Case Study (Corporate Headquarters)

CallManager Design 

The CallManager IP Telephony solution consists of a single CallManager Cluster with eight (8) CallManager Servers.  There is one (1) Publisher, one (1) TFTP server and six (6) Subscriber machines.  The Publisher is a Microsoft SQL 7.0 database that replicates its database to the 6 Subscriber machines.  The database publisher is used to make all configuration changes and also to produce call detail records. The TFTP server facilitates the downloading of configuration files, device loads (operating code), and ring types. A dedicated database publisher and a dedicated TFTP server are recommended for large systems. Two (2) of the six (6) subscriber machines are used to backup.

The CallManager Solution operates as a single cluster with 4 CallManager Redundancy Groups.  By provisioning a cluster of CallManager Servers into redundancy groups to provide resilient call control, other servers can pick up the load if any device within the group fails. 

The CallManager Cluster consists of the following servers: 

Server A is a dedicated database publisher.

USNYHQVOIPPB01 (10.2.40.42/27)

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Server B is a dedicated TFTP server.

USNYHQVOIPTF01  (10.2.40.107/27)

Server C is the primary Cisco CallManager for the  following:  

USNYHQVOIPCM01 (10.2.40.10/27)

 

Server C

 

 

 

Device

Ports

Weight

Total

IP Phone (79xx)

1000

1

1000

Voicemail (VG248)

288

1

288

Conference Ports (6608)

96

3

288

PRI Gateway (6608)

17

72

1224

FXO Gateway (3662)

24

3

72

 

 

Total

2872

Server D is the primary Cisco CallManager for the following:

    USNYHQVOIPCM02 (10.2.40.43/27)

Server D

 

 

 

Device

Ports

Weight

Total

IP Phone (79xx)

1000

1

1000

fax/mdm (VG248)

384

1

384

Conference Ports (6608)

96

3

288

PRI Gateway (6608)

16

72

1152

FXO Gateway (3662)

24

3

72

 

 

Total

2896

Server E is the backup Cisco CallManager for Server C and Server D

            USNYHQVOIPCB02 (10.2.40.74/27) 

Server F is the primary Cisco CallManager for the following:

            USNYHQVOIPCM03 (10.2.40.75/27)

Server F

 

 

 

Device

Ports

Weight

Total

IP Phone (79xx)

1000

1

1000

fax/mdm (VG248)

384

1

384

Conference Ports (6608)

96

3

288

PRI Gateway (6608)

16

72

1152

FXO Gateway (3662)- 1211 6th Ave

10

3

30

Call Center Agents

22

6

132

CTI Route Points

3

2

6

CTI Client Port

22

12

264

IP/IVR

24

2

48

 

 

Total

3304

    Server G is the primary Cisco Call Manager for the following:

            USNYHQVOIPCM04 (10.2.40.106/27)

Server G

 

 

 

Device

Ports

Weight

Total

IP Phone (79xx)

1000

1

1000

fax/mdm (VG248)

288

1

288

fax/mdm (VG248) - 1211 6th Ave

48

1

48

Conference Ports (6608)

96

3

288

PRI Gateway (6608)

16

72

1152

 

 

Total

2776

 

Server H is the backup Cisco CallManager for Server F and Server G.

USNYHQVOIPCB02 (10.2.40.11/27)

In the above configuration, four Cisco CallManager redundancy groups are required for servers CE, DE, FH and GH.

Server E will act as a backup server to either server C or D in the event of a server failure, or a switch failure providing access to the server. Note that in this design that servers E, C, and D are connected to different core switches to avoid a single switch failure from impacting more than a single CallManager, which will help to maintain high availability.

Server H will act as a backup server to either servers, F or G, in the event of a server failure, or a switch failure providing access to the server. Note that in this design that servers H, F, and G are connected to different core switches to avoid a single switch failure from impacting more than a single CallManager, which will help to maintain high availability.