Intra-Cluster Communication Signaling (ICCS)

Intra-Cluster Communication Signaling (ICCS), which provides the communications with the Cisco CallManager Service process that is at the heart of the call processing in each server or node within the cluster.

The intra-cluster traffic between the servers consists of the following:
  • Database traffic from the IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) database that provides the main configuration information. The IDS database is replicated from the publisher server to all other servers in the cluster using best-effort. The IDS traffic may be re-prioritized in line with Cisco QoS recommendations to a higher priority data service (for example, IP Precedence 1 if required by the particular business needs). An example of this is extensive use of Extension Mobility, which relies on IDS database configuration.

  • Firewall management traffic, which is used to authenticate the subscribers to the publisher to access the publisher's database. The management traffic flows between all servers in a cluster. The management traffic may be prioritized in line with Cisco QoS recommendations to a higher priority data service (for example, IP Precedence 1 if required by the particular business needs).

  • ICCS real-time traffic, which consists of signaling, call admission control, and other information regarding calls as they are initiated and completed. ICCS uses a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection between all servers that have the Cisco CallManager Service enabled. The connections are a full mesh between these servers. Because only eight servers may have the Cisco CallManager Service enabled in a cluster, there may be up to seven connections on each server. This traffic is priority ICCS traffic and is marked dependant on release and service parameter configuration.

  • CTI Manager real-time traffic is used for CTI devices involved in calls or for controlling or monitoring other third-party devices on the Unified CM servers. This traffic is marked as priority ICCS traffic and exists between the Unified CM server with the CTI Manager and the Unified CM server with the CTI device.

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