Table Of Contents
Configuring a Gateway in Resource Manager
Gateway Overview
Gateway Profile
Taking a Gateway Offline
Displaying a Gateway
DID Gateway Mode
Leading Gateway Number
Configuring a Gateway in Resource Manager
This section includes information about configuring a gateway. Topics in this section include:
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Gateway Overview
•Gateway Profile
•DID Gateway Mode
Gateway Overview
Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Gateways need to be configured in the system in order for PSTN/ISDN/mobile terminals to join a meeting. Resource Manager will use the gateway information to provide proper dialing information for meeting participants and to dial out to terminals to invite them to meetings. Resource Manager will also manage gateway resources to allow scheduled calls to succeed using gateways configured in the system.
Gateway Profile
When you add a gateway, settings in Resource Manager must be consistent with the actual gateway configuration. The following guidelines are recommended:
•If you make changes to the gateway, maintain the IVR and DID numbers in Resource Manager.
•To ensure that there are no gateway ports available for scheduled and ad-hoc calls, maintain capacity information.
Procedure
Step 1 To access gateway information, navigate to Admin > Resource Management > Gateway.
Step 2 Enter basic information.
–Enter the name of the gateway you want to display in Resource Manager in the Name field. Enter the model of the name being configured in the Gateway Model field. Resource Manager currently supports the following gateway types:
•PRI Gateway 20
•PRI Gateway 10
•Serial Gateway 40
•BRI Gateway 40
•Mobile Gateway P-25M
•Mobile Gateway P-20M
–From the Registered To list, choose the gatekeeper/SIP server to which the gateway is registered.
–Enter the IP Address of the gateway in the IP Address field.
Note If multiple gateways are pooled together in a local network with the same access phone number, then you can enter multiple IP addresses in the IP Address field to indicate the gateways in the gateway pool. IP addresses are separated by a colon (:).
–Enter the bandwidth for the gateway or gateway pool configured in the Bandwidth field. For example, for an E1 line, the bandwidth should be 30 B-channels (3940 Kbps). Indicate in the Working Mode field whether the gateway operates in IVR or DID mode.
–If the gateway or gateway pool is attached to an IMUX, then configure the IMUX type in the IMUX field. IMXU may affect the dial string when Resource Manager dials out to invite a terminal via the gateway.
Step 3 Enter a gateway phone number.
–In the Alias field, enter a description of the phone number for the gateway. In the International Access Code field, enter the numeric prefix required to make an international long distance call.
–In the Domestic Long Distance Prefix field, enter the numeric prefix required to make a long distance call within the same country.
–In the Country Code field, enter the country code for the gateway phone number. Resource Manager adds this prefix when dial-out is performed from this gateway to a terminal located in a different country than the country in which the gateway is located.
–If Allow Out of Reach Calls is not checked, only endpoints with the same area code as the gateway are allowed to reach Resource Manager via the gateway.
If you check Allow Out of Area Calls, the gateway accepts incoming calls to Resource Manager from terminals with a different area code than that of the gateway.
–Enter the domestic area code of the gateway number in the Area Code field.
–Specify a local telephone number in the Telephone Number field that you want to assign to the specific port.
–Enter a number in the To access an outside line for local calls, dial field for a gateway with no direct access to an outside line for local calls.
Enter a number in the To access an outside line for long distance calls, dial field, for a gateway with no direct access to an outside line for long distance calls.
–Assign the ISDN device island that the gateway or gateway pool belongs to. If ISDN Topology is hidden, then this field is also hidden.
Step 4 Define the DID RANGE.
If DID is selected in the working mode field, then you need to define the DID range for the gateway or gateway pool.
Step 5 Add or modify the gateway service.
To add or modify a gateway service, click Add Service.
Note In the Bandwidth section, if you check Restricted Mode, 56 appears in the Kbps list. Multiples of 56 Kbps are used instead of multiples of 64.
Step 6 Set the Advanced Settings.
–In the Signaling Port field, set the gateway port used for signaling. It is recommended that you use the default value from Resource Manager in most cases.
–In the SNMP Get/Set Community fields, set the SNMP community name required by Resource Manager to communicate with the gateway.
–Choose Dial-in Only to mark the gateway for use only with terminals that users dial into. Resource Manager does not schedule dial-out calls on this gateway.
Taking a Gateway Offline
Once a gateway is configured, it is automatically brought online so that Resource Manager can schedule resources.
Procedure
Step 1 Click Offline to take the gateway offline.
If you take a gateway offline, then all meetings using that gateway are rescheduled to other gateways.
For each meeting that is successfully rescheduled, the organizer and participants are notified of the new gateway information.
If there are insufficient resources on the network to support a meeting, the meeting is cancelled and the organizer and participants are notified of the cancellation.
You can take a gateway offline for a period of time or permanently.
Step 2 In order to delete a gateway, it must be marked as permanently offline before you can remove it.
Displaying a Gateway
You can search for a gateway by name.
Procedure
Step 1 Enter all or part of the gateway name in the Name field.
Step 2 Click Search.
If the gateway is located, the gateway name and details appear in the list on the Gateway tab. The Connection column indicates whether or not Resource Manager established an SNMP connection with the gateway.
DID Gateway Mode
Resource Manager works with the gateway in DID mode so that meeting participants can easily dial into a meeting. You can assign a range of DID numbers to the gateway. These numbers can be assigned to individual dial-in terminals (endpoints). If you dial one of the assigned DID numbers, you are automatically added to the meeting that the DID number is associated with. Only one terminal can dial a DID number at any given time.
Leading Gateway Number
Resource Manager configures a gateway in DID mode. If the gateway is not assigned a range of DID numbers, and it only has a default telephone number to which any terminal can dial into, Resource Manager routes the call to the appropriate meeting based on the terminal number. If no associated meeting is found, then the dial-in call is routed back to the gateway for an IVR session. After entering the meeting ID using the IVR, the terminal is permitted to join the meeting.
