Release Notes for Cisco Show and Share and Digital Media Manager Release 5.6

Table of Contents

Release Notes for Cisco Show and Share and Digital Media Manager Release 5.6 on the MXAUCSM3Server

Contents

Supported Hardware

Software Interoperability

Cisco Digital Media Suite Components

Cisco Show and Share and Cisco DMM

Cisco MXE 3500

Cisco TelePresence Content Server

Client System Requirements

New Software Features

Installation Notes

Limitations and Restrictions

Upgrading to Release 5.6 Software

Supported Software Upgrade Path

Upgrading Software on Cisco Show and Share and DMM Appliances

Known Issues (Caveats)

Resolved Caveats in Release 5.6

Open Caveats

Related Documentation

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Release Notes for Cisco Show and Share and Digital Media Manager Release 5.6 on the MXA UCS M3 Server

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March 20, 2015

 

This document includes new and changed features, requirements, and known issues for Cisco Show and Share and Cisco Digital Media Manager (DMM) Release 5.6 installed on the Cisco MXA UCS M3 server.

The Cisco MXA UCS M3 server is based on the Cisco UCS C220 M3 server.

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Note Cisco Show and Share Release 5.6 is for use only with Show and Share deployments.

This software release does not support Cisco Digital Signs, Cisco Digital Media Player, Cisco Cast, Cisco Digital Media Designer, or Cisco Digital Media Player Device Manager.

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Contents

• Supported Hardware
• Software Interoperability
• New Software Features
• Installation Notes
• Limitations and Restrictions
• Upgrading to Release 5.6 Software
• Known Issues (Caveats)
• Related Documentation
• Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Supported Hardware

• Cisco Show and Share and Cisco DMM Release 5.6 is supported only on the Cisco MXA UCS M3 server.
• Cisco Show and Share running on a Cisco MXA UCS M3 server is compatible only with Cisco DMM running on a Cisco MXA UCS M3 server.

The Cisco MXA UCS M3 server supports:

• New installations of Cisco Show and Share and DMM Release 5.6. You cannot install Release 5.6 older hardware versions.
• Migration from Show and Share and DMM Release 5.5.

Software Interoperability

• Cisco Digital Media Suite Components
• Cisco Show and Share and Cisco DMM
• Cisco MXE 3500
• Cisco TelePresence Content Server
• Client System Requirements

Cisco Digital Media Suite Components

This software release does not support Cisco Digital Signs, Cisco Digital Media Player, Cisco Cast, Cisco Digital Media Designer, or Cisco Digital Media Player Device Manager.

For information about releases prior to Release 5.5, see the Release Notes for Cisco Digital Media Suite 5.3.x on Cisco.com:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/video/digital_media_systems/5_x/5_3/dms/release/notes/
dms53rn.html

Cisco Show and Share and Cisco DMM

Table 1 lists compatible Cisco Show and Share and Cisco DMM software versions.

 

Table 1 Cisco Show and Share and Cisco DMM Compatibility

This Show and Share Release	Works With This Cisco DMM Release
5.6	5.6
5.5	5.5
5.3.12	5.3.12

Cisco MXE 3500

Table 2 lists compatible Cisco Show and Share and Cisco Media Experience Engine (MXE) 3500 software versions.

 

Table 2 Cisco MXE 3500 Compatibility

Software version	Show and Share and DMM 5.6	Show and Share and DMM 5.5	Show and Share and DMM 5.3.12
MXE 3500 3.3.x	Y	Y	Y

Cisco TelePresence Content Server

Table 3 lists compatible Cisco Show and Share and Cisco TelePresence Content Server versions.

 

Table 3 Content Server Compatibility

Software version	Show and Share and DMM 5.6	Show and Share and DMM 5.5	Show and Share and DMM 5.3.12
Content Server 6.x	Y	Y	Y
Content Server 5.3	Y	Y	Y
Content Server 5.2	Y	Y	Y
Content Server 5.1	N	N	N
Content Server 5.0	N	N	N

Client System Requirements

 

Operating System	Supported Browser Version 1
Windows	Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 Firefox 28 and 29 Chrome 34.0.1847.131m
Mac OS X	Safari 6.0.5

1.Along with any supported browser, you must have Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.6.0 or later installed.

Browser Proxy Support

We DO NOT SUPPORT the use of browser proxies with Cisco DMM.

New Software Features

These are the new software features in Release 5.6:

• Video download—As the system administrator you can globally enable or disable video download for video authors. When enabled, video authors can download any video that they have uploaded to Cisco Show and Share. You can also globally enable or disable video download for all Cisco Show and Share users. When enabled, users can download a video based on the publishing policy set by the video author.

As the video author or publisher you can enable or disable video downloading for Cisco Show and Share users. For a public video, anonymous users can download the video. If the forced login feature is enabled, users must be logged in to download a video. For a private video, all group members can download the video. For a hidden video, only those with access to the video URL link can download the video.

• Edit video metadata—You can edit the title, description, and tags of a video that is in the hidden or published state without affecting the video status. The changes are available immediately in the Show and Share user interface.
• Video ownership transfer—A video author can accept or deny video reassignment from another video owner. If the video author denies the transfer, the video owner can cancel the transfer request.
• Refresh speaker cache—As the system administrator you can use the Refresh Cache button to manually update the local user database cache after synchronizing the LDAP server. The speaker cache also automatically refreshes daily at 12:00 AM.

For software features supported in earlier Show and Share software releases, see the Cisco Show and Share Release Notes and the “Cisco Show and Share” section of the Release Notes for Cisco Digital Media Suite 5.3.x on Cisco.com.

Cisco Show and Share Release 5.6 includes a new mobile client application that is supported on these devices:

• iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5s, iPhone 4, iPhone 4s
• iPod Touch 4th Generation
• iPad 1, iPad 2, iPad air, iPad Mini

Installation Notes

• Cisco Digital Media Suite (DMS) appliances require a DNS server to work correctly. Enter fully-qualified domain names (FQDNs) and not IP addresses during setup in the Appliance Administration Interface (AAI). Otherwise, appliances cannot operate as designed and most of the functions will fail.
• Do not append a trailing dot to any FQDN during appliance setup.
• To maintain network security, your Cisco DMM appliances and Show and Share appliances use digital certificates for communication. The certificates use the DNS-resolvable hostname to uniquely identify each appliance. Therefore, you must enter the DNS-resolvable hostname for each appliance during setup when prompted to enter the FQDN in AAI.
• You must configure each DMS appliance in AAI to point to the DNS server for your network. Also configure the DNS server to associate each DMS appliance IP address with the FQDNs used by their digital certificates.

Limitations and Restrictions

• The Cisco MXA UCS M3 server running Cisco Show and Share Relese 5.6 does not support:

– Cisco Digital Signs

– Cisco Digital Media Player

– Cisco Cast

– Cisco Digital Media Designer

– Cisco Digital Media Player Device Manager.

• Cisco Show and Share running on a Cisco MXA UCS M3 server should be used with a Cisco DMM running on a Cisco MXA UCS M3 server. If other UCS servers are running in the same network environment there should be no impact to the operation of the Show and Share and DMM UCS servers.
• You cannot use a single Cisco DMM for both Cisco Digital Signs and Show and Share files.
• Configuring Digital Signs Failover on a DMM running Release 5.6 is not supported.
• When the mobile application access feature is enabled, mobile users can view Cisco Show and Share videos without logging in. There is no forced authentication for mobile device access.
• The maximum video length that you can upload or record through the mobile application is ten minutes. For longer videos, you should transfer the file from the mobile device and upload to Cisco Show and Share through a supported browser.

Upgrading to Release 5.6 Software

See these sections:

• Supported Software Upgrade Path
• Upgrading Software on Cisco Show and Share and DMM Appliances

Supported Software Upgrade Path

Table 4 lists the supported Cisco Show and Share and Cisco DMM upgrade path. Cisco Show and Share and Cisco DMM appliances must both run the same software version.

 

Table 4 Supported Software Upgrade Path

Show and Share Upgrade Path	Cisco DMM Upgrade Path
5.5 > 5.6	5.5 > 5.6

If you are on an earlier release, you must first upgrade to Release 5.5 before performing the software upgrade procedure. See the Release Notes for your software version on Cisco.com for more information.

Upgrading Software on Cisco Show and Share and DMM Appliances

Before You Begin

• Download Cisco Show and Share Release 5.6 and Cisco DMM Release 5.6 from Cisco.com.
• To upgrade to Software Release 5.6, you need to backup the existing media and configuration files from the Cisco Show and Share and Cisco DMM appliances running Release 5.5, and then complete the software upgrade procedure. For instructions, see the “Backup and Restore” chapter in the Administrator Guide for Cisco Show and Share Release 5.6 on Cisco.com.

Complete this procedure on the Cisco Show and Share and Cisco DMM appliances.

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Step 1 Mount the software USB drive in the USB slot and reboot the appliance.

Or, you can mount the virtual drive from the Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC). For more information, see the Cisco UCS C220 Server Installation and Service Guide on Cisco.com.

Step 2 The hardware boots from the mounted USB drive and displays the following software upgrade menu:

 

Step 3 To upgrade an existing appliance from Release 5.5 to Release 5.6, select Yes.

When you select Yes the following Warning Message appears asking you to confirm that you have completed the appliance back up. Click Yes to proceed, or No to cancel the upgrade. If you choose No, the installer will close and the appliance will reboot.

 

Step 4 When the System Recovery screen appears, click Yes to continue with the software upgrade process. The upgrade process starts automatically. If you choose No, the installer will close and the appliance will reboot.

When the upgrade is finished, the appliance reboots.

Step 5 (Optional) To verify the upgraded software, log in to the AAI interface as admin. Confirm that the Main Menu shows the installed software version 5.6.

For more information, see the Administration Guide for Cisco Digital Media Suite 5.5 and 5.6 Appliances on Cisco.com.

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After you complete the software upgrade procedure on Cisco Show and Share and Cisco DMM, you should pair the appliances. First pair the DMM appliance from Show and Share, and then pair Show and Share from the DMM appliance. For more information, see the Administration Guide for Cisco Digital Media Suite 5.5 and 5.6 Appliances on Cisco.com.

Known Issues (Caveats)

This section contains the following topics:

• Resolved Caveats in Release 5.6
• Open Caveats

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Note Log in to Bug Search with your Cisco.com account to access caveat information.

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Resolved Caveats in Release 5.6

Table 5 lists the caveats that are resolved in Cisco Show and Share Release 5.6.

 

Table 5 Resolved Caveats in Cisco Show and Share and Cisco DMM Release 5.6

Identifier	Description
CSCun52928	Last backup settings and FTP logs should be included in S&S sysreport The /tmp/transferScriptconfig and /var/log/backupProgram.log files are now part of the Show and Share system report (GET_SYSLOG package).
CSCuo11585	Search in 'Select User Group' window fails after first group is selected The search function in Publish Your Video > Page Permissions, Categories and Permissions > Select Group now works correctly.
CSCun13045	In rare situations, all auth config changes fail due to missing pwd file You can now make authentication-related configuration changes including switching authentication modes, changing LDAP server details, and adding LDAP bookmarks.
CSCug09002	Save Thumbnail not saving at the frame selected When you edit an MP4 video in draft mode and use the Save thumbnail advanced option, the frame saved is now the correct frame where the current video is paused.
CSCuq47481	SNS X-content type options header The X-content-type and X-frame-type option headers have been added on Show and Share and Cisco DMM Release 5.6.
CSCuq62754	Assigning user roles not correctly checking for license usage When assigning a role by selecting “all users” in a group, the system now reviews the users in the group that already have the role assigned. This eliminates failures due to oversubscribing the author license.
CSCur03217	Cisco Digital Media manager- ShellShock Vulnerability The ShellShock vulnerabilities have been resolved in this release.
CSCur03539	Show and Share:shell shock Vulnerability:CVE-2014-7169 & CVE-2014-6271 The ShellShock vulnerabilities have been resolved in this release.
CSCur73966	Black Screen in GUI when video maximized doing rtmp stream from wowza You can now maximize the player screen to correctly display large-file videos (greater than 2 MB) when using rtmp to stream from a Wowza server.
CSCur60136	Video Resolutions on videoplayer.swf The three resolution formats now correctly appear in the video playback page.
CSCul20408	syslog generats error on the UI when pulling it on Standby box In a High Availability configuration, the UI no longer returns an error message when generating a syslog report.
CSCub56861	Cosmetic: Mistake in the SNS Logo File size warning prompt The UI was corrected to display: “The selected image is too big for a header logo. Please upload an image with the specified dimensions”.
CSCti88629	Error message “Security error accessing URL” should be descriptive The error message “Security error accessing URL” has been changed to "The External Web/Flash server does not contain the crossdomain.xml file" to provide more helpful information.
CSCtq02159	SNS Second Level Categories are not alphabetically/numerically sorted Cisco Show and Share second-level categories are now alphabetically or numerically sorted.
CSCur58836	S&S Save Thumbnail not working if not playing video from edit screen When editing an MP4 video in draft state and you use the playback head to designate a frame to use as a thumbnail, the thumbnail is now correctly updated after clicking Save Thumbnail and Save in the Advanced Options window.

Open Caveats

Table 6 describes possible unexpected behavior in Release 5.6.

 

Table 6 Open Caveats for Cisco Show and Share and Cisco DMM Release 5.6

Idenifier	Description
CSCua36706	Extended embedded player shows prev buttons only for speaker on IE8 When a user accesses a video using Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7, only the Previous button is available for navigation in a video with Pulse information, timeline, and comments features enabled. The browser might also display a webpage error message. Workaround Use the Firefox browser to access the video.
CSCua50933	Eth0 does not work on both DMM/SNS while doing install The Ethernet 0 port on the server is not found during the boot process. Workaround Connect an Ethernet cable to port 1 on the PCIe1 card (Figure 1), not to the Ethernet 0 port. Figure 1 PCIe1 Card Port Showing the Ethernet Connection
CSCug59704	Apache service is not showing up as running The DMM Administration > Services tab displays an alert that the Apache service has stopped. Workaround None. The stopped services alert does not affect functionality.
CSCuo95687	Issue with QT plugin error in IE10 Workaround Use another web browser such as Firefox.
CSCup09866	Issue with zoom change When you open the video player and change the browser zoom setting from 100 percent, the page content disappears. Workaround Do not change the browser zoom setting from 100 percent when using the video player.
CSCup09988	Search filter in per author traffic report does not work properly When you use an author first name or last name in the Reports > Per author traffic search filter, the search results are incorrect. Workaround Use the author email ID in the search field.
CSCup31002	‘q’ and ‘g’ cannot be distinguished due to small width of the text field Because of the user interface text field width, the “q” and “g” characters are difficult to read. Workaround None.
CSCus60826	Mobile: Processing Publish will not change automatically When you publish a video by using the Show and Share mobile application, the processing state does not refresh automatically. Workaround Manually refresh the page to update the processing status.
CSCus60822	Mobile: Thumbnail is not available for video having duration less than 3 seconds When you record and publish a video by using the Show and Share mobile application that is less than three seconds, there is no thumbnail for the video. Workaround None.
CSCus93004	Selected user count mismatch on User Roles When you search for users by their role assignments, there is a count mismatch in the search results. Workaround None.
CSCus36228	Retains Approved state in spite of Hidden When publishing multiple videos simultaneously, there are issues with the video status (Approved, Hidden, Published) after refreshing the page. Workaround None.
CSCus03418	Video listed under both Processing and Draft state while processing When a Cisco MXE 3500 is enabled for video transcoding and you upload a video, the video appears as both Processing and Draft in your Uploaded tab. Workaround None.
CSCus17058	Thumbnails of the split videos do not show up after Saving the video If you split an.mp4 video in segments and then rearrange the segments, the thumbnails do not appear after clicking Save. Workaround None.
CSCus82801	Full screen button for wmv video is not working When you pause a.wmv video, clicking on the full screen button has no effect. Workaround None.
CSCur95973	After MXE ‘processing-publish’ status video listing displays as ‘draft’ When a Cisco MXE 3500 is enabled for video transcoding and you upload and publish a video, the video status remains as Draft after processing and publishing is complete. Clicking the Play button returns a “video not found” error. Workaround None.
CSCus07999	Behavior change in Edit Video if managing published video with slides When you upload a video and add synchronized slides, there could be issues if you edit the video and remove all slides except for one. Also, if you then add a.zip file of slides, there could be a duplicated slide. Workaround None.

Related Documentation

For Cisco Show and Share see the product documentation at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/conferencing/show-share/tsd-products-support-series-home.html

For Cisco DMM see the product documentation at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/video/digital-media-manager/tsd-products-support-series-home.html

For a list of all Cisco DMS product documentation, see the Documentation Roadmap at the following URL:

http://cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6681/products_documentation_roadmaps_list.html

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