Microsoft® Lync® Server 2013 Unleashed Second Edition

Creating Network Region Routes

A network region route object represents the network path between two regions. This might sound similar to a network region link. However, whereas a region link defines bandwidth on a direct link, a route defines only the network path between regions.

In many cases, such as a direct connection, there is a 1:1 ratio between region links and region routes, but this might differ when direct links between regions do not exist. For example, consider a scenario in which North America and Europe have direct connectivity, and Europe and Asia also have direct connectivity, each with network region links defined. Since North America and Asia do not have directory connectivity, a Network Region Route must be created to indicate ...