use for this Send Connector, select Custom, then select Next.
Step 8 On the Local Network settings page enter the fully qualified domain name of the local server in the Specify the FQDN this Connector Will Provide in Response to HELO or EHLO: field.
Step 9 Select Next to continue to the next page.
Step 10 On the Remote Network settings page, in the list box, select 0.0.0.0-255.255.255.255, then select Edit.
Step 11 If messages are received directly from the Unity Connection gateway, enter the IP address of the gateway as both the Start Address and End Address value. If a smart host or other relay external to the Exchange organization delivers messages on behalf of the Unity Connection gateway, enter the IP address of the smart host or relay as both the Start Address and End Address value.
Step 12 Select OK.
Step 13 Select Next to continue to the next page.
Step 14 Confirm the settings on the New Connector page, then select New to add the new connector.
Step 15 Select Finish to exit the wizard.
Step 16 On the Receive Connectors tab, right-click the connector that you created and select Properties.
Step 17 Set the Protocol Logging Level to Verbose.
Step 18 Select the Permission Groups tab.
Step 19 Check the Anonymous Users check box.
Step 20 Select OK to close the properties window.
Configuring a Previously Installed Interoperability Gateway for Unity Connection Interoperability on Exchange 2003
To Check the SMTP Connector Configuration on a Previously Installed Interoperability Gateway for Cisco Unity Connection Interoperability (Exchange 2003 Only)
Step 1 Open the Interoperability Gateway Administrator. (In the Windows Start Menu, browse to Start > Programs > Cisco > IGE Admin.)
Step 2 In the top pane of the Administrator, under Address Spaces, check the UCI (Cisco Unity-Connection Interoperability) check box if it is not checked.
Step 3 In the tree control at left in the Interoperability Gateway Administrator, select SMTP Connector.
Step 4 If an SMTP Connector has not previously been created that covers the interoperability domain and the UCI feature address space, a warning message displays in red at the top of the SMTP Connector pane.
- If you do not see this warning, and a valid SMTP Connector is displayed in the list box on the upper left side of the pane, close the Interoperability Gateway Administrator and continue with the next task in the task list—no further SMTP Connector configuration is necessary.
- If you do see the warning, and an SMTP Connector is displayed in the list box on the upper left side of the pane, note the name of the SMTP Connector, then continue with the To Update the Interoperability Domain SMTP Connector (Exchange 2003 Only).
To Update the Interoperability Domain SMTP Connector (Exchange 2003 Only)
Step 1 On the Exchange server on which the Interoperability Gateway for Microsoft Exchange is installed, open the Exchange System Manager.
Step 2 In Exchange System Manager, in the left pane, navigate to and expand Connectors. (Depending on the configuration, you may need to expand the Administrative Groups and/or Routing Group trees that include the server on which the Interoperability Gateway is installed.)
Step 3 Right-click the SMTP Connector that you noted in Step 4 of the To Check the SMTP Connector Configuration on a Previously Installed Interoperability Gateway for Cisco Unity Connection Interoperability (Exchange 2003 Only) and select Properties.
Step 4 On the Address Space tab, select Add to add a new address space.
Step 5 In the Add Address Space window, select Other, then select OK.
Step 6 For Type, enter UCI. In the Cost field, enter 1. In the Address field, enter * and select OK.
Step 7 On the Address Space tab, for the Connector scope, select Entire Organization.
Step 8 Select OK to save the SMTP Connector settings.
Tip To double-check the SMTP Connector configuration, return to the Interoperability Gateway Administrator. If the SMTP Connector pane is still open, select any other item in the tree control at left and then select SMTP Connector to refresh the pane. The warning message should no longer display.
Configuring SMTP Access on the Unity Connection Gateway
The Cisco Unity Connection SMTP server running on each system has an IP access list that controls which IP addresses are allowed to establish connections to it. Incoming SMTP connections are automatically accepted from some servers, such as the systemwide smart host that is defined on the System Settings > SMTP Configuration > Smart Host page, and any Unity Connection or Cisco Unity locations that are part of the same site or Cisco voicemail organization.
If messages from Cisco Unity users are delivered to the Unity Connection gateway by one or more servers that are not already defined either as the systemwide smart host or as a Cisco Unity location (this would be the case, for example, in a very simple configuration with a single Cisco Unity server that also hosts the Interoperability Gateway for Microsoft Exchange and the entire Exchange organization) or in the IP access list, do the following procedure to add the IP address of the delivery servers to the Unity Connection gateway IP access list.
Note If you are unsure whether adding the IP address of the delivery servers to the Unity Connection gateway IP access list is necessary, do the procedure. Explicitly adding the address of a server for which SMTP connections are automatically accepted does not negatively impact the SMTP server.
To Configure SMTP Access on the Cisco Unity Connection Gateway
Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration on the Cisco Unity Connection gateway, expand System Settings > SMTP Configuration, then select Server.
Step 2 On the Edit menu, select Search IP Address Access List.
Step 3 Select Add New.
Step 4 On the New Access IP Address page, enter the IP address of the server that delivers messages on behalf of the Cisco Unity site.
Step 5 Select Save.
Step 6 On the Access IP Address page, check the Allow Unity Connection check box.
Step 7 Select Save.
Step 8 Repeat Step 2 through Step 7 for each additional server that delivers messages on behalf of the Cisco Unity site.
Downloading Cisco Unity Gateway Configuration File
When linking Cisco Unity and Unity Connection gateways, you download the configuration file for each gateway and load it on the other gateway. Start by downloading the Cisco Unity configuration file to a location where you can access it from Cisco Unity Connection Administration on the Unity Connection gateway.
To Download the Cisco Unity Gateway Configuration File
Step 1 In the Cisco Unity Administrator on the Cisco Unity site gateway, browse to Network and select Unity Connection Networking.
Step 2 Select Download to download the local site configuration file.
Step 3 Save the file to a location on your hard drive, or on media that you can use to copy the file to the Cisco Unity gateway. Note that the file contains a public key certificate and should be treated as sensitive data.
Setting Up a Template for Unity Connection Users on the Cisco Unity Gateway
While creating an intersite link on the Cisco Unity gateway, you must select the template that the Cisco Unity gateway uses to create directory objects for Unity Connection users. You should review existing templates or create a new template specifically for Unity Connection users prior to creating the link.
The template that you select affects a number of important settings, such as:
- Public distribution list membership—Unity Connection users are added as list members in any Cisco Unity public distribution lists that are configured for the template.
- Show Subscriber in Email Server Address Book—Controls whether Unity Connection users are listed in the Outlook address book.
- Class of Service—Although most of the class of service settings do not affect the Unity Connection users directly, the Unity Connection users are considered members of the class of service and therefore can affect search results in cases where the class of service is used as the search scope of an object such as a directory handler.
You can review existing templates in the Cisco Unity Administrator by going to any Subscribers > Subscriber Template page and selecting the Find icon. To create a new template, do the following procedure.
To Create a New Template for Cisco Unity Connection Users on the Cisco Unity Gateway
Step 1 In the Cisco Unity Administrator, go to any Subscribers > Subscriber Template page.
Step 2 Select the Add icon.
Step 3 In the Add a Subscriber Template dialog box, enter a name.
Step 4 Select New Template or Based on Existing Template. If you select Based on Existing Template, select the applicable template in the Based On field.
Step 5 Select Add.
Step 6 On the Profile page, select a Class of Service and check or uncheck the Show Subscriber in Email Server Address Book check box, as applicable.
Step 7 Select the Distribution Lists page.
Step 8 On the Distribution Lists page, to assign all new users based on this template to a public distribution list, select the list in the Public Distribution Lists box, then select >>.
To remove a distribution list from those to which new users are added, select the list, then select <<.
Step 9 Select the Save icon.
Creating the Intersite Link on the Unity Connection Gateway
Do the following procedure to create the intersite link on the Cisco Unity Connection gateway.
If the site gateway is a Unity Connection cluster, do the procedure only on the publisher server. The publisher server must be acting primary when you do the procedure.
To Create an Intersite Link on the Cisco Unity Connection Gateway
Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration on the Cisco Unity Connection gateway, expand Networking, expand Links, then select Intersite Links.
Step 2 Select Add.
Step 3 On the New Intersite Link page, select Link to Cisco Unity Site or Cisco Unity Connection Site by Manually Exchanging Configuration Files.
Step 4 Select Download and save the Unity Connection site configuration file to a location on your hard drive, or on media that you can use to copy the file to the Cisco Unity gateway. Note that the file contains a public key certificate and should be treated as sensitive data.
Step 5 Select Browse and upload the Cisco Unity configuration file that you downloaded in the To Download the Cisco Unity Gateway Configuration File.
Step 6 For Transfer Protocol settings, decide whether you want to enable SSL to encrypt directory synchronization traffic between Cisco Unity and Cisco Unity Connection.
Step 7 For Synchronization Settings, check the Include Distribution Lists When Synchronizing Directory Data check box to have system distribution lists that are created on the Cisco Unity site replicated to Unity Connection so that Unity Connection users can address messages to them. (Note that only the list name and other information used in addressing are replicated.)
Note In order for individual system distribution lists to be offered for synchronization by the Cisco Unity gateway, they must also be marked to allow synchronization. By default, individual Cisco Unity system distribution lists are not marked to allow synchronization. The task list alerts you when and how to enable individual lists for synchronization.
Step 8 To convert recorded names from this site to a different encoding when synchronizing them with the remote site, check the Convert Outgoing Recorded Names To check box, and select the codec to use.
Note Verify that the codec you select is the correct one for the Cisco Unity site gateway. If you need to change the recording format after creating the intersite link, you must clear all recorded names and then resynchronize all directory data and names using the Clear Recorded Names and Resync All buttons on the Networking > Intersite Links > Search Intersite Links page in Cisco Unity Connection Administration.This can have a heavy performance impact and should only be performed during non-business hours.
Caution Do not select G711 a-law format when setting up an intersite link to a Cisco Unity site gateway.
Step 9 By default, two tasks that each run on their own schedule to pull directory data and recorded names from Cisco Unity to Unity Connection are enabled immediately after you create the intersite link. To disable either type of directory synchronization until you manually edit and enable the applicable synchronization task, uncheck the Enable Task to Synchronize Directory Data After the Join or Enable Task to Synchronize Recorded Names After the Join check boxes.
Caution You should perform the initial synchronization outside of normal business hours to avoid peak traffic times. In particular, if your Cisco Unity site gateway is a Platform Overlay 1 server, the synchronization activity can cause noticeable delays in the user conversation.
Step 10 For Intersite Routing, select the appropriate option:
- Route to this Remote Site Through —Enter the specific IP address or fully-qualified domain name of a Microsoft Exchange server in your organization that can accept SMTP messages and route them to the Interoperability Gateway for Microsoft Exchange. The host must be able to accept SMTP messages sent from the Unity Connection gateway to addresses at the interoperability domain.
- Route to this Remote Site Through SMTP Smart Host (If One Is Defined) —Routes outgoing messages to the host that is defined on the System Settings > SMTP Configuration > Smart Host page. If you select this option, the smart host must be defined, and must be able to accept SMTP messages sent from the Unity Connection gateway to addresses at the interoperability domain. If the smart host is not defined, a non-delivery receipt (NDR) is sent to the message sender.
- Route to this Remote Site Through the Remote Site Gateway —Routes outgoing messages to the Cisco Unity gateway. Use this option only if Microsoft Exchange is installed on the Cisco Unity server and the server is able to accept SMTP messages sent from the Unity Connection gateway to addresses at the interoperability domain.
Step 11 Select Link.
Creating the Intersite Link on the Cisco Unity Gateway
Do the following procedure to create the intersite link on the Cisco Unity gateway.
If the site gateway is a failover pair, do the procedure only on the primary server. The primary server must be active when you do the procedure.
Caution
When you do
Step 12 in the following procedure, synchronization of Unity Connection objects to Cisco Unity begins automatically. You should do this step outside of normal business hours to avoid peak traffic times. In particular, if your Cisco Unity site gateway is a Platform Overlay 1 server, the synchronization activity can cause noticeable delays in the user conversation.
To Create an Intersite Link on the Cisco Unity Gateway
Step 1 In the Cisco Unity Administrator on the Cisco Unity site gateway, browse to Network and select Unity Connection Networking.
Step 2 On the Unity Connection Networking page, in the Remote Configuration File field, select Browse and upload the Unity Connection configuration file that you downloaded in Step 4 of the To Create an Intersite Link on the Cisco Unity Connection Gateway.
Step 3 Select Add.
Step 4 For Template, select the template that you selected or created in the “Setting Up a Template for Unity Connection Users on the Cisco Unity Gateway” section. The template is used to create Cisco Unity directory objects for Unity Connection users so that Cisco Unity users can address messages to them. You must select a template before you can create the intersite link.
Step 5 Optionally, enter a Display Name Suffix. When the Cisco Unity site gateway creates directory objects for Unity Connection users and any replicated system distribution lists, this suffix is placed at the end of the display names of the objects. This can help Cisco Unity users locate the proper contact to use for addressing messages in Microsoft Outlook or other clients that access the directory, particularly if Unity Connection users already have Active Directory accounts prior to creating the intersite link.
Tip If you do not want to append a suffix to Unity Connection user and system distribution list objects, delete the default text in the Display Name Suffix field and leave the field blank.
Step 6 Check the Synchronize Distribution Lists check box to have system distribution lists that are created on the Unity Connection site replicated to Cisco Unity so that Cisco Unity users can address messages to them. (Note that only the list name and other information used in addressing are replicated.)
Note In order for individual system distribution lists to be offered for synchronization by the Unity Connection gateway, they must also be marked to allow synchronization. By default, individual Unity Connection system distribution lists are marked to allow synchronization, although this setting may have been changed. The task list alerts you when and how to enable individual lists for synchronization.
Step 7 Check the Synchronize Voice Names check box to have Cisco Unity synchronize voice names for Unity Connection users and system distribution lists.
Step 8 If you enabled SSL in Step 6 of the To Create an Intersite Link on the Cisco Unity Connection Gateway, check the Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) check box. If the Unity Connection site gateway is using a self-signed certificate (the default for Unity Connection), also check the Use Self-Signed Certificates check box.
Step 9 For Outbound Audio Conversion, if you want to convert voice names to a different format before sending them to the Unity Connection site gateway, select a codec in the Voice Names field.
Note Verify that the codec you select is the correct one for the Unity Connection site gateway. If you need to change the recording format after creating the intersite link, you must clear all recorded names and then resynchronize all directory data and names using the Clear Voice Names and Total Sync buttons on the Networking > Unity Connection Networking > Profile page in the Cisco Unity Administrator. This can have a heavy performance impact and should only be done during non-business hours.
Step 10 Review and continue entering settings, as applicable.
Step 11 When you have finished entering settings, select the Save icon.
Step 12 Select Join.
Configuring Partitions and Search Spaces for Cisco Unity and Unity Connection Interoperability
When you initially set up the intersite link between Unity Connection and Cisco Unity, Unity Connection users are not able to address messages to Cisco Unity users, because the Cisco Unity users are placed in newly-created partitions (based on their home Cisco Unity server) that are not a member of any Unity Connection search spaces.
After initial replication completes between the gateways and Cisco Unity objects are replicated throughout the Unity Connection site, you can reconfigure your search spaces to include the Cisco Unity partitions. (Note that you cannot assign Cisco Unity Connection users or other objects to a partition that was created for Cisco Unity users.)
In addition, for each Unity Connection location, you can specify the Local Partition That Cisco Unity Users Can Address To By Extension. Only extensions belonging to this partition are replicated to Cisco Unity. These extensions can be used for message addressing as well as auto-attendant dialing at the Cisco Unity site. Replicated extensions are added to the Dialing Domain of the Cisco Unity site gateway. Because extensions within a Dialing Domain must be unique, the collection of all partitions selected across the Unity Connection site should not contain duplicates of any extension. When the collection includes duplicate extensions, or extensions that already exist in the Cisco Unity site gateway Dialing Domain, one or more extensions are omitted from the Cisco Unity directory. Warnings appear in the Cisco Unity application event log indicating the owner of each omitted extension. After remedying any conflicts, you may need to do a manual resynchronization on the Cisco Unity site gateway (by selecting Total Sync on the Network > Connection Networking Profile page in Cisco Unity Administrator) in order to update the extensions.
It is possible for a Connection user to not have any extensions belonging to the Local Partition That Cisco Unity Users Can Address To By Extension configured on the server on which the user is homed. In this case, Cisco Unity users need to use dial-by-name for addressing messages to such Unity Connection users. Also, callers at the Cisco Unity site can only reach the user via dial-by-name Directory Handlers.
To configure the Local Partition That Cisco Unity Users Can Address To By Extension, do the following procedure on each Unity Connection server.
Note By default, for each Unity Connection location, the default <Server Name> Partition is used as the Local Partition That Cisco Unity Users Can Address To By Extension. Cisco Unity users cannot address messages by extension to any Unity Connection users who do not have an extension in this partition.
To Configure the Partition that Cisco Unity Users Can Address To for a Cisco Unity Connection Location
Step 1 In Cisco Unity Connection Administration (on any location), expand Networking and select Locations.
Step 2 Expand Local Site and select the display name of the local location (the location on which you are accessing Unity Connection Administration).
Step 3 Under Local Partition That Cisco Unity Users Can Address To By Extension, for Partition, select the name of the partition to use.
Step 4 Select Save.
Step 5 Repeat Step 1 through Step 4 on each Unity Connection location in the site.
Configuring Individual System Distribution Lists for Synchronization
If you checked the Include Distribution Lists When Synchronizing Directory Data check box in Step 7 of the To Create an Intersite Link on the Cisco Unity Connection Gateway, system distribution lists created on Cisco Unity can be replicated to Cisco Unity Connection so that Unity Connection users can address to them. However, by default, individual Cisco Unity system distribution lists are not marked for synchronization. To mark them, use the Public Distribution List Builder tool, located in the Cisco Unity Tools Depot. (The option to set or unset synchronization for lists is referred to as “Configuring distribution lists for Connection Networking.”)
If you checked the Synchronize Distribution Lists check box in Step 6 of the To Create an Intersite Link on the Cisco Unity Gateway, system distribution lists created on Unity Connection can be replicated to Cisco Unity. However, in order for information about an individual list to be offered to the Cisco Unity site, the Replicate to Remote Sites Over Intersite Links check box must be checked on the Edit Distribution List Basics page for a list. By default, Replicate to Remote Sites Over Intersite Links is checked, so individual Unity Connection system distribution lists are marked for synchronization by default. However, in order to allow contacts as members of a system distribution list, you must uncheck Replicate to Remote Sites Over Intersite Links, so if you have lists that have been configured to allow contacts as members, they are not offered for replication to the remote site.
To disable synchronization for an individual list, uncheck Replicate to Remote Sites Over Intersite Links. To enable synchronization for an individual list, remove any contacts that have been added as members and check the Replicate to Remote Sites Over Intersite Links check box. To enable or disable synchronization for multiple lists at once, you can use either Bulk Edit or the Bulk Administration Tool.
Extending Cisco Unity Identified Subscriber Messaging to Include Unity Connection Networking Subscribers
When a user on the Unity Connection site calls a Cisco Unity user and leaves a message, by default Cisco Unity do not identify the message as being from the Unity Connection user. For Cisco Unity to identify callers whose calling number matches the extension or alternate extension of a Unity Connection user, identified subscriber messaging (ISM) must be extended to networking contacts. (If you are also using other types of networking, such as VPIM, you may already have enabled ISM for networking contacts.)
Enabling ISM to include Unity Connection Networking subscribers and other networking contacts requires the following:
- The automated attendant search scope on each server must be set to the dialing domain. On each server, verify that the Set Auto Attendant Search Scope field is set to Dialing Domain on the Network > Primary Location > Profile page in Cisco Unity Administrator.
- Identified subscriber messaging must be enabled on each server. (ISM is enabled for “regular” subscribers by default.) On each server, verify that the Disable Identified Subscriber Messaging check box is unchecked on the System > Configuration > Settings page in Cisco Unity Administrator. (This setting is stored in the registry. If the system is using failover, verify the setting on both the primary and secondary servers.)
To Extend Identified Messaging to Include Unity Connection Networking Subscribers
Step 1 On the Cisco Unity server desktop, double-click the Cisco Unity Tools Depot icon. (If the location is using failover, start the procedure on the primary server.)
Step 2 In the left pane, under Administrative Tools, double-click Advanced Settings Tool.
Step 3 In the Unity Settings pane, click Networking - Enable Identified Subscriber Messaging (ISM) for AMIS, Bridge, VPIM and Trusted Internet Subscribers.
Step 4 In the New Value list, click 1, then click Set.
Step 5 When prompted, click OK.
Step 6 Click Exit.
Step 7 Restart Cisco Unity for the registry setting to take effect.
Step 8 If the location is using failover, repeat Step 1 through Step 7 on the secondary server.
Step 9 Repeat Step 1 through Step 8 on each Cisco Unity location in the site.