The Preferred Architecture says ILS is required between all Unified CM clusters in a multi-cluster deployment because GDPR uses it as transport.

Checked 2026-09-25

GDPR uses Intercluster Lookup Service (ILS) as the transport medium, therefore setting up ILS between all Unified CM clusters is required for multi-cluster deployments
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Unified Communications Manager
Subsystem
Multi-cluster design
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
Collaboration 14 Preferred Architecture
Checked
2026-09-25

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). Unified CM intercluster trunks: source note cucm-intercluster-trunks-pa-ils-all-clusters. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cucm-intercluster-trunks-pa-ils-all-clusters

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-cucm-intercluster-trunks-pa-ils-all-clusters,
  title  = {Unified CM intercluster trunks: source note cucm-intercluster-trunks-pa-ils-all-clusters},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cucm-intercluster-trunks-pa-ils-all-clusters},
  note   = {Source note cucm-intercluster-trunks-pa-ils-all-clusters, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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