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SIP Dial Rules Configuration
The following sections describe SIP dial rules configuration:
• SIP Dial Rule Configuration Settings, page 40-1
• Finding a SIP Dial Rule, page 40-3
• Configuring SIP Dial Rules, page 40-4
• Deleting a SIP Dial Rule, page 40-7
• Resetting a SIP Dial Rule, page 40-8
• Synchronizing Configuration of a SIP Dial Rule with Affected SIP Phones, page 40-8
• Related Topics, page 40-9

SIP Dial Rule Configuration Settings

The administrator uses SIP dial rules configuration to configure dial p lans fo r pho nes t hat are runn in g
SIP and associate them with the following phones that are ru nning SIP :
• Cisco Unified IP Phone 7911, 7941, 7961, 7970, and 7971. These pho nes u se t he
7940_7960_OTHER dial rules patterns. Key Press Markup Language (KPML) allows the d ig its t o
be sent to Cisco Unified Communications Manager digit by digit; SIP Dial Rules allow a pattern of
digits to be collected locally on the phone prior to sending to Cisco Unified Communications
Manager. If SIP dial rules are not configured, KPML gets used. To increase the performance of
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (increasing the number of calls that get proc essed), Cisco
recommends that administrators configure SIP dial rules.
• Cisco Unified IP Phone 7940 and 7960. These phones use the 7940_7 960 _OTHER dial r ules
patterns and do not support KPML. If the administrator does not configure a SIP dial plan for these
phones, the user must press the Dial softkey or wait a specified time before digits are sent to Cisco
Unified Communications Manager for processing. This extra step for the user delays the actual call
from being processed.
• Cisco Unified IP Phone 7905 and 7912. These phones use the 7905_7912 dial rules patterns and do
not support KPML. If the administrator does not configure a SIP dial plan for these phones, the user
must press the Dial softkey or wait a specified time before digits are sent to Cisco Unified
Communications Manager for processing. This extra step for the user delays the actual call from
being processed.
If the administrator does not configure a dial plan for a ph one tha t is ru nni ng SIP, the user must press
the Dial softkey unless the phone supports KPML. If the administrator configures SIP dial plans, those
dial plans must get associated with a phone that is running SIP, so the dial plans get sent to the device.