08-13-2014 08:11 AM - edited 03-16-2019 11:44 PM
Hi,
according to this document, Cisco recommends IPv4 and IPv6 as the setting for the phone IP addressing mode. IPv6 Only is not recommended for production environments. Does anybody know, why using this mode should be avoided?
08-13-2014 09:09 AM
Comptatibility with other devices that are IPv4 only such as older IP phones.
08-14-2014 12:37 AM
Thank you for supposition, but for IPv4 compatibility Cisco is using MTPs.
For two devices (such as phones) that support mismatched addressing modes, an IP addressing version incompatibility exists when a device with an IPv4 address wants to establish a RTP voice stream with a device with an IPv6 address. To resolve this IP addressing incompatibility for media, Unified CM dynamically inserts a media termination point (MTP) to convert the media stream from IPv4 to IPv6, and vice versa.
08-14-2014 02:32 AM
Hi
... so you lots of your internal traffic to route through MTPs? In some scenarios, that could require MTPs on many sites and complicate the MRGL/MRG config and troubleshooting...
(+5 Brian)
Aaron
08-14-2014 03:22 AM
Hi
Setting "MTP required" option in Trunk or GW configuration also leads to the waste of MTP resources and multiplexes compexity of troubleshooting, but this option is recommended one. Are there another causes for not using IPv6 only addressing mode? Will Cisco TAC support such installation?
08-14-2014 07:50 AM
MTP Required on gateways/trunks has never been recommended. It should only be used in very specific scenarios and can almost always be avoided.
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