Significance of $ in dial-peer destination pattern

$ means “end of digits” and is used for a more specific match. If you have two dial-peers with the same pattern and one with $ and the other without $, then call routing logic will always match the one with $, because that is more specific. Even if you give a lower preference to the dial-peer with $, still it will be matched because by default the dial-plan hunting algorithm is more specific match first and then preference.

dial-peer voice 10 pots

destination-pattern 1000

port 1/0/0

dial-peer voice 11 pots

destination-pattern 1000$

port 1/0/0

preference 5

In this case, always dial-peer 11 will be used to route calls to 1000, even though it has a lower preference. 

How to manually replicate Unity Objects?

Unity Admin > Configuration > Settings

Replicate Cisco Unity Directory Objects

How to toggle between 12 and 24 hr time format in Unity

Unity Admin > Configuration > Settings

Schedule options: Use 24-hour time format for conversation and schedules

Default: 12-hour format

How to enable/disable spelled name search?

Unity Admin > Configuration > Settings

Address messages to other subscribers:  Enable spelled name search

Default: Enabled

GK Call routing

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Show isdn service

To find out which channels are in service, which are out of service, use command,

sh isdn service. Here is a sample output from a Cisco IOS router.

 BR1#sh isdn service
PRI Channel Statistics:

%Q.931 is backhauled to CCM MANAGER 0x0003 on DSL 0. Layer 3 output may not appl
y

ISDN Se0/0/1:23, Channel [1-24]
  Configured Isdn Interface (dsl) 0
   Channel State (0=Idle 1=Proposed 2=Busy 3=Reserved 4=Restart 5=Maint_Pend)
    Channel :  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
    State   :  0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
   Service State (0=Inservice 1=Maint 2=Outofservice 8=MaintPend 9=OOSPend)
    Channel :  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
    State   :  0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
BR1#

How to hide users in Corporate Directory?

1. Create a file by the name hideuser.ldif (can be any name) in Notepad

2. Lets take the example of hiding ac user for Attendant Console. Put the following contents in the file and save it.

dn: cn=ac, ou=users, o=cisco.com
changeType:modify
replace:Description
Description:CiscoPrivateUser

3. Go to command line and run the following command.

ldapmodify -h <server name> -p 8404 -D “cn=Directory
Manager,o=cisco.com” -w <DCDAdmin Password> -c -f hideuser.ldif