About Media Termination Point Setup
A Media Termination Point software device allows Cisco Unified Communications Manager to relay calls that are routed through SIP or H.323 endpoints or gateways. You can allocate a media termination point device because of DTMF or RSVP requirements. When a media termination point is allocated for RSVP, you can insert it between any type of endpoint device, including SIP or H.323 devices.
Media termination point, a Cisco software application, installs on a server during the software installation process. You must activate and start the Cisco IP Voice Media Streaming Application service on the server on which you configure the media termination point device. For information on activating and starting services, see the Cisco Unified Serviceability Administration Guide.
The Media Termination Point (MTP) device provided by the Cisco IP Voice Media Streaming Application service supports both IPv4 and IPv6 audio media connections. The MTP device is configured automatically in dual mode when the platform is configured for IPv6 and the IPv6 enterprise parameter is enabled. The MTP device supports only IPv4 for the TCP control channel.
Each media termination point device that is defined in the database registers with the Media Resource Manager (MRM). The MRM keeps track of the total available media termination point devices in the system and of which devices have available resources.
During resource reservation, the MRM determines the number of resources and identifies the media resource type (in this case, the media termination point) and the location of the registered media termination point device. The MRM updates its share resource table with the registration information and propagates the registered information to the other Cisco Unified Communications Managers within the cluster.
The media termination point and transcoder can register with the same Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
Each media termination point receives a list of Cisco Unified Communications Managers, in priority order, to which it should attempt to register. Each media termination point can register with only one Cisco Unified Communications Manager at a time.
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Depending on the capabilities of the SIP endpoint, Cisco Unified Communications Manager may require an RFC 2833 DTMF-compliant media termination point device to make SIP calls. For RSVP calls, the Media Resource Group List (MRGL) that is associated with the endpoint device needs to include the media termination point devices that support RSVP. |