Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway
Introduction
The Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) software simplifies session management and
control of telepresence conferences. It provides flexible and extensible conferencing applications, enabling
organizations to benefit from increased employee productivity and enhanced communication with partners
and customers.
control of telepresence conferences. It provides flexible and extensible conferencing applications, enabling
organizations to benefit from increased employee productivity and enhanced communication with partners
and customers.
The VCS delivers exceptional scalability and resiliency, secure communications, and simplified large-scale
provisioning and network administration in conjunction with Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (Cisco
TMS).
provisioning and network administration in conjunction with Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (Cisco
TMS).
The VCS interworks transparently with Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), bringing rich
telepresence services to organizations with Unified CM. It also offers interoperability with third-party unified
communications, IP telephony networks, and voice-over-IP (VoIP) systems.
telepresence services to organizations with Unified CM. It also offers interoperability with third-party unified
communications, IP telephony networks, and voice-over-IP (VoIP) systems.
This document describes how to configure a VCS Expressway and a VCS Control as the cornerstones of a
basic video infrastructure deployment.
basic video infrastructure deployment.
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It takes the video network administrator through the series of tasks required to set up the VCSs and then
describes how to check that the system is working as expected.
describes how to check that the system is working as expected.
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It provides the required DNS, NAT and firewall configuration information but assumes that the network
administrator has a working knowledge of configuring these systems.
administrator has a working knowledge of configuring these systems.
Detailed reference information is contained in this document’s appendices:
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includes details of required NAT and firewall configurations.
This document describes a small subset of the numerous NAT and firewall deployment options that are
made possible by using the VCS Expressway dual network interface and NAT features.
made possible by using the VCS Expressway dual network interface and NAT features.
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explains how to deploy your system with a static NAT
and Dual Network Interface architecture.
application’s online field help and page help .
This document does not describe details of how to deploy a cluster of VCSs, or systems running device
provisioning, device authentication or FindMe applications. For more details on these features, see the
following documents:
provisioning, device authentication or FindMe applications. For more details on these features, see the
following documents:
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Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Basic Configuration (Control with Expressway) Deploy-
ment Guide (X8.5)
ment Guide (X8.5)
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Introduction