Managed Zone Attributes

You can view the general attributes of a managed zone in the Design View or the Baseline View.

  1. Expand the dial plan tree to view all components.

  2. Select a zone. The Attributes tab is displayed.

The following table describes the attributes of a zone.

General Attributes

Description

Name

The name of the zone. If the gatekeeper group (GKGrp) referenced by this managed zone is type cluster, this name must be unique with respect to all other managed zone names, unmanaged zone names, zone alias names, DGK local zone names, and DGKGrp cluster names in the AD. Maximum value is 64 characters.

Role

The role for the managed zone in the dial plan. This parameter is required.

  • Regular - A subset of a managed region corresponding to an H.323 zone. You can select this parameter if the region role is regular.

Feature Set

The VRC feature set for this managed zone. The feature set of a managed zone is set by VRC and is determined by the gateway with the lowest feature set. The feature set of the zone is not established until a gateway is added to the zone.

Protocol

H.323

Domain

The domain name of the zone (for example, cisco.com). Maximum value is 255 characters.

Cost

The cost associated with the zone. The range is 1 to 99.

Priority

The priority associated with the zone. The range is 1 to 99.

Gatekeeper Group

The gatekeeper group associated with this zone. The GKGrp must be in the same managed region as this managed zone.

Bandwidth Allocation

Description

Inter-Zone Bandwidth

The maximum aggregate bandwidth for H.323 traffic between one zone and another zone. The range is 1 to 10,000,000.

Total Bandwidth

The maximum aggregate bandwidth for H.323 traffic within a zone and between zones (intrazone and interzone). The range is 1 to 10,000,000.

Validation State

Indicates whether the Cisco VRC server can contact the element during the Validation process.

  • Unknown - The Validation status is unknown.

  • OK - The last validation detected no warnings or errors.

  • Warning - The last validation detected one or more warnings that you might be required to correct before you commit the dial plan, depending on your intent of the dial plan design.

  • Fatal  - The last validation detected one or more errors that you must correct before you commit the dial plan.

Refer to Validation Flags and Validation Issues for more information.

Details

Additional information regarding the validation status of the zone.