Dial Plan Setup Operations

Routing Actions

A routing action informs the CMA system what to do based on the dial rule’s associated pattern type. The following table shows the available routing actions.

Routing

Pattern

Description

Action

Type

 

 

 

Route

All

Allow the call to pass

 

 

 

Block

All

Block the call

 

 

 

Route within

IP Address

Route to any IP address inside the region

region

 

 

 

 

 

Route out of

IP Address

Route to any IP address outside the region

region

 

Note

 

 

 

 

The originating site’s Internet access rules still

 

 

apply.

 

 

 

Route to a

Prefix and

Remove the prefix specified in the dial rule and

gateway with

Prefix

route the remaining dial string to a gateway

LCR

Range

service, which has the specified LCR table

 

 

 

Route to a

Prefix and

Remove the prefix specified in the dial rule and

gateway

Prefix

route the remaining dial string to the specified

service

Range

gateway service

 

 

 

Route to a list

Prefix and

Modify the dial string specified in the dial rule and

of gateway

Prefix

route the remaining dial string to the specified

services

Range

gateway service.

 

 

 

Route to a

Prefix and

Modify the dial string as specified in the dial rule

trusted

Prefix

and ask the specified neighboring gatekeeper to

neighbor

Range

route the modified dial string. If the neighboring

 

 

gatekeeper agrees, route the call.

 

 

Note

 

 

The neighboring gatekeeper must be configured

 

 

as a region in the CMA system.

 

 

 

Examples of Custom Dial Rules

You use custom dial rules to perform these tasks:

Block calls. For example, you can block all calls to 900 numbers, which usually charge a per-minute fee. Create a dial rule with these settings:

Pattern type: Prefix

Prefix to match: 900

Routing action: Block

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