LRQ passwords represent CAT (Cisco Access Token) exchanged between two gatekeepers or directory gatekeepers, while forwarding an LRQ.
LRQ Passwords can be created by a regional administrator and are associated with all LRQ paths in the network. VRC ensures that passwords are correctly configured on both the sending and the receiving end.
LRQ passwords:
Are used to validate any LRQs received from the specified remote zone.
Represent the receiving password from each element to the parent region.
Are used for incoming regional connections to the parent region and outgoing regional connections to foreign regions.
To set up an LRQ password for a region.
Add an LRQ password for your region.
In the region attributes, set the Default LRQ Password to the password created in step 1.
In the attributes for the GKGrp or DGKGrp, set the LRQ receive password to the password in step 1.
To set an LRQ password for incoming connections between two regions:
Add an LRQ password for region A.
In the region A attributes, set the Default LRQ Password to the password created in step 1.
In the attributes for the GKGrp or DGKGrp for region A, set the LRQ receive password to the password in step 1.
Add an LRQ password for calls coming from region B.
Add Incoming connection to region A from region B, using region B LRQ password.
Add an LRQ password for region B.
In the region B attributes, set the Default LRQ Password to the password created in step 6.
In the attributes for the GKGrp or DGKGrp for region B, set the LRQ receive password to the password in step 6.
Add an LRQ password for calls coming from region A.
Add Incoming connection to region B from region A, using region A LRQ password.