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An engineer with ID012345678 must build an international dial plan in Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Which action should be taken when building a variable-length route pattern?
The correct answer is C. Create a second route pattern followed by the # wildcard. To handle variable-length international dial plans effectively in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, a common practice is to create a second route pattern using the '#' wildcard to indicate end-of-dialing.
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An engineer with ID012345678 must build an international dial plan in Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Which action should be taken when building a variable-length route pattern?
Options
- AConfigure single route pattern for international calls
- BReduce the T302 timer to less than 4 seconds
- CCreate a second route pattern followed by the # wildcard
- DSet up all international route pattern to 0.1
How the community answered
(34 responses)- A15% (5)
- B3% (1)
- C76% (26)
- D6% (2)
Why each option
To handle variable-length international dial plans effectively in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, a common practice is to create a second route pattern using the '#' wildcard to indicate end-of-dialing.
While a single route pattern might be created, it needs to handle the variable length efficiently, which often involves mechanisms like the '#' wildcard or inter-digit timeouts.
Reducing the T302 timer (typically an inter-digit timeout) could prematurely route or drop calls if the user dials slowly, leading to a poor user experience, and it's not the primary method for defining variable length patterns.
For variable-length route patterns, such as international numbers where the length can vary, using a '#' wildcard in a second route pattern allows the system to process the call immediately when the user presses '#' after dialing the complete number, even if it could potentially match a longer pattern. This avoids waiting for a timeout (inter-digit timeout) before routing the call, improving user experience.
Setting up route patterns to '0.1' is not a standard or appropriate configuration for international calling. Route patterns use dial strings and wildcards, not arbitrary numeric values like '0.1'.
Concept tested: CUCM variable-length dial plans
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/srnd/collab12/collab12/dialplan.html
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