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When adding a TelePresence Conductor you will see a number of errors. This is expected, just click on
Add System Despite Warnings.
Add System Despite Warnings.
8. Click Finish Adding Systems to return to the main
Navigator
view.
Your new system will now be in the designated folder.
Verifying connection settings
To verify that MCUs already added to TelePresence Conductor and Cisco TMS have compatible settings
check the following for all MCUs:
check the following for all MCUs:
1. In TelePresence Conductor:
a. Go to
Conference configuration > Conference bridges > Conference bridge pools
.
b. Note the address for this MCU.
c. Click the MCU on the list to view its properties, which include the IP address or FQDN setting.
c. Click the MCU on the list to view its properties, which include the IP address or FQDN setting.
2. In Cisco TMS:
a. Go to
Systems > Navigator
and select the MCU.
b. Open the
Connection
tab.
c. Verify that either IP Address or Host Name matches the IP address or FQDN setting on
TelePresence Conductor.
Setting TelePresence Conductor as the default MCU
When TelePresence Conductor has been added to Cisco TMS and a default alias has been created, you can
choose to set it as the default MCU in booking:
choose to set it as the default MCU in booking:
1. Go to
Administrative Tools > Configuration > Conference Settings
.
2. In
Advanced Conference Options
, set Preferred MCU Type in Routing to Cisco TelePresence
Conductor.
3. If you want all calls to go through TelePresence Conductor, also set External MCU Usage in Routing to
Always.
4. Click Save.
Restricting TelePresence Conductor resources used by
Cisco TMS
Cisco TMS
If you want to restrict the resources Cisco TMS will schedule for the TelePresence Conductor:
1. Go to
Systems > Navigator >
select the TelePresence Conductor
> Settings tab > Edit Settings >
Max Number of Concurrent Scheduled Calls.
2. Set this value to less than or equal to the capacity of the bridges available for scheduling.
Using this setting:
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