Cisco TelePresence Conductor

Cisco TelePresence Conductor

Administrator Guide

First Published: September 2016 Last Updated: January 2017 XC4.3

Cisco Systems, Inc.

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Contents

Introduction to the Cisco TelePresence Conductor

9

About the Cisco TelePresence Conductor

9

Cisco TelePresence Conductor Features

9

What's New in This Version?

10

Using the Web Interface

10

Logging in to the Web Interface

10

Web Page Features and Layout

10

Supported Browsers and Characters

12

TelePresence Conductor Capacity Versions

13

Using the TelePresence Conductor Without a Release Key

13

Before You Start

15

Configuring Conference Bridges for Use with the TelePresence Conductor

15

Configuring Call Control Device(s) for Use with the TelePresence Conductor

15

Configuring Endpoints for Use with the TelePresence Conductor

16

Designing a Dial Plan

16

About Dial Plans

16

General Considerations

16

Considerations in a Cisco VCS-Only Deployment

17

Overview of Conference Types

18

Provisioning Conferences

18

Scheduling Conferences

19

Calculating the Resource Demands of a Conference

23

Configuration Overview

23

Configuring TelePresence Conductor in a Cisco VCS Deployment

23

Configuring TelePresence Conductor in a Unified CM Deployment

26

Configuration Limits

28

Configuring System Settings

29

Configuring System Administration Settings

29

Configuring HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)

31

Configuring the TelePresence Conductor Using the Front Panel

31

Configuring Ethernet Settings

32

Configuring IP Settings

33

Configuration

33

Primary LAN 1 IP Address

33

Additional Addresses for LAN 1

33

Configuring DNS Settings

33

DNS Settings

33

DNS Servers

34

Configuring Time Settings

35

Configuring the NTP Servers

35

Displaying NTP Status Information

36

TelePresence Conductor Time Display and Time Zone

36

Configuring SNMP Settings

37

Configuring Firewall Rules

39

Setting Up and Activating Firewall Rules

39

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Current Active Firewall Rules

41

Configuring Automated Intrusion Protection

41

Enabling Automated Protection

41

Configuring Protection Categories

41

Configuring Exemptions

42

Managing Blocked Addresses

43

Investigating Access Failures and Intrusions

43

Automated Protection Service and Clustered Systems

43

Additional Information

43

Configuring the Login Page

44

Managing Conference Bridges

45

About Conference Bridges

45

Creating Conference Bridge Pools

45

Adding, Editing, Disabling and Deleting Conference Bridges

46

Adding and Editing Conference Bridges

46

Busying Out Conference Bridges

49

Deleting Conference Bridges

50

Viewing All Conference Bridges Across All Pools

50

Moving a Conference Bridge Between Pools

50

Adding or Editing Quality Settings

50

Changing Global Conference Bridge Settings

51

Changing the Conference Bridge Retry Interval

52

Setting the Threshold for Raising Conference Bridge Resource Usage Alarms

52

Conference Bridge Response Time

53

Configuring Conferences

55

Selecting the Preferred Conference Bridges for a Conference

55

Creating a Service Preference

55

Adding Pools to the Service Preference

56

Marking Pools to be Used for Scheduling

56

Cascading Conferences Across Conference Bridges and Conference Bridge Pools

57

Creating and Editing Conference Templates

58

Adding and Editing Advanced Template Parameters

66

Example TelePresence Server Custom Parameters

73

About Resource Allocation

75

Resource Reservation and Allocation on the TelePresence MCU

75

Resource Reservation and Allocation on the TelePresence Server

77

Limiting the Number of Participants in a Conference

80

Creating and Editing Conference Aliases

80

Conference Name Length

82

Creating and Editing Auto-Dialed Participants

82

Using Auto-Dialed Participants and Multiway

85

Sending DTMF Tones to an Auto-Dialed Participant

86

What if an Auto-Dialed Participant Cannot be Reached?

86

Adding and Editing Advanced Auto-Dialed Participant Parameters

86

About Host and Guest Roles

90

Assigning Roles

90

Awareness of Roles

91

Differences Between Host and Guest Roles

92

Creating and Editing Locations

93

Creating and Editing Pre-configured Endpoints

95

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Adding and Editing Pre-configured Endpoint Codecs

98

Using Call Policy

99

About Call Policy

99

When to Use Cisco VCS or TelePresence Conductor Call Policy

99

Defaults

100

Configuring Call Policy

100

Example Usage

100

Configuring Global Settings

101

Configuring SIP Domain Override Settings

101

Configuring Conference Placement

101

Configuring Conference Localization

102

Scheduling a WebEx Conference on the TelePresence Conductor

102

Configuring Users

105

Configuring Administrator Accounts

105

Configuring Remote Account Authentication Using LDAP

107

Checking the LDAP Server Connection Status

109

Configuring Administrator Groups

110

Viewing Active Administrator Sessions

111

Configuring Password Security

111

Configuring the Root Account

112

Changing the Root Account Password

112

Enabling and Disabling Access over SSH

113

Resetting Forgotten Passwords

113

Resetting Your Administrator Password If You Still Have Access to the Root Account 113

Resetting Your Administrator Password or Root Password on a VM

113

Resetting your Administrator Password or Root Password on an Appliance

114

Viewing Status

115

Getting a Status Overview

115

Alarms

116

Viewing Alarms

116

Actioning Alarms

116

Acknowledging Alarms

117

Deleting Alarms

117

Alarm Information

117

Alarm Severity

117

Conference Bridge Status

118

Conferences Status

118

Conference Participants Status

119

Collaboration Meeting Rooms

120

Searching Collaboration Meeting Rooms

120

Viewing Collaboration Meeting Rooms

120

Call Status Information

123

Call Status

123

Event Log

124

About the Event Log

124

Filtering the Event Log

124

Reconfiguring the log settings

125

Saving the Results to a Local Disk

125

Viewing Events

125

Event Log Color Coding

125

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