Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway
Configuring the VCS
Cisco VCS Deployment Guide: Cisco VCS Starter Pack Express (X7.2)
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Create user accounts
You must configure an account for each user:
1. Go to the
User accounts
page (
Maintenance > Login accounts > User accounts
) and click
New.
2. Configure the fields as follows:
Username
The username for logging into this user account, for example name.surname.
Note that from X7.1 and later, the username is case insensitive. This same username
must be used as the name in the local authentication database if device
authentication is enabled.
This username is also used to create the FindMe default device URI and the
provisioned device URI. To create these as a valid SIP URI, the username must
consist of alphanumeric characters but not spaces, the @ sign or extended
characters (such as ö or â). For the full set of allowed characters, see ”Appendix 5 –
Characters allowed in SIP URIs”.
Note that from X7.1 and later, the username is case insensitive. This same username
must be used as the name in the local authentication database if device
authentication is enabled.
This username is also used to create the FindMe default device URI and the
provisioned device URI. To create these as a valid SIP URI, the username must
consist of alphanumeric characters but not spaces, the @ sign or extended
characters (such as ö or â). For the full set of allowed characters, see ”Appendix 5 –
Characters allowed in SIP URIs”.
Display name
The user’s name without formatting restrictions. It is displayed on the user search
page and used in phone books.
For example Name Surname
page and used in phone books.
For example Name Surname
Phone number
(optional)
(optional)
The E.164 caller ID to be presented on outdialed H.323 calls, e.g. to ISDN gateways.
It must only contain digits – do not include any spaces, hyphens or brackets.
If calls may be placed to an ISDN gateway, ensure that the format of this phone
number matches the requirements of the ISDN provider.
It must only contain digits – do not include any spaces, hyphens or brackets.
If calls may be placed to an ISDN gateway, ensure that the format of this phone
number matches the requirements of the ISDN provider.
FindMe ID
The FindMe ID is a unique alias through which the user can be contacted on all of
their endpoints. It can be a URI, an H.323 ID or an E.164 number.
For use with SIP devices such as Movi / Jabber Video, the FindMe ID must be in the
form of a SIP URI, for example, name.surname@example.com.
their endpoints. It can be a URI, an H.323 ID or an E.164 number.
For use with SIP devices such as Movi / Jabber Video, the FindMe ID must be in the
form of a SIP URI, for example, name.surname@example.com.
Initial and
Confirm
password
Confirm
password
The password to log into the user’s account on the VCS.
The password entries are only displayed if User authentication source is set to
Local (see “Enable FindMe™“ on page 7.)
The password entries are only displayed if User authentication source is set to
Local (see “Enable FindMe™“ on page 7.)
Principal devices
This section identifies the principal devices that can be provisioned for this user.
These are also the devices that can be called when somebody dials the user’s
FindMe ID.
Select (set to On) all of the device types that apply to this user.
These are also the devices that can be called when somebody dials the user’s
FindMe ID.
Select (set to On) all of the device types that apply to this user.
The URI of each selected device is generated automatically based on a combination
of the Username, FindMe ID and device type. It takes the format
<username>.<device type>@<domain portion of FindMe ID>.
You can also specify the URI of an additional Other device, such as a cell phone, to
include in the user’s FindMe.
of the Username, FindMe ID and device type. It takes the format
<username>.<device type>@<domain portion of FindMe ID>.
You can also specify the URI of an additional Other device, such as a cell phone, to
include in the user’s FindMe.
3. When a principle device is selected (set to On), an Authentication field is displayed with a link to
the
Local authentication database
page. If you are using the local database as the
authentication credentials store, click on the link to add or edit the user’s credentials in the local
authentication database. See “Create authentication credentials for the user” below for details.
authentication database. See “Create authentication credentials for the user” below for details.
4. Click Save.
5. Repeat these steps to create accounts for all users.