Cisco Cisco TelePresence MCU 4510 Administrator's Guide
The ad hoc conference template provides the configuration for all ad hoc conferences. You can alter any of
the conference settings during the conference.
the conference settings during the conference.
For information about the conference configuration settings, refer to
which
lists all conference configuration settings.
Conference ownership
Each scheduled conference (i.e. conferences that are configured via the web interface with a start time and,
optionally, a duration and repetition) has an associated owner. This owner is the ID of a configured user, and
normally corresponds to the user who scheduled the conference.
optionally, a duration and repetition) has an associated owner. This owner is the ID of a configured user, and
normally corresponds to the user who scheduled the conference.
Scope of conference ownership
Conference ownership affects only web interface control of conferences - in particular, it plays no part in
validating video conferencing endpoints' attempts to join conferences when they connect to the MCU via
H.323 or SIP. Restricting conference entry in this situation is accomplished via conference (or auto
attendant) PINs, as before.
validating video conferencing endpoints' attempts to join conferences when they connect to the MCU via
H.323 or SIP. Restricting conference entry in this situation is accomplished via conference (or auto
attendant) PINs, as before.
User privileges
The actual implications of conference ownership depend on the privilege of the user; specifically:
Privilege level
Effects of conference ownership
n
administrator
n
conference
creation and full
control
creation and full
control
Users with these privilege levels are able to create and own conferences, and are able to
exercise full control of all conferences.
exercise full control of all conferences.
n
conference
creation and
limited control
creation and
limited control
Users with these privilege levels are able to create and own conferences. They have full
control of conferences they own, and limited control of conferences owned by other users.
control of conferences they own, and limited control of conferences owned by other users.
n
conference
creation
creation
Users with these privilege levels are able to create and own conferences. They have full
control of conferences they own, but no control of conferences owned by other users.
control of conferences they own, but no control of conferences owned by other users.
n
conference
detail
detail
n
conference list
plus streaming
plus streaming
n
conference list
only
only
Users with these privilege levels are not able to own conferences or change any
conference's configuration.
conference's configuration.
Levels of conference control
As described above, a user privilege level confers a certain level of control over a conference, with that level
of control possibly depending on whether that user is the conference owner or not. These conference control
levels have the following meaning:
of control possibly depending on whether that user is the conference owner or not. These conference control
levels have the following meaning:
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Managing conferences
Adding and updating conferences