[asterisk-users] AA50 Failover

[Michael Graves]

On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:20:07 -0500, Brent Torrenga wrote:

>>Set the primary unit to pick up on, say, 2 rings and the secondary unit 
>>to pick up on 4.
>>If the primary fails, it won't pick up the line and the secondary takes 
>>over.
>>
>>You could try having your phones register to both but I'm not sure how 
>>that would work
>>
>>regards,
>>
>>Drew
>
>That's exactly how I have things setup.  Phones register to both servers.
>The backup server doesn't do much - only answers incoming calls if the ring
>goes on for too long.  Keep in mind that you may want to configure the
>backup server to not use the lines for placing outbound calls - maybe setup
>a SIP trunk for that.  Otherwise, when the primary server comes back up, the
>two will be talking over each other trying to use the same lines.

Polycom phones support primary and secondary servers. 

Michael
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