Cisco Cisco Expressway Maintenance Manual
Field
Description
Usage tips
Protocol
Determines whether
communications with the
external manager are over
HTTP or HTTPS. The default is
HTTPS.
communications with the
external manager are over
HTTP or HTTPS. The default is
HTTPS.
Certificate
verification
mode
verification
mode
Controls whether the
certificate presented by the
external manager is verified.
certificate presented by the
external manager is verified.
If you enable verification, you must also add the certificate of the
issuer of the external manager's certificate to the file containing the
Expressway's trusted CA certificates. This is done from the
issuer of the external manager's certificate to the file containing the
Expressway's trusted CA certificates. This is done from the
(Maintenance > Security certificates > Trusted CA certificate).
Note that:
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the Expressway will continue to operate without loss of service if its connection to Cisco TMS fails. This
applies even if the Expressways are clustered. No specific actions are required as the Expressway and Cisco
TMS will automatically start communicating with each other again after the connection is re-established.
applies even if the Expressways are clustered. No specific actions are required as the Expressway and Cisco
TMS will automatically start communicating with each other again after the connection is re-established.
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Cisco TMS identifies the Expressway as a "TANDBERG VCS".
Configuring TMS Provisioning Extension services
Cisco TMSPE services are hosted on Cisco TMS. They provide the user, device and phone book data that is used by
the Expressway's
the Expressway's
to service provisioning requests from endpoint devices. They also provide the
Expressway with the FindMe account configuration data that it uses to provide FindMe services.
The TMS Provisioning Extension services page (System > TMS Provisioning Extension services) is used to
configure how the Expressway connects to the Cisco TMSPE services. We recommend that you use Cisco TMS to
make any changes to the Cisco TMSPE services' configuration settings. Any changes made to the settings via this
page will not be applied within Cisco TMS.
configure how the Expressway connects to the Cisco TMSPE services. We recommend that you use Cisco TMS to
make any changes to the Cisco TMSPE services' configuration settings. Any changes made to the settings via this
page will not be applied within Cisco TMS.
The FindMe, Users, Phone books and Devices services are only available if you have installed registration licenses.
The configurable options are:
Field
Description
Usage tips
Default connection configuration
This section specifies default connection settings for accessing the Cisco TMSPE services. Each specific service
can choose to use these default settings or, alternatively, specify its own connection settings, for example if a
different Cisco TMSPE server is being used for each service.
can choose to use these default settings or, alternatively, specify its own connection settings, for example if a
different Cisco TMSPE server is being used for each service.
Server address
The IP address or Fully Qualified
Domain Name (FQDN) of the
service.
Domain Name (FQDN) of the
service.
Destination port
The listening port on the Cisco
TMSPE service. Default is 443.
TMSPE service. Default is 443.
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