Installation & Configuration of Expressway C & E – MRA
Installation & Configuration of Expressway C & Expressway E – MRA
I never worked on Expressway E and Expressway C in real time and hence I decided to setup it in lab. To setup it up, i had to create many virtual machines for Expressway C and Expressway E to work. Below are the details :
Created Virtual Machines in Lab:
- Expressway C – Virtual Machine
- Expressway E – Virtual Machine
- Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) – Virtual Machine
- Cisco Unified Presence Server (CUPS) – Virtual Machine
- Global DNS – Virtual Machine
- Internal DNS – Virtual Machine
- Certificate Authority – Virtual Machine
- Jabber Machine (External) – Virtual Machine
- Jabber Machine (Internal) – Virtual Machine
- ISP – Router
To start with the installation, i collected the following software beforehand and then started the installation.
Installation of the following Applications:
- CUCM ISO – On CUCM Virtual Machine
- CUPS ISO – On CUPS Virtual Machine
- Windows 2012 Server ISO – On Global DNS, Internal DNS and Certificate Authority
- Windows 7 ISO – On Jabber Internal Machine and External Machine
- Expressway/VCS OVF on Expressway C and Express E Virtual Machine
Licenses for Expressway C and Expressway E
For Expressway E: I had the following licenses beforehand.
- Expressway Series
- H323-SIP Interworking Gateway
- 1800 TURN Relays
- Traversal Server
- 5 Traversal Calls
- Advanced Networking
For Expressway C: I had the following licenses beforehand.
- Expressway Series
- H323-SIP Interworking Gateway
- 10 Non-traversal Calls
Installation & Configuration of Cisco Unified Communications Manager & Cisco Unified Presence Server.
I started installation of CUCM and CUPS on the Virtual Machine using the regular installation process. Then I completed basic configuration like creating users, phones etc. Then I integrated CUCM and CUPS – Please follow the link “Step by Step Cisco IM & Presence Configuration”
Installation of Windows 2012 on DNS Servers (Global and Internal).
I started installation of Windows 2012 Server on Global DNS and Internal DNS. Post Installation, i added DNS Roles in both the Servers. I created the following SRV Records on the following machines.
Global DNS – SRV Configuration
Global DNS – Host A Configuration
Internal DNS – SRV Configuration
Internal DNS – Host A Configuration
Installation of Windows 7 (Jabber Internal Machine & External Machine)
ISP Router Installation & Configuration
I am working in an IT company and having 10+ years of experience into Cisco IP Telephony and Contact Center. I have worked on products like CUCM, CUC, UCCX, CME/CUE, IM&P, Voice Gateways, VG224, Gatekeepers, Attendant Console, Expressway, Mediasense, Asterisk, Microsoft Teams, Zoom etc. I am not an expert but i keep exploring whenever and wherever i can and share whatever i know. You can visit my LinkedIn profile by clicking on the icon below.
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What laptop configuration is needed for this lab setup ?
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Hi Avinash, i followed your guide and everything worked fine, but i have a question, what happened if the external domain is diferent than the internal domain?, for example external domain is uccollabing.com and the internal domain is uccollabing.domain, i tried to lab this situation but jabber does not find the services using the internal or the external domain in the username login, for example user01@uccollabing.com and user01@uccollabing.domain.