Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Administrator Guide Release 5.0 - Advanced Settings [Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager]

Table Of Contents

Advanced Settings

Overview of Advanced Settings

Using Advanced Settings

Using the Default User Settings Tab

Using the Default Meeting Settings Tab

Using the Look and Feel Tab

Advanced Settings

This section includes information relevant to Resource Manager Organization Administrators. Topics in this section include:

•Overview of Advanced Settings

•Using Advanced Settings

Overview of Advanced Settings

In Advanced Settings, an Organization Administrator creates settings that apply to all users and meetings unless they are overridden. The Advanced Settings section contains the following tabs:

•Default User Settings

•Default Meeting Settings

•Look and Feel

Using Advanced Settings

In Advanced Settings, you determine which settings are available to the user in the web interface. To access Advanced Settings, in the side menu, select Admin > Advanced Settings.

The following are priorities are used automatically with Advanced Settings

–Changes you make to an individual user profile override default settings

–Settings you make for a meeting during scheduling override settings in the meeting template

–Settings in a meeting template override default meeting settings

Using the Default User Settings Tab

On the Default User Settings tab, the Organization Administrator sets which advanced settings are available to each new user in the organization. Changes are applied when a new user is created or updated via an external directory server. Changes can also be applied to all existing users.

Procedure

Step 1 In the Admin menu, click Advanced Settings.

Step 2 If you want to make a meeting type available to new users, in the Available Meeting Types list, select the meeting type(s) and then click the right-pointing arrow to move the selected meeting type(s) to the Selected Meeting Types list.

Note It is recommended that you select all available meeting types. Non-Video Conference and Point-to-Point meeting types are default build meeting types in Resource Manager. They do not exist on the MCU.

Step 3 If you want to make a meeting type unavailable to new users, in the Selected Meeting Types list, select the meeting type(s) and then click the left-pointing arrow to move the selected meeting type(s) to the Available Meeting Types list.

Step 4 If you want all users to have access to the selected meeting types, check Update Meeting Types for All Users Now. All user profiles are updated to reflect the new default values.

Step 5 If you only want new users to have access to the selected meeting types, do not check Update Meeting Types for All Users Now. When you save the settings, only default settings in the profiles of new users change.

Step 6 In the Default Time Zone list, select a default time zone for the selected meeting types.

Step 7 If you want the default time zone to appear for all users, check Update All Users Now.

Step 8 If you only want the default time zone to appear for new users, do not check Update All Users.

Step 9 In the User Type list, select the user types to which you want the settings to apply. For information about default user types, see the "Resource Manager User Types" section on page 3-1.

Step 10 In the Name Display Format list, select the display format in which you want names to appear.

Step 11 In the Sort by list, select an option for sorting of names.

Step 12 If you want meetings that you create to appear in My Meetings, click List created meetings in My Meetings.

Step 13 Click OK.

Using the Default Meeting Settings Tab

On the Default Meeting Settings tab, the Organization Administrator sets which default values are available to users in meeting templates. Changes are applied when a new meeting is created.

Note When a new meeting is created, settings made in the Default Meeting Settings tab also appear in the Meeting Scheduling tab.

Procedure

Step 1 From the Meeting Type list, select a default meeting type for all new meeting templates and new meetings.

Note It is recommended that you select a default meeting type available to all users.

Step 2 In the Duration field, enter the default length of a meeting, in minutes.

Step 3 From the Bill To options, select Host, All Participants or Organizer. If Host and Organizer are the same person, Organizer does not appear in the list. Meeting costs are billed according to the selection.

Note The selection in the Bill To field determines the default setting in Meeting Templates and Meeting Scheduling.

Step 4 In the Additional Reservations section, in the IP Participants and the ISDN Participants fields, enter the number of additional reservations to be made by default when a meeting is scheduled.

Step 5 In the Terminate Meeting section, select the parameters by which meeting termination are determined

–At scheduled time—Meeting is terminated according to the time defined in meeting scheduling.

–n minutes after all terminals have left—Meeting is terminated after the specified number of minutes has passed once all terminals have exited the meeting.

–n minutes after the host's terminal has left—Meeting is terminated after the specified number of minutes has passed once the host's terminal has exited the meeting. The host is the party that requests the meeting.

–Auto Extend—Meeting continues until it is manually terminated via the in-meeting control panel or when all terminals have exited the session.

Step 6 If you want to stop dial-in terminals from connecting to a meeting scheduled by default, check Block Dial-in.

Step 7 If you do not want to allow unresolved PSTN/ISDN calls to enter the meeting, uncheck the Admit unresolved PSTN/ISDN calls that is checked by default. If a PSTN/ISDN terminal is not in the invited list when the meeting is originally scheduled, it is referred to as an unresolved terminal. Unresolved terminals are not allowed to dial into a meeting in this case but Resource Manager can dial out to any unresolved ISDN/PSTN terminals.

If the check box is checked, any ISDN/PSTN terminals can dial into the meeting as long as there available resources.

Step 8 If you want meetings to begin automatically when the host joins the meeting, check Start only when host joins.

Step 9 If you do not want the H.323 station name to appear on the video conferencing image display, check Overwrite Terminal Display Name.

The setting is also applied to Meeting Scheduling settings.

Note The Overwrite Terminal Display Name feature is only supported by Cisco MCU 3.6 and later.

Step 10 From the Default Dialing Mode list, select Dial-out or Dialing-in.

Step 11 From the Prioritize list, select the priority by which meetings are scheduled and which is used in meeting templates by default. This is an important factor in creating efficient conferences. The options are

–Local MCU—A local MCU is selected for each participating terminal to save communications costs and save time due to reduced distance of routed calls. This mode also supports dynamic cascading of a live conference.

–Bandwidth—Resource Manager allocates resources to conserve bandwidth. In some cases, this may cause a meeting to be cascaded to conserve bandwidth, even though a single MCU is available which can host the meeting.

–Delay—Resource Manager allocates resources that ensure the best quality for the meeting.

Step 12 From the Required list, select the default resources required for the meeting to be confirmed. A meeting is not allowed if these resources are not available at the time of the meeting. If you select None, Resource Manager confirms available network resources and then reports any availability issues regarding attendees, rooms, or terminals.

Step 13 From the Default for Invited Users list, select one of the following options for a new participant who is invited to a meeting via Meeting Templates, Meeting Scheduling, the recurring meeting function, or the ad hoc meeting function.

–Control Rights—Grants default control rights.

–No Control Rights—Does not grant default control rights.

Step 14 Click OK to apply the settings.

Using the Look and Feel Tab

On the Look and Feel tab, you define the appearance of User windows.

Procedure

Step 1 In the Meeting Scheduling section, for each field select an option from the field list.

The selections define what options are available for meeting scheduling and where the options are displayed.

Step 2 From the Meeting Schedule button list, you can select either of two different ways to schedule the three types of meetings supported by Resource Manager

–One Button—When the user clicks Meeting Scheduling in the sidebar menu, the Meeting tab appears.

–Sub Menu—When the mouse is over Meeting Scheduling in the sidebar menu, a sub-menu appears that contains three meeting type options: Normal, Recurrence, and ad-hoc.

Step 3 In the Meeting Attendees section, for each field select an option from the field list.

The selections define what options are available to meeting attendees and where the options are displayed.

From the Invite Attendees list, you can select either of the following options

–From All Terminals > All Rooms—If you select this option, the following occurs

•On the Invite tab, available terminals are displayed by default during scheduling

•On the Invite tab, for non-video conferences, available meeting rooms are displayed by default (rather than users)

•On the In Meeting Control window, regular meetings are displayed.

–Organization Groups.

Step 4 In the In Meeting Control section, for each field select Visible or Hidden from the list to display or hide options in the related user window.

The following fields are included in the In Meeting Control section

–Statistics tab—To display or hide the Statistics tab.

–Extend Meeting—To display or hide the Meeting Extension button.

–Terminal Invitation—To display or hide the Terminal Invitation button.

–Advanced Invitation tab—To display or hide the Advanced Invitation tab.

–Terminate Meeting—To display or hide the Termination button.

Step 5 Click OK to apply the settings.

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Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Administrator Guide Release 5.0 Preface Part 1 Introduction Introducing Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Part 2 Resource Manager System Introducing the Resource Manager Getting Started Network Management Resource Management Meeting Types User Management All Meetings Advanced Settings Creating and Scheduling Meetings Part 3 Resource Manager Appendices Resource Manager Client for Microsoft Outlook Resource Manager Configuration Tool Provisioning Users via a Directory Server CDR XML Tags and Attributes Part 4 Network Manager System Network Manager Overview Network Tree View Network Table View Network Map View Alarms View Settings View Conferences and Calls View Finding and Managing Elements Part 5 Network Manager Appendix Configuration Utility Index	Download this chapter Advanced Settings Download the complete book Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Manager Administrator Guide Release 5.0 (PDF - 3 MB) Table Of Contents Advanced Settings Overview of Advanced Settings Using Advanced Settings Using the Default User Settings Tab Using the Default Meeting Settings Tab Using the Look and Feel Tab Advanced Settings This section includes information relevant to Resource Manager Organization Administrators. Topics in this section include: •Overview of Advanced Settings •Using Advanced Settings Overview of Advanced Settings In Advanced Settings, an Organization Administrator creates settings that apply to all users and meetings unless they are overridden. The Advanced Settings section contains the following tabs: •Default User Settings •Default Meeting Settings •Look and Feel Using Advanced Settings In Advanced Settings, you determine which settings are available to the user in the web interface. To access Advanced Settings, in the side menu, select Admin > Advanced Settings. The following are priorities are used automatically with Advanced Settings –Changes you make to an individual user profile override default settings –Settings you make for a meeting during scheduling override settings in the meeting template –Settings in a meeting template override default meeting settings Using the Default User Settings Tab On the Default User Settings tab, the Organization Administrator sets which advanced settings are available to each new user in the organization. Changes are applied when a new user is created or updated via an external directory server. Changes can also be applied to all existing users. Procedure Step 1 In the Admin menu, click Advanced Settings. Step 2 If you want to make a meeting type available to new users, in the Available Meeting Types list, select the meeting type(s) and then click the right-pointing arrow to move the selected meeting type(s) to the Selected Meeting Types list. Note It is recommended that you select all available meeting types. Non-Video Conference and Point-to-Point meeting types are default build meeting types in Resource Manager. They do not exist on the MCU. Step 3 If you want to make a meeting type unavailable to new users, in the Selected Meeting Types list, select the meeting type(s) and then click the left-pointing arrow to move the selected meeting type(s) to the Available Meeting Types list. Step 4 If you want all users to have access to the selected meeting types, check Update Meeting Types for All Users Now. All user profiles are updated to reflect the new default values. Step 5 If you only want new users to have access to the selected meeting types, do not check Update Meeting Types for All Users Now. When you save the settings, only default settings in the profiles of new users change. Step 6 In the Default Time Zone list, select a default time zone for the selected meeting types. Step 7 If you want the default time zone to appear for all users, check Update All Users Now. Step 8 If you only want the default time zone to appear for new users, do not check Update All Users. Step 9 In the User Type list, select the user types to which you want the settings to apply. For information about default user types, see the "Resource Manager User Types" section on page 3-1. Step 10 In the Name Display Format list, select the display format in which you want names to appear. Step 11 In the Sort by list, select an option for sorting of names. Step 12 If you want meetings that you create to appear in My Meetings, click List created meetings in My Meetings. Step 13 Click OK. Using the Default Meeting Settings Tab On the Default Meeting Settings tab, the Organization Administrator sets which default values are available to users in meeting templates. Changes are applied when a new meeting is created. Note When a new meeting is created, settings made in the Default Meeting Settings tab also appear in the Meeting Scheduling tab. Procedure Step 1 From the Meeting Type list, select a default meeting type for all new meeting templates and new meetings. Note It is recommended that you select a default meeting type available to all users. Step 2 In the Duration field, enter the default length of a meeting, in minutes. Step 3 From the Bill To options, select Host, All Participants or Organizer. If Host and Organizer are the same person, Organizer does not appear in the list. Meeting costs are billed according to the selection. Note The selection in the Bill To field determines the default setting in Meeting Templates and Meeting Scheduling. Step 4 In the Additional Reservations section, in the IP Participants and the ISDN Participants fields, enter the number of additional reservations to be made by default when a meeting is scheduled. Step 5 In the Terminate Meeting section, select the parameters by which meeting termination are determined –At scheduled time—Meeting is terminated according to the time defined in meeting scheduling. –n minutes after all terminals have left—Meeting is terminated after the specified number of minutes has passed once all terminals have exited the meeting. –n minutes after the host's terminal has left—Meeting is terminated after the specified number of minutes has passed once the host's terminal has exited the meeting. The host is the party that requests the meeting. –Auto Extend—Meeting continues until it is manually terminated via the in-meeting control panel or when all terminals have exited the session. Step 6 If you want to stop dial-in terminals from connecting to a meeting scheduled by default, check Block Dial-in. Step 7 If you do not want to allow unresolved PSTN/ISDN calls to enter the meeting, uncheck the Admit unresolved PSTN/ISDN calls that is checked by default. If a PSTN/ISDN terminal is not in the invited list when the meeting is originally scheduled, it is referred to as an unresolved terminal. Unresolved terminals are not allowed to dial into a meeting in this case but Resource Manager can dial out to any unresolved ISDN/PSTN terminals. If the check box is checked, any ISDN/PSTN terminals can dial into the meeting as long as there available resources. Step 8 If you want meetings to begin automatically when the host joins the meeting, check Start only when host joins. Step 9 If you do not want the H.323 station name to appear on the video conferencing image display, check Overwrite Terminal Display Name. The setting is also applied to Meeting Scheduling settings. Note The Overwrite Terminal Display Name feature is only supported by Cisco MCU 3.6 and later. Step 10 From the Default Dialing Mode list, select Dial-out or Dialing-in. Step 11 From the Prioritize list, select the priority by which meetings are scheduled and which is used in meeting templates by default. This is an important factor in creating efficient conferences. The options are –Local MCU—A local MCU is selected for each participating terminal to save communications costs and save time due to reduced distance of routed calls. This mode also supports dynamic cascading of a live conference. –Bandwidth—Resource Manager allocates resources to conserve bandwidth. In some cases, this may cause a meeting to be cascaded to conserve bandwidth, even though a single MCU is available which can host the meeting. –Delay—Resource Manager allocates resources that ensure the best quality for the meeting. Step 12 From the Required list, select the default resources required for the meeting to be confirmed. A meeting is not allowed if these resources are not available at the time of the meeting. If you select None, Resource Manager confirms available network resources and then reports any availability issues regarding attendees, rooms, or terminals. Step 13 From the Default for Invited Users list, select one of the following options for a new participant who is invited to a meeting via Meeting Templates, Meeting Scheduling, the recurring meeting function, or the ad hoc meeting function. –Control Rights—Grants default control rights. –No Control Rights—Does not grant default control rights. Step 14 Click OK to apply the settings. Using the Look and Feel Tab On the Look and Feel tab, you define the appearance of User windows. Procedure Step 1 In the Meeting Scheduling section, for each field select an option from the field list. The selections define what options are available for meeting scheduling and where the options are displayed. Step 2 From the Meeting Schedule button list, you can select either of two different ways to schedule the three types of meetings supported by Resource Manager –One Button—When the user clicks Meeting Scheduling in the sidebar menu, the Meeting tab appears. –Sub Menu—When the mouse is over Meeting Scheduling in the sidebar menu, a sub-menu appears that contains three meeting type options: Normal, Recurrence, and ad-hoc. Step 3 In the Meeting Attendees section, for each field select an option from the field list. The selections define what options are available to meeting attendees and where the options are displayed. From the Invite Attendees list, you can select either of the following options –From All Terminals > All Rooms—If you select this option, the following occurs •On the Invite tab, available terminals are displayed by default during scheduling •On the Invite tab, for non-video conferences, available meeting rooms are displayed by default (rather than users) •On the In Meeting Control window, regular meetings are displayed. –Organization Groups. Step 4 In the In Meeting Control section, for each field select Visible or Hidden from the list to display or hide options in the related user window. The following fields are included in the In Meeting Control section –Statistics tab—To display or hide the Statistics tab. –Extend Meeting—To display or hide the Meeting Extension button. –Terminal Invitation—To display or hide the Terminal Invitation button. –Advanced Invitation tab—To display or hide the Advanced Invitation tab. –Terminate Meeting—To display or hide the Termination button. Step 5 Click OK to apply the settings.
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