Configure Cisco Unified Communications Manager Translation Patterns

Introduction

Sometimes it may be necessary to update the default dial plan translation patterns that are deployed as part of the default dial plan schemas that are delivered with the VOSS-4-UC template package. For example, you may want to make your default national number translation patterns more restrictive. Also, you could deploy additional translation patterns that are specific to a customer deployment. For example, you could add customer-specific blocking patterns that are not defined in the standard country dial plan schema.

Caution

The Cisco HCS default dial plan includes most common translation and route patterns. These translation and route patterns are usually added automatically when a customer dial plan, site dial plan, and voice mail service is provisioned. If you want to update translation and route patterns using VOSS-4-UC, you must have a full understanding of the Cisco HCS dial plan. Refer to the “Provider HCS Dial Plan Management Support Guide”.

Use this procedure to update Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) translation patterns that are provisioned by the dial plan schema or to add new translation patterns from VOSS-4-UC that are not part of the standard dial plan package. For more information on Unified CM translation patterns, refer to “Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide, Release 10.0(1)”.

Procedure

  1. Log in as provider, reseller, or customer administrator.

  2. Set the hierarchy path to the node where you want to add or edit the translation pattern.

  3. Perform one of:

    • If you are signed in as provider or reseller administrator, choose Device Management > CUCM > Translation Patterns.
    • If you are signed in as customer administrator, choose Device Management > Advanced > Translation Patterns.

  4. Perform one of:

    • To add a new translation pattern, click Add, then go to Step 5.
    • To edit an existing translation pattern, click on the pattern to be updated and go to Step 6.

  5. From the CUCM drop-down menu, choose the hostname, domain name, or IP address of the Cisco Unified Communications Manager to which you want to add the translation pattern.

    Note:

    The CUCM drop-down menu only appears when a translation pattern is added; it does not appear when you edit a translation pattern.

    Important:

    If you are adding or editing a translation pattern at any hierarchy node above a site level, the only Unified CMs that appear in the CUCM drop-down list are Unified CMs that are located at the node where you are adding the translation pattern, and all Unified CMs in hierarchies above the node where you are adding the translation pattern. If you are adding or editing a translation pattern at a site level, the Unified CM that appears in the CUCM drop-down list is the Unified CM in the site’s Network Device List (NDL). If the site does not have an NDL, or the NDL at the site does not have a Unified CM, then the drop-down list is empty and a translation pattern cannot be added to the site.

  6. In the Translation Pattern field, enter a unique name for the translation pattern, or modify the existing name of the translation pattern if desired. You can include numbers and wildcards (do not use spaces), in the Translation Pattern field. For example, enter 8XXX for a typical private network numbering plan. Valid characters include the uppercase characters A, B, C, and D and \+, which represents the international escape character +. This field is mandatory.

  7. In the Partition field, enter a unique name for the route partition, or modify the existing name of the partition if desired. This field is mandatory.

  8. In the Description field, enter a description for the translation pattern and route partition if desired. The description can include up to 50 characters in any language, but it cannot include double-quotes (“), percentage sign (%), ampersand (&), or angle brackets (<>).

  9. Complete at minimum, the mandatory fields on each tab as appropriate (see below):

    Tip

    Use the Corresponding Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) attribute information provided in the tables to manually verify in the Unified CM GUI that fields have been mapped correctly.

  10. Click Save when complete to save the new or updated translation pattern.