Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway
Cisco Multiway with Conductor
Cisco TelePresence Multiway Deployment Guide (Cisco VCS X7.2 and Conductor XC1.2)
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Cisco Multiway with Conductor
The advantages of using Conductor and Multiway
Multiway with Conductor adds several improvements over Multiway without Conductor, namely:
Each user can be provisioned with their own personal Multiway alias. The advantages of this are
threefold:
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threefold:
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This allows users to either dial directly into the conference or be joined to the conference by
dialing other members of the conference. This limits one conference alias to a conference
with a specific individual.
dialing other members of the conference. This limits one conference alias to a conference
with a specific individual.
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Administrators can provision different levels of service to different users.
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Each user can have a personalized Multiway conference, with unique viewtypes, PINs and
conference settings.
conference settings.
Greater scalability and reliability of the video network.
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Better handling of mixed SIP and H323 conferences.
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Added resiliency against MCU failure. If an MCU or the network connection to it fails,
Conductor will recognize this and mark them as unusable. This allows users to redial and
arrive at a separate MCU.
Conductor will recognize this and mark them as unusable. This allows users to redial and
arrive at a separate MCU.
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Conductor deployments support multiple routes through the video network to conference
bridges making the video network more resilient to network and VCS failures.
bridges making the video network more resilient to network and VCS failures.
Conductor manages MCUs and distributes load across pools of conference bridges this allows:
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Improved load balancing across multiple MCUs, especially for SIP.
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MCUs can be disabled from Conductor from this pool of MCUs allowing MCUs to be taken
offline for upgrades or network without a loss in service.
offline for upgrades or network without a loss in service.
If a conference exceeds the capability of a single MCU the conference can be cascaded to a
second MCU.
second MCU.
Greater administrative control over the conferencing resources used: allowing the administrator to
decide on a per user basis:
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decide on a per user basis:
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The maximum number of participants allowed in a conference.
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If content is allowed.
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If a conference can cascade across multiple MCUs.
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Preferentially refer users to MCUs local to their geographic region.
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Allow some users HD services and some users SD services.
Conductor is highly configurable, for more details of the benefits of Conductor see Cisco
TelePresence Conductor Deployment Guide and Cisco TelePresence Conductor Administrator Guide.
TelePresence Conductor Deployment Guide and Cisco TelePresence Conductor Administrator Guide.