Cisco Cisco TelePresence MCU 4510 Maintenance Manual
Conference ownership
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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.
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.
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.
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.
User privileges
The actual implications of conference ownership depend on the privilege of the user; specifically:
Privilege level
Effects of conference ownership
administrator
conference creation and
full control
full control
Users with these privilege levels are able to create and own
conferences, and are able to exercise full control of all conferences.
conferences, and are able to exercise full control of all conferences.
conference creation and
limited control
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.
conferences. They have full control of conferences they own, and
limited control of conferences owned by other users.
conference 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.
conferences. They have full control of conferences they own, but no
control of conferences owned by other users.
conference detail
conference list plus
streaming
streaming
conference list only
Users with these privilege levels are not able to own conferences or
change any conference's configuration.
change any 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:
that level of control possibly depending on whether that user is the conference owner or not. These
conference control levels have the following meaning:
Conference control level
Description
full control
This level of control permits the following operations:
Participant control
With full conference control, a user is able to disconnect participants,
connect new participants to the conference, and end the conference
whenever they want to.
With full conference control, a user is able to disconnect participants,
connect new participants to the conference, and end the conference
whenever they want to.
Configuration access
A user with full conference control can view and modify any aspect of
the conference's configuration. This includes the start time, end time, or
repetition characteristics, whether streaming is enabled, and which
A user with full conference control can view and modify any aspect of
the conference's configuration. This includes the start time, end time, or
repetition characteristics, whether streaming is enabled, and which