Cisco Cisco Expressway Maintenance Manual
Configuring external manager settings
The
External manager
page (
System > External manager
) is used to configure the Expressway's
connection to an external management system.
An external manager is a remote system, such as the Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (Cisco TMS),
used to monitor events occurring on the Expressway, for example call attempts, connections and
disconnections, and as a place for where the Expressway can send alarm information. The use of an external
manager is optional.
used to monitor events occurring on the Expressway, for example call attempts, connections and
disconnections, and as a place for where the Expressway can send alarm information. The use of an external
manager is optional.
Field
Description
Usage tips
Address
and path
and path
To use an external manager,
you must configure the
Expressway with the IP
address or host name and
path of the external manager
to be used.
you must configure the
Expressway with the IP
address or host name and
path of the external manager
to be used.
If you are using Cisco TMS as your external manager, use the
default path of tms/public/external/management/
SystemManagementService.asmx.
default path of tms/public/external/management/
SystemManagementService.asmx.
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
page (
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".
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Network and system settings
Configuring external manager settings