Setting up Conference Calling - CUCM 6.1

Rick Morris · ‎05-13-2008

I am looking for assistance or pointed in the right direction of setting up conference calling in CUCM 6.1, with 2811 running in SRST mode.

I have a remote site registering to 6.1, with a local ISR running in SRST mode. I do not want to set up a media resource unless I need to.

Here is what is happening.

I call outside line to remote location.

Call is answered.

Called party presses Confr softkey, places call.

New Called party answers, confrn softkey pressed again, call is dropped and I hear fastbusy, however the call between the two stays up.

It sounds like a Codec issue but not sure what to look at.

e.huntley · ‎05-13-2008

Probably Codec. If you are using the CCM for Conferencing, you have to be talking G.711 to your Media Resources. If you are G.729 you need a Transcoder and the central site.

Rick Morris · ‎05-13-2008

As of right now no media resource group has been built.

Is this something that can be a default setting? We need to make sure that this can be used at 75 sites that connect into the CUCM. We have built different regions and locations, device pools, etc... to keep them separate in their build but together in the same cluster.

If I go into the Conference Bridge Media Resource group I have CFB_2 and CFB_3

they are in the default device pool. do I need to put these in something else? Or is there something else I need to build?

Codec within regions is G711 and between regions is 729, and on the router is the transcoder config, prefer 711 if call cannot terminate 711 then use 729.

Rick Morris · ‎05-13-2008

I believe I know the issue:

RET902R001#sh dspfarm dsp all

SLOT DSP VERSION STATUS CHNL USE TYPE RSC_ID BRIDGE_ID PKTS_TXED PKTS_RXED

0 2 9.4.4 UP N/A FREE xcode 1 - - -

0 3 9.4.4 UP N/A FREE xcode 1 - - -

Total number of DSPFARM DSP channel(s) 4

and all 4 DSP's are being used for transcoding:

RET902R001#sh dspfarm all

Dspfarm Profile Configuration

Profile ID = 10, Service = TRANSCODING, Resource ID = 1

Profile Description :

Profile Admin State : UP

Profile Operation State : ACTIVE

Application : SCCP Status : ASSOCIATED

Resource Provider : FLEX_DSPRM Status : UP

Number of Resource Configured : 4

Number of Resource Available : 4

Codec Configuration

Codec : g711ulaw, Maximum Packetization Period : 30

Codec : g711alaw, Maximum Packetization Period : 30

Codec : g729ar8, Maximum Packetization Period : 60

Codec : g729abr8, Maximum Packetization Period : 60

Codec : g729r8, Maximum Packetization Period : 60

Codec : g729br8, Maximum Packetization Period : 60

Dspfarm Profile Configuration

Appears I need more DSP's, is this correct? or is there another way to set this up?

Jaime Valencia · ‎05-13-2008

you need a WHOLE DSP for conferencing, you cannot use any channel for other usage.

if you're already using all the DSPs you do need to add more resources, even if you're using only 1 channel that is not the whole DSP and won't let you configure it for CFB

HTH

javalenc

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HTH

java

if this helps, please rate

Rick Morris · ‎05-14-2008

is there a guide to configure this on CUCM 6.1 as a media resource, and have it set up for each site not just a global setting?

I will need to set this up in different regions, is this possible?

Anyone have links where I can read about the set-up?

Rick Morris · ‎05-14-2008

Found what I needed.

Here is a great link!

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps556/prod_maintenance_guides_list.html

HTH someone else!