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With the Skype for sip beta program now in open public domain , there are open integration options available for Cisco Routers esp. CUCME as well as CUCM.Both SIP Digest Authentication as well as IP authentication are supported. For those businesses eager to test integration , you can test service by setting up a Business control Panel (BCP) account.You can avail upto 300 simultaneous voice channels if you are running a large business. Also, if you already have peering with a SIP Service Provider (See Tutorials :GNS3:How to Setup CME SIP trunk to VOIP SIP Service Provider ) , you can integrate another CUCME to skype for sip and integrate both solutions as Skype for sip offers support for (more…)

For those of you who have been struggling integrating GNS3 with ASA as well as with JuniperOS , there is good news for you. Now, you can integrate GNS3 natively with ASA/Juniper OS using latest GNS3 release. This feature has been provided by integrating GNS3 with Qemu. Both JunOS  as well as ASA can be simulated/emulated using Qemu. By integrating both together, you can emulate Cisco Routers/Juniper Routers and ASA all under one interface .

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I have been doing some extensive UCCX scripting quite recently. One of the best ways to approach UCCX scripting is to explore Script Repository in your UCCX Server with some ACD(Automatic Call Distribution ) and AA(Auto Attendant) sample scripts.However, this might be very basic for most users out there. If you want to dig deep into learning, there is an excellent script repository on Cisco.com. With the release of UCCX 7.0(1) , some of the advanced Release 3 scripts (more…)

Extension Mobility was introduced to CUCME beginning with release 4.2 .With Later Releases e.g 4.3 and beyond, some enhanced features were added e.g the ability to use the phone user interface to configure personal speed dials directly on an EM phone . Some of feature enhancements include :

• Configurable Automatic Logout
• Automatic Clear Call History
• Privacy on an Extension Mobility Phone

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Recently, While searching on Cisco Unified Mobility Advantage (CUMA) and Cisco Unified Mobilitiy Client (CUMC) for my Apple iPhone, I came across a pretty comprehensive and detailed guide which covers setting up CUMA Server and integrating it during Post-install to many associated application servers e.g Microsoft Active Directory , Exchange Server , CUPS , CUCM , Cisco Unity Connection etc.Thought it might be useful to many of Blog readers as i have been asked few times for (more…)

Phone Proxy is a superset of TLS proxy where not only signaling but also media is secured for communication.It supports a Cisco UCM cluster in mixed mode or nonsecure mode.Configuration that i will show here will have UCM cluster in non-secure mode.TLS/SRTP will be terminated on ASA proxy server and TCP/RTP will be communicated between ASA and CUCM.You must have atleast ASA Code 8.0(4) although ASA 8.2 release is recommended as it supports MTA for each interface.Here,i will (more…)