Configuring Dns Zones - Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Administrator's Manual
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Field
Description
Name The name acts as a unique identifier, allowing you to
distinguish between zones of the same type.
Type
The nature of the specified zone, in relation to the local
VCS. Select ENUM.
Hop
The hop count is the number of times a request will be
count
forwarded to a neighbor gatekeeper or proxy (see the
counts
section for more information). This field specifies the
hop count to use when sending a search request to this
particular zone.
DNS
The domain to be appended to the transformed E.164
suffix
number to create an ENUM domain for which this zone is
queried.
H.323
Determines whether H.323 records are looked up for this
mode
zone.
SIP
Determines whether SIP records are looked up for this
mode
zone.
Configuring DNS zones
DNS zones allow you to locate endpoints via a DNS lookup. You can create one or more search rules
for DNS zones based on pattern matching of the endpoints' aliases.
After you have configured one or more DNS zones, you can:
apply transforms to alias search requests directed to that group of endpoints
n
control the bandwidth used for calls between your local VCS and each group of DNS endpoints
n
See
About URI dialing
for more information on configuring and using DNS zones.
The configurable options for a DNS zone are:
Field
Description
Name
The name acts as a unique identifier, allowing
you to distinguish between zones of the same
type.
Type
The nature of the specified zone, in relation to
the local VCS. Select DNS.
Hop
The hop count is the number of times a request
count
will be forwarded to a neighbor gatekeeper or
proxy (see the
information). This field specifies the hop count to
use when sending a search request to this
particular zone.
H.323
Determines whether H.323 calls are allowed to
mode
systems and endpoints located using DNS
lookups via this zone.
Cisco VCS Administrator Guide (X6.1)
Hop counts
section for more
Zones and neighbors
Usage tips
After a zone has been created,
the Type cannot be changed.
If the search request was
Hop
received from another zone
and already has a hop count
assigned, the lower of the two
values is used.
Usage tips
After a zone has been created, the Type
cannot be changed.
If the search request was received from
another zone and already has a hop
count assigned, the lower of the two
values is used.
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