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Networking Guide for Cisco Unity Release 5.x (With Microsoft Exchange)
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Voice Connector Formerly known as “Internet Voice Connector,” “IVC,” or “Voice Gateway.” The Cisco Unity Voice
Connector for Exchange is a Cisco Unity networking component that enables messaging between
Cisco Unity servers that access separate directories, and between Cisco Unity servers and other voice
messaging systems. The Voice Connector registers with Exchange to handle certain message address
types (AMIS, OMNI, VOICE, and VPIM). The Voice Connector takes different actions depending on
the address type. For example, with the VPIM address type, the Voice Connector encodes the message
according to the VPIM specification and adjusts the “To” and “From” addresses. The Voice Connector
for Exchange 2000 also works with Exchange 2003; there is not a separate Voice Connector for
Exchange 2003.
VPIM Voice Profile for Internet Mail. An industry-standard Internet messaging protocol to allow disparate
voice messaging systems to exchange voice messages over the Internet or any TCP/IP network. VPIM
is based on the SMTP and MIME protocols.
VPIM Networking A Cisco Unity networking option. Allows messaging between Cisco Unity and other voice messaging
systems that support the Voice Profile for Internet Mail (VPIM) version 2 protocol. Messages are
exchanged by using SMTP over the Internet or any TCP/IP network. Cisco Unity and the other voice
messaging systems maintain separate voice mail directories.
VPIM subscriber VPIM subscribers are a representation in Cisco Unity of subscribers on a remote voice messaging
system. VPIM subscribers are associated with a delivery location and are stored as contacts in Active
Directory. Cisco Unity subscribers address messages to VPIM subscribers just like they do to regular
subscribers, but the messages are sent via VPIM to the applicable mailbox on the remote voice
messaging system. VPIM subscribers can be included in Cisco Unity public distribution lists, and
outside callers can leave them messages (if they are listed in the Cisco Unity phone directory).