Source note · SIP call forwarding and routing loops
On Cisco VCS, a request forwarded through a zone uses the lower of its received hop count and the zone's configured hop count, and the count is then decremented at each hop; 483 Too Many Hops results if it reaches zero before the destination.
Checked 2026-09-25
- Vendor
- Cisco
- Product
- TelePresence VCS
- Subsystem
- zones
- Deployment
- on-premises
- Region
- not restricted
- Release range
- VCS as documented in 2015
- Checked
- 2026-09-25
Sources
- VCS Max-Forwards Value Increase for Error Code 483 Resolution — Cisco Systems · tier 2 current vendor documentation · Problem; Solution
Cite this note
APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). SIP call forwarding and routing loops: source note sip-forwarding-loops-vcs-zone-hop-lower. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-forwarding-loops-vcs-zone-hop-lower
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-forwarding-loops-vcs-zone-hop-lower,
title = {SIP call forwarding and routing loops: source note sip-forwarding-loops-vcs-zone-hop-lower},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-forwarding-loops-vcs-zone-hop-lower},
note = {Source note sip-forwarding-loops-vcs-zone-hop-lower, checked 2026-09-25}
}