Re: [cisco-voip] Expressway MRA question

2017-03-12 Thread Ryan Huff
Ahmed, The Expressway cluster (C or E) can have 6 member nodes (1 primary and 5 subordinate peer nodes). Here is the clustering guide for 8.7 (but all versions have an equivalent guide):

Re: [cisco-voip] Expressway MRA question

2017-03-12 Thread Ahmed Abd EL-Rahman
Thanks James, One more point if you please, what about Expressway HA setup? How many EXP-C and EXP-E servers can be in one setup? And could the HA units reside over the WAN in different site? And if yes what’s the requirements for that? BR Ahmed Abd EL-Rahman Senior Network Engineer Sent

Re: [cisco-voip] Expressway MRA question

2017-03-12 Thread James Buchanan
Also, regarding your DNS SRV, just pick a cluster to return in the query and ILS takes it from there. Check out the DNS section in this doc: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/unified-communications/expressway-series/products-installation-and-configuration-guides-list.html Thanks, James On

Re: [cisco-voip] Expressway MRA question

2017-03-12 Thread Ahmed Abd EL-Rahman
Also if the Expressway supports working with multiple CUCM/IMP clusters, how can it determine to which cluster it will direct the user client registration request ? Also as mentioned there is single DNS and single domain for the whole 4 clusters, so how the SRV records will be added for

Re: [cisco-voip] Expressway MRA question

2017-03-12 Thread Ahmed Abd EL-Rahman
Hi James, Yes currently all the 4 clusters' users can talk to each others via inter-cluster trunks over WAN links. Kindly if you have any documents explaining such setup please share it with me. Appreciated. BR Ahmed Abd EL-Rahman Senior Network Engineer Sent from my iPhone On Mar 12,

Re: [cisco-voip] Expressway MRA question

2017-03-12 Thread James Buchanan
Hello, It is indeed possible. You use one cluster as a sort of "hub" cluster. Then, just make sure the users in each cluster have the Home Cluster parameter checked, but make sure it is only checked in one cluster. Also, you have to make sure you are using ILS and have peer links in IM between

[cisco-voip] Expressway MRA question

2017-03-12 Thread Ahmed Abd EL-Rahman
Hi Gents, If we have 4 standalone clusters each of them has its own CUCM and IM servers (version 11.5), I'd like to know if it's possible to have only 1 Expressway C and E system to serve all the 4 cluster with MRA service ? Taking into consideration that all the 4 clusters are using the same