Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server Installation Guide
Cisco MeetingServer 5.1 Installation Planning Guide
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Cisco Systems
March 2003
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Outdial Billing Report—The Outdial Billing report now allows for a
60 second buffer before outdial calls (calls placed by the server to
participants at the time of a meeting) are reported. Any outdial calls
that terminate within this initial 60-second time limit are not
reported (or billed). These changes apply to all trunk types.
60 second buffer before outdial calls (calls placed by the server to
participants at the time of a meeting) are reported. Any outdial calls
that terminate within this initial 60-second time limit are not
reported (or billed). These changes apply to all trunk types.
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Report Generation Progress Indication—While running reports that
involve a large amount of data, a report generation progress bar now
indicates the percentage of data being retrieved. System managers
can more accurately estimate the amount of time the report will take
to generate.
involve a large amount of data, a report generation progress bar now
indicates the percentage of data being retrieved. System managers
can more accurately estimate the amount of time the report will take
to generate.
Administrative Enhancements
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New Meeting Category: Reserve All Ports—The Reserve All Ports
meeting category allows system managers and technicians to book out
all the available ports for system maintenance or upgrade activities. The
benefits of using this meeting type instead of scheduling a standard
meeting include:
meeting category allows system managers and technicians to book out
all the available ports for system maintenance or upgrade activities. The
benefits of using this meeting type instead of scheduling a standard
meeting include:
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No need to change system parameters to reserve all available ports.
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The meeting is not terminated even when no invitees are attending
the meeting.
the meeting.
Once a Reserve All Ports meeting is in session, nobody is allowed to
call into the system or schedule other meetings. The RAP meeting
ends at the scheduled end time, or the system manager can terminate
the meeting through MeetingTime. For more information, see the
Meeting Types section in Chapter 2.
call into the system or schedule other meetings. The RAP meeting
ends at the scheduled end time, or the system manager can terminate
the meeting through MeetingTime. For more information, see the
Meeting Types section in Chapter 2.
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New SNMP Alarms—Four new notification types have been added to
the MeetingPlace MIB file to improve system monitoring capabilities.
These four notifications correspond to alarms generated within the
MeetingPlace server. The categories include: Major Hardware Alarm,
Minor Hardware Alarm, Major Software Alarm and Minor Software
Alarm. A new MIB file is provided which includes these new
notifications with the current ones available on the system. For more
information, see the Monitoring MeetingPlace Using SNMP section in
Chapter 4 of the Cisco MeetingServer System Manager’s Guide.
the MeetingPlace MIB file to improve system monitoring capabilities.
These four notifications correspond to alarms generated within the
MeetingPlace server. The categories include: Major Hardware Alarm,
Minor Hardware Alarm, Major Software Alarm and Minor Software
Alarm. A new MIB file is provided which includes these new
notifications with the current ones available on the system. For more
information, see the Monitoring MeetingPlace Using SNMP section in
Chapter 4 of the Cisco MeetingServer System Manager’s Guide.
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Additional Flex Fields—Four additional flex fields are now available
for user or group profiles, and four additional fields for meeting specific
information. There is also enhanced flexibility in the definition of these
fields such as the ability to specify that input is required to that field as
well as provide multiple-choice input options. For more information, see
the Creating Flex Fields section in Chapter 3 of the Cisco
MeetingServer System Manager’s Guide.
for user or group profiles, and four additional fields for meeting specific
information. There is also enhanced flexibility in the definition of these
fields such as the ability to specify that input is required to that field as
well as provide multiple-choice input options. For more information, see
the Creating Flex Fields section in Chapter 3 of the Cisco
MeetingServer System Manager’s Guide.