Connection Groups - Cisco IE-3000-8TC Administration Manual

Users are can route national and international PSTN calls through the service provider by dialing the appropriate
carrier selection code. You can configure the Carrier Selection Profiles under Connections > Carrier Selection
Profiles in Cisco Business Edition 3000 Administrative Interface.
For More Information
• Table 33: Settings on the Carrier Selection Profiles Page, on page 193
page in the Cisco Business Edition 3000 Administrative Interface)

Connection Groups

Prior to Release 8.6.4, Cisco Business Edition 3000 supported the configuration of single connection group
for each site consisting of local connections only or all connections in the system or a custom selection of the
available connections.
With Release 8.6.4, the administrator can configure different connection groups for each site. A connection
group is a group of PSTN connections that is used to route a particular group of calls. The criteria for
configuring the connection groups include the class of call and the outside dial code. Each connection group
is a group of PSTN connections with a route list and a route group with selected connections.
You can configure only the internal gateway during the First Time Setup. Therefore, the calls are routed
through the internal gateways after the First Time Setup. A default system-generated "All Connections" group
is created which includes all the gateways configured on the Cisco Business Edition 3000. The PSTN
connections are listed in the order of SIP connections, MGCP connections, PRI connections, CAS connections
and SPA analog gateways. The connections are further ordered based on the description. Every site is configured
to use All Connections group to route PSTN calls.
Note If you have upgraded the Cisco Business Edition 3000 from an earlier version to Release 8.6.4, a
system-generated connection group is formed which includes all the gateways in that site before the
upgrade. The naming convention for this connection group is <<SiteName>> Connections. Each site will
be associated to its respective connection group. By default, the sites will use their connection groups.
When a new site is created, the system creates the All Connections connection group and uses it as the
default connection group.
New configuration groups can be created using the Cisco Business Edition 3000 Administrative Interface
corresponding to the gateway usage of each site. All the calls from this site will be routed through the
corresponding connection group. You can configure the connection groups using the Cisco Business Edition
3000 Administrative Interface on the Connections > Connection Groups page. For more information about
the parameters to configure a connection group using the Cisco Business Edition 3000 Administrative Interface,
see Table 37: Settings on the Connection Groups Page, on page
no PSTN connections in the connection group.
All calls from the site will be configured to use the corresponding connection group. The configuration of
PSTN call routing allows you to:
• Route all calls through a single connection group
• Route calls through different connection groups based on outside dial code
• Route calls through different connection groups based on a combination of outside dial code and class
of call
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