Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Maintenance Manual
Using different models of MCU in a cascade when manually configuring cascading is not supported in Cisco
TMS.
TMS.
When you book a distributed conference all MCUs generate a different conference dial-in number, all of these
will be included in the confirmation email to participants. Once the number of participants corresponding to
the number of available ports on the first MCU have dialed in, the next participant dialing in will get an error
message and must try the next dial-in number listed.
will be included in the confirmation email to participants. Once the number of participants corresponding to
the number of available ports on the first MCU have dialed in, the next participant dialing in will get an error
message and must try the next dial-in number listed.
This diagram illustrates a cascaded conference over two MCUs:
Note that dial-ins do not have a designated IP zone.
Cisco TMS reads the number of ports from the bridge, it is not aware of whether it is SD or HD quality.To
differentiate in this way we recommend using a TelePresence Conductor.
differentiate in this way we recommend using a TelePresence Conductor.
Cisco TelePresence Conductor
If you are using a Cisco TelePresence Conductor in front of your MCUs, Cisco TMS lets the TelePresence
Conductor decide which MCU(s) to use in a conference.
Conductor decide which MCU(s) to use in a conference.
Gatekeeper
When Cisco TMS wants to create a route between two or more systems, it looks at whether systems are
registered to the same or different gatekeepers.
registered to the same or different gatekeepers.
The systems are registered to the same gatekeeper
Cisco TMS knows they can dial each other - the gatekeepers do not have to be registered in Cisco TMS and
can even be unsupported third party gatekeepers. Cisco TMS just checks whether the gatekeeper IP
address value is the same for both systems.
can even be unsupported third party gatekeepers. Cisco TMS just checks whether the gatekeeper IP
address value is the same for both systems.
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Routing
What infrastructure does Cisco TMS use for routing?