Implementing Advanced TelePresence Video Solutions Part 2, v1.0 (PAIATVS2) - CISCO

1. TelePresence MSE 8000, TelePresence Server, and TIP

• Cisco TelePresence MSE 8000
  • Hardware
• Chassis
• Backplane
• Power Requirements
• Fans
• Card Slots
  • Common Installation Problems
  • Chassis Warning Lights
  • Supervisor Blade Operation
  • Power Consumption Calculation
  • Blade Features
• Cisco Telepresence Server
  • Hardware Options (8710, 7010)
  • Key Software Features
  • Initial System Configuration
  • Perform a Software Upgrade
  • Manage Endpoints
  • Set Up and Manage Conferences
  • Undertake Diagnostics
  • Collect and View Log Files
  • Search the TANDBERG Documentation Web Site
  • Telepresence Interoperability and Telepresence Interoperability Protocol
  • Support for Cisco Endpoints,
  • Configuration of CUCM, VCS, and TS
• TIP and Cisco Interoperation Support
  • TIP Defined
  • Interoperation between the TIP and SIP Endpoints
  • TIP Deployment Scenarios

2. Telepresence Content Server (TCS)

• Basic Features
  • System Hardware Components
  • Capacity
  • Supported Layouts
  • Premium Resolution Option
  • Web Streaming Formats
• True Streaming
• Progressive Download
  • Unicast and Multicast Streaming Options
  • File Formats Used
  • Storage Space Required
• Common Streaming Protocols
  • HTTP and RTSP
  • True Streaming vs. Progressive Download
  • Unicast vs. Multicast
• Configuration and Operation
  • Register to a Gatekeeper in Gateway Mode and to SIP Server
  • Add Users
  • Create a Recording Alias with a Specific Viewing Output
  • Ad Hoc Alias Recording
  • Edit Recordings
• Trimming
• Adding Outputs for Downloading
• Publishing
  • Add to TMS and Schedule a Recording
  • Endpoint Playback Address
  • Export a Recording and Import to Another TCS
• Extending TCS Functionality
  • Using NAS Storage
  • Automatic Distribution
  • Clustering TCSS
  • External Streaming Servers

3. Call Control

• Registration
  • H.323 and SIP Registration
  • H.323 Call Signaling
  • Optimal Call Routing
  • Set Up a VCS Control
  • Register Both SIP and H.323 Endpoints
  • Make Test Calls
• Security
  • Allow and Deny Lists Using Exact Match, Prefix, and Suffix
  • Authentication Using the Local Database
• Subzones
  • Splitting Local Endpoints Into Subzones
  • Links, Pipes, and Local Zones
  • Default and Traversal Subzones
  • Determine Which Subzone an Endpoint is Registered to
  • Configure Subzones and Apply Bandwidth Restrictions
• Zones
  • Flat, Structured, and Hierarchical Dial Plans
  • Zone Pattern Matching
  • Configure a Neighbor Zone on the VCS
  • Call Looping
• Backups and Upgrades
  • Configuration Backup and Restore
• Traversal Zones
  • Traverse Video through a Firewall
  • H.460 and Assent Firewall Protocols
• Differences
• Firewall Port Configurations
  • Configure a Server Traversal Zone on a VCS Expressway
  • Configure a Client Traversal Zone on a VCS Control for SIP and H.323
  • Simple, Typical, Mutual, and DMZ Solutions
• Call Policy
  • Use Transforms to Provide Least Cost and Alternative Routing
  • Configure Transform Rules
  • Prioritize Transforms
  • Use Call Policy to Prevent Endpoints from Contacting Others
• Findme™
  • Add Local Users to the VCS
  • Findme Application
  • Manually Configure and Test Individual Accounts
  • Interworking the VCS
  • Test Calls Between H.323 and SIP Endpoints
• Searches
  • Check for Transforms, Administrator, and User Policy
  • Searching Zones, Subzones and Priority Order
  • Bandwidth Restrictions
• Between Subzones
• Between Subzone and Zone
• Within a Subzone
• TAC Files
  • Use the Search History and Event Log
  • Use the Call Log and Search Details
  • Determine the Route Taken and Bandwidth Used by a Call
  • View Statistics and Status Information
  • View and Acknowledge Warnings from the Web Interface
  • Details from the VCS to Send to TAC
  • Incident Reporting Capabilities
• Certificates
  • Significance of Security Certificates
  • Install Security Certificates
  • Benefits and Problems of Advanced Account Security
• Presence
  • How Presence Works
  • Presence Server and Presence User Agent (PUA)
  • Presence Deployments
• Presence with a Single VCS
• Presence and Neighboring
• Presence and Expressway
• LDAP Authentication
  • Authenticate Endpoints Using H.235 Authentication, Additional Admin Accounts, and User Accounts
  • Findme Account Authentication
• Calls to Unregistered Endpoints
  • Control Calls to Unregistered IP Addresses
  • Direct and Indirect Firewall Traversal Modes
• Regular Expressions
  • Purpose
  • Where They Can Be Used on the VCS
  • Performing Tests and Transforms
• ENUM and DNS Dialing
  • Format
  • Neighbor Zones When DNS Dialing Is Not Available
  • Configure DNS Records
  • Configure the VCS for URI Dialing
• Conference Factory
  • Systems Necessary to Implement Multiway™
  • Configure Systems to Implement Multiway
  • How Multiway Works
• Redundancy
  • How Clustering Works with VCS
  • How Replication Happens
  • Implement and Configure a Cluster Involving a Master and Cluster Peers

4. Provisioning

• Documentation
  • Deployment Guide
  • Troubleshooting Guide
  • Movi Administrator Guide
  • Movi User Guide
  • Movi Software Release Notes
• System Components
  • Cisco Telepresence VCS
• TMS Agent
• Opends
  • Cisco Telepresence Management Suite
• User Management
• Movi Licence Management
• Phone Book Management
  • Cisco TMS Agent
• Opends
• Movi and E20 Clients
• Configuration
  • Set Up the Cisco VCS For Provisioning
  • Set Up the Cisco TMS For Provisioning
• Provisioning User Accounts
  • Edit the Provisioning Dial Plan
  • Configure the External Source (AD)
  • Add Groups
  • Import Users From AD
  • Manually Add Users
  • Add Phone Books
  • Configure Findme
  • Configure the E-Mail Template
  • Deploy the Cisco E20
• Troubleshooting
  • Run the TMS Agent Diagnosis
  • Fix Problems
  • Schedule Time For Diagnosis
  • TMS, VCS, Movi, And E20 Client Logs
  • Use Wireshark
  • Common Problems