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Chapter 6 Call Processing
Device Weights
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You can configure a maximum of 2500 CTI connections or associations per MCS 7845 or equivalent
server, or a maximum 10,000 per cluster if they are equally balanced among the servers.
·
The maximum number of H.323 calls is limited by device weights. (See
Device Weights, page 6-3
.)
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Each cluster can support up to 30,000 IP phones.
·
Each cluster can support a total of up to 40,000 device weight units.
Device Weights
Table 6-2
shows the base device weight for each device type, based on the consumption of memory and
central processing unit (CPU) resources.
Table 6-2
Base Device Weights
Device type
Weight per Session or
Voice Channel
Session or DS0
per Device
Cumulative
Device Weight
IP phone
1
1
1
Analog MGCP ports
3
Varies
3 per DS0
Analog SCCP ports
1
Varies
1 per DS0
CTI route point
2
Varies
Varies
1
1.
Cumulative weight of CTI route point depends on the associated CTI ports used by the application.
CTI client port
2
1
2
CTI server port
2
1
2
CTI third-party control
2
2.
Includes the associated IP phone.
3
1
3
CTI agent phone
2
6
1
6
H.323 client
3
Varies
3 per call
Intercluster trunk gateway
3
Varies
3 per call
H.323 gateway
3
Varies
3 per call
Digital MGCP T1 gateway ports
3
24
72 per T1
Digital MGCP E1 gateway ports
3
30
90 per E1
Music on hold (MoH) stream
10
20
200
3
3.
When MoH is installed on the same server as Cisco CallManager, the maximum number of streams is 20.
Transcoding resource
3
Varies
3 per session
Media Termination Point (MTP)
(software)
3
24
72
4
4.
When installed on the same server as Cisco CallManager, the maximum number of conference sessions is 24.
Conference resource (hardware)
3
Varies
3 per session
Conference resource (software)
3
24
72
4