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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Deployment scenario
A company is currently using video for point-to-point calling but wants to support 3-way video calls and
larger video conferences initiated by callers already in point-to-point calls. Although some of their
larger video conference systems support this through conference bridges built into the video endpoints
themselves, Movi and E20 users and those endpoints without the built-in conference feature licensed
do not. Furthermore conferences cannot grow beyond the capability of the multisite endpoint hosting
the conference.
larger video conferences initiated by callers already in point-to-point calls. Although some of their
larger video conference systems support this through conference bridges built into the video endpoints
themselves, Movi and E20 users and those endpoints without the built-in conference feature licensed
do not. Furthermore conferences cannot grow beyond the capability of the multisite endpoint hosting
the conference.
Multiway makes use of video conferencing more intuitive and seamless, allowing multiple parties to be
added to a call during the call as and when required, rather than requiring individual parties to call into
a pre-setup video conference.
added to a call during the call as and when required, rather than requiring individual parties to call into
a pre-setup video conference.
Prerequisites
This section describes how to configure the endpoints, the Cisco VCS, and Conductor to use
Multiway.
Multiway.
It assumes that Conductor, the VCS and the MCUs have already been configured and it is possible to
dial directly into conferences using Conductor. For details on doing this see Cisco TelePresence
Conductor Deployment Guide.
dial directly into conferences using Conductor. For details on doing this see Cisco TelePresence
Conductor Deployment Guide.
It is assumed that the Cisco VCS Control is running X6 code (or later) and has at least the following
option keys applied:
option keys applied:
H323-SIP interworking
Non-traversal calls
The following software versions are required:
The MCUs must be running code version 4.2 or later,
The VCS must be running X6.1 or later.
The Conductor must be running XC1.2 or later.