Table Of Contents

Installing and Upgrading Desktop Components of the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager

Prerequisites for Installing of Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Solution Components

Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Installation

Server Preparation

Providing Sufficient Bandwidth

About Installing Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Solution Hardware Components

How to Install Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Solution Software Components

Installing the Resource Manager Component of the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager

Installing a Desktop Server

About Upgrades

Installing and Upgrading Desktop Components of the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager

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•Prerequisites for Installing of Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Solution Components

•About Installing Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Solution Hardware Components

•How to Install Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Solution Software Components

•About Upgrades

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Note We recommend that you perform procedures in the order described in this chapter.

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Prerequisites for Installing of Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Solution Components

Table 2-1 describes prerequisites for installing Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Solution components.

Table 2-1 Prerequisites for installing Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Solution components

For This Component	Do This
Hardware components	Prepare these hardware components1 : •Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Series MCUs or 3545 System •Cisco Media Convergence Server (MCS) •Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Series Gateways
Software components	Verify that you have these items: •Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Desktop product CD-ROM •Desktop license key •Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager product CD-ROM •Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager permanent license and serial number •Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Series MCU product CD-ROMs •Cisco MCS Server operating system CD-ROM (shipped with Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager product CD-ROMs)

1 The list of hardware components might vary depending on the selected deployment.

Related Topics

•For information about the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Series MCU and Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Series Gateway, see the User Guides at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/video/ps1870/products_user_guide_list.html.

•For more information about Cisco MCS Servers, see Table 2-2.

•For information about obtaining appropriate Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager and Desktop license keys, see the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager License Fulfillment Instruction at: http://cisco.com/en/US/docs/video/cuvcm/5_5/license/license.html.

Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Installation

•Server Preparation

•Providing Sufficient Bandwidth

Server Preparation

You must use either the Cisco MCS 7825, Cisco MCS 7835 or Cisco MCS 7845 RC1 Servers for the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager installation. For information about server requirements see the data sheet at the following location: http://cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/video/ps7190/ps7088/product_data_sheet0900aecd8053684f.html.

Observe these guidelines to prepare a server for the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager installation:

•Use the right duplex configuration on your Ethernet NIC cards. It is essential for optimizing the videoconferencing experience.

•Use 100 Mb full duplex NIC settings for the switch and the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Solution Server.

•If you use a Gigabit NIC and switch, set the duplex setting to auto-sense. Do not use the auto-sense setting if you are not using a Gigabit NIC and switch because auto-sense might cause significant packet loss.

Providing Sufficient Bandwidth

Desktop Server acts as a gateway between the participant personal computers and the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Series MCU. Table 2-2 shows the bandwidth resources required to enable between 50 and 100 users to connect through the system and initiate hundreds of streaming sessions.

We recommend that you use statistics provided in Table 2-2 to plan your deployment and NIC card requirements.

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Note Use bonded 100 Mbit NICs or a Gigabit NIC. Default settings are 384 Kbps (interactive), 256 Kbps (streaming).

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For each Desktop Client, this traffic is handled by a single Desktop Server:

•Desktop Server Client sends media to Desktop Server.

•Desktop Server forwards media to Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Series MCU.

•Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Series MCU returns media to Desktop Server.

•Desktop Server sends media to Desktop Client.

Therefore, the formula for calculating bandwidth required for interactive session is:

Bandwidth = bandwidth required for one connection × 4 × number of connections

Thus, for a 384 Kbps call, there is 1536 Kbps of media going through the Desktop Server for each client.

Streaming connections are used to send media from the Desktop Server to Desktop Clients. The formula for calculating the bandwidth required for streaming session is:

Bandwidth = bandwidth required for one connection × number of connections

Table 2-2 Required Bandwidth Resources 

Interactive Connections	Streaming Connections	Bandwidth for Interactive Connections	Bandwidth for Streaming Connections	Total Bandwidth
		384 Kbps	256 Kbps
10	30	15360	7680	23040
25	75	38400	19200	57600
50	150	76800	38400	115200
100	300	153600	76800	230400

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Note Using Desktop Clients in HD mode requires larger bandwidth as well as a more powerful Desktop Server.

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About Installing Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Solution Hardware Components

Install the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Solution hardware components as described in their corresponding installation manuals supplied on product CD-ROMs.

Product installation and administrator guides can be found on Cisco.com at the following location:

http://cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/video/ps1870/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

How to Install Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Solution Software Components

•Installing the Resource Manager Component of the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager

•Installing a Desktop Server

Installing the Resource Manager Component of the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager

Install the Resource Manager component of the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager as described in the Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7088/tsd_products_support_series_home.html.

Installing a Desktop Server

For deployments of more than 100 users in which streaming is heavily used or for deployments in which port 80 is used for streaming, we recommend that you install the streaming server on a separate server.

The Streaming Server software component of the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager is always installed under C:\Program Files, even if the rest components of Desktop Server software are installed at a different location.

Install a Desktop Server as described in the Installation Guide for Cisco Unified

Videoconferencing Manager at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7088/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

About Upgrades

This section provides general information about upgrading Cisco products. Unless instructed by Cisco Technical Support, the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing components should maintain the same major and minor version numbers, so upgrades may be necessary.

Major versions are indicated by the number to the left of first decimal point in the version number.

Minor versions are indicated by the number to the right of first decimal point in the version number.

Maintenance versions are indicated by the number to the right of the second decimal point in the version number or by the number in parenthesis.

In version number 5.6(1.0.13) 5 is the major version, 6 is minor version, and 1.0.13 is maintenance version

For example, version 5.6.x.x.x of Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager functions properly together with version 5.6.y.y.y of Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Series MCU. We recommend that upgrades of the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Solution components are performed in this order:

1. Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager

2. Desktop components of the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager (including any Streaming components/servers)

3. Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Series MCUs (including the MCU modules in both the 3515 Series MCUs and 3545 System)

4. Cisco Unified Videoconferencing EMP 3500 modules (including EMP modules in the 3515 Series MCUs and the 3545 System)

5. Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 Series Gateways (including the 3522/3527 Gateway appliances and the 354 System Gateway modules)

6. The Desktop Client software is upgraded automatically after the Desktop Server is upgraded. For operational information about upgrading a specific component, see this component release notes.

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Note Verify that the version number of the component release notes corresponds to the software version of the component you want to upgrade.

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