Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway
Introduction
Cisco VCS Deployment Guide: Basic configuration – VCS Control with VCS Expressway
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Introduction
The Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) can be deployed as a VCS Control application
or as a VCS Expressway™ application.
or as a VCS Expressway™ application.
The VCS Expressway enables business to business communications, empowers remote and home based
workers, and gives service providers the ability to provide video communications to customers. The VCS
Control provides SIP proxy and call control as well as H.323 gatekeeper services within an organizations
corporate network environment.
workers, and gives service providers the ability to provide video communications to customers. The VCS
Control provides SIP proxy and call control as well as H.323 gatekeeper services within an organizations
corporate network environment.
By combining VCS Expressway and VCS Control products a sophisticated and secure video network
solution can be deployed by an organization enabling internal and external video communications.
solution can be deployed by an organization enabling internal and external video communications.
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 steps 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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Appendix 1 includes a table of the configuration details used to configure the VCSs in the example network
deployment.
deployment.
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Appendix 2 includes details of the DNS records required for the system deployment to work as expected.
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Appendix 3 includes details of NAT and firewall configurations required for the system to deployment to
work as expected. This document describes a small subset of the numerous NAT and firewall deployment
options, made possible using the VCS Expressway dual network interface and NAT features.
work as expected. This document describes a small subset of the numerous NAT and firewall deployment
options, made possible using the VCS Expressway dual network interface and NAT features.
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Appendix 4 explains how to deploy your system with a static NAT and Dual Network Interface architecture.
Descriptions of system configuration parameters can be found in the VCS Administrator Guide and the VCS
web application’s online field help
and page help
.
Out of scope configuration features
This document does not describe details of how to deploy:
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a cluster of VCSs
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VCSs running Device Provisioning or FindMe applications
For more details on these features please refer to the following VCS deployment guides:
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VCS Cluster Creation and Maintenance Deployment Guide
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Cisco TMS Provisioning Extension Deployment Guide
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FindMe Express Deployment Guide
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VCS IP Port Usage for Firewall Traversal
These documents can be found at: