Preparing End Systems
In Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning, the physical resources (end systems that deliver voice and messaging services) are modeled as Processors.
Few examples of physical resources modeled as processors are:
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager or Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express system is modeled as a Call Processor
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Cisco Unity Express are modeled as Unified Message Processor
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Cisco Unity Connection voicemail/unified messaging system is modeled as Unified Message Processor
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Cisco Unified Presence Processor is modeled as Presence Processor
Using Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning, an administrator creates and configures these various processors. After the processors have been configured, all configuration and interaction with the end systems is handled by Provisioning.
Some minimal configuration maybe required on some end systems before you can use them with Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning. This section describes the pre-configuration steps required for Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express, Cisco Unity Connection, and Cisco Unity Express.