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Introduction to Cisco Jabber for Guest 11.0


First Published: December 16, 2016


Introduction to Cisco Jabber for Guest 11.0

New and Changed Features

New Features

Send Screen Share

Guest users can now share their screens using Cisco Jabber Guest on their desktops (Windows/Mac).

Firefox Extension

Firefox (50 and later) will require an extension and an add-on to be installed for full Jabber Guest functionality.

Requirements

Server Requirements

Cisco Product Requirements

Deploy Cisco Jabber Guest with an existing Cisco Unified Communications Manager installation.

To allow Cisco Jabber Guest to access devices located inside the enterprise firewall, deploy the following:

  • Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6.x or later

    Cisco Jabber Guest requires that your Cisco Unified Communications Manager be configured to work with Cisco Expressway.

  • Cisco Jabber Guest Server

  • Cisco Expressway-C X8.2 or later

  • Cisco Expressway-E X8.2 or later

    Important:

    • Without Cisco Expressway-C and Cisco Expressway-E, you are limited to testing with clients that can directly access the network on which the Cisco Jabber Guest server is homed.

    • You cannot use the same Cisco Expressway-C and Cisco Expressway-E pair or cluster for both Cisco Jabber Guest and Expressway for Mobile and Remote Access.

For more information, download the Cisco Expressway Administrator Guide, deployment guides, and release notes or see the online help for complete information on configuring the options available on your Cisco Expressway.

Reverse Proxy Server Requirements

The Cisco Expressway-E and Cisco Expressway-C can be used to tunnel HTTP from the Cisco Jabber Guest client to the Cisco Jabber Guest server. If a third-party reverse proxy is used in front of the Cisco Expressway-E, configure it to proxy only the following URL types:

  • /call

  • /jabberc (used for HTTP/call control)

Configure the reverse proxy to redirect any HTTP requests to HTTPS.

Virtual Machine Requirements

Cisco Jabber Guest is deployed as a virtual server using the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) standard for packaging and distributing virtual appliances that run in a virtual environment. It requires VMware vSphere as the hypervisor. Cisco publishes the distribution as an OVF file with the file extension .OVA, which stands for Open Virtual Appliance. This file contains the OVF template for the application. The OVF template defines the virtual machine’s hardware and is preloaded with required software.

Hardware and System Requirements

  • A server platform that meets VMware’s Compatibility Guide for VMware vSphere 5.x or later is required. The Cisco Jabber Guest virtual machine uses a 64-bit distribution of CentOS 6.8. Make sure that the server platform uses CPUs that are capable of 64-bit instructions.

  • Cisco Jabber Guest Server is supported on any Full UC Performance CPU, beginning with Intel Xeon Processor 5600 with a minimum physical core speed of 2.53 GHz or higher and any Restricted UC Performance CPU, beginning with Intel Xeon Processor E5 2609 v1 with a minimum physical core speed of 2.4 GHz or higher. For more information on Full UC performance CPUs and Restricted UC Performance CPUs, see the Processors/CPUs section in UC Virtualization Supported Hardware.

  • Cisco Jabber Guest is allowed on server models meeting required specifications, including Cisco Business Edition 6000 (BE6000), Cisco Business Edition 7000 (BE7000), and UC on UCS Tested Reference Configurations with a Full UC Performance CPU. BE6000M (M2) UCS C200 M2 TRC#1 is not supported. For more information, see Virtualization for Cisco Jabber Guest Server. Cisco Jabber Guest Server must follow the application co-residency and virtual-to-physical sizing rules in the Unified Communications Virtualization Sizing Guidelines.

  • Cisco Jabber Guest supports all virtualization software described in Purchasing/Sourcing Options for Required Virtualization Software.

  • If Cisco Jabber Guest Server is installed on a Cisco Business Edition 6000 server or Cisco Business Edition 7000 server, it must follow the additional co-residency rules in the Cisco Business Edition 6000 and Cisco Business Edition 7000 Co-residency Policy Requirements.

  • See the VMware developer documentation for additional configuration and hardware requirements. We highly recommend using the Cisco Unified Computing System (CUCS) to simplify and maximize performance.

Related Information

Supported Storage Models

Virtual Machine Specifications

Table 1 Virtual Machine Specifications

RAM

CPU

Storage

Operating System

CPU Resource Allocation

Memory Resource Allocation

4 GB

2 logical CPUs with 1 core each

100 GB

CentOS 6.8 64-bit

Default (not defined)

Default (not defined)

VMware vSphere Feature Support

The following VMware vSphere features are supported:

  • VM OVA template deployment (using the Cisco-provided Cisco Jabber Guest OVA)

  • VMware vMotion

  • VMware vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS)

  • VMware Dynamic Resource Scheduler (DRS)

  • VMware Storage vMotion (Storage DRS)

  • VMware Virtual Machine Snapshots

You can restart Cisco Jabber Guest on a different VMware ESXi host and create or revert VMware Snapshots as long as the application was shut down without any issues before moving or taking a snapshot.

The following VMware vSphere features have not been tested with Cisco Jabber Guest:

  • VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)

  • VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB)

  • VMware Data Recovery (VDR)

  • VMware Dynamic Power Management (Cisco Jabber Guest must be configured to run 24/7)

  • Long Distance vMotion (vMotion over a WAN)

  • VMware Fault Tolerance (FT)

The following VMware vSphere and third-party features are not supported with Cisco Jabber Guest:

  • VMware Hot Add

  • Copying a Cisco Jabber Guest virtual machine (must use OVA to deploy new server)

  • Configuring Cisco Jabber Guest with multiple virtual network interface controllers (vNICs)

  • Third-party Virtual to Physical (V2P) migration tools

  • Third-party deployment tools

License Requirements

Cisco Jabber Guest is licensed and obtained through User Connect Licensing (UCL), Cisco Unified Workspace Licensing (CUWL), and other ordering mechanisms. Contact a sales representative from a Cisco partner or from Cisco for ordering details. No license keys are provided or required for the Cisco Jabber Guest software.

The following table describes the license requirements for using Cisco Expressway with Cisco Jabber Guest.

Table 2 License Requirements for Using Cisco Expressway with Cisco Jabber Guest

License

Requirement

Note

Rich Media Session licenses
2 Rich Media Session licenses are required per Cisco Jabber Guest session:

  • 1 Rich Media Session license on the Cisco Expressway-E for each Cisco Jabber Guest session

  • 1 Rich Media Session license on the Cisco Expressway-C for each Cisco Jabber Guest session

  

TURN relay license

TURN licensed on Cisco Expressway

When you order Cisco Expressway, a TURN relay license is included.

Advanced Networking (AN) license

If Cisco Jabber Guest is installed in a dual-NIC deployment, an AN license is required on Cisco Expressway.

When you order Cisco Expressway, an AN license is included.

The following table describes the license requirements for using Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) with Cisco Jabber Guest.

Table 3 License Requirements for Using Cisco VCS with Cisco Jabber Guest

License

Requirement

Note

Traversal call licenses
2 traversal call licenses are required per Cisco Jabber Guest session:

  • 1 traversal call license on the VCS-E for each Cisco Jabber Guest session

  • 1 traversal call license on the VCS-C for each Cisco Jabber Guest session

  

TURN relay license

TURN licensed on Cisco VCS

When you order Cisco VCS, a TURN relay license is included.

Dual Network Inteface (DI) license

If Cisco Jabber Guest is installed in a dual-NIC deployment, a DI license is required on Cisco VCS.

When you order Cisco VCS, a DI license is not included. Specifically select this license.

Client Requirements

Client Hardware and System Requirements

Users require a multimedia-capable computer with a camera and microphone that support the following software and hardware requirements:

Table 4 Client Requirements
 

PC Requirements

Mac Requirements

Operating system

Microsoft Windows 7 or later

Mac OS X 10.10 or later

Hardware

GPU capable of OpenGL 1.2 or later

Minimum CPU supporting SSE2 (Pentium IV or newer)

Encoding at 720p 30 fps requires Intel Core2Duo @ 1.2 GHz or better

Encoding at VGA 30 fps can be done on as low-end CPUs as the Intel Atom @ 1.6 GHz

Intel x86 processor

Encoding at 720p 30 fps requires Intel Core2Duo @ 1.2 GHz or better. For optimal experience, Core2Duo @ 2 GHz with 2 MB L2 cache per core is recommended.

Browsers

Mozilla Firefox 10 or later

Google Chrome 18 or later

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 or later (32-bit, or 64-bit running 32-bit tabs only. 64-bit browsers running 64-bit tabs are not supported.)
Note   

  1. On Windows 8 or later, only the desktop version is supported. The Metro version won't work.

  2. Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 exhibits some minor layout differences because of certain browser limitations.

  3. You may encounter video frame layout issues in Windows 7 and Windows 8, if the screen display scaling is not set at 100%. This is due to an OS limitation and does not occur in Windows 8.1 or later.

1

Safari 7 or later

Mozilla Firefox 10 or later2

Google Chrome 18 or later

Note   

Safari requires you to manually restart the browser in order for the Jabber Guest plugin to take effect.
1 To configure Internet Explorer on Windows 8 or later to open the desktop version by default, do the following:
  1. Open Microsoft Internet Explorer.
  2. From the Tools menu, click Internet options.
  3. Click the Programs tab.
  4. Under Opening Internet Explorer, choose Always in Internet Explorer on the desktop.
2 Currently, a known issue with Firefox on Mac OS X prevents full-screen video. This option is not offered for this combination of browser and operating system.

Cisco Jabber Guest Plug-in Requirement

The Cisco Jabber Guest solution includes a browser plug-in that is downloaded and installed by the caller on the local machine. For Google Chrome and Firefox (50 and later), the web page prompts the user to install the Chrome/Firefox Extension and the Cisco Jabber Guest Add-on. For all other browsers, the Cisco Jabber Guest web page prompts the caller to download and install the plug-in the first time the service is used.

New plug-ins are periodically made available with fixes and new functionality. The caller is prompted to download and install the new plug-in the next time an attempt is made to place a call.

Supported Mobile Devices

Android Supported Devices

We support Cisco Jabber Guest for Android on audio and video for the following Android devices and operating systems:

Make

Model

Android OS Required

Google

Nexus 5

4.4.x, 5.0, 5.1

Nexus 6

5.0, 5.1

Nexus 7 2013 version or later

4.4.x, 5.0, 5.1

Nexus 10

4.4.x, 5.0, 5.1

HTC

One (M7)

4.4.x

One Max

4.4.x

One (M8)

4.4.x

LG

G2

4.2.2–5.0.x, 5.1

G3

4.2.2–5.0.x, 5.1

Motorola

Moto G

4.4.x

Samsung

Galaxy Note II

4.2–4.4.x

Galaxy Note 3

4.3–4.4.x

Galaxy Note 4

4.4.x

Galaxy Note Pro 12.2

4.4.x

Galaxy Rugby Pro

4.2.2–4.4.x

Galaxy S II

4.1.2–4.4.x

Galaxy S III

4.1.2–4.4.x

Galaxy S4

4.2.2–4.4.x

Galaxy S4 mini

4.2.2–4.4.x

Galaxy S5

4.4.x

Galaxy S5 mini

4.4.x

Galaxy Tab 3 8.0

4.4.x

Galaxy Tab 4 7.0, 8.0, and 10.1

4.4.x

Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 and 10.1

4.4.x

Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and 10.5

4.4.x

Sony

Xperia M2

4.3

Xperia Z1

4.2–4.4.x

Xperia ZR/A

4.1.2–4.4.x

Xperia Z2

4.4.x

Xperia Z2 tablet

4.4.x

Xperia Z3

4.4.x

We support Cisco Jabber Guest for Android with tested Android devices. Although other devices are not officially supported, you may be able to use Cisco Jabber Guest for Android with other devices.

iOS Supported Devices

Cisco Jabber Guest is supported on iOS 8.0 or later.

The following table lists the iOS mobile devices that Cisco Jabber Guest supports:

iPad

iPhone

iPad 2

iPhone 4s

iPad 3

iPhone 5

iPad 4

iPhone 5c

iPad Air

iPhone 5s

iPad Air 2

iPhone 6

iPad mini

iPhone 6 Plus

iPad mini 2

iPhone 6s

iPad mini 3

iPhone 6s Plus

iPad mini 4

iPhone 7

iPad Pro

iPhone 7 Plus
 

iPhone SE

Supported Destination Devices

Cisco Jabber Guest is able to dial devices registered with Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco VCS, as well as Cisco TelePresence Servers and Multipoint Control Units (MCUs).

Important:

For devices that are registered with Cisco VCS, the call path must include Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

Supported Languages

Cisco Jabber Guest Administration is available in English only.

The following tables describes the languages in which Cisco Jabber Guest mobile and web clients are available.

Browser plug-in installation is not localized.

Table 5 Supported Languages

Arabic

German

Portuguese (Brazilian)

Chinese (China)

Greek

Portuguese (Portugal)—This language is available only for the web client.

Chinese (Taiwan)

Hebrew

Russian

Czech

Italian

Spanish

Danish

Japanese

Swedish

Dutch

Korean

Turkish

Finnish

Norwegian

French

Polish

Limitations and Restrictions

Supported Upgrade Paths

Cisco Jabber Guest 11.0 is supported for fresh installs or upgrades from Cisco Jabber Guest 10.6(12),10.6(11), 10.6(10), 10.6(9), 10.6(8), 10.6.(7), 10.5(3), or 10.0(2). To obtain software for a fresh install, refer to the Cisco Unified Communications Applications Ordering Guide or contact your Cisco representative. To obtain software for upgrade, go to Cisco Jabber Guest on cisco.com.

Related Information

Call Session Capacity

Call Session Capacity (Cisco Expressway)

The maximum number of Cisco Jabber Guest sessions that can be supported through the Cisco Expressway depends on the type of appliance/VM server, and whether Cisco Expressway-C and Cisco Expressway-E are deployed as a single pair or as clusters.

Deployment

Small/Medium Systems

Large Systems

Cisco Expressway-C and Cisco Expressway-E single pair

100

500

Cluster of 2 Cisco Expressway-C peers and cluster of 2 Cisco Expressway-E peers

200

1000

Cluster of 3 Cisco Expressway-C peers and cluster of 3 Cisco Expressway-E peers

300

1500

Cluster of 4 or more Cisco Expressway-C peers and cluster of 4 or more Cisco Expressway-E peers

400

2000

Cisco Expressway-C and Cisco Expressway-E single pair co-resident deployment with Business Edition 6000/7000 Cisco Unified Communications Manager

100

Each session typically uses 4 TURN server relays on the Cisco Expressway-E.

Each Cisco Jabber Guest call session is a video session, from the perspective of Cisco Expressway, even if video is disabled during the call.

Call Session Capacity (Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server)

The maximum number of Cisco Jabber Guest sessions that can be supported through the Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server depends on the type of appliance/VM server, and whether Cisco VCS-C and Cisco VCS-E are deployed as a single pair or clusters.

Deployment

Small/Medium Systems

Large Systems

VCS-C and VCS-E single pair

100

500

Cluster of 2 VCS-C peers and cluster of 2 VCS-E peers

200

1000

Cluster of 3 VCS-C peers and cluster of 3 VCS-E peers

300

1500

Cluster of 4 or more VCS-C peers and cluster of 4 or more VCS-E peers

400

2000

VCS-C and VCS-E single pair co-resident deployment with Business Edition 6000/7000 Cisco Unified Communications Manager

100

Each session typically uses 4 TURN server relays on the VCS-E.

Each Cisco Jabber Guest call session is a video session, from the perspective of Cisco VCS, even if video is disabled during the call.

Emergency Service Calls

Do not use Cisco Jabber Guest for emergency services calls. Do not configure Cisco Jabber Guest to route calls through the public switched telephone network (PSTN) to an emergency response center. If you do, calls may be misdirected to the wrong emergency response center or the emergency response center may make errors when determining your location.

Mac OS X (v10.11.1 and v10.11.2) Limitation: Video Display Always on Top of Other Windows in Chrome

When you use the Jabber Guest add-on for Chrome with Mac OS X El Capitan (v10.11.1 or v10.11.2), the video frame stays on top of other windows.

The workaround is to use either of the following browsers:

  • Mozilla Firefox

    or

  • Safari

Or upgrade to the Apple Mac OS X El Capitan version 10.11.3 and then restart.

Caveats

Bug Severity Levels

Known defects, or bugs, have a severity level that indicates the priority of the defect.

Severity Level

Description

1 Catastrophic

Reasonably common circumstances cause the entire system to fail, or a major subsystem to stop working, or other devices on the network to be disrupted. No workarounds exist.

2 Severe

Important functions are unusable and workarounds do not exist. Other functions and the rest of the network is operating normally.

3 Moderate

Failures occur in unusual circumstances, or minor features do not work at all, or other failures occur but low-impact workarounds exist.

This is the highest level for documentation bugs.

4 Minor

Failures occur under very unusual circumstances, but operation essentially recovers without intervention. Users do not need to install any workarounds and performance impact is tolerable.

5 Cosmetic

Defects do not cause any detrimental effect on system functionality.

6 Enhancement

Requests for new functionality or feature improvements.

Search for Bugs

To search for bugs not listed here, use the Bug Search Tool.

Procedure
    Step 1   To access the Bug Search Tool, go to https:/​/​tools.cisco.com/​bugsearch/​search.
    Step 2   Sign 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 field, then press Enter. Alternatively, you can search by product and release.

    Open Caveats

    The following bugs have not yet been resolved:

    Identifier

    Severity

    Headline

    CSCup40555

    4

    If Jabber Guest Plug-in disabled, page acts as if not installed

    CSCur88144

    4

    Mac Chrome: self-preview may not display if browser is partly off screen

    CSCur88160

    4

    Browser refresh required after enabling Cisco Jabber Guest Extension

    CSCuu00131

    4

    ARA+HEB: Jabber Guest iOS: Wrong alignment of the whole application

    Resolved Caveats

    Identifier

    Severity

    Headline

    CSCvb66081

    2

    One way audio between Jabber Guest and Cisco Meeting Server

    CSCvc48717

    3

    Unable to click call control button after switching tabs (Chrome 54 on Windows)

    CSCvb69467

    3

    Turkey timezone is classified as EEST

    CSCvb76769

    4

    Jabber Guest not displaying special characters

    CSCvb34654

    6

    No mention of the Firewall Traversal Deployment Guide in the documentation

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