Configuring Basic

Gatekeeper
Functionality

Implementing H.323 Gatekeepers

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 Gatekeeper Configuration Steps

1. Configure local and remote zones on the gatekeeper.

2. Configure zone prefixes.
3. Configure technology prefixes.
4. Configure gateways to use H.323 gatekeepers.
5. Configure dial peers.

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 Single Gatekeeper—Multizone
Configuration Scenario
San Jose Houston
Gatekeeper

WAN

SanJose Houston
(H.323) (H.323)

Phone1-1 Phone1-2 Phone2-1 Phone2-2

2001 2002 3001 3002

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 Configuring Zones
gatekeeper
zone local SanJose cisco.com 10.1.1.10
zone local Houston cisco.com enable-intrazone
zone remote Austin cisco.com 10.1.1.12
no shutdown
San Jose
Gatekeeper
10.1.1.10
Houston

GK1

WAN

SanJose Houston

Austin
Phone1-1 Phone1-2 Phone2-1 Phone2-2
2001 2002 GK2 3001 3002
Gatekeeper GK 1 = Gatekeeper 1
10.1.1.12 GK 2 = Gatekeeper 2
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 Configuring Zone Prefixes
gatekeeper
zone local SanJose cisco.com 10.1.1.10
zone local Houston cisco.com
zone prefix SanJose 2... gw-priority 5 SanJose1
zone prefix SanJose 2... gw-priority 10 SanJose2
San Jose no shutdown
Gatekeeper
SanJose1

WAN

SanJose2

Phone1-1 Phone1-2
2001 2002

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 Configuring Technology Prefixes
gatekeeper
zone local SanJose cisco.com 10.1.1.10
zone local Houston cisco.com
zone prefix SanJose 2... gw-priority 10 SanJose
zone prefix Houston 3... gw-priority 10 Houston
gw-type-prefix 99#* gw ipaddr 192.168.1.1 1720
gw-type-prefix 1#* default-technology
San Jose no shutdown Houston
Gatekeeper

WAN

San Jose Houston

192.168.1.1

Phone1-1 Phone1-2 Phone2-1 Phone2-2

2001 2002 3001 3002

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 Registering Gateways

Gateway configuration steps:

1. Enable the gateway process.
2. Configure interface commands.
3. Configure dial peers.
4. Optional: Prevent ephone and dial peer registration at the
gatekeeper.

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 Configuring Gateways to Use H.323
Gatekeepers
San Jose Gatekeeper Houston
(GK1)
192.168.1.15

Fa0/1
WAN

SanJose Houston
(H.323) (H.323)
192.168.1.3
CUCME = Cisco Unified
Phone1-1 Phone1-2 Communications Manager Phone2-1 Phone2-2
Express
2001 2002 3001 3002
gateway
!
interface Loopback 0
ip address 192.168.1.3 255.255.255.0
h323-gateway voip interface
h323-gateway voip bind srcaddr 192.168.1.3
h323-gateway voip id GK1 ipaddr 192.168.1.15 1719 priority 1
h323-gateway voip h323-id Houston
h323-gateway voip tech-prefix 1#
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 Configuring a Dial Peer

San Jose Houston

Gatekeeper

Fa0/1
WAN

SanJose Houston
(H.323) (H.323)

gateway
Phone1-1 Phone1-2 ! Phone2-1 Phone2-2
2001 2002 3001 3002
dial-peer voice 1 voip
destination pattern 2...
Optional tech-prefix 1#
session target ras
!

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 Verifying Gatekeeper Functionality
Show commands: Debug commands:
 show gatekeeper  debug h225 {asn1 | events}
gw-type-prefix  debug h245 {asn1 | events}
 show gatekeeper status
 debug proxy h323 statistics
 show gatekeeper zone prefix
 debug ras
 show gatekeeper calls
 debug gate main [5] [10]
 show gatekeeper endpoints
 show gatekeeper zone status

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 Verifying Gatekeeper Functionality
(Cont.)
HQ-1# show gatekeeper status
Gatekeeper State: UP
Load Balancing: DISABLED
Flow Control: DISABLED
Zone Name: HQ
Zone Name: BR
Accounting: DISABLED
Endpoint Throttling: DISABLED
Security: DISABLED
Maximum Remote Bandwidth:
unlimited
Current Remote Bandwidth: 0 kbps
Current Remote Bandwidth (w/ Alt GKs): 0 kbps

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 Verifying Gatekeeper Functionality
(Cont.)

HQ-1# show gatekeeper zone prefix

ZONE PREFIX TABLE
=================
GK-NAME E164-PREFIX
------- -----------
HQ 1...
BR 2...

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 Verifying Gatekeeper Functionality
(Cont.)

HQ-1# show gatekeeper gw-type-prefix

GATEWAY TYPE PREFIX TABLE
=========================
Prefix: 2#*
Zone HQ master gateway list:
10.1.250.102:1720 BR

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 Verifying Gatekeeper Functionality
(Cont.)

HQ-1# show gatekeeper endpoints

GATEKEEPER ENDPOINT REGISTRATION
================================
CallSignalAddr Port RASSignalAddr Port Zone Name Type Flags
--------------- ----- --------------- ----- --------- ---- -----
10.1.250.101 1720 10.1.250.101 58963 HQ H323-GW
H323-ID: GW-A1
E164-ID: 1101
E164-ID: 1102
Voice Capacity Max.= Avail.= Current.= 0
10.1.250.102 1720 10.1.250.102 58306 BR VOIP-GW
H323-ID: GW-A2
Voice Capacity Max.= Avail.= Current.= 0
Total number of active registrations = 2

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 Summary

 Gatekeeper configuration steps are done in the gatekeeper

configuration mode on Cisco IOS routers.
 A single gatekeeper can manage multiple local and remote
zones.
 A zone prefix is the part of the called number that identifies the
zone to which a call hops off. Zone prefixes are usually used to
associate an area code to a configured zone.
 A technology prefix is an optional H.323 standards-based feature,
supported by Cisco gateways and gatekeepers, that enables
more flexibility in call routing within an H.323 VoIP network.

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 Summary (Cont.)

 Cisco IOS routers can be registered as gateways with

gatekeepers.
 The VoIP dial peer determines how to direct calls that originate
from a local voice port into the VoIP cloud to the RAS session
target.
 Several show and debug commands exist for troubleshooting
and verifying gatekeeper configuration.

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