Cisco Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Version 15 Release Notes
New features
Cisco TMS Release Notes (14.3)
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Booking Cancel - (Legacy: Delete): Email sent to the participants if a meeting is cancelled.
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Booking Event - New for use with the booking API so that if a conference request fails, this email with
some details can be sent to the administrator.
some details can be sent to the administrator.
Backwards compatibility with the legacy templates has been prioritized:
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The old templates (Booking Confirm and Booking Delete) are no longer used by Cisco TMS and have been
replaced by the new Booking Invite and Booking Cancel.
replaced by the new Booking Invite and Booking Cancel.
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You will see both the old and new templates in the templates list, the old templates have LEGACY after
them.
them.
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After upgrading to 14.2, administrators can copy and paste the content from the old legacy templates into
the corresponding new template.
the corresponding new template.
Option to limit MCU conference size in Cisco TMS
Cisco TMS can now limit conference size on Cisco TelePresence MCUs and TelePresence Servers even if
they are not in Port Reservation mode. A new setting has been added in
they are not in Port Reservation mode. A new setting has been added in
Systems > Navigator >
select an
MCU
> Extended Settings >
Limit Ports to Number of Scheduled Participants. If port reservation mode
is enabled for this MCU, this setting will be set to Yes and grayed out. If port reservation is not enabled for the
MCU, you can use this setting to choose whether you want to limit the number of ports used to the number of
scheduled participants.
MCU, you can use this setting to choose whether you want to limit the number of ports used to the number of
scheduled participants.
This can also be set on a per conference basis during booking, the same setting appears in the MCU
Settings
tab once participants have been added to a conference.
New option to update System Connectivity Status
A new setting has been introduced:
Administrative Tools > Configuration > Network Settings
: Update
System Connectivity for Systems.
You can now choose whether Cisco TMS will change a system's connectivity status if it detects it is behind
a firewall or thinks it is reachable on the public internet. If set to Automatic, it will change the status, if set to
Manual, Cisco TMS will not change it from whatever status it was in before, but you can change this in
a firewall or thinks it is reachable on the public internet. If set to Automatic, it will change the status, if set to
Manual, Cisco TMS will not change it from whatever status it was in before, but you can change this in
Systems > Navigator >
select a system
> Connection
tab
>
System Connectivity for each system.
For more information see the 'How Cisco TMS communicates with managed systems' section of the
'System management overview' chapter of the
'System management overview' chapter of the
Removed option to modify call route for a No Connect conference
Booking a “No Connect” type of conference will reserve the systems and generate a call route for that
conference, but requires all participants to dial in to the conference manually. As of this release, users can no
longer modify the generated call route when scheduling a No Connect conference.
conference, but requires all participants to dial in to the conference manually. As of this release, users can no
longer modify the generated call route when scheduling a No Connect conference.
Cisco TelePresence Management Suite Extension Booking API
Cisco TMSBA is now at version 11. Feature updates include:
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The new time zone awareness features for scheduling also apply to Cisco TMSBA.
Integrating clients can now supply a full set of time zone rules along with the conference data when
booking, using ConferenceTimeZoneRules. If no rules are provided, Cisco TMS will use the time zone
rules of the conference owner. See
Integrating clients can now supply a full set of time zone rules along with the conference data when
booking, using ConferenceTimeZoneRules. If no rules are provided, Cisco TMS will use the time zone
rules of the conference owner. See
previous versions.