Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server Maintenance Manual
Getting started 2-5
February 27, 2004
Cisco MeetingPlace Audio Server System Manager’s Guide
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Reservationless meetings cannot be lecture-style meetings.
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To monitor large meetings, meeting controllers must use MeetingTime 5.2
or later.
or later.
Q&A meetings
Q&A Meetings are an enhancement to the lecture-style meeting. These
meetings consist of a main speaker or set of speakers acting as the facilitator
or focus for the meeting. Speakers discuss the subject or topic(s) and then
accept questions from meeting participants.
meetings consist of a main speaker or set of speakers acting as the facilitator
or focus for the meeting. Speakers discuss the subject or topic(s) and then
accept questions from meeting participants.
With the Q&A feature, listen-only participants can “Request the floor” to ask
a question or address the meeting, and moderators can selectively grant
temporary speaking ability to those participants. MeetingTime provides full
feature control, and the MeetingPlace touch-tone interface provides
capabilities for both listen-only participants and the meeting moderators. (For
more information about scheduling and attending Q&A meetings, see
a question or address the meeting, and moderators can selectively grant
temporary speaking ability to those participants. MeetingTime provides full
feature control, and the MeetingPlace touch-tone interface provides
capabilities for both listen-only participants and the meeting moderators. (For
more information about scheduling and attending Q&A meetings, see
Multiserver meetings
Multiserver meetings allow participants on different MeetingPlace servers to
communicate with each other as if they were in the same meeting. Multiserver
meetings are ideal for:
communicate with each other as if they were in the same meeting. Multiserver
meetings are ideal for:
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Minimizing long distance calls between major corporate locations.
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Large conference calls (over 550 participants) that require more than one
MeetingPlace 8112 server. Multiserver meetings can be conducted across
both 8112 and PCI platforms.
MeetingPlace 8112 server. Multiserver meetings can be conducted across
both 8112 and PCI platforms.
“Zero-port” meetings
Zero-port meetings allow you to conduct web conferences without
corresponding voice conferences. Zero-port meetings are particularly useful
for two people engaged in a telephone conversation who want to share
documents. Zero-port meetings take up no port resources on your server.
corresponding voice conferences. Zero-port meetings are particularly useful
for two people engaged in a telephone conversation who want to share
documents. Zero-port meetings take up no port resources on your server.
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Zero-port meetings are subject to user license restrictions. If no user
licenses are available, MeetingPlace allows you to schedule a zero-port
meeting, but attendance is restricted.
licenses are available, MeetingPlace allows you to schedule a zero-port
meeting, but attendance is restricted.
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To protect meeting IDs that can be hacked easily (for example, 1234 and
ABCD), create zero-port continuous meetings with those meeting IDs.
Limit those meetings to invitees only and do not invite anyone.
ABCD), create zero-port continuous meetings with those meeting IDs.
Limit those meetings to invitees only and do not invite anyone.