Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Maintenance Manual
Note that additional community names can be specified in
Advanced Settings
when adding systems.
If the system(s) cannot be contacted using SNMP, Cisco TMS then tries to connect to the systems using HTTP/HTTPS.
If there is no reply after the value defined in
Network Settings >
Telnet/HTTP Connection Timeout a 'System not found'
error will be displayed.
Once successfully connected to the system using HTTP/HTTPS, Cisco TMS tries to get the system's systemunit.xml file,
which includes the software version that identifies it as a particular system type.
which includes the software version that identifies it as a particular system type.
If unable to get the systemunit.xml file, Cisco TMS goes through all system types it is aware of trying to match until it finds
the right one. If it cannot find the right one, a 'System not found' error will be displayed.
the right one. If it cannot find the right one, a 'System not found' error will be displayed.
Pre-registering Endpoints
Pre-registering endpoints ensures that they are added to Cisco TMS with a pre-defined configuration as soon as they
are available on the network.
are available on the network.
You can pre-register up to 10 endpoints at the same time:
1.
Go to
Systems > Navigator
and locate or create the folder to which you want the systems added.
2.
Click Add Systems.
3.
Go to the Pre-register Systems tab.
4.
Select the primary identifier to use for the systems; a MAC address, IP address, or serial number for legacy
systems.
systems.
5.
For each system, add the primary identifier.
You may also choose to add a System Name, H.323 ID, E.164 Alias, SIP URI, and a Password if required.
6.
Add location settings for the systems; IP/ISDN zone, and time zone.
7.
Select whether to make any of the pre-registered settings persistent, whether to add a configuration template on
first boot, and whether to set a persistent template.
first boot, and whether to set a persistent template.
8.
Click Add System(s).
An entry for the system containing minimal information is added to the parent folder with System Status set to
Not
Yet Activated.
When the system comes online and registers, the status and system information are updated automatically. You can
receive notification when this occurs by setting up an event notification for
receive notification when this occurs by setting up an event notification for
Preregistered System Activated in
Systems >
Event Notification Manager
Pre-registration of infrastructure systems is not supported.
For similar functionality with more flexibility and scalability, we recommend large-scale provisioning using Cisco
TelePresence Management Suite Provisioning Extension (Cisco TMSPE), see
TelePresence Management Suite Provisioning Extension (Cisco TMSPE), see
Adding Endpoints Behind a Firewall/NAT
Prerequisite
Before you can use a system behind a firewall/NAT in Cisco TMS, you must set a public DNS address on the Cisco TMS
server:
server:
1.
Go to
Administrative Tools > Configuration > Network Settings
.
2.
Under
Advanced Network Settings for Systems on Public Internet/Behind Firewall
, set TMS Server Address to be
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