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Model: data/ucprep_UC_Profiles

UC Prep Profiles

The UCPrep Profile tool further streamlines the preparation process of deployment of Cisco applications with VOSS-4-UC Provider and Enterprise so that administrators will not have to repeat the same configuration tasks over and over every time they stage or build a UC Application.

The tool provides an easy, flexible and repeatable way to define, store and load static configurations and other infrastructure setup needed in the UC applications. One or multiple sets of static configuration data can be set up and stored. The UCPREP Profile tool use can vary from provider to provider and even by customer within a provider.

The created static configuration can then be pushed to UC Apps as a "one-off", and does not always have to be tied into a overall workflow.

UCPrep Feature Scope

The UCPrep tool covers the following areas of the Cisco Application Deployment:

• CUCM Date Time Groups
• CUCM Groups
• CUCM Host Adjustment
• CUCM SIP Trunk Security Profiles
• CUCM SIP Profiles
• CUCM Audio Codec Preferences
• CUCM Application Users
• CUCM Feature Control Policies
• CUCM Route Filters
• CUC Authentication Policies
• CUC User Templates

It is not necessary to adjust all of these UC Application elements within a given UCPrep Profile. For example, if a Unity server is not part of a deployment, the CUC elements may remain un-configured. Similarly, if there is no need to adjust the hostname of a CUCM node, then the input form tab for that configuration can remain empty.

UCPrep Profiles

From the UCPrep Profiles menu, the list view shows all created profiles at the administrator's hierarchy and below.

UCPrep Profiles are intended to be templates at a higher level in the hierarchy and are then cloned to a lower level for specific settings to a cluster. When cloning a UCPrep Profile the UC Prep Profile Name must be unique. The UCPrep Profile Notes should also be descriptive so that this information is available when the UCPrep Profile Push tool is used.

For example, a provider level profile may contain global element configuration that are not site or cluster specific. At a customer or site level, this profile can then be cloned and updated with configuration elements that apply to the customer or site.

UCPrep Profiles Reference

UC Prep Profiles

UCPrep Profile Push Reference

UC Prep Friendly Timezones

• Configuration Templates can be customized and added so that these become available in the Date/Time Group Configuration Template drop down list, for example to templates to customize the date format and listed in the UCPrep Configuration Templates menu.
• The UCPrep Friendly Timezones menu can be used to manage the list available in the timezones drop-downs, for example to shorten the list to only include the timezones that are used in the Data/Time groups.

Date Time Groups Reference

Call Manager Groups

In order for the Member drop-downs to function, a UCPrep Profile must be cloned to the level of the UC Applications.

Note that in this example, the UCPrep Profile that is built is entered at the "Axis" customer application level.

The order in which the members are added indicate primary and secondary members of the group.

Call Manager Groups Reference

Call Manager Host Adjustment

Multiple nodes of the cluster at the hierarchy can be modified.

Considerations for Host Adjustment are:

• Since the CUCM Host Adjustment modifies existing data in Call Manager, the data must be re-set or removed if a UCPrep Profile must be applied more than once.
• The CUCM Host adjustment occurs after the Call Manager Group configuration because the Call Manager will internally adjust the node names within a Call Manager Group when the node is renamed.
• If a node name is adjusted and a UCPrep profile is run a second or more times, the data on the CUCM Groups tab must be updated from the drop-downs to be the current CUCM node name.

Call Manager Host Adjustment Reference

Call Manager SIP Trunk Security Profiles

The input form on the tab shows the fields commonly requiring modification.

Call Manager SIP Trunk Security Profiles Reference

Call Manager SIP Profiles

• Where values or time settings are shown in the fields of the form when adding a profile, these are the static values corresponding with the Call Manager defaults.

Call Manager SIP Profiles Reference

Call Manager Audio Codec Preferences

The Audio Codec Preferences List lends itself to be driven by a configuration template rather than a GUI input of a list of codecs.

The lists are written to Call Manager by selecting any number of configuration templates that have been set up to list out groups of codecs. Typically, a configuration template from the menu UCPrep Configuration Templates list view is cloned and modified to show the required codecs and settings.

Audio Codec Preference List Configuration Template Example:

Call Manager Audio Codec Preferences Reference

UC Prep Application User List

• Application Users can initially be set up from the UCPrep Application User menu, to be available from the Application Users drop-down on the input form of this tab.
• New Application Users can also be added on the form by entering the user name directly into the Application Users input.
• Application User roles are automatically added from the selected Group Permissions.

Call Manager Application Users Reference

Call Manager Feature Control Policies

Feature Control Policies are defined by entering policy names and selecting features from the list of check boxes.

Call Manager Feature Control Policies Reference

Call Manager Route Filters

The Route Filter lends itself to be driven by a configuration template rather than a GUI input of clauses.

The filters are written to Call Manager by selecting any number of configuration templates from the Route Filter Template to Apply drop-down on the input form.

Typically, a configuration template from the menu UCPrep Configuration Templates list view is cloned and modified to show the required Route Filter settings.

Example of Route Filter Configuration Template:

Call Manager Route Filters Reference

Unity Authentication Policies

The Unity authentication rule lends itself to be driven by a configuration template rather than a GUI input, since settings commonly do not change and the same group of settings are repeated.

Typically, configuration templates from the menu UCPrep Configuration Templates list view are cloned and modified to show the required Voice and Web Authentication Rules.

Example of Authentication Rule Configuration Template:

Unity Authentication Policies Reference

Unity User Templates

The list of user templates shown on the input form are those that are most often changed. Own templates can be added as new entries and options selected from the available drop-downs.

Additional required fields can be added by selecting a created Configuration Template containing these from the CUC User Template CFT drop-down.

Static profiles to apply different end to end configurations to Cucm/cuc

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