Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Maintenance Manual
Conference Basics
What is a conference?
A conference is a call between two or more participants. The conference can be:
n
point to point
n
hosted by a participant that supports multisite
n
hosted by an MCU
What is a participant?
In Cisco TMS, a participant is any system capable of dialing in or being dialed out to during a conference on
one of several protocols — depending on which protocols are supported in the conference. Supported
protocols depend on how the conference is being hosted and what infrastructure equipment is in place.
one of several protocols — depending on which protocols are supported in the conference. Supported
protocols depend on how the conference is being hosted and what infrastructure equipment is in place.
Some examples of protocols and participants:
SIP
H.323
ISDN
Cisco Jabber Video for TelePresence
Cisco TelePresence System Codec C
Series
Series
Audio dial in (telephone)
Cisco TelePresence IP Video Phone
E20
E20
Cisco TelePresence System MXP Series
ISDN-capable video
systems
systems
What is a Video Conference Master?
Video Conference Master is the participant that drives the conference. This participant will be prompted to
start the conference if the conference is set up as a manual connect, and will be prompted to extend the
conference just before it is due to end (if this setting has been configured in
start the conference if the conference is set up as a manual connect, and will be prompted to extend the
conference just before it is due to end (if this setting has been configured in
Administrative Tools >
Configuration > Conference Settings
). Not all systems support this feature.
If the conference includes a Cisco TelePresence T1 or T3 and a Cisco TelePresence MCU MSE 8710 or
Cisco TelePresence Server 7010, the Video Conference Master is the telepresence system that can add
participants during the meeting.
Cisco TelePresence Server 7010, the Video Conference Master is the telepresence system that can add
participants during the meeting.
Routing and MCUs
Cisco TMS handles routing automatically. When booking conferences it is not necessary to specify network
protocols or MCUs.
protocols or MCUs.
You can modify the defaults selected by Cisco TMS on a per conference basis during booking.
If a booking requires an MCU and no MCU is available, an error will be shown.
Port usage on MCUs
Each call leg will consume one port, in addition extra ports are used for these reasons:
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