Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Installation Guide
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Reviewing and setting defaults
Most settings in Cisco TMS are configured automatically or have suitable default values for most
organizations.
organizations.
Below are important settings you should review and configure as part of your initial setup to ensure they
meet your needs and to ease the configuration of other Cisco TMS features.
meet your needs and to ease the configuration of other Cisco TMS features.
For detail on each setting, refer to the Cisco TMS help system.
General settings
Open
Administrative Tools > General Settings
. Important settings that should be reviewed at this
time are listed below:
Setting
Description
System
Contact/Email
Contact/Email
When filled in, these display a Contact link on the bottom of all Cisco TMS pages so users
can easily contact you for help or questions.
can easily contact you for help or questions.
Enable
Auditing
Auditing
This setting enables Audit logging where Cisco TMS keeps detailed logs of all changes to
systems, users, and other key elements of Cisco TMS. The Audit Log is accessible in the
Administrative Tools Menu. This is disabled by default, but security conscious installs may
want to enable it from the start. This feature will cause the Cisco TMS database to grow
significantly faster.
systems, users, and other key elements of Cisco TMS. The Audit Log is accessible in the
Administrative Tools Menu. This is disabled by default, but security conscious installs may
want to enable it from the start. This feature will cause the Cisco TMS database to grow
significantly faster.
Release
Key/Option
Keys
Key/Option
Keys
If you did not enter your release key and option key during install. You can enter them here. If
attempting to upgrade from a trial version or adding new options, this is where license
information is entered.
attempting to upgrade from a trial version or adding new options, this is where license
information is entered.
Network settings
Open
Administrative Tools > Network Settings
. Significant settings that should be reviewed at this
time are listed below:
SNMP Community
Name
Name
This is a comma separated list of common SNMP strings Cisco TMS will use when
discovering and adding systems to Cisco TMS. If you use a customized SNMP
Community Name on your existing systems, be sure to add it to this list.
discovering and adding systems to Cisco TMS. If you use a customized SNMP
Community Name on your existing systems, be sure to add it to this list.
E-mail Addresses to
Receive System
and Network
Notifications
Receive System
and Network
Notifications
You should enter your email address here so Cisco TMS can send you notifications
about discovering non-registered endpoints, system event failures, and other
administrative messages. Multiple email addresses must be comma separated.
about discovering non-registered endpoints, system event failures, and other
administrative messages. Multiple email addresses must be comma separated.
Automatic System
Discovery
Discovery
This feature is enabled by default. It automatically adds systems Cisco TMS discovers
to a folder in System Navigator, and configures their management properties to work
with Cisco TMS. Cisco TMS configures the systems with basic settings from the
"Discovered Systems Template". Modify this template to specify default settings that
you wish all new systems to have.
to a folder in System Navigator, and configures their management properties to work
with Cisco TMS. Cisco TMS configures the systems with basic settings from the
"Discovered Systems Template". Modify this template to specify default settings that
you wish all new systems to have.