Cisco Cisco Prime Collaboration Manager 1.2 Installation Guide
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Revised: July 03, 2012, OL-26266-01
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About This Guide
This guide explains how to install Cisco Prime Collaboration Manager Release 1.2 on virtualized servers.
This guide is targeted to administrators who configure, monitor, and maintain the Cisco TelePresence System, and troubleshoot
problems that may occur. These administrators must be conversant with the following video collaboration applications:
problems that may occur. These administrators must be conversant with the following video collaboration applications:
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Management—Cisco TelePresence Manager (CTS-Manager) and Cisco TelePresence Management System (Cisco TMS).
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Call and session control—Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Cisco Unified CM) and Cisco TelePresence Video
Communication Server (Cisco VCS).
Communication Server (Cisco VCS).
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Conferencing—Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch (CTMS), Cisco TelePresence Server (TS), Multipoint Control Units
(MCU), and Cisco TelePresence Media Service Engine (MSE).
(MCU), and Cisco TelePresence Media Service Engine (MSE).
Administrators should also be familiar with virtualization concepts and virtualized environments.
For detailed information about configuring and managing Prime CM, see
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New and Changed Information
The following table describes information that has been added or changed since the initial release of the Cisco Prime
Collaboration Manager 1.2 Quick Start Guide.
Collaboration Manager 1.2 Quick Start Guide.
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Product Overview
Prime CM is a video service assurance and management system that helps you to monitor, troubleshoot, and report. It provides
service and network operators with a real-time, unified view of all Cisco TelePresence sessions that are in progress.
service and network operators with a real-time, unified view of all Cisco TelePresence sessions that are in progress.
Prime CM also provides immediate visibility into the associated media paths of each session and isolates the source of problems.
When Mediatrace-capable devices are deployed in the network, Prime CM provides network path visibility, down to the
granularity of video flow statistics.
When Mediatrace-capable devices are deployed in the network, Prime CM provides network path visibility, down to the
granularity of video flow statistics.
Prime CM:
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Supports timely, end-to-end visibility and isolates video-related issues for sessions, endpoints, and the network.
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Reduces time to troubleshoot and recover from service-affecting problems.
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Provides detailed analysis of the media path, with critical fault and performance statistics, enabling you to isolate network
devices that are causing service degradation.
devices that are causing service degradation.
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Validates large-scale deployments through comprehensive inventory, health, and status of Cisco TelePresence endpoints, as
well as service and network infrastructure devices.
well as service and network infrastructure devices.
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Delivers reports that allow operators to track usage and problem history.
For information on benefits of key features in Prime CM, see
Date
Revision
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July 03, 2012
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Updated supported software version
for CTS-Manager, Cisco
TelePresence Multipoint Switch and
Cisco TelePresence System series.
for CTS-Manager, Cisco
TelePresence Multipoint Switch and
Cisco TelePresence System series.
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Updated Prime CM 1.1
configuration data that is retained
after the upgrade to Prime CM 1.2
configuration data that is retained
after the upgrade to Prime CM 1.2
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Updated information on how to
obtain license files for Prime CM 1.0
and 1.1 customers.
obtain license files for Prime CM 1.0
and 1.1 customers.
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June 13, 2012
Initial version.