Table Of Contents
Very Large Campus with Clustering over the WAN (SJC-RFD) Load Testing
Multisite Centralized, Clustering over the WAN with Unified SRST (SFO-ORD) Load Testing
Large SIP Site (DFW) Load Testing
Cisco Communications Manager 7.0(1) Interoperability Site (RDU) Load Testing
Cisco CallManager 4.2(3) Interoperability Site (NYC) Load Testing
Small Campus SIP Unified Communications Manager Express Site (ATL) Load Testing
Small Campus H.323 Unified Communications Manager Express Site (YYZ) Load Testing
Medium Business with Remote Locations (AZO) Load Testing
Call Load Testing
This topic provides an overview of the call loads that were tested with various site models during Cisco Unified Communications Release 7.0(1) testing for IP telephony. It includes information for calls made within various site models (intracluster) and for calls made between site models (intercluster). During call load testing, the busy hour call attempt (BHCA) rates described in this topic were sustained for five consecutive days.
NoteThe information in this topic represents tested call rates, not the maximum call rate capabilities of the system. Also, call load testing was performed with all components configured with detailed trace levels.
This topic includes the following sections:
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Very Large Campus with Clustering over the WAN (SJC-RFD) Load Testing
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Multisite Centralized, Clustering over the WAN with Unified SRST (SFO-ORD) Load Testing
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Large SIP Site (DFW) Load Testing
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Cisco Communications Manager 7.0(1) Interoperability Site (RDU) Load Testing
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Cisco CallManager 4.2(3) Interoperability Site (NYC) Load Testing
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Small Campus SIP Unified Communications Manager Express Site (ATL) Load Testing
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Small Campus H.323 Unified Communications Manager Express Site (YYZ) Load Testing
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Medium Business with Remote Locations (AZO) Load Testing
Very Large Campus with Clustering over the WAN (SJC-RFD) Load Testing
This section describes call load testing for calls originating or terminating in the San Jose (SJC) site or the Rockford (RFD) site in the Very Large Campus with Clustering over the WAN site model. The BHCA grand total tested for the SJC-RFD cluster was 79,650 busy hour call attempts. Table 1 shows the BHCA for various call types and call scenarios between different endpoints. In addition to the call scenarios shown, the Cisco Unified Presence Server in the SJC-RFD cluster maintained 1,000 active logins from Cisco IP Phone Messenger clients and monitored 1,000 user presence states.
NoteSome intercluster calls show different BHCA values for the two clusters involved in the call. This situation occurs because a conference, hold, or transfer supplementary service is initiated at one of these clusters resulting in additional call processing (higher BHCA value) in that cluster.
Table 1 Very Large Campus with Clustering over the WAN Site Model (SJC-RFD) Load Testing
Call Type Call Scenario SJC-RFD BHCA1 SFO-ORD BHCA DFW BHCA RDU BHCA NYC BHCA ATL
BHCA YYZ
BHCAIntracluster calls
SJC IP phone to SJC Cisco Unified Contact Center Express
2,800
SJC IP phone to SJC Cisco Unified MeetingPlace
4,095
SJC IP phone to SJC Cisco Unity
4,725
SJC IP phone to SJC IP phone
756
SJC IP phone to SJC IP phone (blind transfer)
945
SJC IP phone to SJC IP phone (consult transfer)
945
SJC IP phone to SJC IP phone (hold)
1,344
SJC IP phone to SJC IP phone (conference)
890
SJC encrypted IP phone to SJC encrypted IP phone
1,260
SJC encrypted IP phone to SJC encrypted IP phone (blind transfer)
315
SJC encrypted IP phone to SJC encrypted IP phone (consult transfer)
441
SJC encrypted IP phone to SJC encrypted IP phone (hold)
840
SJC encrypted IP phone to SJC encrypted IP phone (conference)
840
SJC video IP phone to SJC video IP phone
1,995
SJC video IP phone to SJC video IP phone (blind transfer)
441
SJC video IP phone to SJC video IP phone (consult transfer)
272
SJC video IP phone to SJC video IP phone (hold)
1,260
SJC video IP phone to SJC video IP phone (conference)
504
SJC CUPC IP phone to SJC CUPC IP phone
1,029
SJC IP phone to SJC PSTN2 to SJC PSTN to IP phone
32,928
SJC IP phone to SJC PSTN (blind transfer) to SJC PSTN to IP phone
2,352
SJC IP phone to SJC PSTN (consult transfer) to SJC PSTN to IP phone
1932
SJC IP phone to SJC PSTN (hold) to SJC PSTN to IP phone
126
SJC IP phone to SJC PSTN (conference) to SJC PSTN to IP phone
3,150
SJC IP phone to SJC analog (6624)
1,344
SJC IP phone to SJC analog (Cisco VG224/ Cisco VG248)
2,352
SJC IP phone to SJC encrypted PSTN to SJC PSTN to IP phone
756
SJC IP phone to SJC encrypted PSTN (blind transfer) to SJC PSTN to IP phone
504
SJC IP phone to SJC encrypted PSTN (consult transfer) to SJC PSTN to IP phone
504
SJC IP phone to SJC encrypted PSTN (conference) to SJC PSTN to IP phone
378
Intracluster BHCA Subtotal
72,023
Intercluster calls
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT to SFO ICT to IP phone
147
147
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to SFO ICT to IP phone
63
21
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to SFO ICT to IP phone
189
63
SJC IP phone to ICT (hold) to SFO ICT to IP phone
126
63
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (conference) to SFO ICT to IP phone
269
90
SJC IP phone to ICT to ORD ICT to IP phone
158
158
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to ORD ICT to IP phone
252
84
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to ORD ICT to IP phone
126
42
SJC IP phone to ICT (hold) to ORD ICT to IP phone
168
84
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (conference) to ORD ICT to IP phone
84
28
SJC IP phone to ICT3 to DFW ICT to IP phone
559
559
SJC IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to DFW ICT to IP phone
315
105
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to DFW ICT to IP phone
315
105
SJC IP phone to ICT (hold) to DFW ICT to IP phone
319
160
SJC IP phone to ICT (conference) to DFW ICT to IP phone
319
106
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT to RDU ICT to IP phone
210
210
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to RDU ICT to IP phone
105
35
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to RDU ICT to IP phone
101
34
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (hold) to RDU ICT to IP phone
109
55
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (conference) to RDU ICT to IP phone
101
34
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT to NYC ICT to IP phone
420
420
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to NYC ICT to IP phone
105
35
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to NYC ICT to IP phone
101
34
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (hold) to NYC ICT to IP phone
109
55
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (conference) to NYC ICT to IP phone
101
34
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT to ATL ICT to IP phone
67
67
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT to YYZ ICT to IP phone
34
34
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to YYZ ICT to IP phone
13
4
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to YYZ ICT to IP phone
13
4
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (hold) to YYZ ICT to IP phone
8
4
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (conference) to YYZ ICT to IP phone
21
7
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT to SJC ICT to IP phone
294
294
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to SJC ICT to IP phone
42
126
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to RFD ICT to IP phone
42
126
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (hold) to RFD ICT to IP phone
42
84
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (conference) to SJC ICT to IP phone
28
84
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT to RFD ICT to IP phone
273
273
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to RFD ICT to IP phone
42
126
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to RFD ICT to IP phone
42
126
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (hold) to RFD ICT to IP phone
63
126
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (conference) to RFD ICT to IP phone
56
168
DFW IP phone to ICT to SJC ICT to IP phone
281
281
DFW IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to RFD ICT to IP phone
46
139
DFW IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to RFD ICT to IP phone
46
139
DFW IP phone to ICT (hold) to RFD ICT to IP phone
72
143
DFW IP phone to ICT (conference) to RFD ICT to IP phone
45
134
RDU IP phone to ICT to RFD ICT to IP phone
559
559
NYC IP phone to ICT to RFD ICT to IP phone
559
559
ATL IP phone to ICT to SJC ICT to IP phone
34
34
YYZ IP phone to ICT to RFD ICT to IP phone
34
34
Intercluster BHCA Subtotals
7,627
2,313
1,871
926
1,136
104
88
BHCA Grand Total for SJC-RFD Sites
79,650
1 BHCA = busy hour call attempts.
2 PSTN = public switched telephone network.
3 ICT = intercluster trunk.
Multisite Centralized, Clustering over the WAN with Unified SRST (SFO-ORD) Load Testing
This section describes call load testing for calls originating or terminating in the Unified SRST sites in the Multisite Centralized, Clustering over the WAN with Unified SRST (SFO-ORD) site model. The BHCA grand total tested for the SFO-ORD cluster was 32,849 busy hour call attempts. Table 2 shows the number of BHCA that were made from and to various sites and endpoints. This table shows BHCA for various call types and call scenarios.
NoteSome intercluster calls show different BHCA values for the two clusters involved in the call. This situation occurs because a conference, hold, or transfer supplementary service is initiated at one of these clusters resulting in additional call processing (higher BHCA value) in that cluster.
Table 2 Load Testing for Multisite Centralized, Clustering over the WAN with Unified SRST Site Model
Call Type Call Scenario SJC/RFD BHCA1 SFO/ORD BHCA DFW BHCA RDU BHCA NYC BHCA ATL
BHCA YYZ
BHCAIntracluster calls
SFO IP phone to SFO IP phone
2,520
SFO IP phone to SFO IP phone (blind transfer)
252
SFO IP phone to SFO IP phone (consult transfer)
252
SFO IP phone to SFO IP phone (hold)
210
SFO IP phone to SFO IP phone (conference)
672
SFO IP phone to SFO PSTN2 to SFO PSTN to IP phone
16,674
SFO IP phone to SFO PSTN (blind transfer) to SFO PSTN to IP phone
560
SFO IP phone to SFO PSTN (consult transfer) to SFO PSTN to IP phone
560
SFO IP phone to SFO PSTN (hold) to SFO PSTN to IP phone
588
SFO IP phone to SFO PSTN (conference) to SFO PSTN to IP phone
1,120
SFO IP phone to SFO Unity Connection
1,125
Intracluster BHCA Subtotal
24,533
Intercluster calls
SJC IP phone to ICT to SFO ICT to IP phone
147
147
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to SFO ICT to IP phone
63
21
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to SFO ICT to IP phone
189
63
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (hold) to SFO ICT to IP phone
126
63
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (conference) to SFO ICT to IP phone
269
90
SJC/RFD I IP phone to ICT to ORD ICT to IP phone
158
158
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to ORD ICT to IP phone
252
84
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to ORD ICT to IP phone
126
42
SJC/RFD I IP phone to ICT (hold) to ORD ICT to IP phone
168
84
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (conference) to ORD ICT to IP phone
84
28
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT to SJC ICT to IP phone
294
294
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to SJC ICT to IP phone
42
126
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to SJC ICT to IP phone
42
126
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (hold) to SJC ICT to IP phone
42
84
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (conference) to SJC ICT to IP phone
28
84
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT to RFD ICT to IP phone
273
273
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to RFD ICT to IP phone
42
126
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to RFD ICT to IP phone
42
126
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (hold) to RFD ICT to IP phone
63
126
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (conference) to RFD ICT to IP phone
56
168
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT to DFW ICT to IP phone
840
840
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to DFW ICT to IP phone
252
84
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to DFW ICT to IP phone
252
84
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (hold) to DFW ICT to IP phone
210
105
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (conference) to DFW ICT to IP phone
252
84
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT to RDU ICT to IP phone
420
420
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to RDU ICT to IP phone
126
42
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to RDU ICT to IP phone
126
42
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (hold) to RDU ICT to IP phone
84
42
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (conference) to RDU ICT to IP phone
168
56
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT to NYC ICT to IP phone
420
420
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to NYC ICT to IP phone
126
42
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to NYC ICT to IP phone
126
42
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (hold) to NYC ICT to IP phone
126
63
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (conference) to NYC ICT to IP phone
168
56
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT to ATL ICT to IP phone
158
158
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT to YYZ ICT to IP phone
63
63
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to YYZ ICT to IP phone
63
21
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to YYZ ICT to IP phone
63
21
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (hold) to YYZ ICT to IP phone
42
21
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (conference) to YYZ ICT to IP phone
84
28
DFW IP phone to ICT to SFO ICT to IP phone
126
126
DFW IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to SFO ICT to IP phone
21
63
DFW IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to SFO ICT to IP phone
42
126
DFW IP phone to ICT (hold) to SFO ICT to IP phone
63
126
DFW IP phone to ICT (conference) to SFO ICT to IP phone
28
84
DFW IP phone to ICT to ORD ICT to IP phone
168
168
DFW IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to ORD ICT to IP phone
63
189
DFW IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to ORD ICT to IP phone
42
126
DFW IP phone to ICT (hold) to ORD ICT to IP phone
21
42
DFW IP phone to ICT (conference) to ORD ICT to IP phone
0
0
RDU IP phone to ICT to SFO ICT to IP phone
105
105
RDU IP phone to ICT to ORD ICT to IP phone
462
462
NYC IP phone to ICT to SFO ICT to IP phone
105
105
NYC IP phone to ICT to ORD ICT to IP phone
462
462
ATL IP phone to ICT to ORD ICT to IP phone
63
63
YYZ IP phone to ICT to SFO ICT to IP phone
63
63
Intercluster BHCA Subtotals
2506
8,316
2,247
1,169
1,190
221
217
BHCA Grand Total for SFO-ORD Sites
32,849
1 BHCA = busy hour call attempts.
2 PSTN = public switched telephone network.
Large SIP Site (DFW) Load Testing
This section describes call load testing for calls originating or terminating in the Dallas (DFW) site in the Large SIP Site model. The BHCA grand total tested for the DFW cluster was 29,193 busy hour call attempts. Table 3 shows the BHCA for various call types and call scenarios between different endpoints.
NoteSome intercluster calls show different BHCA values for the two clusters involved in the call. This situation occurs because a conference, hold, or transfer supplementary service is initiated at one of these clusters resulting in additional call processing (higher BHCA value) in that cluster.
Table 3 Large SIP Site Model (DFW) Load Testing
Call Type Call Scenario SJC-RFD BHCA1 SFO/ORD BHCA DFW BHCA RDU BHCA NYC BHCA ATL
BHCA YYZ
BHCA AZO BHCAIntracluster calls
DFW IP phone to DFW IP phone
3,150
DFW IP phone to DFW IP phone (blind transfer)
1,008
DFW IP phone to DFW IP phone (consult transfer)
1,008
DFW IP phone to DFW IP phone (hold)
1,050
DFW IP phone to DFW IP phone (conference)
1,260
DFW IP phone to DFW PSTN2 to DFW PSTN to IP phone
9,555
DFW IP phone to DFW PSTN (blind transfer) to DFW PSTN to IP phone
532
DFW IP phone to DFW PSTN (consult transfer) to DFW PSTN to IP phone
532
DFW IP phone to DFW PSTN (hold) to DFW PSTN to IP phone
1,260
DFW IP phone to DFW PSTN (conference) to DFW PSTN to IP phone
1,260
DFW IP phone to DFW Unity
3,000
Intracluster BHCA Subtotal
23,615
Intercluster calls
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT to DFW ICT to IP phone
599
559
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to DFW ICT to IP phone
315
105
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to DFW ICT to IP phone
315
105
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (hold) to DFW ICT to IP phone
319
160
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (conference) to DFW ICT to IP phone
319
106
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT to DFW ICT to IP phone
840
840
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to DFW ICT to IP phone
252
84
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to DFW ICT to IP phone
252
84
SFO IP phone to ICT (hold) to DFW ICT to IP phone
210
105
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (conference) to DFW ICT to IP phone
252
84
DFW IP phone to ICT to RFD ICT to IP phone
281
281
DFW IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to RFD ICT to IP phone
46
139
DFW IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to RFD ICT to IP phone
46
139
DFW IP phone to ICT (hold) to RFD ICT to IP phone
72
143
DFW IP phone to ICT (conference) to RFD ICT to IP phone
45
134
DFW IP phone to ICT to SFO ICT to IP phone
126
126
DFW IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to SFO ICT to IP phone
21
63
DFW IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to SFO ICT to IP phone
42
126
DFW IP phone to ICT (hold) to SFO ICT to IP phone
63
126
DFW IP phone to ICT (conference) to SFO ICT to IP phone
28
84
DFW IP phone to ICT to ORD ICT to IP phone
168
168
DFW IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to ORD ICT to IP phone
63
189
DFW IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to ORD ICT to IP phone
42
126
DFW IP phone to ICT (hold) to ORD ICT to IP phone
21
42
DFW IP phone to ICT (conference) to ORD ICT to IP phone
0
0
DFW IP phone to ICT to RDU ICT to IP phone
281
281
DFW IP phone to ICT (conference) to RDU ICT to IP phone
168
56
DFW IP phone to ICT to NYC ICT to IP phone
281
281
DFW IP phone to ICT (conference) to NYC ICT to IP phone
168
56
RDU IP phone to ICT to DFW ICT to IP phone
281
281
NYC IP phone to ICT to DFW ICT to IP phone
281
281
Intercluster BHCA Subtotals
3,068
1,530
5,578
618
618
BHCA Grand Total for DFW Site
29,193
1 BHCA = busy hour call attempts.
2 PSTN = public switched telephone network.
Cisco Communications Manager 7.0(1) Interoperability Site (RDU) Load Testing
This section describes call load testing for calls originating or terminating in the Raleigh (RDU) site in the Cisco Communications Manager 7.0(1) Interoperability Site model. The BHCA grand total tested for the RDU cluster was 2,713 busy hour call attempts. Table 5 shows the BHCA for intercluster calls between different endpoints for various call scenarios.
NoteSome intercluster calls show different BHCA values for the two clusters involved in the call. This situation occurs because a conference, hold, or transfer supplementary service is initiated at one of these clusters resulting in additional call processing (higher BHCA value) in that cluster.
Table 4 Cisco Communications Manager 6.1(1) Interoperability Site Model (RDU) Load Testing
Call Type Call Scenario SJC-RFD BHCA1 SFO-ORD BHCA DFW BHCA RDU BHCA NYC BHCA ATL
BHCA YYZ
BHCA AZO BHCAIntercluster calls
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT2 to RDU ICT to IP phone
210
210
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to RDU ICT to IP phone
105
35
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to RDU ICT to IP phone
101
34
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (hold) to RDU ICT to IP phone
109
55
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (conference) to RDU ICT to IP phone
101
34
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT to RDU ICT to IP phone
420
420
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to RDU ICT to IP phone
126
42
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to RDU ICT to IP phone
126
42
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (hold) to RDU ICT to IP phone
84
42
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (conference) to RDU ICT to IP phone
168
56
DFW IP phone to ICT to RDU ICT to IP phone
281
DFW IP phone to ICT (conference) to RDU ICT to IP phone
281
56
RDU IP phone to ICT to RFD ICT to IP phone
559
168
559
RDU IP phone to ICT to SFO ICT to IP phone
105
105
RDU IP phone to ICT to ORD ICT to IP phone
462
462
RDU IP phone to ICT to DFW ICT to IP phone
281
281
Intercluster BHCA Subtotals
1,185
1,491
730
2,713
BHCA Grand Total for RDU Site
2,713
1 BHCA = busy hour call attempts.
2 ICT = intercluster trunk.
Cisco CallManager 4.2(3) Interoperability Site (NYC) Load Testing
Bhairav, is this section required???
This section describes call load testing for calls originating or terminating in the New York City (NYC) site in the Cisco CallManager 4.2(3) Interoperability Site model. The BHCA grand total tested for the NYC cluster was 2,944 busy hour call attempts. Table 5 shows the BHCA for intercluster calls between different endpoints for various call scenarios.
NoteSome intercluster calls show different BHCA values for the two clusters involved in the call. This situation occurs because a conference, hold, or transfer supplementary service is initiated at one of these clusters resulting in additional call processing (higher BHCA value) in that cluster.
Table 5 Cisco CallManager 4.2(3) Interoperability Site Model (NYC) Load Testing
Call Type Call Scenario SJC-RFD BHCA1 SFO-ORD BHCA DFW BHCA RDU BHCA NYC BHCA ATL
BHCA YYZ
BHCA AZO BHCAIntercluster calls
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT2 to NYC ICT to IP phone
420
420
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to NYC ICT to IP phone
105
35
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to NYC ICT to IP phone
101
34
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (hold) to NYC ICT to IP phone
109
55
SJC/RFD IP phone to ICT (conference) to NYC ICT to IP phone
101
34
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT to NYC ICT to IP phone
420
420
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to NYC ICT to IP phone
126
42
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to NYC ICT to IP phone
126
42
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (hold) to NYC ICT to IP phone
126
63
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (conference) to NYC ICT to IP phone
168
56
DFW IP phone to ICT to NYC ICT to IP phone
281
281
DFW IP phone to ICT (conference) to NYC ICT to IP phone
168
56
NYC IP phone to ICT to SJC ICT to IP phone
599
559
NYC IP phone to ICT to SFO ICT to IP phone
105
105
NYC IP phone to ICT to ORD ICT to IP phone
462
462
NYC IP phone to ICT to DFW ICT to IP phone
281
281
Intercluster BHCA Subtotals
1,395
1,533
730
2,944
BHCA Grand Total for NYC Site
2,944
1 BHCA = busy hour call attempts.
2 ICT = intercluster trunk.
Small Campus SIP Unified Communications Manager Express Site (ATL) Load Testing
This section describes call load testing for calls originating or terminating in the Atlanta (ATL) site in the Small Campus SIP Unified Communications Manager Express Site model. The BHCA grand total tested for the ATL cluster was 322 busy hour call attempts. Table 6 shows the BHCA for intercluster calls between different endpoints in this site and other sites.
NoteSome intercluster calls show different BHCA values for the two clusters involved in the call. This situation occurs because a conference, hold, or transfer supplementary service is initiated at one of these clusters resulting in additional call processing (higher BHCA value) in that cluster.
Table 6 Small Campus SIP Unified Communications Manager Express Site Model (ATL) Load Testing
Call Type Call Scenario SJC-RFD BHCA1 SFO-ORD BHCA DFW BHCA NYC BHCA ATL
BHCA YYZ
BHCA AZO BHCAIntercluster calls
SJC IP phone to ICT2 to ATL ICT to IP phone
67
67
SFO IP phone to ICT to ATL ICT to IP phone
158
158
ATL IP phone to ICT to SJC ICT to IP phone
34
34
ATL IP phone to ICT to ORD ICT to IP phone
63
63
Intercluster BHCA Subtotals
101
221
322
BHCA Grand Total for ATL Site
322
1 BHCA = busy hour call attempts.
2 ICT = intercluster trunk.
Small Campus H.323 Unified Communications Manager Express Site (YYZ) Load Testing
This section describes call load testing for calls originating or terminating in the Toronto (YYZ) site in the Small Campus H.323 Unified Communications Manager Express Site model. The BHCA grand total tested for the YYZ cluster was 680 busy hour call attempts. Table 7 shows the BHCA for intercluster calls between different endpoints for various call scenarios.
NoteSome calls show different values for the two clusters involved in the call. This situation occurs because a conference, hold, or, transfer supplementary services was performed at the originating cluster, which resulted in additional call processing at the originating cluster.
Table 7 Small Campus H.323 Unified Communications Manager Express Site Model (YYZ) Load Testing
Call Type Call Path SJC-RFD BHCA1 SFO-ORD BHCA DFW BHCA RDU BHCA NYC BHCA ATL
BHCA YYZ
BHCA AZO BHCAIntercluster calls
SJC IP phone to ICT2 to YYZ ICT to IP phone
34
34
SJC IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to YYZ ICT to IP phone
13
4
SJC IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to YYZ ICT to IP phone
13
4
SJC IP phone to ICT (hold) to YYZ ICT to IP phone
8
4
SJC IP phone to ICT (conference) to YYZ ICT to IP phone
21
7
SFO IP phone to ICT to YYZ ICT to IP phone
63
63
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (blind transfer) to YYZ ICT to IP phone
63
21
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (consult transfer) to YYZ ICT to IP phone
63
21
SFO IP phone to ICT (hold) to YYZ ICT to IP phone
42
21
SFO/ORD IP phone to ICT (conference) to YYZ ICT to IP phone
84
28
YYZ IP phone to ICT to RFD ICT to IP phone
34
34
YYZ IP phone to ICT to SFO ICT to IP phone
63
63
Intercluster BHCA Subtotals
123
315
242
BHCA Grand Total for YYZ Site
242
1 BHCA = busy hour call attempts.
2 ICT = intercluster trunk.
Medium Business with Remote Locations (AZO) Load Testing
This section describes call load testing for calls originating or terminating in the Kalamazoo (AZO) site in the Medium Business with Remote Locations Site model. The BHCA grand total tested for the AZO cluster was 3896 busy hour call attempts. Table 8 shows the BHCA for intercluster calls between different endpoints in this site.
NoteSome intercluster calls show different BHCA values for the two clusters involved in the call. This situation occurs because a conference, hold, or transfer supplementary service is initiated at one of these clusters resulting in additional call processing (higher BHCA value) in that cluster
Table 8 Medium Business with Remote Locations (AZO) Load Testing
Call Type Call Scenario SJC-RFD BHCA1 SFO-ORD BHCA DFW BHCA RDU BHCA NYC BHCA ATL
BHCA YYZ
BHCA AZO BHCAIntercluster calls
AZO IP phone to AZO Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express
172
AZO IP phone to AZO Unity Connection
840
AZO IP phone to AZO IP phone
308
AZO IP phone to AZO IP phone (blind transfer)
105
AZO IP phone to AZO IP phone (consult transfer)
105
AZO IP phone to AZO IP phone (hold)
140
AZO IP phone to AZO IP phone (conference)
112
AZO IP phone to AZO PSTN to AZO PSTN to IP phone
1,568
AZO IP phone to AZO PSTN (blind transfer) to AZO PSTN to IP phone
140
AZO IP phone to AZO PSTN (consult transfer) to AZO PSTN to IP phone
140
AZO IP phone to AZO PSTN (hold) to AZO PSTN to IP phone
126
AZO IP phone to AZO PSTN (conference) to AZO PSTN to IP phone
140
Intercluster BHCA Subtotals
3,896
BHCA Grand Total for AZO Site
3,896
1 BHCA = busy hour call attempts.
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