Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Messaging Gateway Release 8.6
Cisco Unified Messaging Gateway Administration Interfaces

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Cisco Unified Messaging Gateway Administration Interfaces

Command-Line Interface

Graphical User Interface


Cisco Unified Messaging Gateway Administration Interfaces


Last updated: August 5, 2011

Cisco UMG Release 8.6 utilizes both a command-line interface (CLI) and a graphical user interface (GUI).

Command-Line Interface

Graphical User Interface

Command-Line Interface

The CLI is a text-based interface accessed through a Telnet session to the router hosting the Cisco UMG. Those familiar with Cisco IOS command structure and routers will see similarities.

The Cisco UMG commands are structured much like the Cisco IOS CLI commands. However, the Cisco UMG CLI commands do not affect Cisco IOS configurations. After you log in to the Cisco UMG, the command environment is no longer the Cisco IOS environment.

See How to Use the Cisco UMG CLI for the instructions to enter the Cisco UMG CLI environment.

The CLI is accessible from a PC or server anywhere in the IP network.

The Cisco UMG features are configured as follows:

The VPIM feature is configured using the CLI commands only. The graphical user interface is not supported for configuration, although backup/restore functions are available using the GUI.

The E-SRST and Cisco Unified SRSV features require the GUI for configuration.

CLI commands can also be used for routine monitoring and maintenance of the Cisco UMG system regardless of the feature licenses installed.

Graphical User Interface

Cisco UMG provides a GUI that is used to configure and operate the Cisco Unified SRSV and E-SRST features. For information on using the GUI, see the online help in the application or the selected chapters later in this guide.

Some monitoring and maintenance functions may be available both using the CLI commands and through the GUI. Some basic maintenance functions in the GUI can also be used for VPIM networks.

For information on using the GUI to configure Cisco Unified SRSV or E-SRST, and for routing maintenance operations, see About the Cisco Unified Messaging Gateway GUI.


Note You can configure the E-SRST and Cisco Unified SRSV features using the GUI before the required licenses are installed, but the licenses must be installed before the actual site provisioning takes place. If you attempt to provision the sites enabled for E-SRST and Cisco Unified SRSV before the site licenses are installed, the provisioning will not be successful.

You can also configure more sites for provisioning than you have purchased licenses for, but the provisioning process will only provision the number of sites purchased. For example, if you have purchased a license for 25 sites but configure the GUI to provision 50, the 25 sites with licenses will be provisioned, but you will receive an error message for the other 25 sites stating that no more licenses are available.