Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server Installation Guide

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Cisco MeetingServer 5.1 Installation Planning Guide  
 
 
Cisco Systems 
                                  
March 2003 
 
International Deployments
MeetingPlace M3 systems now support 
both E1 Euro ISDN and QSIG trunking protocols for deployments in the 
European Union, Asia, and Australia. E1 systems can scale up to 960 
user licenses per M3 system. Mixed IP and PSTN (E1) systems are 
supported for customers migrating to IP telephony, but mixing E1 and 
other PSTN protocols are not supported. Customers who wish to deploy 
a converged IP only solution can scale up to 384 user licenses per M3 
system. Information that’s unique to E1 trunking types is preceded in this 
guide by this icon: 
 
 
 
North American PRI Support
MeetingPlace M3 now supports direct 
connectivity to ISDN Primary Rate Interface (PRI) from the central 
office or from the PBX. PRI-based systems can scale up to 736 user 
licenses. Mixing PRI with existing T1 PSTN telephony protocols is not 
supported within an M3 system, but mixed PRI and IP systems are 
supported.  
System Management Enhancements 
 
Report Enhancements
Several enhancements have been added to 
reports to increase their flexibility and ease of use. These improvements 
include the following new features: 
 
Ability to Track Number of Meeting Extensions
Two fields have 
been added to the Raw Meeting Details report. The first field 
provides information on the number of successful extensions to each 
meeting. When a meeting cannot be extended, the second field 
provides an error code for the reason. Reasons include lack of voice 
ports, lack of recording space, Meeting ID conflict, and so on. 
System managers can use this information to assess customer 
satisfaction in a highly utilized system. For more information, see 
the Raw Meeting Details Information Data section in Appendix G. of 
the Cisco MeetingServer System Manager’s Guide
 
Peak Usage and Summary Port Utilization Reports—This new 
report in the Capacity Management tab in MeetingTime provides 
insight to both peak and average port utilization over a user specified 
period of time. The report can be run in real time or offline with 
previously generated data. This tool is especially important for 
reservationless deployments to ensure adequate capacity to support 
peak load traffic at all times. For more information, see the 
Managing Capacity section in Chapter 4 of the Cisco MeetingServer 
System Manager’s Guide
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