Regions own their outgoing connections and you can choose other regions to receive communication from them.
Note: If you set the Default LRQ password attribute for a given region, you must have an incoming connection for every region that has an outgoing connection pointing to it and you want this security feature applied.
Use this procedure to add an outgoing connection to a region.
You can add outgoing connections to managed regions and foreign regions.
Add an outgoing connection in the Design View.
Locate the region you want to add an outgoing connection to.
Click the Outgoing Connections tab. The window displays the outgoing connections associated with this region.
Right-click and choose Add from the menu.
Enter the outgoing region parameters.
'Connection To' - The region to point to for this outgoing connection.
Connection Type - The relationship between a region and its outgoing connection region that reflects the desired inter-region LRQ forwarding pattern. Refer to the Outgoing Connection Table to determine which connection type value to assign to your outgoing connection.
Peer - There is no hierarchical relationship between this region and the region being pointed to for the outgoing connection.
Up - The region being pointed to for the outgoing connection is hierarchically above this region.
Down - The region being pointed to for the outgoing connection is hierarchically beneath this region.
Foreign LRQ Password - If your 'connection to' region is a foreign region, set the LRQ password, if it is known and you want this security feature applied.
Validation state - Indicates whether the Cisco VRC server can contact the element during the Validation process.
Details - A text description that provides more information about the validation status.
6. Click Apply. The outgoing connection is added to the region.
Click Cancel to cancel the procedure.