Which type of endpoint is used by the Cisco Unified JTAPI implementation in Cisco Unified Communications Manager?

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Options

• Agateways
• Bgatekeepers
• Cphones
• DSIP trunks

• A
  9% (3)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  86% (30)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

Cisco Unified JTAPI (Java Telephony API) uses phone-type endpoints because JTAPI is a CTI (Computer Telephony Integration) framework designed to programmatically control call behavior on phone devices registered to CUCM - it maps its core abstractions (terminals and addresses) directly to phones and their directory numbers.

Gateways (A) are wrong because gateways serve as protocol translation bridges between IP and legacy networks (PSTN/analog), not the target device type for JTAPI call control. Gatekeepers (B) are wrong because they are an H.323 zone management component that handles registration and bandwidth control - a separate protocol stack entirely unrelated to JTAPI. SIP trunks (D) are wrong because they represent inter-system connections (e.g., to a carrier or remote PBX), not individual controllable endpoints.

Memory tip: Break down the acronym - Java Telephony API. Telephony = telephone = phone. JTAPI exists to control phone calls on phone devices, so the endpoint type is always the phone.

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