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Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8: Expert Administration Cookbook

By : Tanner Ezell
Book Image

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8: Expert Administration Cookbook

By: Tanner Ezell

Overview of this book

Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) is a software-based call-processing system developed by Cisco Systems. CUCM tracks all active VoIP network components; these include phones, gateways, conference bridges, transcoding resources, and voicemail boxes among others. This scalable, distributable, highly-available enterprise-class system delivers voice, video, mobility, and presence services. It connects up to 30,000 users of IP phones, media processing devices, VoIP gateways, mobile devices, and multimedia applications. With this cookbook you will learn all the important aspects of administering Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8: Expert Administration Cookbook is filled with many advanced recipes to effectively and efficiently configure and manage Cisco Unified Communications Manager. This book covers everything an administrator needs during and after Cisco Unified Communications Manager implementation. This practical cookbook contains detailed step-by-step instructions with clear and informative screenshots that cover all the important and advanced aspects of administering Cisco Unified Communications Manager. The book starts with introducing Call Routing and E.164. It then covers configuration and design information for the various call admission control technologies and Media Resources. The book also dives deep into troubleshooting, upgrades, disaster recovery, user management and much more.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8: Expert Administration Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Adding custom media files for Music On Hold


To add a custom Music On Hold audio source, the source file must be in PCM/WAV format.

How to do it...

To add a new Music On Hold audio source, perform the following:

  1. Add a new Music On Hold Audio Source (Media Resources | Music On Hold Audio Source).

  2. If the music file is not already uploaded, click on the Upload File button:

  3. When the new window opens, browse to the audio file then click on Upload File.

  4. After the file is uploaded, it will be available under the MOH Audio Stream Source File list.

  5. Select an available MOH Audio Stream Number.

  6. Select the newly uploaded media file under MOH Audio Source File.

  7. Depending on the media type, it may be appropriate to play the file continuously. If this is the case, check the box Play continuously.

  8. If this media file is to be used with multicast streams check Allow Multi-casting.

  9. Click on Save.

This new audio source may now be applied to devices and directory numbers.

Tip

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