Managing the Baseline View

The Baseline View window is divided into two panes.

• The left pane shows the Administrative Domain (AD). Double-click the AD to expand the AD and show all elements.
  
  
• The right pane shows information related to that specific element. The right pane shows only the attributes for foreign regions, OSP servers, directory gatekeepers, voice ports, and route servers.
  
  

The following is a list of AD elements and the information required to configure them:

• AD—Attributes, Technology Prefixes, and Trunk or Carrier IDs.
  
  
• Managed Region—Attributes, Voice Class Codecs, LRQs, and Outgoing Connections
  
  
• Managed Zone—Attributes, Zone Prefixes, Route Scopes, Zone Subnets, Server Triggers, Source Groups, Ingress Routes, Egress Routes, Translation Profiles, Rule Descriptions, Zone Aliases, Hopoff Tech Prefixes, and Number Expansion Sets
  
  
• Unmanaged Zone—Attributes, Hopoff Tech Prefixes, and Zone Prefixes
  
  
• Directory Gatekeeper Group—Attributes, Server Triggers, and Zone Circuits
  
  
• Gatekeeper Group—Attributes and Zone Circuits
  
  
• Gateway—Attributes, Ethernet Ports, Trunk Groups, Hunt Groups, Voice Source Groups, and Access Lists
  
  

To export the baseline dial plan to your desktop, follow these steps:

Step 1   From the Baseline menu, choose Export Baseline.

A dialog box appears and prompts you to confirm your decision.

Step 2   Click OK. A processing window appears. Then the browser window opens.

A copy of the baseline dial plan appears in a browser window. For example, the browser window displays:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>

<!DOCTYPE AD (View Source for full doctype...)>

- <AD routingType="prefix" exportType="AD" adId="AD0" exportId="AD0">

<TechPrefix description="Voice Gateway" prefix="1#" adDefault="1" techPrefixId="TekPf-1-393928" />

</AD>

Note   You must be in the Baseline View to distribute the dial plan.

To distribute a dial plan, follow these steps:

Step 1   Expand the AD to view all elements.

Step 2   Locate the scope that you want to perform a distribution on.

Step 3   Right-click and choose Distribute from the menu. A confirmation dialog box appears and asks you to confirm your decision. Click OK.

Before the distribution takes place, the VRC checks if all network elements receiving the updated dial plan configuration are connected. The distribution process starts at the lowest level in the AD hierarchy to minimize the impact on the AD if a failure occurs. VRC distributes the dial plan to the specified scope.

Step 4   An information dialog box appears when the operation is successful. Click OK.