New feature for CME the octo-line

In the latest and greatest build of CME 4.3 for a ISR router there is a new feature for an ephone-dn.
It is the octo-line.

Previously you could configure a ephone-dn with a single voice port or two voice ports with the commands: ephone-dn 1 


ephone-dn 2 dual-line

 
Now you can configure 8 voice ports on a DN with the octo-line like this: 
ephone-dn 3 octo-line 

This will be useful for ephone-dns associated with hardware conferencing and receptionist lines. It also is a great feature for shared lines. When using this with a shared line there are some additional features you can add into an ephone template to support the octo-line dn.

privacy - Prevent others from viewing or barging calls on an octo-line.
privacy-button - Set a shared octo line privacy button.
max-calls-per-button Defines max number of calls per octo-line button of this ephone.

As of this writing the command is not available on the UC500.

Octo-line use

The octo-line is great when configuring CME hardware conferencing. Instead of configuring 4 ephone-dns that are dual-line to support a 8 party conference, you can now use a single octo-line to support the 8 party conference. Sample config:

!
ephone-dn 20 octo-line
number 2000
conference meetme
!
ephone-dn 21 octo-line
number a000
conference ad-hoc
!

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