Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services
Release Note, MeetingPlace Directory Services Release
4.2.7.22
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0050-0048-01, Rev. A0
Revision Date: 04/25/2002
1 Overview
This document is intended to describe all of the outstanding issues and notable capabilities for
MeetingPlace Directory Services Release 4.2.7.22. Information pertaining to installation, indices of
plugins, etc. can be found in the MeetingPlace Directory Services System Manager’s Guide (SMG).
MeetingPlace Directory Services Release 4.2.7.22. Information pertaining to installation, indices of
plugins, etc. can be found in the MeetingPlace Directory Services System Manager’s Guide (SMG).
2 Software
Compatibility
2.1 MeetingPlace
MeetingPlace Directory Services (Release 4.2.7.22.) is compatible with MeetingPlace Server 2000.2
(4.2.1) or higher. If your MeetingPlace server is at an earlier revision, you may still use this product, but
consult your support representative regarding manual server configuration that is needed for
compatibility.
(4.2.1) or higher. If your MeetingPlace server is at an earlier revision, you may still use this product, but
consult your support representative regarding manual server configuration that is needed for
compatibility.
2.2 Windows Server and Web Server Requirements
Please be sure to review all Windows server system requirements. This product may at times use a
significant level of system resources to synchronize directories. The Windows Server and Web Server
Requirements are listed in the MeetingPlace Directory Services System Manager’s Guide.
significant level of system resources to synchronize directories. The Windows Server and Web Server
Requirements are listed in the MeetingPlace Directory Services System Manager’s Guide.
2.3 Network Requirements
When using MeetingPlace Directory Services, particularly for the initial directory synchronization
between your corporate directory and the Directory Services directory, network utilization will be very
heavy. Please be sure to review the network requirements as listed in the MeetingPlace Directory
Services System Manager’s Guide.
between your corporate directory and the Directory Services directory, network utilization will be very
heavy. Please be sure to review the network requirements as listed in the MeetingPlace Directory
Services System Manager’s Guide.
2.4 Directory Requirements
This release of MeetingPlace Directory Services is compatible with the directories listed below.
Additional directories will be supported in future releases.
Additional directories will be supported in future releases.
• Netscape LDAP Directory Server 4.0, 4.1, or 4.1.2
• Netscape/iPlanet LDAP Directory version 5.0
• Netscape/iPlanet LDAP Directory version 5.0
• Microsoft Active Directory
3 New
Features
This release of MeetingPlace Directory Services includes the following enhancements:
• Profile synchronization between multiple MeetingPlace Directory Services servers. A hard-coded
MetaLink (MPML) agreement enables synchronization of MeetingPlace directories across
multiple MeetingPlace systems. The hard-coded MetaLinks simplifies profile synchronization
and limits the number of customizations when synchronizing with corporate directories. This
feature is required for MeetingPlace WebConnect (version 4.2.7).
multiple MeetingPlace systems. The hard-coded MetaLinks simplifies profile synchronization
and limits the number of customizations when synchronizing with corporate directories. This
feature is required for MeetingPlace WebConnect (version 4.2.7).
• Simplified MeetingPlace Directory Services installation. Two elements of the directory structure,
(the Admin node and Top-level branch) are now hard-coded to eliminate installation steps.