Chapter 21 Configuring Cisco Intercompany Media Engine Proxy

Configuring Cisco Intercompany Media Engine Proxy

 

Command

Purpose

 

 

 

Step 1

hostname(config)# media-terminationinstance_name

Creates the media termination instance that you

 

Example:

attach to the Cisco Intercompany Media Engine

 

hostname(config)# media-termination

Proxy.

 

uc-ime-media-term

 

 

 

 

 

Step 2

hostname(config-media-termination)# address

Configures the media-termination address used by

 

ip_address interface intf_name

the outside interface of the ASA.

 

Examples:

The outside IP address must be a publicly routable

 

hostname(config-media-termination)# address

 

209.165.200.228 interface outside

address that is an unused IP address within the

 

 

address range on that interface.

 

 

See Creating the Cisco Intercompany Media Engine

 

 

Proxy, page 21-18for information about the

 

 

UC-IME proxy settings. See CLI configuration

 

 

guide for information about the no service-policy

 

 

command.

 

 

 

Step 3

hostname(config-media-termination)# address

Configures a media termination address used by the

 

ip_address interface intf_name

inside interface of the ASA.

 

Examples:

Note The IP address must be an unused IP address

 

hostname(config-media-termination)# address

 

192.168.10.3 interface inside

within the same subnet on that interface.

 

 

 

Step 4

(Optional)

Configures the rtp-min-port and rtp-max-port limits

 

hostname(config-media-termination)# rtp-min-port

for the Cisco Intercompany Media Engine Proxy.

 

port1 rtp-maxport port2

Configure the RTP port range for the media

 

Examples:

 

termination point when you need to scale the

 

hostname(config-media-termination)# rtp-min-port

 

number of calls that the Cisco Intercompany Media

 

1000 rtp-maxport 2000

 

 

Engine supports.

 

 

Where port1 specifies the minimum value for the

 

 

RTP port range for the media termination point,

 

 

where port1 can be a value from 1024 to 65535. By

 

 

default, the value for port1 is 16384.

 

 

Where port2 specifies the maximum value for the

 

 

RTP port range for the media termination point,

 

 

where port2 can be a value from 1024 to 65535. By

 

 

default, the value for port2 is 32767.

 

 

 

What To Do Next

Once you have created the media termination instance, create the Cisco Intercompany Media Engine Proxy. See Creating the Cisco Intercompany Media Engine Proxy, page 21-18.

Creating the Cisco Intercompany Media Engine Proxy

To create the Cisco Intercompany Media Engine Proxy, perform the following steps.

The example command lines in this task are based on a basic (in-line) deployment. See Figure 21-6 on page 21-11for an illustration explaining the example command lines in this task.

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