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.
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 single VCS Control platform for use in a basic video infrastructure
deployment. It takes you through the following tasks:
deployment. It takes you through the following tasks:
1.
Using the Service Setup Wizard to select the services you want to use and to apply the corresponding keys
(licenses).
(licenses).
2.
Configuring system parameters and routing information.
3.
Checking that the system is working as expected.
4.
Configuring optional items such as Cisco TMS, system logging, and access restrictions.
If your deployment includes a VCS Expressway, use the VCS Basic Configuration (Control with Expressway)
Deployment Guide on the
Deployment Guide on the
The appendices to the document provide detailed reference information, as follows:
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and the VCS web
application’s online field help and page help .
Example configuration values used in this guide
For ease of reading this guide is based around an example deployment, which uses the following assumed
configuration values throughout:
configuration values throughout:
LAN1 IPv4 address
10.0.0.2
IPv4 gateway
10.0.0.1
LAN1 subnet mask
255.255.255.0
Domain name
internal-domain.net
Information in other deployment guides
This document does not describe how to deploy a clustered system, or systems running device provisioning, device
authentication, or FindMe applications. For more details about these features, see the following documents:
authentication, or FindMe applications. For more details about these features, see the following documents:
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TMSPE see the Cisco TMS Provisioning Extension Deployment Guide instead)
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Cisco Single VCS Control - Basic Configuration Deployment Guide
Introduction