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Call Load Testing

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.


Note The 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:

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

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.


Note Some 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
BHCA

Intracluster 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.


Note Some 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
BHCA

Intracluster 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.


Note Some 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 BHCA

Intracluster 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.


Note Some 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 BHCA

Intercluster 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.


Note Some 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 BHCA

Intercluster 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.


Note Some 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 BHCA

Intercluster 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.


Note Some 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 BHCA

Intercluster 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.


Note Some 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 BHCA

Intercluster 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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