Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway Release Notes
New features in X7
Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server X7.2 Software Release Notes
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Presence User Agent
You can now configure the Default published status for registered endpoints to be either Online or
Offline. This is the presentity status published by the Presence User Agent for registered endpoints
when they are not "In-Call".
Offline. This is the presentity status published by the Presence User Agent for registered endpoints
when they are not "In-Call".
Enhanced SIP registration expiry controls
New SIP registration settings on the SIP page (VCS configuration > Protocols > SIP >
Configuration) allow you to configure how the Cisco VCS calculates the expiry period for SIP
registration requests. These settings enable the system to balance the load of registration and re-
registration requests. They can be configured separately for standard and Outbound registration
connections.
Configuration) allow you to configure how the Cisco VCS calculates the expiry period for SIP
registration requests. These settings enable the system to balance the load of registration and re-
registration requests. They can be configured separately for standard and Outbound registration
connections.
These settings supersede the previous Registration expire delta setting.
Improved diagnostics
A range of tools have been introduced to improve troubleshooting.
Diagnostic logging
Additional diagnostic tools have been introduced under a new Maintenance > Diagnostics menu
structure:
structure:
There is a Diagnostic logging tool (Maintenance > Diagnostics > Diagnostic logging) that
can be used to assist in troubleshooting system issues. It allows you to generate a diagnostic log
of system activity over a period of time, and then to download the log so that it can be sent to your
Cisco customer support representative.
can be used to assist in troubleshooting system issues. It allows you to generate a diagnostic log
of system activity over a period of time, and then to download the log so that it can be sent to your
Cisco customer support representative.
You can configure log levels for specific Network Log and Support Log modules. Note that
these are advanced logging configuration options and should only be changed on the advice of
Cisco customer support.
these are advanced logging configuration options and should only be changed on the advice of
Cisco customer support.
The existing System snapshot and Incident reporting options have been moved under the new
Maintenance > Diagnostics menu structure.
Maintenance > Diagnostics menu structure.
The
System snapshot
tool can now generate three types of snapshot: system status, system
logs or a full snapshot.
Network utilities
The following network utility tools have been introduced under Maintenance > Tools > Network
utilities:
utilities:
Ping: allows you to check that a particular host system is contactable from the Cisco VCS and
that your network is correctly configured to reach it.
that your network is correctly configured to reach it.
Traceroute: allows you to discover the route taken by a network packet sent from the Cisco VCS
to a particular destination host system.
to a particular destination host system.
DNS lookup: allows you to check which domain name server (DNS server) is responding to a
request for a particular hostname.
request for a particular hostname.
Alarms (warnings)
Warnings are now referred to as alarms.
The alarm icon in the menu bar indicates the current number of unacknowledged alarms.
The Alarms page indicates when an alarm was last raised and the number of times it has
occurred since the last restart.
occurred since the last restart.
In a clustered Cisco VCS system the Alarms page shows all of the alarms raised by any of the
cluster peers. Only those alarms that have been raised by the "current" peer can be
acknowledged.
cluster peers. Only those alarms that have been raised by the "current" peer can be
acknowledged.