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.
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.
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. If your deployment includes a VCS Expressway, use VCS Basic Configuration
(Control with Expressway) Deployment Guide instead.
infrastructure 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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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:
provisioning, device authentication or FindMe applications. For more details on these features, see the
following documents:
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Example network deployment
The example network shown below is used as the basis for the deployment described in this document.
Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Basic Configuration (Single VCS Control) Deployment
Guide (X8.5)
Guide (X8.5)
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Introduction