August 31, 2023

• Updated the structure and added information on newly introduced APIs in Video Mesh Node APIs.

• Deleted a note and One Button to Push (OBTP) information from Call Control and Meeting Integration Requirements for Video Mesh.

• Added a note regarding poll interval for failover in Set the Network Configuration of the Video Mesh Node in the Console and Configure Network Settings From Video Mesh Node Web Interface.

• Updated supported versions of VMware ESXi throughout the guide.

July 31, 2023

• Added Webhooks for Video Mesh alerts.

July 28, 2023

• Added Video Mesh Node APIs.

June 15, 2023

• Updated nomenclature from "Webex app app" to "Webex app" throughout.

• Updated Webex Video Mesh Overview to state that E2EE meetings are now supported on Video Mesh.

• Removed outdated information and updated a note in Webex Video Mesh Overview.

• Updated Clients and Devices That Use Video Mesh Node to state that web client is now supported on Video Mesh and removed outdated information.

• Added a note in System and Platform Requirements for Video Mesh Node Software stating that demo environments are not Cisco TAC supported.

• Updated information in the On-Premises and Cloud Call section.

• Deleted a note in Cloud Cluster Selection for Overflow Based on 250 ms or Higher STUN Round-Trip Delay .

• Updated information in Ports and Protocols for Webex Meetings Traffic.

• Removed outdated information from Register the Video Mesh Node to the Webex Cloud and Support and Limitations for Private Meetings.

• Updated steps and removed outdated information from Enable Video Mesh for the Webex Site.

• Updated information in Deactivate Video Mesh.

• Updated Ports and Protocols for Management, Traffic Signatures for Video Mesh (Quality of Service Enabled), and Traffic Signatures for Video Mesh (Quality of Service Disabled) to reflect the latest ports and protocols used by Video Mesh. Updated the images impacted by the changes.

• Removed 444 port references from Requirements for Proxy Support for Video Mesh, Ports and Protocols for Management, Configure Video Mesh Node for Proxy Integration, and Configure Video Mesh Node for Proxy Integration.

• Updated port ranges in Quality of Service on Video Mesh Node, Enable Quality of Service (QoS) for Video Mesh Node, and Ports and Protocols for Webex Meetings Traffic.

• Added a note on monitoring test failures in Run an Immediate Test and Configure periodic tests.

• Added a note and updated a caution strongly recommending the use of latest software package (OVA) for deployments in Install and Configure Video Mesh Node Software.

• Updated a caution regarding nodes placed in maintenance mode in Manage Video Mesh Node From the Web Interface and Manage Video Mesh Node From the Console.

• Updated Video Mesh Analytics section to reflect the latest UI changes.

March 27, 2023

• Updated System and Platform Requirements for Video Mesh Node Software with the latest hardware configurations and added Bandwidth Requirements.

March 02, 2023

• Added information on tests that the monitoring tool runs in Monitoring Tool for Video Mesh.

• Changed steps to access the monitoring tool overview page in Run an Immediate Test and Configure periodic tests.

• Added information on viewing and filtering results in Run an Immediate Test and Configure periodic tests.

• Updated Enable Video Mesh for the Webex Site.

July 7, 2022

• Updated the capacity estimates in Capacity for Video Mesh nodes.

• Removed mentions of the obsolete MM410v server throughout.

June 30, 2022

Added information on the new bulk provisioning scripts at https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/webex-video-mesh-node-provisioning.

June 14, 2022

Changed steps to exchange certificate chains to include ECDSA certificates in Exchange Certificate Chains Between Unified CM and Video Mesh Nodes

May 18, 2022

Changed the download site for the Reflector Tool to https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/webex-video-mesh-reflector-client.

April 29,2022

Added information on the new feature in Keep your media on Video Mesh for all external Webex meetings.

March 25, 2022

Updates to port usage in Ports and Protocols for Management.

Decemeber 10, 2021

Added CMS 2000 and noted upgrade issue for older CMS 1000s upgrading to ESXi 7 in System and Platform Requirements for Video Mesh Node Software.

August 30, 2021

Added information on verifying that Webex has the correct source country for your deployment in Verify That the Source Country Is Correct.

August 27, 2021

Added note on analytics reports visibility in Support and Limitations for Private Meetings.

August 13, 2021

Added information on the new Private Meetings feature in:

• Clusters in Video Mesh

• Private Meeting Call

• Private Meetings

July 22, 2021

Added information on how to verify that the system has the correct source location for calls. Correct source locations aid in efficient routing. See Verify That the Source Country Is Correct.

June 25, 2021

Noted that the Full Featured Webex Experience feature of the Webex App is incompatible with Video Mesh in Clients and Devices That Use Video Mesh Node.

May 7, 2021

Corrected the recommended cluster size to 100 in Guidelines for Video Mesh Cluster Deployment.

April 12, 2021

Updated Configure Expressway TCP SIP Traffic Routing for Video Mesh to use the Webex zone, instead of a new DNS zone.

February 9, 2021

• Added information on the new Go to Node in Control Hub to Access Overview of Webex Video Mesh Node From Web Interface.

• Added Disable or Re-enable the Local Admin Account From Web Interface section to describe new functionality.

• In each section that uses the node web interface, updated the steps to indicate how to access the interface from Control Hub.

• Added Upload Security Certificates.

• Added Set External Logging to a Syslog Server.

December 11, 2020

• In Enable or Disable DNS Cachi, added information on DNS Cache wiping.

October 22, 2020

• In Ports and Protocols for Webex Meetings Traffic, added SIP signaling port requirements.

• Removed reference to cloudfront.net which is no longer used by the service.

• Reduced the IP address range that is reserved for Webex Video Mesh Node internal use from the original 172.17.0.0–172.17.255.255 (65,536 addresses) to 172.17.42.0–172.17.42.63 (64 addresses).

• Added Webex Events support to Video Mesh Overview.

• Added new section Enable or Disable DNS Cachi.

August 4, 2020

• Updated the following sections for short video address support:

  • Integrate Video Mesh With Call Control Task Flow

  • Configure Unified CM Secure TLS SIP Traffic Routing for Video Mesh

  • Configure Unified CM TCP SIP Traffic Routing for Video Mesh

  • Configure Expressway TCP SIP Traffic Routing for Video Mesh

• Updated the "VMNLite Call Capacity Benchmark" section of Call Capacity on Video Mesh Node Platforms.

• Added new section Set the Network Interface MTU Sizes.

June 26, 2020

• Added information about the new VMNLite deployment option in:

  • Call Capacity on Video Mesh Node Platforms

  • System and Platform Requirements for Video Mesh Node Software

  • Install and Configure Video Mesh Node Software

• Removed mentions of default NTP server because the OVA no longer has a default NTP server value.

• Updated Generate Video Mesh Packet Captures for Support with new filtering options.

• Added information about the new weekly automatic software upgrade scheduling option in:

  • Register the Video Mesh Node to the Webex Cloud

  • Set Video Mesh Cluster Upgrade Schedule

• Added new sections in "Manage Webex Video Mesh Node From the Web Interface":

  • Set the External Network Interface from the Video Mesh Node Web Interface

  • Add Internal and External Routing Rules

  • Configure Container Network From Webex Video Mesh Node Web Interface

• Fixed a mistake in the granularity of the horizontal axis in "Access, Filter, and Save Webex Video Mesh Troubleshooting" (the values were switched between the Last 7 Days and Last 24 Hours options).

January 22, 2020

• Added new section: "Factory Reset a Webex Video Mesh Node From The Web Interface".

• Added more details on connectivity checks in the "Manage Webex Video Mesh Node from the Web Interface" section.

• Added in-room wireless share to the "Clients and Devices That Use Webex Video Mesh Node" section.

December 12, 2019

• Added change passphrase and passphrase expiry procedures to the "Manage Webex Video Mesh Node From the Web Interface" section in the Manage and Troubleshoot chapter.

December 10, 2019

• Added the following information and port ranges to the traffic signature tables (for QoS enabled and disabled:

  • Source IP Address: Video Mesh Node

  • Destination IP Address: Webex cloud media services

  • Source UDP Ports: 35000 to 52499

  • Destination UDP Ports: 5004

  • Native DSCP Marking: AF41

  • Media Type: Test STUN packets

• Renamed the "Bandwidth Guidelines" section to "Video Quality and Scaling", and added a link to the Preferred Architecture documentation.

• In the Unified CM TLS configuration, our guide erroneously stated to configure a non-secure SIP trunk for Webex cloud failover. Corrected the statement to say to create a SIP trunk (you can configure it as either secure or non-secure).

November 4, 2019

• Retired old analytics content and added new section.

• In the "Exchange Certificates" section, added information about the Subject Alternative Name(s) field and added the following note in the Before You Begin section: "For security reasons, we recommend that you use a CA signed certificate on your Video Mesh nodes instead of the node's default self-signed certificate."

• Updated the description of the 1080p Control Hub setting to clarify that this setting affects call capacity and only applies to on-premises SIP registered devices. See Enable 1080p HD Video for On-Premises SIP Devices in Video Mesh Node Meetings for more information.

• Updated the supported device and endpoints table to list only the tested cloud-registered devices.

September 26, 2019

• Added new section Configure Network Settings from Video Mesh Node Web Interface.

• Fixed the description if the Resource Utilization report. It now states: "Average resource utilization for the media microservices used in the Video Mesh clusters."

• Added a note to the capacity section: "Overflows on low call volume (especially SIP calls that originate on-premises) are not a true reflection of scale. Video Mesh analytics (under Control Hub > Resources > Call Activity) indicate the call legs that originate on-premises; they do no specify the call streams that came in through the cascade to the Video Mesh node for media processing. As remote participant numbers increase in a meeting, the resulting cascade increases and consumes on-premises media resources on the Video Mesh node."

September 13, 2019

• Updated Install and Configure Video Mesh Node Software with network configuration steps that appear on the Customize template page.

• Updated System and Platform Requirements for Video Mesh Node Software with 72vCPUs (the equivalent of CMS 1000) for specifications-based configuration.

• Added Explicit Proxy and supported authentication types for explicit proxy configurations (No auth, Basic, Digest, NTLM).

  • Proxy Support for Edge Video Mesh

  • Requirements for Proxy Support for Video Mesh

  • Configure Webex Video Mesh Node for Proxy Integration

• Added Supported Resolutions and Framerates for Video Mesh.

• Updated Clients and Devices That Use Video Mesh Node to indicate that Webex Call My Video System to Webex cloud-registered video devices uses Video Mesh node.

July 24, 2019

• In the Manage Webex Video Mesh Node From the Web Interface section, made the following updates:

  • Added new sections for Ping test, Trace Route test, NTP Server test, Reflector Tool, and Debug User Account.

  • Updated the Overview section—Removed cascades from the screenshot and added OS version.

• Moved "Manage Video Mesh from the Console" content to the Appendix of the guide.

• Renamed "Manage Webex Video Mesh" chapter to "Manage and Troubleshoot Webex Video Mesh" and moved registration troubleshooting content to that chapter.

July 9, 2019

• In Call Control and Meeting Integration Requirements for Video Mesh, updated minimum supported versions for Unified CM, Expressway, and Webex sites.

• In Clients and Devices That Use Video Mesh Node, added supported versions of Jabber VDI and Webex VDI (they are SIP clients). Also added a testing disclaimer.

May 24, 2019

• Added new sections on the troubleshooting features and updated overview screen in the Video Mesh node web interface:

  • Generate Webex Video Mesh Logs for Support

  • Generate Webex Video Mesh Packet Captures for Support

  • Access Overview of Webex Video Mesh Node From Web Interface

April 25, 2019

• Updated Manage and TroubleshootWebex Video Mesh to state that Control Hub maintenance mode is required before performance any maintenance on Video Mesh nodes.

April 11, 2019

• Removed outdated information from Bandwidth Requirements. Updated the content and diagrams, and changed the section name to Video Quality and Scaling for Video Mesh.