Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Installation Guide
Prerequisites and recommendations
This section describes prerequisites and best practices for installing and deploying Cisco TMSPE with Cisco
TMS and Cisco VCS.
TMS and Cisco VCS.
Estimating your deployment size
The requirements for Cisco TMS depend on and grow with the size and complexity of the deployment. The
complexity of an installation is driven primarily by the volume of activity and number of endpoints controlled
by and bookable in Cisco TMS.
complexity of an installation is driven primarily by the volume of activity and number of endpoints controlled
by and bookable in Cisco TMS.
Use the following chart to identify the relative size of your deployment. If your intended deployment matches
multiple level criteria, apply the highest level.
multiple level criteria, apply the highest level.
Regular
Large
Cisco
TMS
TMS
n
< 200 controlled systems
n
< 100 concurrent participants
n
< 50 concurrent ongoing scheduled
conferences
conferences
n
< 5000 controlled systems
n
< 1800 concurrent participants
n
< 250 concurrent ongoing scheduled
conferences
conferences
Cisco
TMSXE
TMSXE
< 50 endpoints bookable in Microsoft Exchange
< 1800 endpoints bookable in Microsoft
Exchange
Exchange
Cisco
TMSPE
TMSPE
n
< 1000 Collaboration Meeting Rooms
n
< 2000 Cisco VCS-provisioned users
n
< 48,000 Collaboration Meeting Rooms
n
< 100,000 Cisco VCS-provisioned users
Co-
residency
residency
All three applications and Microsoft SQL Server
may be co-resident.
may be co-resident.
n
Cisco TMSXE must be on a dedicated server.
n
Cisco TMS and Cisco TMSPE must use an
external SQL Server.
external SQL Server.
Other factors that influence Cisco TMS performance and scale include:
n
The number of users accessing the Cisco TMS web interface.
n
Concurrency of scheduled or monitored conferences.
n
The use of ad hoc conference monitoring.
n
Simultaneous usage of Cisco TMSBA by multiple extensions or custom clients. Booking throughput is
shared by all scheduling interfaces including the Cisco TMS
shared by all scheduling interfaces including the Cisco TMS
New Conference
page.
Actual booking speed will vary based on the meeting size, features, and schedule complexity around the
meeting.
meeting.
Hardware requirements
Find the appropriate hardware requirements below based on your estimated deployment size.
All applications including SQL Server may also be installed on virtual machines with specifications
corresponding to these hardware requirements
corresponding to these hardware requirements
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