Locating An Alias - Cisco TelePresence Administrator's Manual

Locating an alias

The Locate tool (Maintenance > Tools >
identified by the given alias, within the specified number of "hops", without actually placing a call to that
endpoint.
This tool is useful when diagnosing dial plan and network deployment issues.
To use this tool:
1. Enter the Alias you want to locate.
2. Enter the Hop count
3. Select the Protocol used to initiate the search, either H.323 or SIP. The search may be interworked during
the search process, but the VCS always uses the native protocol first to search those target zones and
policy services associated with search rules at the same priority, before searching those zones again
using the alternative protocol.
4. Enter the Source zone from which to simulate the search request. Choose from the Default Zone (an
unknown remote system), the Local Zone (a locally registered endpoint) or any other configured neighbor,
traversal client or traversal server zone.
5. Select whether the request should be treated as Authenticated or not (search rules can be restricted so
that they only apply to authenticated messages).
6. Optionally, you can enter a Source alias. Typically, this is only relevant if the routing process uses CPL or
a directory service that has rules dependent on the source alias. (If no value is specified a default alias of
xcom-locate is used.)
7. Click Locate to start the search.
The status bar shows Searching... followed by Search completed. The results include the list of zones
that were searched, any transforms and Call Policy that were applied, and if found, the zone in which the
alias was located.
The locate process performs the search as though the VCS received a call request from the selected Source
zone. For more information, see the
Cisco VCS Administrator Guide (X7.1)
Locate) lets you test whether the VCS can find an endpoint
for the search.
Call routing process section.
Maintenance
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