Administrator Guide for Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Release 5.1
Preface

Table Of Contents

Preface


Preface


Revised: June 19, 2007, OL-13557-01
Purpose

This guide describes how to administrate the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager.

Audience

This guide is intended for administrators of the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager.

Organization

This manual is organized as follows:

Chapter
Description

Chapter 1, "Introducing Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager"

Provides a general introduction to Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager.

Chapter 2, "Resource Manager Overview"

Provides a general overview of Resource Manager features.

Chapter 3, "Resource Manager: Network Management"

Provides network management information for Organization Administrators.

Chapter 4, "Configuring the Gatekeeper in Resource Manager"

Provides information about configuring the gatekeeper.

Chapter 5, "Configuring an MCU in Resource Manager"

Provides information about configuring an MCU.

Chapter 6, "Configuring a Gateway in Resource Manager"

Provides information about configuring a gateway.

Chapter 7, "Configuring Endpoints in Resource Manager"

Provides information about configuring endpoints.

Chapter 8, "User Management in Resource Manager"

Provides information about the User Management section of the user-interface.

Chapter 9, "Managing Meetings in Resource Manager"

Provides information about the All Meetings section of the user-interface.

Chapter 10, "Advanced Settings in Resource Manager"

Provides information about the Advanced Settings section of the user-interface.

Chapter 11, "Resource Manager Configuration Tool"

Provides information about the Resource Manager Configuration Tool and default settings.

Chapter 12, "Network Manager Overview"

Provides a general overview of Network Manager features.

Chapter 13, "Network Table View"

Provides a description of the network table view available in the Network Manager and describes how to view information about all the elements in the IP conferencing network.

Chapter 14, "Network Tree View"

Provides a description of the network tree view available in the Network Manager and describes how to view information about IP conferencing network elements by zone.

Chapter 15, "Network Map View"

Provides a description of the network map view available in the Network Manager and describes how to view information about the IP conferencing network.

Chapter 16, "Alarms View"

Provides a description of the alarms view available in the Network Manager and describes how to view alarms and events.

Chapter 17, "Conferences and Calls View"

Provides a description of the Conferences and Calls view of the Network Manager for managing conferences and calls.

Chapter 18, "Settings View"

Provides a description of the settings view available in the Network Manager.

Chapter 19, "Finding and Managing Elements"

Provides a description of the basic principles for finding and managing elements in the Network Manager.

Appendix A, "Provisioning Users via a Directory Server"

Describes how you can configure Resource Manager to work with a directory server.

Appendix B, "CDR XML Tags and Attributes"

Describes the XML tags used to label data in the Resource Manager CDR.


Document Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

Convention
Description

boldface font

Commands and keywords are in boldface.

italic font

Arguments for which you supply values are in italics.

[   ]

Elements in square brackets are optional.

{ x | y | z }

Alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.

[ x | y | z ]

Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by vertical bars.

string

A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or the string will include the quotation marks.

screen font

Terminal sessions and information the system displays are in screen font.

boldface screen font

Information you must enter is in boldface screen font.

italic screen font

Arguments for which you supply values are in italic screen font.

^

The symbol ^ represents the key labeled Control—for example, the key combination ^D in a screen display means hold down the Control key while you press the D key.

<   >

Nonprinting characters, such as passwords are in angle brackets.


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