Cisco Cisco IPICS Release 1.0 Important Safety Instructions

System 
Administrator

The system administrator is responsible for installing, 
upgrading, and setting up Cisco IPICS resources, such as 
servers, routers, multicast addresses, locations, and PTT 
channels. The system administrator also creates ops views, 
manages the Cisco IPICS licenses and PMC versions, and 
monitors the status of the system and its users via the activity 
log files.

For more information, refer to the Cisco IPICS Server 
Administration Guide and the Cisco IPICS Server 
Installation Guide.

Operator

The operator is responsible for setting up and managing users 
and policies, configuring access privileges, and assigning 
user roles and ops views.

For more information, refer to the Cisco IPICS Server 
Administration Guide.

Dispatcher

The dispatcher is responsible for setting up the VTG 
templates, activating the VTGs to begin conferences, and 
adding and/or removing participants in VTG templates and 
active VTGs. The dispatcher also monitors the active VTGs 
and events, can mute and unmute PMC users, as necessary, 
and sets up system policies.

For more information, refer to the Cisco IPICS Server 
Administration Guide.

User

The Cisco IPICS user may set up personal login information, 
download the PMC application, customize the PMC skin, and 
specify communication preferences that are used to configure 
audio devices. By using a predefined user ID and profile, the 
user can participate in PTT channels and VTGs by using the 
PMC or a supported Cisco Unified IP Phone model.

For more information, refer to the Cisco IPICS PMC 
Installation and User Guide.