Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Release Notes
New features in 14.1
Cisco TelePresence Management Suite 14.1 Software Release Notes
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New features in 14.1
Cisco TelePresence Conductor scheduling support
Cisco TMS now supports scheduling conferences with Cisco TelePresence Conductor XC1.2.
The following features have been introduced:
Make TelePresence Conductor the preferred MCU in routing.
Configure TelePresence Conductor alias patterns in Cisco TMS and view the regular expression for use on the
TelePresence Conductor and VCS.
TelePresence Conductor and VCS.
Free choice of alias in booking. Create your own conference address by modifying the variable part.
Automatic generation of conference address unless modified during booking.
Cisco TMS will reserve conference addresses it has generated from alias patterns.
Check availability of your chosen conference address during the booking process.
Configure a maximum number of concurrent scheduled calls bookable on the TelePresence Conductor from
Cisco TMS – does not affect the resource allocation on the TelePresence Conductor, but allows the
administrator to save some TelePresence Conductor resources for ad hoc calls.
Cisco TMS – does not affect the resource allocation on the TelePresence Conductor, but allows the
administrator to save some TelePresence Conductor resources for ad hoc calls.
CDRs from MCUs managed by a TelePresence Conductor if the MCUs are added into Cisco TMS. Note that the
CDRs will not contain a ConferenceID.
CDRs will not contain a ConferenceID.
Monitoring of scheduled and ad hoc calls in
Conference Control Center
.
New endpoint upgrade API
Cisco endpoints running software version TC 6.0 have a new API for use in software upgrades. Endpoints on earlier
TC software use the previous upgrade API.
TC software use the previous upgrade API.
It is now the endpoint that retrieves the software package from Cisco TMS. The upgrade will start when the
endpoint itself initiates it.
endpoint itself initiates it.
The
System Upgrade Status
page in Cisco TMS has also been improved. The endpoint itself sends continuous
feedback throughout the process. To see the upgrade status, see
Systems > System Upgrade > System
Upgrade Activity Status
.
Cisco Unified CM phonebook sources
It is now possible to create a phone book source from a Cisco Unified CM list of users and their associated devices
through
through
Phone Books > Manage Phone Book Sources
. This applies only to Cisco Unified CMs running software
version 8.6.2 or later.
Cisco TelePresence Server
When booking a new conference, the Password/PIN field is now also applied to conferences booked using
TelePresence Server version 2.3 or later.
TelePresence Server version 2.3 or later.
Cisco TMS can now limit the number of ports used when scheduling a TelePresence Server 2.2 and later. Two fields
have been added:
have been added:
A TelePresence Server-wide setting, Port Reservation in
Systems > Navigator >
select TelePresence Server
> Settings > Extended Settings,
has been added.
The setting can be altered on a per conference basis in
Booking > New Conference >
Add some participants
including a TelePresence Server
> MCU Settings
tab
>
Port Reservation.
New Administrator Guide and web help
Improvements to the Cisco TMS documentation for this release include:
The Administrator Guide and web help have been merged and updated. All information is now available both in
PDF on cisco.com and HTML format inside the application.
PDF on cisco.com and HTML format inside the application.