Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Release Notes
New features
Cisco TelePresence Management Suite Release Notes Software Release Notes (14.6.1)
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This could happen in previous releases when adding participants to ongoing conferences when using clients
such as Microsoft Outlook or Smart Scheduler. Ongoing conferences will no longer be disrupted or moved to
a different bridge.
such as Microsoft Outlook or Smart Scheduler. Ongoing conferences will no longer be disrupted or moved to
a different bridge.
Improved scheduling logging
All four of the scheduling log files now contain significantly more information about bridge selection. It is
generally no longer necessary to enable debug logging when troubleshooting bridge selection issues as all
relevant information is now displayed at the INFO log level.
generally no longer necessary to enable debug logging when troubleshooting bridge selection issues as all
relevant information is now displayed at the INFO log level.
Note that scheduling logs are disabled by default.
Enforcing upper limit of 5000 systems
Starting with Cisco TMS 14.6, adding more than 5000 systems licenses will generate a warning that using
more than 5000 systems is not supported. This warning will be displayed every time the
more than 5000 systems is not supported. This warning will be displayed every time the
General Settings
page is accessed.
In earlier versions, 5000 was the documented maximum, but there was no warning in Cisco TMS that this is
the upper limit. Contact
the upper limit. Contact
exceed 5000 systems.
TelePresence Conductor Scheduling improvements
TelePresence Conductor scheduling with CMR Hybrid
It is now possible to schedule a conference hosted on a TelePresence Conductor that includes WebEx
participants.
participants.
To enable this for a TelePresence Conductor:
1. Go to
Systems > Navigator
and select a TelePresence Conductor.
2. Go to the
TelePresence Conductor
tab
> Aliases >
select an alias
>
click
View/Edit >
Allow Booking
with WebEx.
3. Set this option to Yes to select whether or not a particular alias will be used for conferences that include
CMR Hybrid.
Note that the setting
Systems > Navigator >
select a TelePresence Conductor
> Settings > Edit Settings
>
Allow WebEx Booking is enabled by default for all TelePresence Conductors as part of the upgrade to
Cisco TMS 14.6.
Add WebEx to an ongoing TelePresence Conductor conference
You can now add WebEx to an ongoing scheduled conference hosted on a TelePresence Conductor.
Restricting participants in TelePresence Conductor conferences
It is now possible to configure Cisco TMS to restrict the number of participants that are allowed to join
conferences hosted on TelePresence Conductor. If this setting is enabled, only the scheduled number of
participants will be allowed to join.
conferences hosted on TelePresence Conductor. If this setting is enabled, only the scheduled number of
participants will be allowed to join.
This is configured for each TelePresence Conductor in Cisco TMS here:
Systems > Navigator >
select a TelePresence Conductor
> Settings > Extended Settings >
Limit Ports
to Number of Scheduled Participants
and per conference here: