How to Configure Locations

Introduction

Use locations to implement call admission control in a centralized call-processing system. Call admission control enables you to regulate audio quality and video availability by limiting the amount of bandwidth that is available for audio and video calls over links between the locations.

Important

Locations are different from Sites. Locations are used by Cisco Unified CM to manage call admission control. Sites are used by VOSS-4-UC to logically group resources.

Procedure

1. Log in as provider, reseller, or customer administrator.
2. Make sure that the hierarchy path is set to a customer or site level.
3. If prompted, select the NDL that contains the Cisco Unified CM on which you are configuring the Location.
4. Perform one of the following:
   • If you logged in as provider or reseller administrator, choose Device Management > CUCM > Locations.
   • If you logged in as customer administrator, choose Device Management > Advanced > Locations.
5. Click Add.
6. On the Location Information tab, enter the Name of the Location. This field is mandatory.
7. Click the Intra-Location tab, and complete at minimum, the mandatory Intra-Location Fields.
8. Click the Between Locations tab, and complete at minimum, the mandatory Between Locations Fields.
9. Click the RSVP Settings tab, and complete at minimum, the mandatory RSVP Settings Fields.
10. Click Save.

Intra-Location Fields

Field	Description
Audio Bandwidth	Enter the maximum amount of audio bandwidth (in kb/s) that is available for all audio calls on the link between this location and other locations. For audio calls, the audio bandwidth includes overhead. Valid values are 0 to 2147483647, where 0 means unlimited bandwidth. This field is mandatory. Note: To improve audio quality, lower the bandwidth setting, so fewer active calls are allowed on this link.
Video Bandwidth	Enter the maximum amount of video bandwidth (in kb/s) that is available for all video calls on the link between this location and other locations. For video calls, the video bandwidth does not include overhead. Valid values are 1 Valid values are 1 through 2147483647, where 0 means unlimited bandwidth and 1 means no bandwidth. Setting the value to 1 means you cannot make video calls within this location. This field is mandatory.
Immersive Video Bandwidth	Enter the maximum amount of immersive video bandwidth (in kb/s) that is available for all immersive video calls on the link within this location. For video calls, the immersive video bandwidth does not include overhead. Valid values are 1 through 2147483647, where 0 means unlimited bandwidth and 1 means no bandwidth. Setting the value to 1 means you cannot make immersive video calls within this location. This field is mandatory.

Between Locations Fields

Field	Description
Location	Select a location from the list. This field is mandatory.
Weight	Enter the relative priority of this link in forming the Effective Path between any pair of Locations. The Effective Path has the least cumulative Weight of all possible paths. Valid values are 0-100. This field is mandatory.
Audio Bandwidth	Enter the maximum amount of audio bandwidth (in kb/s) that is available for all audio calls on the link between this location and other locations. For audio calls, the audio bandwidth includes overhead. Valid values are 0 to 2147483647, where 0 means unlimited bandwidth. You can also select Unlimited Bandwidth. This field is mandatory.
Video Bandwidth	Enter the maximum amount of video bandwidth (in kb/s) that is available for all video calls on the link between this location and other locations. For video calls, the video bandwidth does not include overhead. Valid values are 1 through 2147483647, where 0 means unlimited bandwidth and 1 means no bandwidth. You can also select Unlimited Bandwidth or None. Setting the value to None means you cannot make video calls between this location and other locations. This field is mandatory.
Immersive Video Bandwidth	Enter the maximum amount of immersive video bandwidth (in kb/s) that is available for all immersive video calls on the link between this location and other locations. For video calls, the immersive video bandwidth does not include overhead. Valid values are 1 through 2147483647, where 0 means unlimited bandwidth and 1 means no bandwidth. You can also select Unlimited Bandwidth or None. Setting the value to None means you cannot make immersive video calls between this location and other locations. This field is mandatory.

RSVP Settings Fields

Field	Description
Location	To change the RSVP policy setting between the current location and a location that displays in this pane, choose a location in this pane. This field is mandatory.
RSVP Setting	To choose an RSVP policy setting between the current location and the location that is chosen in the Location pane at left, choose an RSVP setting from the drop-down list. This field is mandatory. Choose from the following available settings: Use System Default - The RSVP policy for the location pair matches the clusterwide RSVP policy. See topics related to clusterwide default RSVP policy in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide for details: No Reservation - No RSVP reservations can get made between any two locations. Optional (Video Desired) - A call can proceed as a best-effort audio-only call if failure to obtain reservations for both audio and video streams occurs. RSVP Agent continues to attempt RSVP reservation and informs Cisco Unified Communications Manager if reservation succeeds. Mandatory - Cisco Unified Communications Manager does not ring the terminating device until RSVP reservation succeeds for the audio stream and, if the call is a video call, for the video stream too. Mandatory (Video Desired) - A video call can proceed as an audio-only call if a reservation for the video stream cannot be reserved.