Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Video Integration

For more information on the Video Administration for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace component, see 

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Beginning with version 5.4, the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Video Integration must be installed on 
every Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Web Conferencing server to allow for scheduling of video 
conferences from any Web Conferencing server. The Video Integration will be activated on only one of 
the Web Conferencing servers.

This section contains information about new functionality for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Video 
Integration Release 5.4(58.0) and Video Administration Release 5.4(0.104) only. See the release notes 
of the applicable version for information on new functionality in earlier versions of Video Integration. 
Release notes for all versions of Video Integration are available at 

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Video participants can join a continuous meeting on an ad hoc basis, provided there are adequate video 
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Beginning with version 5.4, the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Video Integration includes and requires the 
Video Administration for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace component. You must install and configure the 
Video Administration software on a separate MCS server before installing Video Integration Release 5.4. 
The Video Administration component provides the following features:

Managing and monitoring video conference devices—Manage the resource usage of video 
conference devices such as MCUs and gateways, including the current status of these devices.

Scheduling and managing meetings—Schedule future conferences and endpoint-initiated ad hoc 
conferences. Monitor in-session conferences and control them via in-conference control APIs. 
Display and manage scheduled and ad hoc meetings.

Network management—Define IP network topology to allow intelligent management of an IP 
network and to save valuable network resources. Define ISDN network topology to schedule ISDN 
calls via a least-cost routing mechanism.

Virtual MCU—Transparently manage a pool of MCU ports. Provide a single conference ID to end 
users for a meeting hosted across multiple MCUs with different physical conference IDs.

Cascading video conferences—Cisco Unified MeetingPlace video conferences are no longer limited 
to a single MCU. The new Video Administration component enables Cisco Unified MeetingPlace to 
communicate with multiple MCUs transparently. If there are multiple MCUs in the same 
conference, the Video Administration component designates one of the MCUs as the primary MCU