Gateway Attributes

You can view the general attributes of a selected gateway from the Design View or Baseline View:

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

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

The following table describes the attributes of a gateway.

General Attributes

Description

Name

The gateway name. This corresponds to the name part of the full DNS host name.

Role

The role for this gateway in the dial plan. This role must match the role of the parent managed zone.

  • Regular - A Network Access Server (NAS) acting as an interface between a circuit-switched PSTN and a packetized H.323 Voice-over-IP (VoIP) network.

H.323 ID

The H.323-ID for the gateway. This is usually the fully qualified e-mail ID, with the domain name being the same as this gateway's gatekeeper.

IP Address

The IP address of the gateway. This read-only field is populated by the VRC client.

Feature Set

The VRC feature set supported by this gateway. This field is populated by VRC when the gateway is added to the dial plan.

IOS Version

The Cisco IOS version running on this gateway.

Incoming VoIP Trans. Profile

Associates a translation profile for the incoming side of gateway. The translation profile must reside in the same managed zone as the gateway. The feature set of the translation profile must match the feature set of the gateway.

Number Expansion Set

The number expansion set for this gateway.

OSPEnabled

Specifies if this gateway responds to OSP servers.

Circuit ID

Assigns a trunk label or carrier ID (circuit-ID) to a gateway. You can only set this parameter if the gateway's VRC feature set is dp1.1or later, the gateway role is regular,  the  managed zone's gatekeeper group is set to a gatekeeper group with a VRC feature set of dp1.1or later, AND a CSR route type of carrier or trunk-label.

Max. Calls

Specifies the maximum number of voice or data calls allowed on the trunk group. You can only set this parameter if the Circuit parameter is set. The range is 1 to 10000.

Default Circuit

The name of the default circuit on the gateway. Calls that do not match a defined circuit are handled by the default circuit. Maximum value is 64 characters.

Needs Reactivation

This read-only field indicates whether you need to reactivate the gateway because the configuration has been changed. The default is Yes. You cannot commit a dial plan design if one or more gateways have this attribute set to Yes.

Discovery Status

The Discovery operation verifies that  the Cisco IOS version and platform type of this network element are supported by VRC.

Discovery Details

Additional information regarding the Discovery status.

Dial Peer Terminator

The character that indicates the end of a variable length destination pattern. Value can be #, *, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b, c, or d.

Security

Description

Access Token

A password for registration. The default is blank.  Maximum value is 20 characters.

Security Level

The security level of the gateway. You must set a security level if the access token is set. Choose from endpoint, per-call, or all.

Resource Management

Description

Resource Threshold All

Applies the high and low parameter settings to all monitored H.323 resources. You can only set this parameter if the Resource Threshold High and Resource Threshold Low parameters are set.

Resource Threshold High

A resource utilization level that triggers an RAI message that indicates that H.323 resource usage is high. The default is blank. The range is 1 to 100.

Note: If you set this parameter, you must also specify a Resource Threshold Low value.

Resource Threshold Low

A resource utilization level that triggers an RAI message that indicates that H.323 resource usage has dropped below the high usage level. The default is blank. The range is 1 to 100.

Note: If you set this parameter, you must also specify a Resource Threshold High value.

Emulate H.323 Bandwidth

If checked, allows the gateway to terminate calls using H.323 bidirectional bandwidth. You can only set this parameter if the VCR feature set for this gateway is dp1.1 or later.

RTCP

Description

RTCP Receive Timer

Enables the Real-Time Control Protocol (RTCP) timer and configures a multiplication factor for the RTCP timer interval. The range is 2 to 1000. You can only set this parameter if the VCR feature set for this gateway is dp1.1 or later.

RTCP Repeat Interval

Configures the average reporting interval between subsequent RTCP report transmission. The range is 1 to 65535. You can only set this parameter if the VCR feature set for this gateway is dp1.1 or later.

Validation State

Indicates whether the Cisco VRC server can contact the element during the Validation process. An element is put in the unknown state when it is first activated.

  • Unknown - The element has been activated but 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

An optional text string that give more details about the status of the element. Maximum value is 255 characters.