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Networking Guide for Cisco Unity Release 5.x (With Microsoft Exchange)

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AMIS Networking

Cisco Unity supports the Audio Messaging Interchange Specification analog (AMIS-a) protocol, which

provides a mechanism for transferring voice messages between different voice messaging systems.

AMIS Networking is a licensed feature. If your organization has multiple Cisco Unity servers networked

together by using Cisco Unity Digital Networking (and, therefore, accessing subscriber data in the same

directory), only one server in the Digital Network needs to be licensed and configured for AMIS

Networking. The Cisco Unity server that is configured for AMIS Networking is referred to as the

bridgehead server. For more information about 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.

To use AMIS Networking, you must choose the applicable options when you run the Cisco Unity

Permissions wizard. For detailed information, see the Permissions wizard Help, which is available in

Tools Depot on the Cisco Unity server.

In this chapter, you will find procedures for setting up AMIS Networking, followed by detailed

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

• Setting Up Cisco Unity to Use AMIS, page 5-1—This section describes the prerequisites and

considerations for setting up AMIS Networking and provides a task list containing a high-level view

of all of the tasks you need to complete for the setup, and the order in which they should be

completed.

• Procedures for Setting Up Cisco Unity to Use AMIS, page 5-4—This section contains all of the

step-by-step procedures necessary to set up Cisco Unity to use AMIS.

• AMIS Concepts and Definitions, page 5-25—This section explains AMIS concepts in detail. You

may want to read this section prior to doing the setup procedures.

• Maintenance, page 5-40—This section provides information about monitoring system activity.

• Troubleshooting, page 5-41—This section provides links to troubleshooting information.

• Notable Behavior, page 5-41—This section provides information about notable behavior related to

AMIS Networking.

See the following sections:

• Prerequisites, page 5-2