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).
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.
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. If your deployment includes a VCS Expressway, use
deployment. If your deployment includes a VCS Expressway, use
VCS Basic Configuration (Control with Expressway)
Deployment Guide instead.
Detailed reference information is contained in this document’s appendices:
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and the VCS web
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:
device authentication or FindMe applications. For more details on these features, see the following documents:
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Example Network Deployment
Figure 1 Example Network for the Deployment Described in this Document
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Cisco Single VCS Control - Basic Configuration Deployment Guide