Polycom DMA 7000 System Add External SIP Peer Dialog Box

External SIP Peer Device Management

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Add External SIP Peer Dialog Box

Prefix Range The dial string prefix(es) assigned to this peer server.

If your dial plan uses the Dial services by prefix dial rule

(in the default dial plan) to route calls to services, all dial

strings beginning with an assigned prefix are forwarded

to this peer server for resolution.

Enabled Indicates whether the system is using the peer server.

Outbound Indicates whether the system is registered with the peer

so that it can route calls to it.

Table 5-13 Fields in the External SIP Peer list (continued)

Column Description

Table 5-14 Add External SIP Peer dialog box

Field Description

External SIP Peer

Enabled Clearing this check box lets you stop using an external

SIP peer server without deleting it.

Name Peer server name or number. Must be unique among

SIP peers.

Description The text description displayed in the External SIP Peer

list.

Next hop address Fully qualified domain name (FQDN), host name, or IP

address of the peer server.

If you specify a domain/host name, the system routes

calls to this peer by using DNS to resolve the address.

The DNS server that the system uses must contain the

required records (NAPTR, SRV, and/or A/AAAA).