Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway
Prerequisites and process summary
Prerequisites and process summary
Prerequisites
Before starting the system configuration, make sure you have access to:
the Cisco VCS Administrator Guide and Cisco VCS Getting Started Guide (for reference
purposes)
purposes)
a Cisco VCS Control running version X5 or later
a PC connected via Ethernet to a LAN which can route HTTP(S) traffic to the Cisco VCS
a web browser running on the PC
a serial interface on the PC and cable (if the initial configuration is to be performed using the serial
interface of the Cisco VCS)
interface of the Cisco VCS)
The following non-Cisco VCS system configuration should also be completed:
internal and external DNS record (see Appendix 2 – DNS records configuration)
NAT & firewall configuration (see Appendix 3 – NAT & firewall configuration)
DHCP server configuration (not described in this document)
Summary of process
The system configuration process consists of the following steps. Each step is described in a separate
section.
section.
Cisco VCS system configuration:
Step 1: Initial configuration
Step 2: System name configuration
Step 3: DNS configuration
Step 4: Time configuration
Step 5: SIP domain configuration
Routing configuration
Step 6: Transform configuration
Step 7: Local search rules configuration
Step 8: Traversal zone including authentication (connection credentials) configuration
Step 9: Traversal zone search rules configuration
Step 10: DNS zone configuration
Step 11: DNS search rule configuration
Step 12: External (unknown) IP address routing configuration
Optional configuration steps
Step 13: Cisco TMS configuration
Step 14: Logging server configuration
Step 15: Registration restriction configuration
Cisco VCS Deployment Guide: Basic Cisco VCS configuration – Cisco VCS Control with
Cisco VCS Expressway
Cisco VCS Expressway
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