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Introduction to Dial Plan Management

Important

Contact your dedicated VOSS support representative for details on how to set up and configure the next generation dial plan management feature.

Note

If this feature is not exposed in the Admin Portal menu layout, refer to the Optional Features Appendix: Dial Plan Management - Menu Layout Changes and Access Profile Changes.

The VOSS Automate next generation dial plan management feature:

  • Offers dial plan management that is independent of the hierarchy schema approach of the first generation dial plan management. However, the feature can also be used in together with schema-based dial plan management.

  • Enables senior administrators to define complete complex dial plans and to allow the application of these to lower level administrators without the need to understand the complete dial plan.

  • Can be used in place of the schema or schema group approach or in tandem with this approach, for example to add elements in an additional dial plan in an ad-hoc manner.

  • All the available functionality of schemas are covered by the models of the feature, as well as call routing via route filters.

  • Provides additional benefits:

    • More configuration options

    • A repeatable process to manage Cisco Call manager elements

    • Dial plan can be provisioned in a modular manner

    • A structure to store dial plan models

Scope

The following areas of Cisco Dial Plan deployment are covered by this feature:

  • Device Pools - Regions - Locations -SRST

  • Transcoders

  • Conference Bridge

  • Media Resource Groups

  • Media Resource Group Lists

  • Route Groups

  • SIP Trunks

  • CTI Route Points with Lines (Lines are not supported in schemas)

  • Time Periods

  • Time Schedules

  • Partitions

  • CSSs

  • Route Patterns

  • Transition Patterns

  • Called Party Transformation Patterns

  • Calling Party Transformation Patterns

  • SIP Route Patterns

The entire group of dial plan elements is referred to as a “Dial Plan Model”. Each dial plan element is broken into its own container or model for storage in VOSS Automate. This allows for simple management of the dial plan model as a whole. The dial plan models may be bulk loaded into VOSS Automate and managed via the Admin Portal.