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Chapter 2 Digital Networking

Overview: Digital Networking

Note that Cisco Unity servers that are licensed for Unified Messaging (UM) and Cisco Unity servers that

are licensed for Voice Messaging (VM) can use Digital Networking to exchange messages. There are no

licensing issues associated with VM and UM existing in the same Exchange organization or Active

Directory forest, as long as the VM subscribers access voice and fax messages only over the phone

interface or with the separately licensed Cisco Personal Communications Assistant (PCA).

For specific information about requirements and support, see the Cisco Unity Networking Options

Requirements document, available at

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps2237/prod_installation_guides_list.html.

Licenses and License Pooling

Digital Networking is enabled on every Cisco Unity server. There are no additional licenses that you

need to obtain to set up Digital Networking.

Though you do not need a license for Digital Networking, you may want to add a licensed feature called

license pooling. License pooling allows Cisco Unity servers that are set up for Digital Networking to

pool licenses for subscribers and for the Cisco Unity Inbox. With license pooling, if total utilization

across all of the Cisco Unity servers does not exceed total licenses for the feature, the Cisco Unity server

is in compliance with licensing restrictions. For example: two Cisco Unity servers each have 500

licenses for subscribers; with license pooling, one of the servers can use 501 or more licenses as long as

the total used by both servers does not exceed 1,000.

For all licensed features other than subscriber licenses, licensing is on a per-machine basis. Licensing

information is stored with the primary location for each Cisco Unity server. Because location data is

stored in the directory, each Cisco Unity server has the information that it needs to keep track of license

usage in the pool.

For more information about license pooling and obtaining licenses for Cisco Unity features, see the

applicable Licensing for Cisco Unity white paper, at

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps2237/prod_white_papers_list.html.

In This Chapter

In this chapter, you will find procedures for setting up and upgrading Digital Networking, followed by

detailed discussions of the concepts and terminology you need to understand. See the following sections:

• Setting Up Digital Networking, page 2-3—This section describes the prerequisites for setting up

Digital Networking, and provides a task list containing a high-level view of all of the tasks that you

need to complete for the setup, and the order in which they should be completed.

• Procedures for Setting Up Cisco Unity to Use Digital Networking, page 2-4—This section contains

all of the procedures necessary to set up Cisco Unity for Digital Networking.

• Digital Networking Concepts and Definitions, page 2-14—This section explains Digital Networking

concepts in detail. If you are unfamiliar with Digital Networking, we recommend that you read this

section prior to completing the setup procedures.

• Notable Behavior, page 2-24—This section contains information about notable behavior related to

Digital Networking.