[cisco-voip] Digital Networking CUC 7.1 and systemwide PDLs reachablity

[Ted Nugent]

Awesome thanks Pat. I'm in the process of labbing it so hopefully it works
as advertised!


On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Pat Hayes <pat-cv at wcyv.com> wrote:

> Yes, in a directory handler if the scope is set to something that
> includes users on another server, those users will always be returned.
> Digital networking really only replicates directory information and
> messages, there's no real time monitoring, so the server wouldn't know
> that the other server was offline or unavailable.
>
> Normally, when you try to transfer to a user on a remote server, UC
> initiates a cross-server transfer, so the call is actually first
> transferred to the remote server and is then transfered from there
> (because the transfer rules are not replicated, so they are only known
> on the user's home server). There is, however, a field on each user
> page called "Cross-Server Transfer Extension", it should do what you
> want. Here is the description from the help file:
>
> "Enter the extension to release transfer calls to if a caller on
> another Cisco Unity Connection server attempts to transfer to the user
> but the cross-server transfer attempt is unsuccessful. The extension
> you enter here is also used to release transfer the call if
> cross-server transfer is not configured for the home Cisco Unity
> Connection server of the user on the originating server.
>
> Note : If the cross-server transfer attempt succeeds, this field is
> not used, and the home server of the user handles the call according
> to the active call transfer rule configured for the user."
>
> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Ted Nugent <tednugent73 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Does anyone know if when 2 Connection servers are Digitally Networked if
> a
> > system wide PDL still lists the users (in dial by name etc) if the
> networked
> > partner is not reachable? Everything I'm reading indicates that the
> answer
> > to this is yes since the information is replicated in CUC as opposed to
> > Unity where the PDLs were parsed realtime to the remote server but I
> would
> > like confirmation.
> > Here's the scenario 2 sites connected via WAN with Split CUCM cluster
> > and networked CUC at each location. In the event of a WAN failure we
> would
> > like the users of the remote CUC to still be listed in the "dial by name"
> or
> > "dial an extension at any time", the mailbox would obviously not be
> > available but if CUC transfer and CUCM forwarding options were configured
> > for Fwd unregistered on the local CUCM then the call could be routed back
> > out the PSTN to the remote branch. Can any one confirm if the users are
> > replicated and still dialable even if the remote networked CUC is
> > unreachable?
> > TIA Ted
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