Release Notes for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 5100 Series MCU Release 7.0

Table Of Contents

Release Notes for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 5100 Series MCU Release 7.0

Contents

Introduction

System Requirements

Supported Upgrades

New and Changed Information

Related Documentation

Product Limitations

Caveats

Using Bug Toolkit

Resolved Caveats

Troubleshooting

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

Release Notes for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 5100 Series MCU Release 7.0

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Revised: December 3, 2009, OL-21001-01

These release notes describe the new features and caveats for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 5100 series Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) Release 7.0.

You can access the latest software upgrades and release notes for all releases of Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 5100 series MCU on Cisco.com at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10767/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

Contents

•Introduction

•System Requirements

•Supported Upgrades

•New and Changed Information

•Related Documentation

•Product Limitations

•Caveats

•Troubleshooting

•Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

Introduction

The Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 5100 series MCU is a high-performance, multipoint video conferencing and media processing system that provides extensive audio and video processing capabilities and web-based conference monitoring and management.

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Note Web user interface Conference Control functions are not supported for Skinny Call Control Protocol (SCCP) conferences.

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The Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 5100 series MCU supports a wide range of telephony protocols and media communication networks and is interoperable with other video conferencing network devices.

Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 5100 series MCU provides a new level of media processing and density. The new platform supports video conferencing from entry-level desktop systems to high-end High Definition room systems, providing a true High Definition solution.

For information about all available features and benefits, see the data sheet for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 5100 series MCU at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/video/ps7190/ps10463/data_sheet_c78-565209.html.

System Requirements

You can use these browsers:

•Microsoft Internet Explorer Release 6.x or later

•Firefox 2.0 or later

You cannot operate the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing MCU 5100 series in SIP-only mode when it is used with the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager.

Supported Upgrades

Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 5000 MCU Release 7.0 runs only on the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 5100 series system. You cannot upgrade Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 35xx systems to Release 7.0.

New and Changed Information

The following features were part of the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 35xx series but are no longer part of this release:

•Advanced and management features such as the following:

–Invitation rights allowing only the host or anybody to invite additional participants

–Far end camera control to control the active speaker

•HD switched video service support

•AAC-LC audio codec support

•QCIF resolution support

•H.261 video codec support

•Themes, such as font settings, borders, and background colors, cannot be customized

•T.120 support for realtime, multipoint data conferencing

•G.723.1 and G.728 audio codecs

Related Documentation

You can access related documentation at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10767/tsd_products_support_series_home.html.

Product Limitations

Table 1 lists product limitations in Release 7.0.

Table 1 Product Limitations for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing MCU

Identifier	Severity	Component	Headline
CSCtd32492	2	cupc	CUPC client does one way video when joining using SIP to CUVC MCU.
CSCta87220	3	mcu	When Polycom HDX 9002 is configured to "require for video calls" or "require for all calls", it rejects both incoming and outgoing calls. To resolve that configure the EP to "encryption-when available" or upgrade to Polycom software version that resolves this issue.
CSCtd27256	3	cupc	CUPC client crashed, H.323 MCU only deployment
CSCtb44492	4	mcu	Tandberg C-90 early versions could not open incoming channel to the CUVC. Upgrading to software version TC1.2.1 resolved that issue.

Caveats

•Using Bug Toolkit

•Resolved Caveats

Using Bug Toolkit

Known problems (bugs) are graded according to severity level. These release notes contain descriptions of the following:

•All severity level 1 or 2 bugs.

•Significant severity level 3 bugs.

•All customer-found bugs.

You can search for problems by using the Cisco Software Bug Toolkit.

Before You Begin

To access Bug Toolkit, you need the following items:

•Internet connection

•Web browser

•Cisco.com user ID and password

Procedure

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Step 1 To access the Bug Toolkit, go to http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/action.do?hdnAction=searchBugs.

Step 2 Log in with your Cisco.com user ID and password.

Step 3 To look for information about a specific problem, enter the bug ID number in the "Search for Bug ID" field, then click Go.

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For information about how to search for bugs, create saved searches, and create bug groups, click Help in the Bug Toolkit page.

Resolved Caveats

This is a new product; there are no resolved caveats.

Troubleshooting

See the Troubleshooting Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 5000 MCU at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10767/prod_troubleshooting_guides_list.html.

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

For information on obtaining documentation, obtaining support, providing documentation feedback, security guidelines, and also recommended aliases and general Cisco documents, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

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