Configuring Dns Zones - Cisco TelePresence Administrator's Manual

Zones and neighbors
Field Description
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 forwarded to
count a neighbor gatekeeper or proxy (see the
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 number to
suffix create an ENUM domain for which this zone is queried.
H.323 Determines whether H.323 records are looked up for this zone.
mode
SIP Determines whether SIP records are looked up for this zone.
mode

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
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control the bandwidth used for calls between your local VCS and each group of DNS endpoints
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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 count The hop count is the number of times a request will
be forwarded to a neighbor gatekeeper or proxy (see
the Hop counts
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.
SIP mode Determines whether SIP calls are allowed to systems
and endpoints located using DNS lookups via this
zone.
Cisco VCS Administrator Guide (X8.1.1)
Hop counts
for more information on configuring and using DNS zones.
section for more information). This
Usage tips
After a zone has been created, the
Type cannot be changed.
If the search request was received
section for 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.
Configuring zones
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