Configuring Lcr; Enabling The Lcr Feature - AudioCodes Mediant 3000 User Manual

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16.4.2 Configuring LCR

The following main steps need to be done to configure LCR:
1. Enable the LCR feature and configure the average call duration and default call
connection cost - see ''Enabling LCR and Configuring Default LCR'' on page 247.
2. Configure Cost Groups - see ''Configuring Cost Groups'' on page 248.
3. Configure Time Bands for a Cost Group - see ''Configuring Time Bands for Cost
Groups'' on page 249.
4. Assign Cost Groups to outbound IP routing rules - see ''Assigning Cost Groups to
Routing Rules'' on page 250.

16.4.2.1 Enabling the LCR Feature

The Routing Rule Groups table lets you enable the LCR feature. This also includes
configuring the average call duration and default call cost for routing rules that are not
assigned Cost Groups in the Outbound IP Routing table.
The following procedure describes how to enable LCR in the Web interface. You can also
do this using the table ini file parameter, RoutingRuleGroups.

To enable LCR:
1. Open the Routing Rule Groups Table page (Configuration tab > VoIP menu >
Services > Least Cost Routing > Routing Rule Groups Table).
2. Click Add; the following dialog box appears:
3. Enable LCR according to the parameters described in the table below.
4. Click Submit, and then save ("burn") your settings to flash memory.
Table 16-3: Routing Rule Groups Table Parameter Descriptions
Parameter
Index
[RoutingRuleGroups_Index]
LCR Enable
[RoutingRuleGroups_LCREnable]
Version 6.8
Figure 16-25: Routing Rule Groups Table - Add Record
Defines an index number for the new table record.
Note: Only one index entry can be configured.
Enables the LCR feature:

[0] Disabled (default)

[1] Enabled
Description
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