Table Of Contents
Configuring Default Values for Basic Operation of Cisco Unified Conferencing for TelePresence
About Default Values for Basic Operation
Configuring Password Security for User Profiles
Configuring the Cisco Unified Communications Manager AXL Interface
Configuring the Number of Audio and Video Ports
Configuring the Video Quality and Switching Mode
Synchronizing Meetings
Configuring Default Values for Basic Operation of Cisco Unified Conferencing for TelePresence
Revised: June 22, 2007, OL-11749-01
Topics in this section include:
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About Default Values for Basic Operation
•Configuring Password Security for User Profiles
•Configuring the Cisco Unified Communications Manager AXL Interface
•Configuring the Number of Audio and Video Ports
•Configuring the Video Quality and Switching Mode
•Synchronizing Meetings
About Default Values for Basic Operation
The default values for Cisco Unified Conferencing for TelePresence usage are set on a single administrative web page. The system language, AXL interface, and password security defaults are always in effect. Other defaults, such as audio and video settings and quality settings, take effect when they are not overridden by end-user scheduling options or when end users do not invite Cisco TelePresence endpoints to a meeting.
Configuring Password Security for User Profiles
Procedure
Step 1 Log in to the Administration Center.
Step 2 Choose System Configuration > Usage Configuration.
Step 3 Enter field values as described in Table 4-1.
Table 4-1 Fields on the Usage Configuration Page to Configure Password Security
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Field
|
Description
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Value
|
Minimum user password length |
Sets the number of alphanumeric characters required in the user password to log in to Cisco Unified Conferencing for TelePresence. |
Range: 5 to 17 Default: 5 |
Change user password (days) |
Specifies the frequency in days at which user passwords must be changed. Restriction: This field does not apply to users that are authenticated by an external directory. |
Range: 0 to 3650 Default: 90 A value of 0 means that user passwords never need to be changed. |
Maximum profile login attempts |
Identifies the number of consecutive login attempts within a session before a user profile is locked. Restriction: You cannot lock the admin and guest profiles. |
Range: 1 to 255 Default: 3 |
Step 4 Click Save.
Related Topics
•About Default Values for Basic Operation
•About User Profiles, page 15-1
Configuring the Cisco Unified Communications Manager AXL Interface
Cisco Unified Conferencing for TelePresence uses the Cisco Unified Communications Manager AXL interface to obtain Cisco TelePresence device information and to authenticate end users.
Procedure
Step 1 Log in to the Administration Center.
Step 2 Choose System Configuration > Usage Configuration.
Step 3 Enter field values as described in Table 4-2.
Table 4-2 Fields on the Usage Configuration Page to Configure the AXL Interface
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Field
|
Description
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AXL username |
Username of the Cisco Unified Communications Manager application user. |
AXL password |
Password of the Cisco Unified Communications Manager application user. |
New AXL URL |
Used to configure the URL or host name of the AXL directory server used to authenticate users. Enter a URL in this field as follows: https://ccmusers-1.example.com:8443/axl Then, click Add, and verify that the new entry appears in the AXL URL field. |
AXL URL |
Used to display or delete the URL or host name of the AXL directory server used to authenticate users. To delete a host name or URL from this field, select the item and then click Delete Selected. |
Step 4 Click Save.
Related Topics
•About Default Values for Basic Operation
•About User Profiles, page 15-1
•About Managing Cisco TelePresence Endpoints, page 5-1
Configuring the Number of Audio and Video Ports
These defaults take effect when end users either do not specify values during meeting scheduling or do not invite Cisco TelePresence endpoints to meetings.
Procedure
Step 1 Log in to the Administration Center.
Step 2 Choose System Configuration > Usage Configuration.
Step 3 Enter field values as described in Table 4-3.
Note If end users do not include Cisco TelePresence Systems during meeting scheduling and the default number of rooms per meeting fields are both set to 0, then scheduling will fail.
Table 4-3 Fields on the Usage Configuration Page to Configure Audio and Video Ports
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Field
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Description
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Value
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TelePresence video segments |
Number of installed tp-segments licenses. |
Read only |
Default number of CTS-3000 rooms per meeting |
Default number of Cisco TelePresence 3000 Systems to reserve for meetings. Note One Cisco TelePresence 3000 will use three licenses. |
0 - to the number of Cisco TelePresence 3000 Systems supported in one meeting This value is derived by the number of installed tp-segments licenses divided by three up to the maximum supported number of licenses. Default: 0 |
Default number of CTS-1000 rooms per meeting |
Default number of Cisco TelePresence 1000 Systems to reserve for meetings. Note One Cisco TelePresence 1000 will use one license. |
0 - the number of Cisco TelePresence 1000 Systems supported in one meeting Default: 0 |
Default number of additional audio ports per meeting |
Default number of additional audio-only ports to reserve for meetings. |
0 - 6 Default: 0 |
Step 4 Click Save.
Related Topics
•About Default Values for Basic Operation
•About Licenses, page 2-1
•About Managing Cisco TelePresence Endpoints, page 5-1
Configuring the Video Quality and Switching Mode
These defaults take effect when end users either do not specify values during meeting scheduling or do not invite Cisco TelePresence endpoints to meetings.
Before You Begin
A service must exits on the MCU that meets the requirements for the default video quality and switching mode that you choose.
Procedure
Step 1 Log in to the Administration Center.
Step 2 Choose System Configuration > Usage Configuration.
Step 3 Enter field values as described in Table 4-4.
Table 4-4 Fields on the Usage Configuration Page to Configure Video Quality and Switching Mode
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Field
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Description
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Value
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Default TelePresence video switching mode |
Default switching for meetings. |
•Segment (Default)—Displays active speakers by table segment •Site—Displays active speakers by location |
Default TelePresence video quality |
Default video quality for meetings. |
•Highest Detail, Best Motion (Default) •Highest Detail, Better Motion •Highest Detail, Good Motion •High Detail, Best Motion •High Detail, Better Motion •High Detail, Good Motion |
Step 4 Click Save.
Related Topics
•About Default Values for Basic Operation
•About Managing Cisco TelePresence Endpoints, page 5-1
Synchronizing Meetings
Use this procedure to synchronize scheduled meetings between Video Administration and the MCU if all meetings are deleted from Video Administration because the MCU goes offline.
Procedure
Step 1 Log in to the Administration Center.
Step 2 Choose System Configuration > Usage Configuration.
Step 3 Click Synchronize meetings.
Related Topics
•Logging In to the Administration Center, page 1-2
•Synchronizing Meeting Types, page 8-6
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