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Administration Center Page References

In the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Administration Center, the title of each page appears in the blue bar beneath the “Cisco Unified MeetingPlace System Administration Center” banner.

This module describes the fields and options on each page, presented in alphabetical order by page title.

Ad-Hoc Cisco Unified Communications Manager Configuration Page

Note Ad-hoc conferencing is only available on MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only systems.

Use this page to configure TFTP server IP addresses for ad-hoc conferencing.

To find this page, select System Configuration > Call Configuration > Ad-Hoc Cisco Unified Communications Manager Configuration.

Table 1 Field Reference: Ad-Hoc Cisco Unified Communications Manager Configuration Page

Field Description

Enable SCCP Use this field to enable or to disable Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP) for ad-hoc conferencing on the server.

Default: No

Primary TFTP server Primary Cisco Unified Communications Manager (formerly called Cisco Unified CallManager) TFTP server IP address.

Default: 0

Port Primary TFTP server port number.

Note The Cisco Unified Communications Manager TFTP server typically runs on port 69.

Range: 1 to 65535

Default: 69

Backup TFTP server 1 First backup Cisco Unified Communications Manager TFTP server IP address.

Default: 0

1For the most recent version of this content, see the individual guides on cisco.com.

Administration Center Page ReferencesAdd Video Type Page

Related Topics

• Configuring Ad-Hoc Conferencing

Add Meeting Categories Page

Note This page is only available on MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments.

To find this page, select System Configuration > Meeting Categories > Add New.

Port First backup TFTP server port number.


Range: 1 to 65535

Default: 69

Backup TFTP server 2 Second backup Cisco Unified Communications Manager TFTP server IP address.

Default: 0

Port Second backup TFTP server port number.


Range: 1 to 65535

Default: 69

Application server MAC address

Display only. MAC address of the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Application Server.

Use the value in this field to identify the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace server as the conference bridge in Cisco Unified Communications Manager configuration.

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Registration Information

Current Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Display only. The current Cisco Unified Communications Manager TFTP server that is currently in use.

Status Display only. Whether Cisco Unified MeetingPlace is registered with the Cisco Unified Communications Manager TFTP server.

Table 1 Field Reference: Ad-Hoc Cisco Unified Communications Manager Configuration Page (continued)

Field Description

Table 2 Field Reference: Add Meeting Categories Page and Edit Meeting Categories Page

Field Description

Name Identifies the meeting category on the scheduling page and in meeting details.

Owner Username of the meeting category owner.

Last modified by Username of the last person to modify the meeting category.

Last modified time Date and time the category was last modified.

Description Enter a description that will help system administrators maintain the meeting categories, for example, how to distinguish one meeting category from another.


Administration Center Page ReferencesAdd Video Terminal Profile Page

Related Topics

• Configuring Meeting Categories on MeetingPlace-Scheduled and Audio-Only Systems

• Meeting Categories Page, page 75

Add and Edit Node Page

Note This page is only available on WebEx-managed deployments.

Use this page to add and edit nodes on your multinode configuration. To find this page, select Topology Management > Nodes and select Add New to configure a new node or Edit to edit an existing node.

Add and Edit Site Page


Use this page to add and edit sites to your multinode configuration. To find this page, select Topology Management > Sites and select Add New to configure a new site or Edit to edit an existing site.

Table 3 Field Reference: Add/Edit Node Dialog Box

Field Description

Name Enter a unique name for the node.

Hostname The hostname or IP address of the node. This field is not configurable in Edit mode. To change a hostname after a node has been added to your system you must delete and re-add the node.

"mpxadmin" user password

"mpxadmin" user password confirm

Enter and confirm a password for your mpxadmin credentials.

Note This field appears only when you add a node.

Description Provide a description of the node and its function. For example, “Primary Meeting Director node for main campus.”

Region Specify the region. This field is only usable when adding a node. This field is not configurable in Edit mode. To change a region name after it has been added to your system you must delete and re-add the region.

Site Specify the site. You can select a site when adding a node or change the site of an existing node.

Note This field appears only when you add a node.



Table 4 Field Reference: Add/Edit Site Page

Field Description

Site Information

Name The name of the site. Sites are assigned a default name that you can optionally change.

Description Description of the site.

Region The region the site belongs to. You can change the region to another region on your system.

Media mode The media mode for high-quality or high-capacity codecs:

• High Capacity (G711 codec only, with AGC; external device required for LEC)

• High Quality (all codecs, with AGC, LEC and Noise cancellation)

• Default: High Capacity

Video enabled Whether or not conferences hosted at the site can use video.

Default: No

Average meeting size The projected average number of participants hosted by the nodes in the site. This value is used to limit the risk of starting additional meetings at a site when there are insufficient ports to satisfy the requirements for the meeting.

When you start a meeting on a node, Cisco Unified MeetingPlace attempts to account for the number of ports that are required based on the number you configure for this setting. This setting does not prevent a meeting from exceeding the average meeting size. However, the higher you set the average meeting size the lower the number of meetings you can start on a node at this site.

If you host large meetings on the nodes of a given site, this setting can help prevent issues from occurring.

This field is set to a minimum restricted value of zero. The maximum value for this field depends on the selected Media mode option:

• For high capacity media mode, the range is (0-500)

• For high quality media mode, the range is (0-75)

Restrictions: (2–500)

Default: 4

Maximum meeting size The projected maximum number of participants hosted by the nodes in the site.

The maximum value for this field depends on the selected Media mode option:

• For high capacity media mode, the range is (2-1000)

• For high quality media mode, the range is (2-150)

Restrictions: (2–1000)

Default: 25



Allow overflow meetings from other sites

Whether or not the site can host meetings for users who are associated with the site only.

Select Yes to allow nodes on this site to host meetings from other sites when those sites have an overflow condition. Select No to prevent nodes on this site from hosting meetings from nodes on other sites.

Overflow occurs when the Meeting Director Broker (MBD) determines that there is no node in a site that can host a meeting. The MBD selects a node from another site (or a site in another region) in the system to host the meeting.

The following conditions can cause an overflow:

• All nodes in a site are used to capacity.

• All nodes in a site are inactive.

• A combination of the above two conditions occurs.

Default: Yes

24-hour time Whether to show meeting times by a 24-hour clock.

Default: No

Time Zones

Available time zones

Time zones for this site

Select time zone for the site from the list of available time zones and click the arrow symbol to move your selected time zones to the Available on site list. The Selected time zone details field displays information on your selected time zones.

Alarms

Call out on major alarm

Phone number to call on alarm

Whether the system places a call to the specified phone number1 if an error condition affects system operation.

Recommendation: Yes

Restriction: The + character is allowed only as the first character in the field.

Default: No

Dial attendant on timeout Whether callers are transferred to the attendant in these situations:

• Caller dials 0 for operator assistance.

• Caller does not enter a number at a voice prompt.

Default: No

Attendant phone Phone number that callers are routed to if they do not press a number at a voice prompt or press 0 for operator assistance.1

Tip Make sure that the people at this phone number are available and trained to provide assistance for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.


Table 4 Field Reference: Add/Edit Site Page (continued)

Field Description



Add SNMP Community String PageTo find this page, select Maintenance > SNMP > Community Strings > Add New.

Pager Settings

Prefix string Number string required by certain paging services in some counties. Cisco Unified MeetingPlace adds this string at beginning of all pages.

Keep this field blank if users' paging services do not require prefix string.

Supported characters: 0, 1, 2, 3, #, and *

Suffix string Number string required by certain paging services in some counties. Cisco Unified MeetingPlace adds this string at the end of all pages.

Keep this field blank if users' paging services do not require suffix string.


Languages

Language 1

Language 2

Language 3

Language 4

Language 5

Language 6

Language 7

Language 8

Enabled languages. The Language 1 field sets the default system-wide language.

• If the languages license is installed, the number of active language fields (up to four fields) is determined by the number of installed languages.

• If the languages license is not installed, only the Language 1 field appears.

Restriction: You must restart2 the system to enable or disable a language. You do not need to restart the system to switch the order in which the languages appear in these fields.

Caution A system restart terminates all existing call connections. Proceed only during a scheduled maintenance period or during a period of extremely low usage.

Default: English (US)

1. The required format for phone numbers is determined by the call-control device for your IP telephony network. Therefore, enter phone numbers in the same format used to dial similar numbers from a phone on the same IP telephony network as Cisco Unified MeetingPlace. For example, if calls within your company are made by dialing the last four digits of a phone number, enter only the last four digits in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace for internal phone numbers. If, however, you want Cisco Unified MeetingPlace to call a phone in a different area code, you might need to include 91 and the complete phone number including the area code.

2. A system restart terminates all existing call connections. Proceed only during a scheduled maintenance period or during a period of extremely low usage. To restart the system, enter sudo mpx_sys restart in the CLI of the Application Server. For information about signing into the CLI, see Using the Command-Line Interface (CLI) on the Application Server.

Table 4 Field Reference: Add/Edit Site Page (continued)

Field Description

Table 5 Field Reference: Add SNMP Community String Page and Edit SNMP Community String Page

Field Description

Community string Name of the SNMP community string.

Restriction: No spaces allowed.

Accept SNMP packets from any host Allows the SNMP community string to accept SNMP packets from any host.



Related Topics

• Configuring SNMP on the Application Server

Add SNMP Notification Destination PageTo find this page, select Maintenance > SNMP > Notification Destinations > Add New.

Related Topics


Accept SNMP packets only from these hosts Allows the SNMP community string to accept SNMP packets only from hosts that you specify.

Host IP addresses If you select the Accept SNMP packets only from these hosts radio button, this field lists all hosts from which this SNMP community string can accept SNMP packets.

Enter an IP address and select Insert to allow the SNMP community string to accept SNMP packets from this host. Add additional hosts as necessary.

To remove a host from this list, highlight the IP address and select Remove.

Access privileges The access privilege given to this SNMP community string. Access privileges provide security by restricting the ability to alter the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace system.

Default: ReadOnly

Table 5 Field Reference: Add SNMP Community String Page and Edit SNMP Community String Page (continued)

Field Description

Table 6 Field Reference: Add SNMP Notification Destination Page and Edit SNMP Notification Destination Page

Field Description

Destination IP address Restriction: Each notification destination must have a unique IP address.

Port number The port number for the notification destination.

SNMP version SNMP version 1 supports only traps. SNMP version 2c supports both traps and inform notification types.

Notification type Dimmed if you select SNMP version 1. SNMP version 3 provides important security features: confidentiality, integrity and authentication.

Default: trap

Community string SNMP community string to associate with this notification destination.



Add SNMP USM User PageTo find this page, select Maintenance > SNMP > USM Users > Add New.

Add Translation Rule Page


To find this page, select System Configuration > Call Configuration > Auto Attend Translation Configuration > Add New.

Table 7 Field Reference: Add/Edit SNMP USM User

Field Description

USM User Enter a USM user name.

Security Level Select the security level for the user. You can set the user to have an authentication algorithm and privacy algorithm, no authentication algorithm or privacy algorithm, or an authentication algorithm with no privacy algorithm.

Default: noAuthNoPriv (no authentication algorithm or privacy algorithm)

Auth Algorithm Select the authentication algorithm. This field can only be set if the security level is set to authNoPriv or authPriv.

Default: MD5

Auth Password Set the authentication password for the user.

Privacy Algorithm Select the privacy algorithm. This field can only be set if the security level is set to authPriv.

Default: DES

Privacy Password Set the privacy password.

Table 8 Field Reference: Add Translation Rule Page and Edit Translation Rule Page

Field Description

Description Enter information to help you and other system administrators understand the translation rule.

Example: Converts a 7-digit number to a 5-digit extension.

Digits to match Number of digits that must be in the incoming ANI1 in order for this rule to be applied.

Example: Suppose this field is set to 5:

• If the ANI is 50123, the system applies this rule.

• If the ANI is 0123 or 5550123, the system does not apply this rule.

Recommendation: The ANI can vary depending on whether calls are received from internal, external, long distance, or international sources. Use a large enough value to preserve uniqueness for ANI matches. We recommend a value of 4 or 5.

Restriction: You cannot modify the preconfigured translation rule, in which this field is set to 0. The system uses the preconfigured translation rule to find a user profile phone number that matches the incoming ANI exactly without adding or deleting any digits.



Related Topics

• Configuring the Auto Attend Feature on MeetingPlace-Scheduled and Audio-Only Deployments

• Auto Attend Translation Configuration Page, page 33

Add User Group PageTo find this page, select User Configuration > User Groups > Add New.

Note Most user group fields are identical to user profile fields. Therefore, Table 9 describes only the fields that are specific to user groups. For descriptions of all other user group fields, see Table 10 on page 11, “Field Reference: Add User Profile Page and Edit User Profile Page”.

Match string Apply this rule if this string matches the beginning of the ANI digits.

This string is removed from the ANI.

Example: If this field is set to 555, and the ANI is 5550123, remove the 555 to make the modified ANI equal to 0123.

Replace by Insert these digits at the beginning of the ANI.

Example: If this field is set to 5 and the ANI is 0123, the ANI becomes 50123.

1. ANI = automatic number ID, or the phone number from which the user called.

Table 8 Field Reference: Add Translation Rule Page and Edit Translation Rule Page

Field Description

Table 9 Field Reference: Add User Group Page and Edit User Group Page

Field Description

Name Name by which you want to identify the user group.

Recommendation: Use a name that describes the users in the group, such as “Marketing.”

Restriction: Unicode is not supported.

Number Number used to identify this user group.

Phone number for non-direct-dial pagers

Shared phone number for a non-direct-dial pager system.1

PIN numbers to access individual pagers are configured in the Pager number field in individual user profiles.

Restrictions:

• This field applies only to users whose individual user profiles are configured with a non-direct-dial pager PIN number in the Pager type field.

• Only these characters are used to call the pager: 0-9, #, and *.

All other characters are ignored by the system but generate INFO events in the system log.



Related Topics

• Adding or Editing a User Group Manually

• Specifying Languages for Users

• Configuring Reservationless Meetings

• Configuring Continuous Meetings

• Configuring Requirements for Meeting Passwords

• Restricting Access to Scheduled Meetings

• Configuring User Preferences for Email Notifications

Add User Profile PageTo find this page, select User Configuration > User Profiles > Add New.

Note Table 10 also describes fields for these pages:

• Add User Group Page and Edit User Group page in the Administration Center

For information about fields that are specific to user groups (not user profiles), see Table 9 on page 9.

• Add User Profile page and Edit User Profile page in MeetingPlace Conference Manager

For information about finding these pages in MeetingPlace Conference Manager:

– Adding a User Profile

– Updating a User Profile

Video Preferences

Available video types Video type that is made available as the group default in the Video Preferences section of the Add User Profile Page. This group default can be inherited by a user profile.

Restriction: If Can host audio/video meetings is set to Can host audio and video meetings, the fields in the Video Preferences section are available.

Default: Compatibility

Selected video type details

Details about the selected video type including the name, codec type, and bit rates.

All other user group fields are described in Table 10 on page 11, “Field Reference: Add User Profile Page and Edit User Profile Page”.


Table 9 Field Reference: Add User Group Page and Edit User Group Page

Field Description



Table 10 Field Reference: Add User Profile Page and Edit User Profile Page

Field Description

Identification

First name First name of the user. Used in meeting participant lists and in reports. For the guest profile, used in video labels of live conferences.

The value of this field in the guest profile is applied to guest users. In the guest profile, keep the default value or select a name that clearly indicates a guest meeting participant.

If you are creating a user profile for an auto-answer device, enter “autoanswerdevice” in this field. See “How to Configure Auto-Answer Devices”.

Restriction: (Cisco WebEx integration only) Do not leave this field blank.

Defaults for preconfigured user profiles: Guest (guest), Administrator (admin), Voice Recorder (recorder).

Last name Last name of the user. Used in meeting participant lists and reports.

The value of this field in the guest profile is applied to guest users. In the guest profile, keep the default value or select a name that clearly indicates a guest meeting participant.

Defaults for preconfigured user profiles: User (guest), Cisco Unified MeetingPlace (admin), Cisco WebEx (recorder).



Username Unique ID by which the user signs in to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace from a workstation.

Note Users enter the username and User password to sign in to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace from a workstation. Users enter the Profile number and Profile PIN to authenticate to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace from a touch-tone phone.

Note If you plan to use the Single Sign-On user authentication method, then the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace username must match the Microsoft Outlook username.

Restrictions:

• Unicode is not supported.

• Use U.S. alpha-numeric characters (a-z, 0-9) and the following characters: ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | }

• Must be 5–30 characters in length. A username that includes an @ symbol cannot exceed 28 characters, because the @ symbol requires a length of two characters.

• Uppercase characters are automatically converted to lowercase characters.

• If this field is dimmed and marked with a padlock icon, the user is authenticated by an external directory, and you cannot modify this field. See Methods for Adding User Profiles.

• For Cisco WebEx integration:

– Do not modify this field in an existing user profile. Doing so disables future sign ins to Cisco WebEx by the user. This is also true for system administrator access to the Cisco WebEx Site Administration.

Instead of modifying the Username, create a new user profile in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace and deactivate the previous user profile through the Cisco WebEx Site Administration.

• The first time you log in with a given username, you are logged in as a profiled user. Subsequent logins using the same username will be as a guest.

Defaults for preconfigured user profiles: guest (cannot modify), admin, recorder.

Table 10 Field Reference: Add User Profile Page and Edit User Profile Page (continued)

Field Description



User password

User password confirm

Password used to sign in to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace from a workstation.

Restrictions:

• Unicode is not supported.

• Use U.S. alpha-numeric characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9) and the following characters: ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | }

• Must be 5–24 characters in length.


• (Guest profile only) Leave this field blank in the preconfigured guest profile, because this guest profile field is inherited in all new user profiles.

• Password for the admin profile is set during the installation of the Application Server software.

Note If you are adding this information from MeetingPlace Conference Manager, the system permits you to see the password as you type it so that you can easily spell it out to users you are assisting.

Note You can configure additional password requirements by modifying your usage configuration settings. For more information, see Password and PIN Complexity Checks.

Last changed Display only. Date when the User password was last modified.

Restriction: This date does not apply to Directory Service users, whose passwords are stored and controlled by an external device. See Directory Service User Profile Configuration.

Force user password change at next sign-in

Force a user password change at the next sign-in.

Default: the default value that appears on this page is copied from the New users must change passwords at first sign-in on first sign-in on the Usage Configuration Page.

Note This field only appears when you are adding a new user.


Field Description



Profile number Unique number that identifies this user profile. Used to authenticate to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace from a touch-tone phone.

Note Profile numbers are limited to eight characters on systems configured for Cisco WebEx scheduling.

Recommendation: Use the phone extension or voice-mail number of the user.

Restrictions:

• If reservationless meetings are enabled on the system, these restrictions apply:

– You cannot configure a profile number that matches an existing meeting ID. Similarly, users will not be able to schedule a meeting whose meeting ID matches an existing profile number.

– If the profile number is longer than 17 digits, the user cannot own reservationless meetings. This is because meeting IDs cannot be longer than 17 digits (MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments only).

For more information about reservationless meetings, see Configuring Reservationless Meetings.

• This field is dimmed for the preconfigured recorder profile. To modify, see Configuring the Audio Recorder for MeetingPlace-Scheduling Deployments.

Defaults for preconfigured user profiles: 0000 (guest, cannot modify), 0001 (admin), 0002 (recorder).

Profile PIN

Profile PIN confirm

PIN used to authenticate to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace from a touch-tone phone.

Set this as a temporary default PIN. Users must change their profile PIN when they first connect to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.

Restrictions:


• This field is dimmed for the preconfigured guest profile.

• This field is dimmed for the preconfigured recorder profile. To modify, see Configuring the Audio Recorder for MeetingPlace-Scheduling Deployments.

Note If you are adding this information from MeetingPlace Conference Manager, the system permits you to see the password as you type it so that you can easily spell it out to users you are assisting.

Default for the admin profile: 24726 (CISCO)

The admin PIN is generated during installation. The user installing the software can set this PIN to any number. After the installation is finished, a user can verify this PIN by signing in over TUI.

Last changed Display only. Date when the Profile PIN was last modified.

Restriction: This date does not apply to Directory Service users, whose passwords are stored and controlled by an external device. See Directory Service User Profile Configuration.


Field Description



Force PIN change at next sign-in

Force a PIN change at the next sign-in.

Default: the default value that appears on this page is copied from the New users must change passwords at first sign-in on first sign-in on the Usage Configuration Page.

Note This field only appears when you are adding a new user.

User status Whether this profile is active, inactive, or locked.

A user with an inactive user profile cannot sign in. The user can still attend meetings that are not restricted to profiled users. See Changing the User Status in User Profiles.

Restriction: The preconfigured admin and recorder profiles cannot be locked.

Default: Group default (Active)

Type of user Type of user, the configuration of which restricts the privileges and access available to that user in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace. See the “About User Types” section on page 26.

Defaults:

• Guest profile: End user (cannot modify)

• Admin profile: System administrator (cannot modify)

• All others: End user

Group name Name of user group to which this user profile belongs.

Default: System


Field Description



Email address Email address used in email notifications. Must be in this format:

1. a-z, A-Z, 0-9

2. Optional:

a. One of these characters: _,.,-

b. a-z, A-Z, 0-9

3. @

4. a-z, A-Z, 0-9, -

5. .

6. ‘

7. a-z, A-Z, 0-9—Only 2-6 characters are allowed at the end

Examples:

• [email protected]

• [email protected]

Restrictions (Cisco WebEx integration only):

• Cannot exceed 64 characters.

• Must be unique, even among deactivated users on the Cisco WebEx site.

Recommendations:

• Admin profile—Enter a email alias. For Cisco WebEx integration, using a unique email alias will prevent email address conflicts with other user profiles.

• Guest profile—Leave this field blank, because this field is inherited by all new user profiles.

Email type and format

(MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments only)

Determines the following:

• Type of email notification sent to this user for scheduled meetings.

• Format in which this user sends and receives email notifications.

The value of this field in the guest profile is applied to guest users, who in this case are all meeting invitees that are not invited by profile.

Restriction: To enable the use of the Microsoft Exchange or IBM Lotus Notes formats, you first need to set up the integrations. See one of these documents:

• Integration Note for Installing and Configuring IBM Lotus Notes with Cisco Unified MeetingPlace at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/ps5664/ps5669/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html

• Enabling Microsoft Outlook Calendar Notifications for Meetings Scheduled from the MeetingPlace Web Scheduling Interface

Default: Group default (SMTP (HTML))


Field Description


http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/ps5664/ps5669/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html


Main phone number

Alternate phone number

Alternate phone number 2

Phone number1 for the system to dial out to the user.

Restrictions:

• Only these characters are allowed:

– numeric

– space ( )

– (),-.

– The + character is allowed only as the first character in the field.

• (Cisco WebEx integration only) Cannot exceed 30 characters.

Recommendation: (Guest profile only) Leave this field blank, because this field is inherited by all new user profiles.

Pager number Pager number1 of user, used for dial-out features. The number you enter depends on the Pager type:

• For a direct-dial pager, enter the phone number that directly reaches the pager.

• For a non-direct-dial pager, enter the PIN used to access the specific pager.

You configure the shared phone number that the system calls first to reach the pager system in the Phone number for non-direct-dial pagers field in the user group.

See How the Find Me Feature Works with Pagers.

Restrictions:

• The + character is allowed only as the first character in the field.

• Only these characters are used to call the pager: 0-9, #, and *.

• All other characters are ignored by the system but generate INFO events in the system log.

• See the Restrictions for Using the Find Me Feature with Pagers.

Recommendation: (Guest profile only) Leave this field blank, because this field is inherited by all new user profiles.

Pager type Type of pager:

• Direct-dial pager—Pager is reached directly by dialing a phone number.

• Non-direct-dial pager—Pager is reached by dialing a phone number and entering a PIN that specifically identifies the pager.

You configure the shared phone number that the system calls first to reach the pager system in the Phone number for non-direct-dial pagers field in the user group.

Default: Direct-dial pager


Field Description



Method of attending


The method by which this user joins meetings that are scheduled by this user, reservationless meetings that this user starts, and meetings to which this user is invited by profile.

Options:

• Have user call in—User either calls into meetings or uses the Call Me dial-out feature from the web.

• Have system find user—Enables the Find Me dial-out feature for this user.

Default: Have user call in

Search order for find me


The order in which the system attempts to call the user for the Find Me dial-out feature.

See About the Find Me Feature.

Defaults:

• First: Main phone

• Second: Alternate phone

• Third: Pager

• Fourth: Alternate phone 2

Username of delegate


Username of the person who is allowed to view, reschedule, end, and delete meetings on behalf of this user. Only users of type Delegate can be entered in this field.

If this field is left blank, only users of type Attendant and System administrator can manage meetings on behalf of this user.

Restrictions:

• When a meeting is rescheduled by a Delegate, Attendant, or System administrator on behalf of another user, the meeting attributes are not changed unless specifically modified through the More Options page.

• (Microsoft Outlook front-end integration) Specifying the Username of delegate in a Cisco Unified MeetingPlace user profile does not automatically enable Microsoft Outlook delegation. You need to separately add assign delegates from the Microsoft Outlook client. For details, see Prerequisites for Scheduling From Microsoft Outlook.

Default: Group default (None)

Geography Geographical region that determines which options become available in the Time zone field.

Default: Other

Time zone Time zone in which the user typically conducts business. The drop-down menu options depend on which Geography is selected.

Recommendations:

• Do not use the default “Local time of Cisco Unified MeetingPlace server,” which is configured during installation and can be modified at any time through the CLI of the Application Server. Instead, set this field to a specific time zone; for example, to PST, EST, AST and so forth. Time discrepancies can occur between meetings that are scheduled before and after each server time change.

• See the “About Time Zones” section on page 27.

Default: Group default (Local time of Cisco Unified MeetingPlace server)


Field Description



Language Select from the languages that were previously installed and activated on the system. See Configuring Languages.

The value of this field in the guest profile is applied to guest users.

Default: Group default (English (US))

Billing code Billing code that is applied to meetings scheduled by the user. Meeting schedulers can modify the billing code for each meeting. Billing reports are sorted by billing code and then by Username.

Note If an Attendant or System administrator schedules a meeting on behalf of another user, the meeting uses the billing code of the meeting scheduler, but the system counts the minutes against the meeting owner (on whose behalf the meeting was scheduled).

Recommendations:

• Follow existing conventions at your company, such as department codes.

• (Guest profile only) Leave this field blank, because this field is inherited by all new user profiles.


Default meeting category


Meeting category that appears by default on the scheduling page for this user.

Unless you hide the field on the MeetingPlace web scheduling interface, meeting schedulers can specify the meeting category for each meeting. See Configuring Meeting Categories on MeetingPlace-Scheduled and Audio-Only Systems.

Default: Group default (Standard)

Preferred site

(WebEx-managed deployments only)

Preferred site to host meetings for user or group. If you do not select a preferred site, the system will attempt to select a node to host the meeting based on the time zone the user or group is in.


Permissions

Use reservationless Whether or not the user can own reservationless meetings.

Default: Group default (Yes)

Can host WebEx meetings

(MeetingPlace-managed deployments only)

Whether or not you can host WebEx meetings.

Note This field is not visible for MeetingPlace audio-only deployments.


Restriction: Not supported in audio-only deployments.


Field Description



Can host audio/video meetings

Whether the user can only attend audio and video meetings or host audio and video meetings.

Default: Group default (can host audio and video meetings)

• Can attend only

– User can attend audio and video meetings as a participant.

– User cannot schedule meetings.

• Can host audio meetings


– User cannot schedule meetings that allow video participants.

• Can host audio and video meetings


– User can schedule video-enabled meetings, which means that video participants can attend.

Note When you select can host audio and video meetings, you can specify video options in the Video Preferences section.

Default: Can host audio and video meetings

Meeting password required

(MeetingPlace-scheduled deployments only)

Whether scheduled and reservationless meetings owned by this user require a meeting password.

Restrictions:

• This field is ignored if the Minimum meeting password length field on the Meeting Configuration Page is set to 0.

• If a host initiates a reservationless meeting from the reservationless waiting room, attaching a password to the reservationless meeting is optional, even if this parameter is set to Yes.

• You can force the system to require a host to attach a password to a reservationless meeting. In this scenario, all users would be required to enter a password to attend the audio portion of a reservationless meeting, regardless of the setting for this parameter. See the Configuring Reservationless Meetings module.

Default: Group default (No)

Permissions (These additional features are only available on MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments)

Maximum meeting length (minutes)

User cannot schedule meetings longer than this number of minutes.

Restrictions:

• This field does not apply to continuous meetings.

• This field only applies to meetings initiated from your phone.

• If this value differs from the following, the system uses the lowest value:

– Maximum meeting length (minutes) field on the Meeting Configuration Page.

– Maximum Call Duration Timer service parameter in Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

See Configuring the Maximum Call Duration in Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

Default: Group default (240)


Field Description



Can change meeting ID via phone

Whether the user can change the meeting ID over the phone for meetings owned by the user.


Can dial out (does not apply to Cisco WebEx meetings)

or, in guest profile:

Can dial out

Whether dial-out privileges are enabled or disabled for this user.

Note Dial-out privileges from the Cisco WebEx site are determined by the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace guest profile, not by individual user profiles.


Maximum phone dial-out attempts per meeting

Maximum number of phone (#31) dial-out calls that this user can attempt from within a meeting.

• Failed dial-out attempts from the phone count against this number.

• Dial-out attempts from the web meeting room do not count against this number.

A value of 0 means that the user cannot press #3 to dial out from within a meeting.

Default: Group default (Unrestricted)

Can send notifications Whether notifications are sent for meetings scheduled by the user through Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.

Restriction: Notifications are never sent for reservationless meetings.

Recommendations: Use a consistent setting across your user base. Also, avoid changing this setting once Cisco Unified MeetingPlace is in use because users might expect and rely on the current email notification behavior.


Can receive notifications Whether to send email notifications to the user through Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.



Auto attend mode Enables or disables the auto attend feature for the user. When enabled, you specify whether the caller automatically joins meetings or is only authenticated.

For details, see the Configuring the Auto Attend Feature on MeetingPlace-Scheduled and Audio-Only Deployments module.


Auto attend requires profile PIN

When the auto attend feature is enabled, this field specifies whether the user must enter the Profile PIN before being automatically authenticated or placed into meetings.



Field Description



Can record meetings Determines who can record meetings:

• If set to Yes, the user can start and stop the recording of any meeting from the TUI, regardless of who scheduled the meeting.

• If set to No, the user cannot start or stop meeting recordings.

Note This field is not available if the meeting is scheduled from Cisco WebEx.

Restriction (guest profile only): When set to Yes, this field enables guest users to start and stop meeting recordings:

• From the TUI.

• Only if the Guests can lock and record meetings field on the Usage Configuration Page is also set to Yes.


Recordings (MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only)

Who can access Who can listen to recordings for scheduled meetings owned by this user.

Restriction: This field does not apply to reservationless meetings. Anyone can access reservationless meeting recordings.

Default: Group default (Anyone)

Auto-start recording When set to Yes, the system automatically records all meetings that are scheduled by the user.

When set to No, a meeting participant (with recording privileges) must manually start the recording.

Restrictions:

• This field is always set to No when the Can record meetings field is set to No.

• This field is not available when a Cisco WebEx site is configured.


Meeting Preferences

Entry announcement Announcement played when callers join meetings scheduled by this user.

Default: Group default (Beep + name)

Departure announcement Announcement played when callers leave meetings scheduled by this user.

Default: Group default (Beep + name)

Meeting entry mode Whether participants hear one, both, or none of the following items when they join the audio portion of meetings scheduled by this user:

• Meeting ID confirmation

• Name recording option

Restriction: Participants who automatically join a meeting through the Auto Attend Feature will hear the meeting ID confirmation, even if the Meeting entry mode for the meeting is configured to skip the meeting ID.

Default: Group default (Skip ID repeat)


Field Description



Who may skip password Specifies who can join a meeting scheduled by this user without entering a meeting password.

Default: Group default (Nobody)

Meeting Preferences (These additional features are only available on MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments)

Who can attend Specifies who can attend meetings scheduled by this user.

Restrictions:

• This field is ignored for reservationless meetings, which anyone can attend.

• If meeting attendance is restricted to profiled users, then:

– Unprofiled external users (such as your customers or business partners) and users with locked profiles cannot attend meetings, even if they are invited.

– Only those who successfully authenticate to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace can attend these meetings.

Default: Group default (Anyone)

Show meetings in public listing

Whether to publicly list the meetings scheduled by this user in the MeetingPlace web scheduling interface.

Unless you hide the field on the MeetingPlace web scheduling interface, meeting schedulers can override this setting.


Show reservationless meetings in public listing

Whether to publicly display reservationless meetings owned by this user in the MeetingPlace web scheduling interface.


End of meeting announcement

Whether the end-of-meeting announcement is played in meetings scheduled by this user.


Meeting extension announcement

Whether meeting-extension announcements are played in meetings scheduled by this user.


Screened entry Whether screened entry is enabled in meetings scheduled by this user.


Allow Internet access Whether, by default, the meetings of this user will be scheduled on a Web Server in the DMZ.

• Yes—By default, meetings scheduled by this user are held on the Web Server in the DMZ and are accessible by anyone on the Internet or intranet.

• No—By default, meetings scheduled by this user are held on the Web Server in the intranet and are accessible by anyone on the intranet only.

Note Users can change this value at schedule time and schedule web meetings on the Internet or intranet.



Field Description



Reservationless allow Internet access

Whether this user can host reservationless meetings on a Web Server in the DMZ.

• Yes—User can host reservationless web meetings that are accessible by anyone on the Internet or intranet.

• No—User can host reservationless web meetings for users on the intranet only.

Note Users can change this value at schedule time and schedule web meetings on the Internet or intranet.


Video Preferences

Available on the system List of video types available on the system. The list includes video types that are preconfigured on the system and all the video types you added through the Add Video Type Page.

Restriction: The Video Preferences fields only appear if you have configured your user profile so that your system Can host audio and video meetings.

Available to the user The video types listed in the Available to the user box appear in the MeetingPlace web scheduling interface.

To add a video type that is listed in the Available on the system box to the Available to the user box, perform one of these actions:

• Highlight the video type, and select the arrow between the tables.

• Double-click the video type.

You can remove a video type (except for the Group default) from the Available to the user table by double-clicking it or by clicking the left arrow. See Restrictions.

You can change the order of the video types by selecting the up and down arrow keys. The video codec that is listed first is the default, and the system tries to use this one first.

You can make the Group default video type available to the user profile if these conditions are met:

• If the User group for this user has Can host audio/video meetings set to Can host audio and video meetings on the Add User Group Page.

• If the User profile for the user has Can host audio/video meetings set to Can host audio and video meetings on the Add User Profile Page.

• The Group default type becomes the default for the user when it is the first entry in the Available to the user list.

Restrictions: You cannot remove the Group default video type from the list.

Selected video type details

Displays details about the highlighted video type.

Notifications (MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only))

Priority Priority of email notifications for meetings scheduled by the user.

Default: Group default (Normal)


Field Description



Related Topics

• Configuring User Profiles and User Groups

• Configuring Meetings

• Configuring Audio and Video Recordings

• About Integrating with Cisco WebEx

• Securing the System

• Configuring Dial-Out Features on MeetingPlace-Scheduled and Audio-Only Deployments

• Configuring Flex Fields on MeetingPlace-Scheduled and Audio-Only Systems

• Configuring Reservationless Meetings module

Send if meeting changes Whether email notifications are sent when the following parameters change for meetings scheduled by the user through Cisco Unified MeetingPlace:

• Date or time

• Password

• Meeting ID

• List of invitees



Include invitee list when scheduled from web

Whether to include a list of invitees in email notifications for meetings that the user schedules from the MeetingPlace web scheduling interface.

Note that a list of meeting invitees is not included in email notifications for meetings that are scheduled from IBM Lotus Notes or the Microsoft Outlook calendar. Users can view the list of invitees through the Microsoft Outlook Scheduling tab.


Include meeting password Whether the meeting password (if any) is included in email notifications for meetings scheduled by the user.


Flex Fields

If profile flex fields are configured, they appear in this area. See the Configuring Flex Fields on MeetingPlace-Scheduled and Audio-Only Systems module.

1. The required format for phone numbers is determined by the call-control device for your IP telephony network. Therefore, enter phone numbers in the same format used to dial similar numbers from a phone on the same IP telephony network as Cisco Unified MeetingPlace. For example, if calls within your company are made by dialing the last four digits of a phone number, enter only the last four digits in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace for internal phone numbers. If, however, you want Cisco Unified MeetingPlace to call a phone in a different area code, you might need to include a 9 and the complete phone number including the area code.


Field Description



Reference Information about User Profile Fields• About User Types, page 26

• About Time Zones, page 27

About User Types

The Type of user field in each user profile determines the user privileges and capabilities in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace. See Table 11.

Related Topics

• Add User Group Page, page 9

• Add User Profile Page, page 10

Table 11 Types of Users

Type of user Description

End user • Can schedule and control meetings, attend meetings to which they have been invited, attend any publicly listed meeting, and modify preferences in their own user profiles.

• Cannot access the Administration Center or MeetingPlace Conference Manager.

Delegate • Can view, reschedule, end, or delete meetings on behalf of users whose user profiles specify that delegate in the Username of delegate field.

• Can change the permissions of invitees for meetings owned by users whose user profiles specify that delegate in the Username of delegate field.

• Cannot schedule meetings on behalf of other users, even those whose user profiles specify that delegate in the Username of delegate field.

• Cannot access the Administration Center or MeetingPlace Conference Manager.

Note (Microsoft Outlook front-end integration) Specifying the Username of delegate in a Cisco Unified MeetingPlace user profile does not automatically enable Microsoft Outlook delegation. You need to separately add assign delegates from the Microsoft Outlook client. For details see Prerequisites for Scheduling From Microsoft Outlook in the Enabling Scheduling from Microsoft Outlook.

Attendant • Can view, schedule, reschedule, end, and delete meetings on behalf of all users.

• Has limited access to the Administration Center, depending on the configured Attendant Privileges on the Usage Configuration Page.

• Can download and use MeetingPlace Conference Manager, though capabilities are affected by the Attendant Privileges on the Usage Configuration Page.

System administrator

• Can join any meeting, even if the maximum number of ports per meeting are in use, as long as floater ports are available. Can join password-protected meetings without the meeting password, even if uninvited.

• Can view, schedule, reschedule, end, and delete meetings on behalf of all users.

• Has full access to the Administration Center.

• Can download and use MeetingPlace Conference Manager.

Restriction: The preconfigured admin profile provides access only to the Administration Center on the Application Server. It does not provide access to the Web Administration on the Web Server.



• Configuring Attendant Privileges

• Updating User Information in MeetingPlace Conference Manager

About Time Zones

Each user profile has a Time zone setting. Things you should know about time zones in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace:

• After you install Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, it assigns a special attribute to any scheduled meeting. This attribute is the time requested by the scheduler in their local time zone along with the time zone; for example, “12/10/2009 3:00 PM America/Los_Angeles.”

When you perform a daylight saving or time zone (DST/TZ) update on the Application Server, meetings with this special attribute are automatically changed according to the new DST/TZ definition if the user profile of the scheduler is in the time zone that had the DST/TZ update.

However, meetings that were scheduled before you installed Cisco Unified MeetingPlace do not have this attribute and are not automatically changed when you perform a DST/TZ update. The system sends email notifications for meetings that were originally scheduled through the Lotus Notes or Microsoft Outlook interface to the scheduler. The notifications inform the schedulers that their meetings are affected by DST and that they need to delete and reschedule the affected meetings. For meetings that are impacted by DST and that were originally scheduled through the MeetingPlace web scheduling interface or through MeetingPlace Conference Manager, the system sends an update notification to the scheduler and to all other invitees in the meeting.

Note that meetings scheduled by users configured to use “local time” are not updated (as described next).

• Do not use the default “Local time of Cisco Unified MeetingPlace server,” which is configured during installation and can be modified at any time through the CLI of the Application Server. Instead, set this field to a specific time zone.

• For each meeting, Cisco Unified MeetingPlace accepts and reports the start time in the time zone of the meeting scheduler.

• All email notifications use the time zone of the meeting scheduler, even those that are sent to invitees in different time zones.

• On the Find Meeting and Meeting Details pages in the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace web scheduling interface, the meeting times appear in the time zone of the user who is signed into the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace web scheduling interface.

• All instances of recurring meetings take place at the same time of day in the time zone configured in the user profile of the meeting scheduler. Meeting invitees must adjust for time zone differences. Remember that some locations, such as Arizona, do not use daylight saving time.

• You download time-zone tables from Cisco.com.

– Load the Linux time-zone update on the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace application server so that correct times are sent in email notifications.

– For clients running MeetingPlace Conference Manager, load the time-zone update provided by Sun Microsystems so that meeting times are displayed correctly in MeetingPlace Conference Manager after a time-zone rule change.

Note After installing the time-zone updates on the Application Server, you must restart this server.



Related Topics



• Troubleshooting Time and Time Zone Issues

• Configuring Time and Time Zones

Add Video Terminal Profile PageTo find this page, select User Configuration > Video Terminal Profiles > Add New.

Table 12 Field Reference: Add Video Terminal Profile Page and Edit Video Terminal Profile Page

Field Description

Identification

Video terminal name Name used in meeting participant lists and reports. For example, enter the name or location of the conference room that contains the video terminal.

Recommendation: Consider adding text that reflects the Method of attending field value, so that meeting schedulers can perform these actions:

• If multiple video terminals are required for a meeting, the meeting scheduler might want to invite video terminals that have the same Method of attending.

• If the Method of attending is set to Have terminal call in, the meeting scheduler might want to invite only video terminals and no users. Any users who are invited will also be dialed out when a meeting participant (with dial-out privileges) enters #33 in the TUI.

Restriction: At most, only the first 60 characters of the Video terminal name will appear on the scheduling page. Depending on the specific web browser and window size, even a smaller number of characters might appear. Therefore, make sure that you use concise video terminal names.

Endpoint E.164 number Phone number1 for the system to dial out to the video endpoint.

Restriction: Only these characters are allowed: (),-. and 0-9.

Group name Name of user group to which this VTP2 belongs.

Default: System

Email address Where to send email notifications when this video terminal is invited to a meeting. Typically, you configure this field with the address of help desk staff or whoever is in charge of reserving the video terminal and conference room.

(Microsoft Outlook integration only) See Requirements for Inviting Video Terminal Profiles from Microsoft Outlook.

For format requirements, see the Email address user profile field.

Geography See the Geography user profile field.

Default: Other

Time zone See the Time zone user profile field.

Default: Group default (Local time of Cisco Unified MeetingPlace server)



Method of attending The method by which this video terminal joins meetings:

• (Recommended) Dial out to terminal at meeting start—System dials out to the video terminal at meeting start. Use this setting for Direct-to-Meeting Mode for Invited Terminals.

• Have terminal call in—Video terminal can join meetings in any of the these ways:

– (Recommended) Meeting owner dials out to all missing invitees by entering #33 in the TUI. Only meeting participants with dial-out privileges can perform this task. This is the Alternative to Direct-to-Meeting Mode for Invited Terminals.

– User calls into the meeting from this video terminal.

– Meeting participant dials out to the phone number (Endpoint E.164 number) of the video terminal. This can be performed from the web meeting room or by entering #31 in the TUI. Only meeting participants with dial-out privileges can perform this task.

Restriction: Some video terminals might not successfully negotiate video unless one of the recommended options are used.

Default: Have terminal call in

Skip meeting entry voice prompts for dial-out calls

Whether this video terminal joins meetings directly without hearing voice prompts to record a name or enter a password.

Restriction: This field applies only when the Method of attending field is set to Dial out to terminal at meeting start.

Recommendation: Select Yes if any of these statements are true:

• You want to configure the VTP for Direct-to-Meeting Mode for Invited Terminals.

• The video terminal is incapable of using the TUI.

• Your users are not proficient with this video terminal.

Default: Yes

Video terminal codec This option is available only when the Type of media server is set to Hardware Media Server.

Which codec to use when the video terminal dials directly in to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, or when the system dials directly out to the video terminal:

• H.261 (high rate only)

• H.263

• H.264

• Use default (H.264)

Restrictions:

• The selected codec is not applied to calls that are transferred to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace from another phone. For transferred calls, Cisco Unified MeetingPlace uses the video terminal codec in the VTP associated with the originally connected phone or terminal, not the terminal that is transferred.

• H.261 is available only when a meeting is using the High Rate video type. If a meeting is using the Standard Rate video type and a video with Video terminal codec set to H.261, this video terminal uses H.263 instead.

Default: H.264

Table 12 Field Reference: Add Video Terminal Profile Page and Edit Video Terminal Profile Page (continued)

Field Description



Related Topics

• Video Terminal Profiles Page, page 110

• Adding or Editing a Video Terminal Profile

Notifications

Can receive notifications Whether to send email notifications to the Email address in this VTP.

Recommendations: Avoid changing this setting once Cisco Unified MeetingPlace is in use, because users might expect and rely on the current email notification behavior.


1. The required format for phone numbers is determined by the call-control device for your IP telephony network. Therefore, enter phone numbers in the same format used to dial similar numbers from a phone on the same IP telephony network as Cisco Unified MeetingPlace. For example, if calls within your company are made by dialing the last four digits of a phone number, enter only the last four digits in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace for internal phone numbers. If, however, you want Cisco Unified MeetingPlace to call a phone in a different area code, you might need to include a 9 and the complete phone number including the area code.

2. VTP = video terminal profile

Table 12 Field Reference: Add Video Terminal Profile Page and Edit Video Terminal Profile Page (continued)

Field Description



Add Video Type PageTo find this page, select System Configuration > Video Type Management > Add New or select System Configuration > Video Type Management and select Edit next to the video type that you want to modify.

You make these video types available to users through Video Preferences on the Add User Profile Page and the Add User Group Page. Users are required to select a video format when they schedule a meeting.

Table 13 Field Reference: Add Video Type Page and Edit Video Type Page

Field Description

Video format name Name of this video format. This name appears on the user configuration pages and must be unique.

For details about these video formats and the user experience, see the Planning Guide for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.

Video mode Select a video format from the list.

When the Type of media server is set to Express Media Server, these preconfigured video formats are available:

• H.263

• Mobile

• Compatibility

• High Quality

• HD

When the Type of media server is set to Hardware Media Server, these preconfigured video formats are available:

• Standard Rate

• High Rate

Restrictions:

• When the Type of media server is set to Express Media Server, use this page to add a new video type. You can modify only the video types that you add to the system. You cannot modify the preconfigured ones.

• When the Type of media server is set to Hardware Media Server, you cannot modify preconfigured video types or create new video types.

Default:

• Compatibility (when the Type of media server is set to Express Media Server)

• Standard Rate (when the Type of media server is set to Hardware Media Server)

Minimum bit rate (kbps) The minimum video bit rate that will be assigned to meetings using the selected format. The minimum rate is determined by the Video mode selected.

This is used to prevent endpoints from establishing a video session with a low bit rate that could degrade the quality of the meeting. If the video endpoint cannot meet the minimum bit rate, the system treats it as an audio-only endpoint.

Default: depends on the Video mode selected



Related Topics

• Video Type Management Page, page 111


• Planning Guide for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/ps5664/ps5669/products_implementation_design_guides_list.html

Alarms PageUse this page to display the Alarm Table and clear alarms. To find this page, select Services > Alarms.

Maximum bit rate (kbps)

The maximum bit rate at which a video caller can connect to the system. The maximum rate is determined by the Video mode selected.

If you allocate more bandwidth, the user requires more SRUs.

Meeting participants cannot join at a rate higher than the value of this field. If a participant joins at a rate lower than the value of the maximum bit rate, the system retains the additional SRUs allowing additional participants to join the meeting.

Only signaled rates are taken into account. Flow-controlled bit rates are not taken into account. For example, if a meeting was scheduled with a maximum bit rate of 768 kbps, and a caller joins at that rate and the system later sets the flow to a lower rate, the unused capacity is not returned to the system.

Restriction: The maximum bandwidth of video calls can also be limited by the following settings, the lowest of which is enforced:

• Video Call Bandwidth region parameter in Cisco Unified Communications Manager. See Configuring the Maximum Video Call Bandwidth in Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

• Bandwidth capabilities and configurations of the video endpoints.

Default: depends on the Video mode selected

Note Section for notes about this video; for example, under which conditions it should be used.

Restriction: This field is not available when the Type of media server is set to Hardware Media Server.

Default: Blank

Table 13 Field Reference: Add Video Type Page and Edit Video Type Page (continued)

Field Description

Table 14 Field Reference: Alarms Page

Field Description

Severity Magnitude of the alarm. Can be major or minor.

Code Exception code.

Count Number of alarms that were combined into the one table entry.

First Time When the alarm was first added to the Alarm Table, not including any alarms that were previously cleared.

Last Time When the most recent alarm occurred for this table entry.


http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/ps5664/ps5669/products_implementation_design_guides_list.html



Note The brief description for the Alarm Table entry might contain values that are specific to one alarm occurrence, such as an IP address. These values might differ in all alarms that are combined into one table entry, but only the values for the first alarm are displayed. To see the individual alarms, view the Exception Log.

Related Topics

• Using Alarms and Logs

• Alarm and Exception Code Reference for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/ps5664/ps5669/prod_technical_reference_list.html

• Module Numbers

Auto Attend Translation Configuration Page


Use this page to define Automatic Number Identification (ANI) translation rules for the auto attend feature. These translation rules enable the system to match different ANI formats to the phone numbers in user profiles.

To find this page, select System Configuration > Call Configuration > Auto Attend Translation Configuration.

Unit Unit number reporting the alarm.

• This is always 0 for alarms generated within the Application Server.

• For alarms that are reported through the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Gateway System Integrity Manager (Gateway SIM), this is the unit number used by Gateway SIM to identify the device.

Express Media Module

Number that identifies a specific Express Media module.

Table 14 Field Reference: Alarms Page (continued)

Field Description

Table 15 Navigation Reference: Auto Attend Translation Configuration Page

To Do This

Sort by number of digits to match, string to match, or string to replace with

Select the Digits to match, Match string, or Replace by column heading.

Change the alphanumeric sort order to ascending or descending

Select the column heading to change the arrow direction:

• Down arrow—ascending sort

• Up arrow—descending sort

Edit an existing auto attend translation rule Select edit in the same row as the auto attend translation rule.


http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/ps5664/ps5669/prod_technical_reference_list.html


Related Topics


• Add Translation Rule Page, page 8

Backup and Archive PageUse this page to configure automatic system backups and archiving. To find this page, select Maintenance > Backup and Archive.

Related Topics

• Backing Up, Archiving, and Restoring Data on the Application Server

Create a new auto attend translation rule Select Add New.

Delete one or more auto attend translation rule Check the appropriate check boxes in the far left column, and select Delete Selected.

Restriction: You cannot delete the preconfigured translation rule, in which the Digits to match field is set to 0. The check box is dimmed for the preconfigured auto attend translation rule.

Table 15 Navigation Reference: Auto Attend Translation Configuration Page (continued)

To Do This

Table 16 Field Reference: Backup and Archive Page

Field Description

Enable automatic backup Default: Yes

Enable automatic archiving Whether to automatically archive the database after a backup.

Default: No

Archiving method Archiving is enabled through SSH/rsync.

Pathname location of archive Directory in which the archived database is saved.

Requirement: Include a leading slash before the directory name.

Example: /folder_name

Remote archive host Host name or IP address of the remote server to which the files are archived.

Remote host username

Remote host password

Username and password to authenticate to the remote server.

Requirement: Use an account that has the privileges to create, access, and write to directories.

Notification email Email address to which the system sends archive execution status.

Note You specify the SMTP server used to send archive mail in a Mail Exchange (MX) record. See “Adding a Mail Exchanger Record to a DNS Zone” section in the Installation, Upgrade, and Migration Guide for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace for more information.



Billing Report PageThe Billing Report page provides billing information for all meetings held in the specified date range. To find this page, select Reports > Billing Report.

Table 17 Field Reference and Output Field Reference: Billing Report Page

Field Description

Billing Report Configuration

Billing code See Billing code.

Start date Default: yesterday (mm/dd/yyyy)

End date Default: today (mm/dd/yyyy)

Billing rate (voice) Billing rate, in cents, used to calculate the usage cost for voice meetings.

Default: 20

Billing rate (video) Billing rate, in cents, used to calculate the usage cost for video meetings.

Default: 20

Billing Report Configuration (additional fields for MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments)

Report type Output format, either text or HTML.

Note This menu is available only on MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments. WebEx-driven user management deployments only produce CSV reports.

Destination Output destination. For restrictions and recommendations for each option, see Exported Data and Reports.

Note This menu is available only on MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments.

Check Boxes and Output Fields (available only on MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments)

Show all fields Displays all fields in the report output.

Unchecking this clears all check boxes, except Billing code, Owner ID, and Meeting ID.

Billing code Display only. See Billing code.

Owner ID Display only. Username of the meeting owner.

Owner name Last name and First name of the meeting owner.

Date/time Date and time the meeting started.

Meeting ID Display only. Meeting ID, which uniquely identifies the meeting.

Voice minutes Number of minutes used for all voice meetings.

Voice cost Cost of all voice meetings. Calculated by multiplying the Voice minutes output field by the value configured in the Billing rate (voice) field.

Video minutes Number of minutes used for all video meetings.

Video cost Cost of all video meetings. Calculated by multiplying the Video minutes output field by the value configured in the Billing rate (video) field.

Total cost Sum of the Voice cost and Video cost.



Related Topics

• Exporting Data and Running Reports

Call Configuration PageUse this page to perform these tasks:

• Configuring Call Control


• Configuring Parameters that Affect Sound and Video Quality


Additional Output Fields

Total Meeting Stats User <User ID>

Total sum of the following fields for the specified user:

• Voice minutes

• Voice cost

• Video minutes

• Video cost

• Total cost

Total Meetings for User <User ID>

Total number of meetings billed to the specified user.

Total Meeting Stats for Bill Code <Billing Code>

Sum of the following fields for all users assigned to the specified billing code:

• Voice minutes

• Voice cost

• Video minutes

• Video cost

• Total cost

Total Meetings for Bill Code <Billing Code>

Total number of meetings billed to this billing code.

Table 17 Field Reference and Output Field Reference: Billing Report Page (continued)

Field Description



Cisco WebEx Site and Server Page

Note This page is only available on MeetingPlace-managed deployments.

To find this page, select System Configuration > Cisco WebEx Configuration > Cisco WebEx Site and Server.

Table 18 Field Reference: Cisco WebEx Site and Server Page

Field Description

Cisco WebEx site ID

Cisco WebEx site name

Cisco WebEx partner ID

Cisco WebEx site parameters provided by your Cisco WebEx administrator.

The Cisco WebEx site name identifies your organization and becomes part of the URL for your Cisco WebEx site. Enter the company site name only, do not enter the “webex.com” as this is appended automatically for communications.

Note Make sure that your entry for Cisco WebEx site name exactly matches the site name information you received from your Cisco WebEx site provisioning group. This field is case-sensitive. If you migrated to Release 8.6 from a previous release of Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, this information was pre-populated from the migration and does not need to be modified or re-entered.

Cisco WebEx site administration password

Cisco WebEx site administration password confirm

Enter the password that you assigned to the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace administrator profile on the Cisco WebEx site.

Cisco Unified MeetingPlace uses this password to connect to the Cisco WebEx site to perform administrative tasks, such as importing certificates or user profiles.

See Modifying Your Cisco WebEx Site Administrator Account.

Cisco WebEx site version Display only. Cisco WebEx release number.

Deployment includes Cisco WebEx Node for MCS

If you install the Cisco WebEx Node, then make sure you set this to Yes. Otherwise, the Cisco WebEx Node will not be used for meetings.

If you change this setting, you will be prompted to restart the Web Master Service on the Web Server. For detailed instructions, see Restarting the Web Master Service.

For information about the Cisco WebEx Node, see the Planning Guide for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/ps5664/ps5669/products_implementation_design_guides_list.html.

Default: No





Related Topics

• Configuring the Cisco WebEx Connection for MeetingPlace-Scheduling Deployments

Proxy configuration required Provided by your network administrator.

Proxy servers are often used with firewalls.

Requirement: If you modify this field after the connection with Cisco WebEx is already established, make sure that you click Restart Cisco WebEx Adapter.

Note This parameter refers to SOCKS proxy only. HTTP proxy is not supported.

Caution Clicking Restart Cisco WebEx Adapter causes the system to drop all Cisco WebEx meetings that are active.

TSP primary host

TSP secondary host

Display only. TSP primary and secondary host names.

Cisco WebEx adapter status Display only. Whether or not the adapter process is running.

Reset TSP Connection Establishes or resets the telephony connection between Cisco Unified MeetingPlace and Cisco WebEx.

Updates the TSP primary host and TSP secondary host configuration from the Cisco WebEx site and then restarts the adapter.

Caution Clicking this button causes the system to drop all Cisco WebEx meetings that are active.

Restart Cisco WebEx Adapter Restarts the adapter using the existing configuration for the TSP primary host and TSP secondary host.

Use this button only if requested by Cisco TAC, by your Cisco WebEx service administrator, or after you modify the Proxy configuration required field.

Caution Clicking this button causes the system to drop all Cisco WebEx meetings that are active.

Table 18 Field Reference: Cisco WebEx Site and Server Page (continued)

Field Description



Cisco WebEx Site Configuration Page


To find this page, select Cisco WebEx Configuration > Cisco WebEx Site Configuration.

Table 19 Field Reference: Cisco WebEx Site Configuration Page

Field Description

Cisco WebEx site name The name given to your Cisco WebEx site by your Cisco WebEx administrator. This name identifies your organization and becomes part of the URL for your Cisco WebEx site.

Note If your system is MeetingPlace-managed, make sure that your entry for Cisco WebEx site name exactly matches the site name information you received from your Cisco WebEx site provisioning group. This field is case-sensitive. If you migrated to Release 8.6 from a previous release of Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, this information was pre-populated from the migration and does not need to be modified or re-entered.

Cisco WebEx site administration user Enter the username of the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace administrator profile.

Cisco WebEx site administration password

Enter the password that you assigned to the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace administrator profile on the Cisco WebEx site.

Cisco Unified MeetingPlace uses this password to connect to the Cisco WebEx site to perform administrative tasks, such as importing certificates or user profiles.

See Modifying Your Cisco WebEx Site Administrator Account.

Cisco WebEx site administration password confirm

Re-enter the site administration password for confirmation purposes.

Permit attendees to outdial from WebEx meeting

Select Yes or No to determine whether the system will dial out to users from the web meeting room.

Permit attendees to outdial internationally from WebEx meeting

Select Yes or No to determine whether the system will dial out to international area codes from the web meeting room.

Permit users to host MeetingPlace reservationless audio meetings

Select Yes or No to determine whether the system will permit users to schedule audio-only meetings through the Cisco WebEx scheduling interface.

Proxy configuration required This field relates to the TSPP connections out to the TSP. It does not apply to connections between the WebEx adapters on the leaf nodes and the TSPP on the Meeting Director. There must be a direct connection available between the leaf nodes and the Meeting Director node.

Provided by your network administrator.

Proxy servers are often used with firewalls.

Requirement: If you modify this field after the connection with Cisco WebEx is already established, you must restart the Cisco WebEx adapter and TSPP by clicking Configure WebEx.

Caution Clicking Configure WebEx causes the system to drop all active Cisco WebEx meetings.



Related Topics


• Configuring the Cisco WebEx Connection for WebEx-Scheduling Deployments

• Configuring Access Information for WebEx-Scheduling Deployments

Community Strings PageTo find this page, select Maintenance > SNMP > Community Strings.

TSP primary host

TSP secondary host

Display only. TSP primary and secondary host names.

Cisco WebEx adapter status Display only. Whether or not the adapter process is running.

Access Information A list of configured sites and the phone numbers required to access them. Cisco WebEx uses this information in email notifications.

Allowed characters are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and -.

Phone number format: country code-area code-number

• To add new sites, click Add New and enter the required information.

• To remove sites, check the checkbox next to the site entry and click Delete Selected.

Note The Cisco WebEx Recorder requires a dedicated phone number for dialing in to meetings. This number must be based in the United States or United Kingdom.

Configure WebEx Restarts the Cisco WebEx adapter and saves your changes.

Table 19 Field Reference: Cisco WebEx Site Configuration Page (continued)

Field Description

Table 20 Fields Reference: Community Strings Page

Field Description

Community String Information

Community string The name of the SNMP community string. Select the underlined name of the SNMP community string to edit it.

Host IP Addresses Information

Accept SNMP packets from any host

Accept SNMP packets only from these hosts

Whether to accept SNMP packets from any host or a specified list of hosts.

Host IP addresses If you select the Accept SNMP packets only from these hosts option, you must specify the hostnames in the dialog box.



Related Topics

• Adding or Editing SNMP Community Strings

• Displaying or Deleting SNMP Community Strings

Configure Logging Levels PageUse this page to define log levels for the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace web applications and for the Media Server. The system collects messages for the specified log level and all the levels below it. The higher the log level you specify, the more information is collected. Debug is the highest log level.

To find this page, select Services > Logs > Configure Logging Levels.

Caution Increasing log levels can severely decrease system performance and even freeze Cisco Unified MeetingPlace. Only change the log levels if Cisco TAC requests that you change them.

Access Privileges

Access privileges The level of access for this SNMP community string. Access privileges provide security by restricting the ability to alter the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace system.

Allowable access privileges for the community strings are:

• Read only

• Read write

• Read write notify

• Notify only

• None

Table 20 Fields Reference: Community Strings Page (continued)

Field Description

Table 21 Field Reference: Configure Logging Levels Page

Field Description

Web Applications

Root Main web application consisting of the MeetingPlace web scheduling interface and the Administration Center. Changing the root field changes the output of your System Information Capture.

Default: Info

Web Services Used for various external integrations, for example, Cisco Unity Connection.

Default: Info

Web Services 7.0.2 Used for older releases of web services for various external integration of clients developed for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 7.0.2.

Default: Info



Related Topics

• How to Configure Logging Levels

Custom Prompts PageUse this page to add custom voice prompts to the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace database. To find this page, select Maintenance > Custom Prompts.

• Field Reference: Custom Prompts Page

• Navigation Reference: Custom Prompts Page

Web Services 8.0 Used for older releases of web services for various external integration of clients developed for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 8.0

Default: Info

Web Services 8.5 Used for older releases of web services for various external integration of clients developed for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 8.5

Default: Info

Web Applications (additional fields available only on MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments)

RCMS MailService used for creating and sending all back-end e-mail notifications (SMTP and Exchange integration) for meetings, alarms, backup and archiving; also used for generating reports.

Default: Info

Outlook Web Microsoft Outlook plug-in (running on client) connects to this web application (running on the server) and uses it to schedule and view meetings from Microsoft Outlook.

Default: Info

IpPhone Cisco Unified IP Phone interface used for scheduling and viewing meetings.

Default: Debug

Media Server (available only when the Type of media server is set to Hardware Media Server)

Media Server Administration logging level

Component responsible for communication with SIP back-to-back user agent (B2BUA) and the hardware MCU.

Default: Info

SIP B2BUA logging level Component that handles the SIP communication.

Default: Warn

Enable phone keypad input logging

Enables (or disables) the Media Server administrator to log the DTMF digits.

Default: Yes

Table 21 Field Reference: Configure Logging Levels Page (continued)

Field Description



Related Topics

• Customizing Music and Voice Prompts

Customize Outlook Interface


To find this Administration Center page, select System Configuration > Customize Outlook Interface. The default setting for all fields is Yes.

Table 22 Field Reference: Custom Prompts Page

Field Description

Language Select the language of the custom prompt that you will upload.


File to upload Browse to the custom voice prompt file that you want to add.

Upload File Select this button after you specify the language and voice prompt file.

Table 23 Navigation Reference: Custom Prompts Page

To Do This

Display a shorter or longer list of entries in one view At the bottom of the page, in the Rows per page field, select the number of entries to display.

Change the alphanumeric sort order to ascending or descending

Select the column heading to change the arrow direction:

• Down arrow—ascending sort

• Up arrow—descending sort

Display a different page of entries At the bottom of the page, perform one of these actions:

• In the Go field, enter the page number to display, and select Go.

• Select the arrows to page through the list.

Delete entries Check the appropriate check boxes in the far left column, and select Delete Selected.

Table 24 Field Reference: Customize Outlook Interface

Field Definition

Language Specifies which scheduling form to modify. The system has a separate scheduling form for each language.

Recommendation: Use consistent customizations for all languages on your system.

Default: Value of the Language 1 field on the Usage Configuration Page.

Meeting ID The Meeting ID number

Subject Customized field label for the meeting subject.



Related Topics

• Customizing the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Scheduling Form for Microsoft Outlook

Number of participants

The number of meeting participants.

List meeting publicly

Whether or not to list the meeting publicly.

Meeting password Whether or not to display the meeting password.

Billing code The billing code for the meeting.

Language Customized field label for the language of the meeting.

Who can attend Customized field label to describe who can attend the meeting.

Entry announcement

Customized field that provides an entry announcement for the meeting.

Exit announcement Customized field that provides an exit announcement for the meeting.

Servers Customized field that describes the host servers for the meeting.

Web meeting room access

Customized field that describes web meeting room access information.

Allow external web participants

Whether or not to allow external web participants.

Save Saves the settings for the scheduling form specific to the selected Language.

Recommendation: Use consistent customizations for all languages on your system by making similar changes for each Language option.

Upgrade link This field allows users to select the Microsoft Outlook interface and upgrade the Outlook plug-in automatically. To hide this field from users’ view, set this field to disabled.

Default: Yes

Table 24 Field Reference: Customize Outlook Interface

Field Definition



Directory Service Configuration Page


To find this page, select User Configuration > Directory Service > Directory Service Configuration.

Table 25 Field Reference: Directory Service Configuration Page

Field Description

AXL username

AXL password

AXL confirm password

Username and password for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace to access the Cisco Unified Communications Manager AXL database for user authentication.

• If you created an application user in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, enter the user ID and password for that application user.

For information about creating an application user, see Creating an Application User in Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

• If you did not create an application user, enter the username and password for the default administrator user that was configured during the installation of Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

If you use the default administrator user, you will need to update the AXL username or AXL password in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace whenever the Cisco Unified Communications Manager administrator username or password gets modified.

AXL URL Enter https://ip-address:8443/axl/, using the Cisco Unified Communications Manager IP address.

When you configure this field for the initial Directory Service configuration, make sure that you also check the Update users interval and Perform full sync with Cisco Unified Communications Manager check boxes.

If Cisco Unified Communications Manager fails, you can modify this field to use a redundant Cisco Unified Communications Manager for authentication only. You must avoid updating or importing user profiles from the redundant Cisco Unified Communications Manager by setting the Update users interval field to the largest available value. When you switch the AXL URL field back to the primary Cisco Unified Communications Manager, you need to set the Update users interval field to the previous value to re-enable user profile synchronization between Cisco Unified MeetingPlace and the primary Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

Update users interval How frequently to update the Directory Service user profiles.

Default: 6 hours



Perform full sync with Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Determines how the system performs Directory Service user profile updates, both at scheduled intervals and when triggered by checking Update users interval and clicking Save:

• When this is unchecked, Cisco Unified MeetingPlace updates only the user profiles that were updated in Cisco Unified Communications Manager after the most recent Directory Service user profile update.

• When this is checked, Cisco Unified MeetingPlace updates all Directory Service user profiles, whether or not they were recently updated in Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

• Whether or not this is checked, new users in Cisco Unified Communications Manager are always imported to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace as part of the Directory Service user profile update.

Restriction: Because of the large amount of user data being transferred, full synchronizations might impact system performance. Therefore, use this check box only in these situations:

• You are performing the first Directory Service import of user profiles.

• You migrated non-local users from a Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Release 6.1 system to a Release 8.6 system.

• You modify the AXL URL.

• You accidentally delete Directory Service user profiles through the User Profiles Page or Import User Profiles Page of the Administration Center.

For details about how the user profiles are configured, see Directory Service User Profile Configuration.

Set Cisco Unified Communications Manager sync schedule to match update users interval

Configures the Cisco Unified Communications Manager LDAP directory synchronization schedule to match the value configured in the Update users interval field.

User groups for imported users Determines how the Group name user profile field is configured for each Directory Service user.

See Assigning User Groups for Directory Service Users.

Time zones for imported users Determines how the Time zone user profile field is configured for each Directory Service user.

See Assigning Time Zones to Directory Service Users.

Custom TZ pattern length Number of digits to match between the phone number of the user and a time zone filter.

You do not need to modify this field if the Telephone Number field in Cisco Unified Communications Manager contains the punctuation or spacing required for the system to match the phone number to a time zone field. For details, see Configuring Directory Service Filters for Time Zones.

Default: 3

Hostname for Active Directory Service

Enter the hostname of the Application Server.

In an Application Server Failover deployment, enter the shared hostname that you configured on the eth0 interface of both Application Servers.

Table 25 Field Reference: Directory Service Configuration Page (continued)

Field Description



Related Topics

• Configuring Directory Service on MeetingPlace-Scheduled and Audio-Only Deployments


Directory Service Filters for User Groups Page


To find this page, select User Configuration > Directory Service > Directory Service Filters for Groups. By default, this page displays user group filters sorted by department in ascending order.

Profile Number Configuration

Generate profile number using Determines how the Profile number field is configured for each Directory Service user.

For details, see Assigning Profile Numbers to Directory Service Users.

Default: Use last ‘n’ digits of phone number as profile number

Number of digits Determines how many digits of the phone number are used to create the Profile number.

This field is applicable only when the Generate profile number using field is set to Use last ‘n’ digits of phone number as profile number.

Default: 6

Apply to Determines whether to apply the Profile Number Configuration settings:

• To new users only.

• To each user whose profile gets imported or updated during Directory Service user profile updates or full synchronizations.

Default: New users only

Save Recommendation: After you select Save, make sure that Perform full sync with Cisco Unified Communications Manager is unchecked.

Table 25 Field Reference: Directory Service Configuration Page (continued)

Field Description

Table 26 Navigation Reference: Directory Service Filters for User Groups Page

To Do This

Sort by department or user group Select the relevant column heading.

Change the sort order to ascending or descending Select the column heading to display an arrow. Select the arrow to toggle between a down arrow (ascending sort) and an up arrow (descending sort).




Related Topics


Directory Service Filters for Time Zones Page


To find this page, select User Configuration > Directory Service > Directory Service Filters for Time Zones. By default, this page displays time zone filters sorted by phone prefix in ascending order.

Related Topics





Create a user group filter Select Add New.

Edit a user group filter Select Edit.


Table 26 Navigation Reference: Directory Service Filters for User Groups Page

To Do This

Table 27 Navigation Reference: Directory Service Filters for Time Zones Page

To Do This

Sort by region and time zone or by phone prefix Select the relevant column heading.






Create a custom time zone filter Select Add New.

Edit a custom time zone filter Select Edit.

View detailed time zone information for a preconfigured entry

Select View.




Edit Flex Fields Page


To find this page, select System Configuration > Flex Fields Configuration, and then select one of the flex field entries.

Related Topics

• Configuring Flex Fields on MeetingPlace-Scheduled and Audio-Only Systems

Table 28 Field Reference: Edit Flex Fields Page

Field Description

Active Whether the flex field appears in the MeetingPlace web scheduling interface and in reports and exported data.

Title Field title that appears in user profiles, user groups, or meetings.

Type Information type that determines the format in which the flex field value is stored and interpreted.

Restriction: If you modify the Type of an existing flex field, the corresponding flex field value in existing user groups, user profiles, and meeting records will be replaced by the default value applicable to the newly specified Type. See Default Flex Field Values.

Import title Field title used for import purposes.

Protection level Controls user access to this flex field from the MeetingPlace web scheduling interface:

• Invisible—Users cannot see the field.

• Display-only—Users can see but not edit the field.

• Editable—Users can see and edit the field value.

Use custom drop-down list

Whether users enter text or selects from a drop-down list that you create.

To activate this field, set the Type field to Text.

Note The first three flex fields on Profile Flex Fields and Meeting Flex Fields cannot be set to custom drop-down list.

New drop-down list item

Drop-down list

Use these fields to view and define a drop-down list of options for the flex field.

To activate this field, set the Use custom drop-down list field to Yes.

Restrictions:

• Do not include any commas (,) when you add a drop-down list item.

• The combined length of all drop-down list items cannot exceed 300 – n characters, where n is the number of drop-down list items you defined.

Required field Whether the flex field is a required field:

• Yes—If a user tries to schedule a meeting or save a user profile that includes an empty required field, an error message appears.

• No—Default value.



Edit Templates (Advanced) Page


Use this page to modify the content and appearance of email notifications. To find this page, select System Configuration > Email Notifications > Email Notification Templates > Edit Templates (Advanced).

Note Make sure you read the Restrictions for Editing Templates for Email Notifications.

• Field Reference: Edit Templates (Advanced) Page

• Editing Areas of the Edit Templates (Advanced) Page

Editing Areas of the Edit Templates (Advanced) Page

• Left—Use the editing area on the left side of the page to modify the appearance of email notifications.

– For the HTML format, you can modify the font, size, color, and alignment of the text. You can also insert horizontal lines and hypertext links and modify the location of the graphics.

– The tags ($notify_xxxx) are defined in language property files, one of which appears on the right side of the page.

• Right—Use the editing area on the right side of the page to modify language property files, which define the language translations of the tags used in the templates.

– Because the same tags are used in multiple templates, you should preview all templates after editing a language property file.

– To view or edit a different language property file, modify the Language field at the top of the page.

Table 29 Field Reference: Edit Templates (Advanced) Page

Field Description

Template Which template to view or edit.

For template descriptions, see Email Notification Templates.

Note For templates that have both SMTP and non-SMTP versions, you must modify both versions to keep them consistent with each other. Otherwise, users might receive different information about the same meeting, depending on the Email type and format setting in each user profile.

Format Select either the HTML or text version.

Note If you modify an email notification template, you must modify both the HTML and plain text formats to keep them consistent with each other. Otherwise, users might receive different information about the same meeting, depending on the Email type and format setting in each user profile.

Default: html

Language The language property file to view or edit.

Default: en_US (U.S. English)



Note These notes apply to the graphics in email notifications:

• The HTML templates display only the size and location of each graphic.

• Graphics cannot be previewed through the Administration Center and are displayed only in actual email notifications.

• Email notification graphics cannot be modified or replaced.

• New graphics cannot be added to email notifications.

Related Topics

• Editing Templates for Email Notifications

• About Email Notification Templates and Language Property Files

Edit Templates (Basic) Page


Use this page to modify the content and appearance of email notifications. To find this page, select System Configuration > Email Notifications > Email Notification Templates > Edit Templates (Basic).

Note Make sure you read the Restrictions for Editing Templates for Email Notifications.

• Field Reference: Edit Templates (Basic)

• Editing Area of the Edit Templates (Basic) Page

Table 30 Field Reference: Edit Templates (Basic)

Field Description

Template Which template to view or edit.

For template descriptions, see Email Notification Templates.

Note For templates that have both SMTP and non-SMTP versions, you must modify both versions to keep them consistent with each other. Otherwise, users might receive different information about the same meeting, depending on the Email type and format setting in each user profile.

Format Select either the HTML or text version.

Note If you modify an email notification template, you must modify both the HTML and plain text formats to keep them consistent with each other. Otherwise, users might receive different information about the same meeting, depending on the Email type and format setting in each user profile.

Default: html



Editing Area of the Edit Templates (Basic) Page

Use the editing area to modify the appearance of email notifications.

• For the HTML format, you can modify the font, size, color, and alignment of the text. You can also insert horizontal lines and hypertext links and modify the location of the graphics.

• The tags ($notify_xxxx) are defined in language property files.

Note These notes apply to the graphics in email notifications:

• The HTML templates display only the size and location of each graphic.

• Graphics cannot be previewed through the Administration Center and are displayed only in actual email notifications.

• Email notification graphics cannot be modified or replaced.

• New graphics cannot be added to email notifications.

Related Topics

• Editing Templates for Email Notifications

• About Email Notification Templates and Language Property Files

Edit Web Server Page


To find this page, select System Configuration > Web Servers, and then select one of the entries.

Table 31 Field Reference: Edit Web Server Page

Field Description

FQDN Fully-qualified domain name of the Web Server.

Hostname Hostname of the Web Server. This might or might not be the same as the FQDN.

When Enabled is set to Yes, this text appears in the drop-down menu of links at the top of each Administration Center page.

See Changing the Web Server Hostname From an IP Address to a Hostname.

Unit number Display only. Identifies the Web Server associated with this entry. This number matches the “Unit” value on the Gateway SIM tab in the MeetingPlace Gateways Configuration Utility on the Web Server.

See Opening the MeetingPlace Gateways Configuration Utility.



Related Topics

• Connecting the Application Server to a Web Server

• Configuring the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Gateway System Integrity Manager

Email Notifications Page

Note These pages are only available on MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments.

Use this page to perform these tasks:

• Configuring Email Notification Retries

• Configuring the SMTP Servers

• Customizing Email Notifications on MeetingPlace-Scheduled and Audio-Only Deployments

Exchange Server Configuration Page


To find this page, select System Configuration > Email Notifications > Exchange Server Configuration.

Installation key

IP address

These fields are required to support a “reverse connection” between the Application Server and the Gateway SIM on the Web Server.

Obtain the “Installation Key” and “Local IP Address” values from the Gateway SIM tab in the MeetingPlace Gateways Configuration Utility on the Web Server.

See Opening the MeetingPlace Gateways Configuration Utility.

Enabled Whether to enable these options:

• Gateway SIM “reverse connection” between the Application Server and the Web Server.

• Link to the Web Server from the Administration Center.

Table 31 Field Reference: Edit Web Server Page (continued)

Field Description

Table 32 Field Reference: Exchange Server Configuration Page

Field Description

Exchange Server

Hostname (SMTP) Hostname or IP address of the Microsoft Exchange Server running the SMTP service. This service is required for sending calendar notifications.

Note This field is required.



Related Topics

Enabling Microsoft Outlook Calendar Notifications for Meetings Scheduled from the MeetingPlace Web Scheduling

InterfaceFailover Configuration PageTo find this page, select System Configuration > Failover Configuration.

Hostname (WebDAV/EWS) Hostname or IP address of the Microsoft Exchange Server running the WebDAV/EWS service.

Note This field is optional. If your Exchange server runs both the email transmission and WebDAV/EWS extension services, leave this field blank. The system will automatically populate it with the information you provided for Hostname (SMTP).

Language Used to support localized Exchange servers.

Default: en_US.

TLS enabled If the Microsoft Exchange Server is configured to use TLS1 encryption, set this to true.

Default: false

MeetingPlace Mailbox Account

Windows domain Microsoft Windows domain. Obtain this value from your Microsoft Exchange administrator.

Username Username for the dedicated email account for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace on the Microsoft Exchange Server.

Example: MeetingPlace

Password

Password confirm

Password for the dedicated email account for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace on the Microsoft Exchange Server.

Email address Email address for the dedicated email account for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace on the Microsoft Exchange Server.

Example: [email protected]

Mailbox maintenance interval (days)

How often Microsoft Exchange cleans up the mailbox for the dedicated email account of Cisco Unified MeetingPlace on the Microsoft Exchange Server.

A value of 0 disables this deletion.

After you select Save on the Exchange Server Configuration Page, the first deletion occurs the following Sunday at 12:00 a.m. (local server time).

Default: 7

Mailbox maintenance cutover (days)

Number of days that notifications are stored in the mailbox for the dedicated email account of Cisco Unified MeetingPlace on the Microsoft Exchange Server.

Default: 14

1. TLS = Transport Layer Security

Table 32 Field Reference: Exchange Server Configuration Page (continued)

Field Description



Configure the Failover DeploymentTo find this page, select System Configuration > Failover Configuration > Failover Deployment Setup. Use this page to configure failover deployment.

Related Topics

• How to Configure Application Server Failover

Add or Remove a Failover NodeTo find this page, select System Configuration > Failover Configuration > Add Failover Node. Use this page to add or remove failover nodes.

Table 33 Field Reference: Failover Deployment Setup Page

Field Description

IP address IP address of the virtual network interface (eth0:0).

Hostname The host name of the virtual network interface (eth0:0).

Network mask The network mask of the virtual network interface (eth0:0).

Default gateway The default gateway of the virtual network interface (eth0:0).

buttons • Save - save the failover deployment configuration.

• Reset - reset all values to the previous settings.

• Set Failover Deployment Mode - sets failover deployment mode, starts the deployment process, and displays a progress report. When the deployment process is finished, select Start System Restart.

• Set Single Server Deployment Mode - sets single server mode.

• Set Active - changes the server from standby mode to active mode, starts the active mode process, and displays a progress report.

• Set Standby - changes the server from active mode to standby mode, starts the active mode process, and displays a progress report.

Table 34 Field Reference: Add Failover Node Page

Field Description

Hostname The host name for Node 2 (use the eth0:0 host name).

mpxadmin user password or mpxadmin user password

The password for mpxadmin user on Node 2.

Description A description for Node 2.

Sync Check this check box to start data synchronization between the two failover nodes.



Related Topics

• How to Configure Application Server FailoverHow to Perform Application Server Failover

Check Failover StatusTo find this page, select System Configuration > Failover Configuration > Failover Status. Use this page to show failover status and replication status.

Related Topics

• How to Configure Application Server Failover

Hostname for sync When the Sync check box is selected, enter the host name of the source node (use the eth0:0 host name).

buttons • Save - save the failover node configuration.

• Reset - reset all values to the previous settings.

• Add Failover Node - starts the add failover node process and displays a progress report. Replication will be initialized between the two nodes. When prompted, select Continue With Replication to continue the add failover node process which incudes data synchronization (if the Sync check box is checked) and turning on replication.

When the add failover node process is finished, select Start System Restart. Node 1 automatically restarts.

• Remove Failover Node- removes node from failover deployment.

Table 34 Field Reference: Add Failover Node Page

Field Description

Table 35 Field Reference: Failover Status Page

Field Description

Show Replication Status

Displays the replication status and indicates whether replication was established between Node 1 and Node 2.

Show Failover Status Displays the failover status (active or standby) for Node 1 and Node 2.



Generate Certificate Signing Request (CSR) PageUse this page to generate a CSR that you then send to an authorized Certificate Authority (CA) to apply for a digital identity certificate. To find this page, select Certificate Management > Web Certificate Management > Generate Certificate Signing Request (CSR).

Caution If you already installed a valid SSL certificate, then generating a new CSR will make the existing certificate invalid. Proceed only if you are installing the certificate for the first time, if you are replacing an expired certificate, or if you change the hostname of your Application Server.

Related Topics

• Generating a Certificate Signing Request and Obtaining the Certificate

• Troubleshooting SSL for the Application Server

Table 36 Field Reference: Generate Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs) Page

Field Description

Hostname Hostname of your application server. This field is automated and cannot be edited.

Organization unit The name of your group within your organization.

Restriction: If you want to use any special (non-alphanumeric) characters, ask your CA for character restrictions.

Organization The name of your organization.

Restriction: If you want to use any special (non-alphanumeric) characters, ask your CA for character restrictions.

City The city in which you are located.

State The state in which you are located.

Restriction: Some CAs do not recognize two-letter state abbreviations, so use the full state name.

Country code Two-letter country code that identifies the country in which you are located.

Generate CSRs Creates the following:

• CSR that you download and then send to the CA in return for a certificate file.

• Private key file and password that are stored on the system.

When you later upload the certificate file, the system binds the certificate file with the generated private key file and password to enable SSL.

Caution Do not select this button more than once. Specifically, do not select this button again after downloading the CSR, because the resulting certificate will not work with the private key file and password.



Import Meetings Page


Use this page to schedule or cancel meetings by import. To find this page, select Maintenance > Import Data > Import Meetings.

Related Topics

• Import and Export Data Specifications for Meetings

• Importing Data

Table 37 Field Reference: Import Meetings Page

Field Description

Action to perform Whether to schedule or cancel meetings.

Default: Schedule meetings

Data file to use Directory path and filename of the import file that contains the user profile information.

Scheduler username Username to enter as the owner of meetings with blank SchedulerUid fields in the import file.

Default: your username

Send log information to

Select screen or file.

Default: Screen

Error threshold If the number of errors that occur while importing a meeting file is greater than this error threshold, the system cancels the import.

To estimate the error threshold, determine the number of meetings (not records) in the meetings file and add 10.

These errors might be generated during the meeting-import process and saved in the import log:

• An imported meeting cannot be scheduled for any reason, such as those described in the Requirements for Importing Data.

• The scheduled start date and time of an imported meeting is in the past.

• An imported meeting has the same meeting ID as an existing meeting.

Default: 5000



Import User Groups PageUse this page to import user groups that are specified in a comma-separated values (CSV) file. To find this page, select Maintenance > Import Data > Import User Groups.

Related Topics

• Import and Export Data Specifications for User Groups

• Importing Data

Import User Profiles PageUse this page to import user profile information that is specified in a comma-separated values (CSV) file. To find this page, select Maintenance > Import Data > Import User Profiles.

Table 38 Field Reference: Import User Groups Page

Field Description

Action to perform Whether to add or delete user groups from the database.

Default: Add groups to system

Data file to use Directory path and filename of the import file that contains the user group information.

Overwrite duplicate information

Whether to overwrite data that is duplicated in the target file as a result of importing.

• No—All existing user groups in the database are skipped and remain as is.

• Yes—Existing user groups in the database are overwritten by any imported user groups that have identical user group Numbers. Note that the group Name is not overwritten.

Restriction: This field is ignored when you select “Delete groups from system” in the Action to perform field.

Default: No

Send log information to Select screen or file.

Default: Screen

Error threshold If the number of errors that occur while importing groups is greater than this error threshold, the system aborts the import.

To estimate the error threshold, determine the number of groups in the import file and add 10.

Default: 5000

Table 39 Field Reference: Import User Profiles Page

Field Description

Action to perform Whether to add or delete user profiles from the database.

Default: Add profiles to system

Data file to use Directory path and filename of the import file.



Related Topics

• Import and Export Data Specifications for User Profiles

• Importing Data

Import Video Terminal Profiles PageUse this page to import video terminal profile (VTP) information that is specified in a comma-separated values (CSV) file. To find this page, select Maintenance > Import Data > Import Video Terminal Profiles.


When set to No, existing user profiles in the database are not modified by the import process.

When set to Yes, the system overwrites each existing user profile in the database that matches both the Profile number and Username of an imported user profile. Exceptions:

• In the preconfigured Admin profile, the User status and Type of user fields are not updated with imported values.

• In the preconfigured Guest profile, the Profile PIN and Type of user fields are not updated with imported values.

Restriction: The system does not import any user profile that matches only one (not both) of the Profile number and Username fields of an existing user profile in the database. Instead, the system reports an error and treats this as an attempt to add a new user profile whose Profile number or Username (both of which must be unique) conflicts with an existing user profile in the database.

Default: No


Default: Screen

Error threshold If the number of errors that occur while importing user profiles is greater than this error threshold, the system aborts the import.

To estimate the error threshold, determine the number of users in the import file and add 10.

Default: 5000

Table 39 Field Reference: Import User Profiles Page (continued)

Field Description

Table 40 Field Reference: Import Video Terminal Profiles Page

Field Description

Action to perform Whether to add or delete VTPs from the database.

Default: Add video terminal profiles to system




Related Topics

• Import and Export Data Specifications for Video Terminal Profiles

• Requirements for Importing Data

• Adding or Editing Video Terminal Profiles by Import

• Deleting Video Terminal Profiles by Import

• Examples of Import Files

Import Video Types PageUse this page to import video type information that is specified in a comma-separated values (CSV) file. To find this page, select Maintenance > Import Data > Import Video Types. You can import video types only if the Type of media server is set to Express Media Server.


When set to No, existing VTPs in the database are not modified by the import process.

When set to Yes, the system overwrites each existing VTP in the database that matches one or both of the following fields in an imported VTP:

• Video terminal name

• Endpoint E.164 number

Default: No


Default: Screen

Error threshold If the number of errors that occur while importing user profiles is greater than this error threshold, the system aborts the import.

To estimate the error threshold, determine the number of users in the import file and add 10.

Default: 5000

Table 40 Field Reference: Import Video Terminal Profiles Page

Field Description

Table 41 Field Reference: Import Video Types Page

Field Description

Action to perform Whether to add or delete video types from the database.

Default: Add video types to system



Related Topics

• Adding Video Types by Import

• Deleting Video Types by Import

Install Licenses PageTo find this page, select Maintenance > Licenses > Install Licenses.

Related Topics

• Installing and Managing Licenses




When set to No, existing video types in the database are not modified by the import process.

When set to Yes, the system overwrites existing video types with duplicate imported video types in the database:

• The system warns you before deleting manually added video types that are currently assigned to profiled users or groups. As a result, those profiled users who have Can host audio and video meetings usage setting are assigned the default video type. For profiled groups, the system assigns the default video type regardless of the Can host audio/video meetings setting.

• The system prevents you from deleting (or modifying) the default video types.

Default: No

Table 41 Field Reference: Import Video Types Page

Field Description

Table 42 Field Reference: Install Licenses Page

Field Description

Upload new license file Specifies to delete all previously installed licenses before installing the license file.

Restriction: Select this option only when uploading licenses to your system for the first time, or in the unlikely event that you must install an entirely new set of licenses.

Append incremental license file Specifies to keep all the previously installed licenses and to add additional licenses from the license file.

Licensing MAC address Display only. MAC address of the Application Server. You need this address to obtain licenses.

License file to use Directory path and filename of the license file.

Install License Installs the file specified in the License file to use field.





Licenses Summary PageUse this page to display and download licenses for the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace system. To find this page, select Maintenance > Licenses > Licenses Summary.

Related Topics



Licensing Report Page

Note This report is only available on WebEx-managed deployments.

Use this page to create licensing reports. To find this page select Reports > Licensing Report.

Table 43 Field Reference: Licenses Summary Page

Field Description

Name The type of license.

Enabled (Yes/No) Whether the license is enabled.

or

(number) The number of licenses or ports of this type that are enabled.

Installed (Yes/No) Whether the license was installed.

or

(number) The total number of licenses or ports of this type that are installed.

Comment Additional information about the license, such as an expiration date or any limitations that are specific to your system.

Table 44 Field Reference: Licensing Report Page

Field Description

Summary report

Detailed report

Whether you want to generate a summary or detailed report.

The summary report indicates the number of days the user has exceeded the license cap and the average number of licenses the user exceeded the cap by during the specified period.

The detailed report indicates each day the license cap was exceeded and the count of excess licenses.

Default: Summary report

Start date The day you want the capacity report data to begin.

Default: today (mm/dd/yyyy)

End date The day you want the capacity report data to end.






Related Topics


Maintenance Configuration PageUse this page to schedule your maintenance windows. To find this page, select Maintenance > Maintenance Configuration.

Table 45 Output Reference: Licensing Report Page

Field Description

Current installed voice scheduling licenses The total number of audio licenses installed on the system.

Current installed video scheduling licenses The total number of video licenses installed on the system.

Number of days voice license count exceeded during this period

The total audio and video license count over the cap during the specified period.

Average number of excess voice licenses in use during this period

The average audio and video license count over the cap during the specified period.

Number of days video license count exceeded during this period

The total number of days the video license count was exceeded over the specified period.

Average number of excess video licenses in use during this period

The average number of excess video licenses that were used over the specified period.

Table 46 Field Reference: Maintenance Configuration Page

Field Description

Maintenance Window 1

Start Date and Time The date and time (24-hour clock) that your first maintenance period begins.

Duration The duration of your maintenance period in hours.


Start Date and Time The date and time (24-hour clock) that your second maintenance period begins.



Start Date and Time The date and time (24-hour clock) that your third maintenance period begins.




Maintenance PageUse this page to perform these tasks:

• Importing Data




• Backing Up, Archiving, and Restoring Data on the Application Server

• Sending Email Blasts on MeetingPlace-Scheduled and Audio-Only Deployments

• Customizing Music and Voice Prompts

Media Parameters PageUse this page to modify audio and video settings. To find this page, select System Configuration > Call Configuration > Media Parameters.

Table 47 Field Reference: Media Parameters Page

Field Description

Media Parameters

Audio RTP starting port The Media Server assigns RTP1/UDP2 ports starting from the specified value up to that value plus 4096. Modify this field only if required to conform with local firewall rules.

This field applies only to audio ports. Video ports always start at 20000 and are not configurable.

Note If you change this setting and your system is configured for Hardware Media Server, you must restart your MCU to make your change take effect.

Default 16384

TTL Time-to-live value in the IP header of transmitted voice packets. Determines how many hops an IP packet can travel through the network before it is discarded.

Recommendation: Set the value at least high enough to match the number of router hops between Cisco Unified MeetingPlace and the furthest user endpoint. Using a relatively low number can help reduce the quantity of stray packets on the network.

Default: 64



QoS3

Audio media IPv4

Video media IPv4

Signaling IPv4

Differentiated Services (DiffServ) code point (DSCP) settings that determine the QoS for the audio and video media signaling, as defined in RFC 2475.

Recommendation: Keep the default value. The other values are available for the rare instances when the network requires a different DSCP setting.

For more information, see the “Network Infrastructure” chapter of the Cisco Unified Communications Solution Reference Network Design (SRND) that applies to your version of Cisco Unified Communications Manager at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps556/products_implementation_design_guides_list.html.

Defaults:

• Audio media: EF DSCP (101110)

• Video media: AF41 DSCP (100010)

• Signaling: CS3 (precedence 3) DSCP (011000)

Enable automatic gain control (AGC)

AGC causes Cisco Unified MeetingPlace to dynamically adjust the input gain so the average energy matches a specific level. This is useful when various phones, or people in a conference room, produce different volume levels. Nevertheless, AGC can be problematic in cases where noise might be mistaken for voice.

When AGC is disabled, the specified Fixed gain (dB) is applied to all inputs.

Default: No

AGC target level (dBm) The target energy level for the AGC algorithm is applied to all inputs. Make this number less negative to increase the average volume level. The default value of -18 is a typical level for telephony circuits.

Restriction: This field applies only when the Enable automatic gain control (AGC) field is set to Yes.

Default: -18

Echo Canceller4 (this section is only available when the Type of media server is set to Hardware Media Server)

Window size (milliseconds) Range of echo return delay that the LEC will attempt to cancel.

Default: 128

Enable non-linear processing (NLP) NLP removes the small amount of residual uncanceled echo that inevitably passes through the echo canceller and might be useful for removing residual echo from acoustic or low-bandwidth voice codec (for example, ITU-T G.729) endpoints.

Set this field to No:

• If you do not want to suppress the residual echo.

• If you notice subtle voice quality issues, such as variations in background noise levels while NLP is enabled.

Default: Yes

Table 47 Field Reference: Media Parameters Page (continued)

Field Description


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Enable comfort noise in NLP To help make the overall background noise level continuous, the NLP generates comfort noise.

Set this field to No if you prefer silence instead of comfort noise whenever NLP is actively removing residual echo. Note, however, that disabling comfort noise might result in undesirable variations of background noise levels between silence and noise.

Default: Yes

Enable LEC w. G.729? Whether to enable LEC when G.729 is in use.

Restriction: You must disable Enable LEC w. G.729? (set this field to No) if you want the High Capacity Global audio mode field on the Media Resource Configuration Page to also use G.729.

Default: Yes

Minimum echo return loss (ERL) (dB)

A lower ERL setting might help the LEC cancel loud echoes, but it increases the risk of distortion caused by clipping or squelching of the signal.

Default: 6

Bulk delay (milliseconds) This value is added to the Window size (milliseconds), so that the cancelled echo return delays will range from Bulk delay (milliseconds) to Bulk delay (milliseconds) + Window size (milliseconds). This allows the LEC to work on echoes that are outside the normal range in exchange for not canceling short-return-delay echoes.

Default: 0

Gain Control5 (this section is available when the Type of media server is set to Hardware Media Server)

Fixed gain (dB) The fixed input gain is applied to all inputs. Use positive numbers to increase the volume, and use negative numbers to decrease the volume. The default value of 0 leaves the input level alone.

Restriction: This field applies only when the Enable automatic gain control (AGC) field is set to No.

Default: 0


Field Description



Digits6

Enable RFC 2833 detection There are three DTMF methods:

1. RFC-2833, which is negotiated and can be disabled

2. KPML, which is negotiated and cannot be disabled

3. In-band DTMF tones, which is not negotiated but can be disabled (see “Enable in-band DTMF detection” setting)

Note KPML is only supported on Hardware Media Server systems.

RFC 2833 is a standard mechanism for transmitting keypad digits in-band in VoIP media packets. It is commonly used as an adjunct to SIP signaling. Most calls will negotiate either RFC-2833 (in band) or KPML7 (out of band) depending on the capabilities of the user endpoint.

If both RFC-2833 and KPML are negotiated (implying that RFC-2833 was enabled), Cisco Unified MeetingPlace will listen for RFC-2833 and not KPML. You can force the use of KPML by disabling RFC-2833 if you are trying to validate KPML. Otherwise, disabling RFC-2833 is typically not necessary as most calls will not notice a difference. If you do notice a difference it may be due to Cisco Unified Communications Manager inserting a MTP to translate RFC-2833 to KPML. This happens if a trunk or endpoint does not support out-of-band signaling. Depending on the setup, MTP insertion may result in loss of video or, if you run out of MTP resources, call failure.

Restriction: this field is available only when the Type of media server is set to Hardware Media Server.

Default: Yes

RFC 2833 payload type Payload type for RFC2833 digits, tones, and signals.

Recommendation: Contact your network administrator for the payload type used in your network.

Default: 101

Enable in-band DTMF detection Whether to turn on the signal processing which looks for in-band acoustic DTMF8 tones in the input audio media stream. Note that DTMF works well only with the G.711 codec.

Recommendation: Enter Yes to support terminals that lack another signaling mechanism, including RFC 2833, KPML, or H.245. Enter No if you find that Cisco Unified MeetingPlace responds to voices as if they were keypad inputs (talk off).

Note KPML is only supported on Hardware Media Server systems.

Default: Yes

This option is only available when the Type of media server is set to Hardware Media Server.


Field Description



Related Topics

• Configuring Parameters that Affect Sound and Video Quality

Jitter Buffer (this section is only available when the Type of media server is set to Hardware Media Server)

Maximum size (milliseconds)

Minimum size (milliseconds)

Maximum and minimum lengths of time, in milliseconds, that the jitter buffer holds voice packets. A large jitter buffer helps the system accurately reassemble the media stream, but it adds to perceived latency.

Jitter refers to the variation in the delay of received packets. When voice data is sent across the network, the packets are sent in a continuous stream with the packets spaced evenly apart. Due to network congestion, improper queuing, or configuration errors, the delay between each received packet can vary instead of remaining constant. Some packets can even arrive out of order or not arrive at all.

A higher Maximum size (milliseconds) helps the system adapt to poor conditions. A lower value might be better for interactive conversations, where an occasional dropped packet might be preferable to long latency.

The Minimum size (milliseconds) is the starting jitter buffer size. The closer this value is to the typical jitter on the network, the quicker the system adapts, but this adds directly to latency.

Maximum size (milliseconds) default: 250

Minimum size (milliseconds) default: 30

Miscellaneous

Maximum conference speakers Maximum number of input lines that will be simultaneously mixed together in a meeting. A small value (2) reduces the background noise and echo. A large value (4) is best for more interactive meetings.

Default: 4

1. RTP = Real-Time Transport Protocol

2. UDP = User Datagram Protocol

3. QoS = Quality of Service

4. The echo canceller parameters control the Line Echo Canceller (LEC), which reduces audible echo in meetings.

5. The gain control parameters apply a fixed or adaptive gain to all audio inputs.

6. The digits parameters control how keypad inputs are received.

7. KPML = Key Press Markup Language

8. DTMF = Dual Tone Multi-Frequency


Field Description



Media Resource Configuration PageUse this page to configure media resources. This page can be used for systems that are configured for a Hardware Media Server or for an Express Media Server.

To find this page, select System Configuration > Media Resource Configuration.

Note Depending on the type of media server you select, the order of the fields on this page varies.

Table 48 Field Reference: Media Resource Configuration Page

Field Description

Type of media server This is set during installation, but you can change it. To change the type of media server, you must first put your node in maintenance mode. You can then select Express Media Server or Hardware Media Server and then select Save to change the type of media server.

Total system resource units (SRUs) Display only. Available only when the Type of media server is set to Express Media Server.

Total number of SRUs available in the system. This shows the system capacity, based on hardware (such as the Cisco MCS type and the number and speed of the CPUs). For details, see the Planning Guide for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/ps5664/ps5669/products_implementation_design_guides_list.html.

Media mode Set to High Capacity or High Quality:


• High Quality (all codecs, with AGC, LEC and Noise cancellation)

For more information about Noise Cancellation and LEC, see the “About Noise Cancellation and Line Echo Cancellation (LEC)” section on page 72.

Default: High Capacity (G711 codec only, with AGC; external device required for LEC)

Video enabled

(Available only when the Type of media server is set to Express Media Server)

Whether or not video is enabled for your meetings.

Default: No

Available ports

(Available only when the Type of media server is set to Express Media Server)

Number of ports for meetings on the system.

This number is affected by the settings on the Add Video Type Page based on which video type you select. When the system runs out of resources from the remaining SRU pool, video is no longer offered to the user.

The displayed value determines the maximum possible number of simultaneous video connections to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.

Ad-Hoc Audio and Video Settings

(available only when the Type of media server is set to Express Media Server and only on MeetingPlace-managed or audio-only systems.)

Percent SRUs reserved for Ad-Hoc Percentage of SRUs to reserve for ad-hoc conferencing.

Default: 0%





Media Mode Select High Capacity or High Quality.


• High Quality (all codecs, with AGC, NoiseCancellation, G711 with LEC)

Default: High Capacity

Video enabled Enable or disable ad-hoc video. When enabled, the system reserves the same number of ad-hoc video ports as ad-hoc audio ports from the SRU pool. Based on the selected Ad-hoc video mode type, these video ports are configured at the Ad-hoc video minimum bit rate (kbps) and the Ad-hoc video maximum bit rate (kbps).

The system guarantees video ports at the basic rate of 320 kbps. The system provides additional bit rates to the port only if there are remaining SRUs.

Default: No

Ad-hoc video mode This system-level setting applies to all ad-hoc conferences. Options:

• H.263

• H.264 AVC (Level 1.1)—Low resolutions available with mobile endpoints. Example: QCIF 30 FPS.

• H.264 AVC (Level 1.3)—Most common resolutions available with desktop endpoints. Example: CIF 30 FPS.

• H.264 AVC (Level 3.0)—High quality resolutions for more advanced endpoints. Example: VGA at 30 FPS.

• H.264 AVC (Level 3.1)—High definition resolutions for HD endpoints. Example: 720p HD at 30 FPS.

Note that the resolution examples are not guaranteed. Per the H.264/AVC video coding standard, the endpoint must be able to support different resolutions for a given negotiated level. The actual resolution will vary and can change at any time during the conference. Cisco Unified MeetingPlace signals the specified H.264 level but does not mandate any resolution scheme.

Restriction: You can configure the ad-hoc video mode only if you set the “Video enabled” field to Yes. Otherwise, the “Ad-hoc video mode” field is dimmed.

Default: H.264 AVC (Level 1.3)

Ad-hoc video minimum bit rate (kbps) Minimum bit rate for the video experience. The minimum bit rate is the minimum rate that the endpoint must receive from the conference.

The conference bridge offers the minimum and maximum bit rates to the endpoint during negotiation. The minimum bit rate specifies the minimum video experience and if the system does not have resources to support this rate, video is not offered to the user.

Ad-hoc video maximum bit rate (kbps) Maximum bit rate for ad-hoc video.

The maximum bit rate is the maximum rate that the endpoint can send video to the conference.

Available ports Display only. The number of ports available for ad-hoc conferencing.

Table 48 Field Reference: Media Resource Configuration Page (continued)

Field Description



Related Topics



About Noise Cancellation and Line Echo Cancellation (LEC)The noise cancellation feature in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace cancels the background noise in conference calls. Noise cancellation only works for 20 millisecond samples (the standard for Cisco IP Phone and voice software).

Using the G.711 codec in high-quality mode with LEC, AGC, and noise cancellation enabled requires up to eight SRUs.

Using the G.729 or G.722 codec with AGC and noise cancellation enabled requires up to eight SRUs.

With video enabled, the resource usage increases based on the video capability:

• 384 kbps video = additional 1 SRU

• 768 kbps video = additional 2 SRUs

• 2 Mbps video = additional 6 SRUs.

Line Echo cancellation only works for participants using the G.711 codec.

Using the G.711 codec in high-quality mode with LEC, AGC, and noise cancellation enabled requires up to eight SRUs.

With video enabled, the resource usage increases based on the video capability:

• 384 kbps video = additional 1 SRU

• 768 kbps video = additional 2 SRUs

• 2 Mbps video = additional 6 SRUs.

Global Settings (available only when the Type of media server is set to Hardware Media Server)

Global audio mode Choose between the higher-capacity and higher-quality options.

For more information, see the “Recommendations for Determining the Global Audio Mode” section on page 73.

Ports Per Meeting

Maximum ports per reservationless meeting

Maximum ports per scheduled meeting


Maximum number of voice, web, or video ports that can be used in a meeting.

These fields restrict the maximum size that a meeting can grow to even when ports are still available.

• When the Type of media server is set to Express Media Server, the upper limit for these fields is Scheduled audio ports.

• When the Type of media server is set to Hardware Media Server, the upper limit for these fields is Audio licensed ports.

• The lower limit for these fields is 2.

Default for both fields: 6

Table 48 Field Reference: Media Resource Configuration Page (continued)

Field Description



Recommendations for Determining the Global Audio Mode

Note This parameter only applies to systems that use a Hardware Media Server.

Options for this parameter are:

• G.711, G.729; 250 ports/blade

• G.711, G.722, G.729, iLBC; 166 ports/blade

The following applies to the Hardware Media Server when used alone or in multiple blade situations:

• For High Capacity mode (G.711 with LEC and G.729 without LEC), the Audio Blades have a maximum audio port capacity of 250 at 90% of hardware capacity. When the hardware resource limit is reached, the system sends an alarm and users hear a busy signal when they attempt to access their meeting.

• For High Quality mode (G.711, G.722, G.729 with LEC, and iLBC), the Audio Blades have a maximum audio port capacity of 166 at 60% of hardware capacity. When the hardware resource limit is reached, the system sends an alarm and users hear a busy signal when they attempt to access their meeting.

Note If you use Line Echo Cancellation (LEC) with G.729, you must select the lower capacity audio mode.

Considerations for Systems Using Ad-Hoc Video

• When you set Enable ad-hoc video to Yes:

– The Ad-hoc video mode, the Ad-hoc video minimum bit rate (kbps), and the Ad-hoc video maximum bit rate (kbps) options are enabled.

– Ad-hoc video ports = Ad-hoc audio ports

– Scheduled video ports = Video available ports - Ad-hoc video ports

• Ad-hoc conferencing works with these configuration settings:

– On the Media Resource Configuration Page, Enable ad-hoc G.729 or G.722 is set to No. In Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace conference bridge is in the default device pool and the Cisco Unified IP Phone device that initiates the ad-hoc conference is also in the default device pool.

– On the Media Resource Configuration Page, Enable ad-hoc G.729 or G.722 is set to Yes. In Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace conference bridge is in the default device pool and the Cisco Unified IP Phone device that initiates the ad-hoc conference is in the G.729 device pool.

– On the Media Resource Configuration Page, Enable ad-hoc G.729 or G.722 is set to Yes. In Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace conference bridge is in the G.729 device pool and the Cisco Unified IP Phone device that initiates the ad-hoc conference is in the G.729 device pool.

– On the Media Resource Configuration Page, Enable ad-hoc G.729 or G.722 is set to Yes. In Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace conference bridge is in the G.729 device pool and the Cisco Unified IP Phone device that initiates the ad-hoc conference is in the default device pool.



When you configure ad-hoc conferencing, consider this criteria:

• The system guarantees voice ports for G.711. You can enable ad-hoc G.729 or G.722 only if there are enough SRUs on the system to support these features. If there are enough resources, the system immediately deducts them from the remaining SRU pool.

• If you enable ad-hoc video, the system reserves the same number of ad-hoc video ports as ad-hoc audio ports from the SRU pool.

The system guarantees video ports at the basic rate of 320 kbps. The system provides additional bit rates to the port only if there are remaining SRUs.

You can configure a lower rate to improve video quality and responsiveness. If you want lower network utilization, you can lower the maximum bit rate allowed for video conferencing.

Meeting Cancellation Report Page


This page provides information about each meeting that was cancelled during a specified range of dates. To find this page, select Reports > Meeting Cancellation Report.

Table 49 Field Reference: Meeting Cancellation Report Page

Field Description


Restriction: If you select txt, all fields are displayed in the report output. The check boxes for selecting fields become dimmed.

Default: html


Default: Screen

Sort by Whether you want the report data sorted by scheduler ID, meeting ID, or date.

Default: Meeting ID



Check Boxes and Output Fields


Unchecking this clears all check boxes, except Scheduler ID and Meeting ID.

Scheduler ID Name of the meeting owner.

Restriction: This check box cannot be cleared.

Meeting Subject Meeting subject.

Number of required ports Number of ports that were reserved for the meeting.

Required length of meeting Length of time scheduled for the meeting.



Related Topics


Meeting Categories Page


To find this page, select System Configuration > Meeting Categories.

Related Topics

• Configuring Meeting Categories on MeetingPlace-Scheduled and Audio-Only Systems

• Add Meeting Categories Page, page 2

Meeting ID Meeting ID.

Restriction: This check box cannot be cleared.

Start date/time of meeting Scheduled start date and time of the meeting.

Billing code See Billing code.

Table 49 Field Reference: Meeting Cancellation Report Page (continued)

Field Description

Table 50 Navigation Reference: Meeting Categories Page

To Do This

Sort by owner, last modifier, or last modification time

Select the Owner, Last Modified By, or Last Modified Time column heading.

Change the sort order to ascending or descending

Select the column heading to display an arrow. Select the heading again to toggle between a down arrow (ascending sort) and an up arrow (descending sort).

Display a shorter or longer list in one view At the bottom of the page, in the Rows per page field, select the number of entries to display.




Search by name Enter at least the first character of the name, and select Search.

Edit an existing entry Select an entry.

Create a new meeting category Select Add New.

Delete one or more meeting categories Check the appropriate check boxes in the far left column, and select Delete Selected.

Restriction: You cannot delete the preconfigured Standard meeting category.



Media Statistics Report Page

Note This feature is only available on MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments.

Use this page to run reports that are useful for troubleshooting the software-based audio and video mixers in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.

To find this page, select Reports > Media Statistics Report.

• Field Reference: Media Statistics Report Page, page 76

• Output Reference: Media Statistics Report Page > Conference Statistics Report, page 76

• Output Reference: Media Statistics Report Page > Channel Statistics Report, page 78

• Output Reference: Media Statistics Report Page > Channel Status Report, page 80

Note The fields that display only video information do not appear in the report output if no video calls are received by Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.

Table 51 Field Reference: Media Statistics Report Page

Field Description

Conference Statistics Report • Global statistics—Contains historical data that applies to all voice meetings and video conferences handled by the mixers since initialization.

• Conference statistics—Contains information about voice meetings and video conferences that are currently active.

Channel Statistics Report Displays mixer statistics for each voice call and video connection that is currently active.

Channel Statistics Report Displays mixer status information about each voice call and video connection that is currently active.

Table 52 Output Reference: Media Statistics Report Page > Conference Statistics Report

Field Name Description

Global Statistics

Start Time Date and time when the mixer was initialized (system boot time).

Elapsed Time Number of hours, minutes, and seconds that the mixer has been active.

Active Audio/Video Conf Number of currently active voice and video meetings.

Max Active Conf Maximum number of voice meetings, video meetings, and breakout sessions that were active simultaneously since initialization.

Total Audio/Video Conf Number of voice meetings, video meetings, and breakout sessions that were held since initialization.

Active Audio/Video Chn Number of channels (callers) currently connected to either the audio or video mixer.

Join/Depart Conf Number of times that callers joined or left voice meetings and video meetings as well as the number of times that the system called a user to join a meeting or ejected someone from a meeting since system initialization.



Max Conf Duration Elapsed time of longest running voice or video meeting.

Total Audio/Video Rcv Pkt Number of RTP1 packets received by the audio and video mixers.

Total Audio/Video Xmt Pkt Number of RTP packets transmitted by the audio and video mixers.

Total Audio Drop Pkt Number of incoming voice packets that were detected as missing.

Max Jitter Maximum length of time, in milliseconds, that the RTP jitter buffer holds voice packets.

Conference Statistics

System Active Status of the server.

Date and Time Date and time that the report was last refreshed, which occurs automatically and frequently.

Conf ID Unique number used by the local audio mixer to identify the voice meeting. This value is different from the meeting ID displayed to users.

Start Time Date and time when the voice meeting began.

Elapsed Amount of time that the voice meeting has been active.

Max Active Chn Total number of active channels (callers) connected to the audio mixer since the voice meeting began.

Active Chn Number of channels (callers) currently connected to the audio mixer for this meeting.

Join/Depart Conf Number of user-initiated joinings and departures (the number of times that callers joined or left voice meetings) and system-initiated joinings and departures (the number of times that the system called a user to join a meeting or ejected someone from a meeting) since system initialization.

Audio Pkts Recv/Xmit Number of audio RTP packets received and transmitted by the audio mixer for this meeting.

Video Pkts Recv/Xmit Number of video RTP packets transmitted by the video mixer for this meeting.

Audio Bytes Recv Amount of audio RTP data, in bytes, received by the audio mixer for this meeting.

Audio Bytes Xmit Amount of audio RTP data, in bytes, sent by the audio mixer for this meeting.

Intra-frames Requested/Detected/Timeouts

Number of times the video mixer requested and detected intra-frames. Also the number of timed-out intra-frame requests.

Intra-frames (or I-frames) are frames that carry the complete picture of a video image from a participant. I-frames are sent periodically in a video stream and whenever a video speaker switch occurs.

When the active speaker changes, the system requests an I-frame and then waits to receive an I-frame from the new active speaker before switching the video stream. Until an I-frame is received or the active speaker changes again, the system sends FVU requests to the new active speaker every two seconds.

Active/Previous Speaker Channel IDs (Chn ID) of the active and previous speakers in the conference.

Active Video Chn Number of active video channels in use during this conference.

Max Jitter Maximum jitter detected in incoming audio during this conference.

Max Play Delay Maximum delay during this meeting, in milliseconds, between the time a play request was received and the time the buffer started playing the data.

Play Delay Current delay, in milliseconds, between the time a play request is received and the time the buffer starts playing the data for this meeting.

Table 52 Output Reference: Media Statistics Report Page > Conference Statistics Report (continued)




Note The fields that display only video information do not appear in report output if no video calls are received by Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.

Max Record Delay Maximum delay during this meeting, in milliseconds, between the time a file recording was requested and the time the recording began.

Record Delay Current delay, in milliseconds, between the time a file recording is requested and the time the recording begins.


Table 53 Output Reference: Media Statistics Report Page > Channel Statistics Report


Total Active Channels Number of channels that are currently active.

Channel Record Last Updated

Date and time that the channel record was last refreshed, which occurs automatically and frequently.

Chn ID Channel identification assigned to the caller.


Start Time Date and time that the call was established.

Elapsed Amount of time that the call has been active.

Audio Pkts Rcv/Sent/Lost Number of audio RTP1 packets received from and sent to the endpoint and the number of lost packets.

Video Pkts Rcv/Sent Number of video RTP packets received from and sent to the endpoint.

Audio KBytes Rcv/Sent Amount of audio RTP data, in kilobytes, received from and sent to the endpoint.

Video KBytes Rcv/Sent Amount of video RTP data, in kilobytes, received from and sent to the endpoint.

Out of Order Video Pkts Number of video RTP packets that were received out of sequence from the endpoint.

FVU / Flow Cntl Requests Number of fast video update requests and flow-control requests received from the endpoint.

I frame Req / Detected Number of I-frames requested and detected. I-frames are frames that carry the complete picture of a video image of a participant. I-frames are sent periodically in a video stream and whenever a video speaker switch occurs.

When the active speaker changes, the system requests an I-frame and then waits to receive an I-frame from the new active speaker before switching the video stream. Until an I-frame is received or the active speaker changes again, the system sends FVU requests to the new active speaker every two seconds.

Under normal conditions, the requested and detected values should be the same. If these counts do not match, check the video endpoints for errors.

Also, endpoints that have difficulty decoding video can request additional I-frames. Therefore, endpoints that have a higher I-frame count than others in a conference should be examined for network issues.

Table 52 Output Reference: Media Statistics Report Page > Conference Statistics Report (continued)




Note The fields that display only video information do not appear in report output if no video calls are received by Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.

Flush Rate Average number of flushed packets per second. A flushed packet is one that arrived too late for the audio mixer to play in the correct sequence order and is thus thrown away.

Note The value of this field and the Insert Rate field should be equal.

Insert Rate Average number of PLC2 packets per second that are locally generated by the audio mixer and inserted in place of packets that did not arrive in time to play in the correct sequence order. Without PLC packets, callers would hear clicks and pops because of missing packets.

Note The value of this field and the Flush Rate field should be equal.

Silence Pkt Rate Average number of RTP packets per second that are not received, not sent, or are SID3 packets.

Using VAD4 saves bandwidth by sending RTP packets over the network only when the audio reaches a certain level, such as when a caller talks. When the caller stops talking, a SID packet is sent to notify the audio mixer that a subsequent gap in RTP packets is caused by silence on the call, as opposed to serious network delay. If the last packet in a stream of RTP packets is a SID, the audio mixer knows not to count the subsequent gap as jitter and to locally generate and play comfort noise to fill the gap.

Audio Pkt Size Size of audio RTP packets, in bytes. 160-byte packets correspond to a 20 ms packetization period.

Max Jitter Maximum jitter detected in incoming audio packets from the endpoint.

Avg Jitter Average jitter value observed for packets arriving from the endpoint.

Pkt Delay Delay, in milliseconds, between the current packet being played and the last received packet. Also called buffer depth.

Digits Rcvd Number of digits received from the endpoint.

Digits Sent Number of digits sent to the endpoint.

Max Play Delay Maximum delay, in milliseconds, between the time a play request was received and the time the buffer started playing the data.

Play Delay Current delay, in milliseconds, between the time a play request is received and the time the buffer starts playing the data.

Max Record Delay Maximum delay, in milliseconds, between the time a file recording was requested and the time the recording began.

Record Delay Current delay, in milliseconds, between the time a file recording is requested and the time the recording begins.


2. PLC = packet loss concealment

3. SID = Silence Insertion Descriptor

4. VAD = Voice Activity Detection

Table 53 Output Reference: Media Statistics Report Page > Channel Statistics Report (continued)




Table 54 Output Reference: Media Statistics Report Page > Channel Status Report



Chn ID Channel identification assigned to the caller.

Callers DN (‘R”=Outdial) Phone number of the video caller. An R at the end denotes that this is an outgoing call.

State Whether the caller is currently in a voice meeting.

Mixed Whether or not the voice stream of the caller is currently being heard by others in the voice meeting. The audio mixer mixes the three loudest callers at any given time, and all other meeting participants cannot be heard at all.

Rmt Audio IP Addr

or

Rmt A/V IP Addr

Voice endpoint IP address of the caller.

or

Voice endpoint IP address and video endpoint IP address of the caller.

Rmt Audio RTP Port

or

Rmt A/V RTP Port

Voice endpoint RTP1 port of the caller.

or

Voice endpoint RTP port and video endpoint RTP port of the caller.

Rmt Audio RTCP Port

or

Rmt A/V RTCP Port

Voice endpoint RTCP2 port of the caller.

or

Voice endpoint RTCP port and video endpoint RTCP port of the caller.

Lcl Audio IP Addr

or

Lcl A/V IP Addr

IP address of the audio port for your Cisco Unified MeetingPlace system.

or

IP addresses of the audio and video ports for your Cisco Unified MeetingPlace system.

Lcl Audio RTP Port

or

Lcl A/V RTP Port

RTP port of the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace audio mixer, which receives the audio RTP stream from the caller.

or

RTP ports of the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace audio mixer and video mixer, which receive the audio and video RTP streams of the caller.

Lcl Audio RTCP Port

or

Lcl A/V RTCP Port

RTCP port of the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace audio mixer, which receives the audio RTCP messages from the caller

or

RTCP ports of the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace audio mixer and video mixer, which receive the audio and video RTCP messages from the caller.

Picture Format Picture format information for Common Intermediate Format (CIF), Video Graphics Array (VGA), high definition (HD), and the video endpoint H.264 profile level.

TOS IP type of service setting for the output stream to this caller.

TTL Time-to-live, in hops, for transmitted packets.



Meeting Configuration PageUse this page to configure system-wide meeting parameters. To find this page, select System Configuration > Meeting Configuration.

Audio Codec Type

or

A/V Codec Type

Audio payload type used in the RTP media streams.

or

Audio and video payload type used in the RTP media streams.

Valid payload types:

• 0—G.711uLaw.

• 8—G.711aLaw.

• 34—H.263 (1996) video.

• 96-127—DTMF3 or H.264 video. During call setup, an unused payload type is negotiated from the dynamic payload type range.

Ann Active Whether an announcement is currently being played.

Ann File Name Displays the full name of the file or prompt that is currently being played.

Rec Active Whether the call is being recorded.

Rec File Name Displays the full name of the file to which the call is being recorded.


2. RTCP = RTP Control Protocol

3. DTMF = dual tone multifrequency

Table 54 Output Reference: Media Statistics Report Page > Channel Status Report (continued)


Table 55 Field Reference: Meeting Configuration Page

Field Description

Meeting Configuration

Default meeting length (minutes)

Default length of meetings, in minutes. This value is used in the Duration field when scheduling meetings. This field also applies to reservationless meetings.

Restrictions:

• This number cannot exceed the value entered in the Maximum meeting length (minutes) field.

• This field does not apply to meetings that are scheduled from Microsoft Outlook.

Default: 30



Maximum meeting length (minutes)

User cannot schedule meetings longer than this number of minutes. Also, reservationless meetings end after this number of minutes.

Restriction: If this value differs from the following, the lowest value is used:

• Maximum meeting length (minutes) field in the user profile of the meeting owner (see Table 71).

• Maximum Call Duration Timer service parameter in Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

See Configuring the Maximum Call Duration in Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

Default: 240

Meeting ID start guard time (minutes)

Number of minutes before the requested meeting start time that the meeting ID is reserved.

This field and the Meeting ID end guard time (minutes) field control when meeting IDs are available for reuse and when the system recognizes a meeting ID.

Before the meeting ID start guard time, users who try to attend the meeting hear or see on the screen: “This is not a recognized meeting ID number.” During the meeting ID start guard time period, users hear: “The meeting has not started.”

Meeting ID start guard times are not applied to reservationless meetings or meetings that begin immediately.

Recommendation: 30. To ensure that meeting IDs are available for reuse, decrease this value if the number of simultaneous meetings to be held on your system is about the same as the number of available meeting IDs.

Default: 30

Meeting ID end guard time (minutes)

Number of minutes after a meeting that the meeting ID is reserved.

This field and the Meeting ID start guard time (minutes) field control when meeting IDs are available for reuse and when the system recognizes a meeting ID.

During the meeting ID end guard time, users who try to attend the meeting hear or see on the screen: “The meeting has ended.” After the meeting ID end guard time period, users hear: “This is not a recognized meeting ID number.”

Meeting ID end guard times are not applied to reservationless meetings or meetings that are user-terminated before the scheduled end time.

Recommendation: 15. To ensure that meeting IDs are available for reuse, decrease this value if the number of simultaneous meetings to be held on your system is about the same as the number of available meeting IDs.

Default: 30

Early meeting start (minutes) Maximum time, in minutes, before the scheduled meeting start that participants can enter the meeting. This field does not apply to reservationless meetings.

Restriction: This number cannot exceed the value entered in the Meeting ID start guard time (minutes) field.

Recommendation: 10

Default: 10

Table 55 Field Reference: Meeting Configuration Page (continued)

Field Description



Last warning time (minutes) Number of minutes before the end of a meeting when the system issues a warning.

Default: 2

Minimum meeting password length

(MeetingPlace-scheduled deployments only)

Note A meeting password is required.

Minimum number of characters required in meeting passwords.

A value of 0 means that meeting passwords are never required, even for meetings that are scheduled by users whose user profile Meeting password required field is set to Yes.

Recommendation: Follow your company guidelines for similar telecommunications systems.

Default: 0

Days until meeting statistics deleted

Minimum number of days that meeting data is stored on the Application Server and Web Server. To determine the actual date when the meeting data will be deleted:

• If you enter a value less than 7, the system deletes the meeting data after the specified number plus 7 days. For example, if you enter 5, the meeting data is deleted after 5 + 7 = 12 days.

• If you enter a value equal to or greater than 7 days, the system deletes the meeting data after the specified number of days. For example, if you enter 7, the meeting data is deleted after 7 days.

Once meeting data is deleted, it is no longer available for reporting purposes.

Restriction: Changes to this field apply only to meetings that are scheduled after the field is changed. For each meeting, the system applies the field that was configured at the time the meeting was scheduled.

Recommendation: If your system holds more than 2,000 meetings per day, keep this value lower than 38 days. This will prevent database size issues that may impact system performance. For more information, see Maintaining the Database.

Default: 38

Disconnect empty port (minutes)

Number of minutes after the scheduled start time that ports are held after all participants leave, even when the scheduled meeting time is not over. This time accounts for longer meetings when people break and return to the meeting. This time also applies if no one comes to the meeting.

Restriction: This parameter does not apply to reservationless meetings.

Default: 30

Early meeting port release (minutes)

Number of minutes before the scheduled end of a meeting that ports are released if no ports are in use for that meeting.

Default: 5


Field Description



Enable fast blast outdial (disables regular meetings) (available only on audio-only systems)

Available only when the Type of media server is set to Express Media Server.

This feature is displayed only when Enable Secure Conferencing is set to Yes.

Enables fast blast outdial feature. When you set Enable fast blast outdial (disables regular meetings) to Yes, regular meetings are blocked and cannot be scheduled. Blast outdial meetings will dial up to 96 phones at a time without a pause.

When you set Enable fast blast outdial (disables regular meetings) to No, regular meetings still work. Blast outdial meetings dial up to 25 phones at a time and then pause 40+ seconds before placing additional calls.

Default: No

Meeting Configuration (Additional features available only on MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments)

Extend meeting (minutes) Whether or not to extend meetings if they run over the requested duration and if ports are available. Meetings might continue to be extended as long as ports are available, up to the Maximum meeting length (minutes) field value. Specifically for web meeting rooms:

• For meetings scheduled with zero locations, the web meeting is extended as long as there is at least one participant in the web meeting room.

• For meetings scheduled with at least one location, the web meeting is extended only if there are at least two voice meeting participants.

If you select Yes, also enter the number of minutes to extend meetings.

If you select No, or if ports are not available at the end of the meeting, callers receive a warning that the meeting will end. The warning time is determined by the Last warning time (minutes) field.

Default: Yes, 15

Maximum advance days to schedule

Maximum number of days you can schedule a meeting before the scheduled meeting date.

A value of 1 indicates you can only schedule meetings for the current and following day.

Default: 300

Allow vanity meeting IDs Whether users can request a specific meeting ID when scheduling a meeting. If a user requests a meeting ID that is already reserved for another meeting, the system prompts the user to select another meeting ID.

If you select No, the system generates a unique, randomly generated ID for every scheduled meeting. Users cannot change the assigned meeting IDs.

Default: Yes

Minimum scheduled meeting ID length

Minimum number of characters in meeting IDs.

Note that longer meeting IDs are more secure, because they are more difficult to guess.

Restriction: If this value is set to 3 and the scheduler does not enter a vanity meeting ID, the system assigns a four-digit meeting ID to all new meetings.

Default: 4

Enable rescheduled recurring meetings

Whether to enable users to reschedule recurring meetings.

Default: Yes


Field Description



Related Topics


Auto-Answer Devices (MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments only)

Meeting controls device Determines whether the meeting owner or the meeting itself controls when auto-answer devices are disconnected from each meeting:

• No—When the meeting owner leaves the meeting, all auto-answer devices are disconnected from the meeting.

If the meeting owner never joins the meeting, auto-answer devices are disconnected from the meeting when ports are disconnected or released due to the Disconnect empty port (minutes) and Early meeting port release (minutes) fields on the Meeting Configuration Page, whichever field is enforced first.

• Yes—The Connected until meeting ends field is enforced.

Restriction: You must select Yes if your Cisco Unified MeetingPlace system is integrated with Cisco WebEx and allows external meetings. Otherwise, Cisco WebEx Network-Based Recording (NBR) will not work.

Default: No

Connected until meeting ends Determines how meeting-controlled auto-answer devices are disconnected from meetings:

• No—All auto-answer devices are disconnected from the meeting when all non-auto-answer participants leave the meeting.

• Yes—Auto-answer devices are disconnected from the meeting when ports are disconnected or released due to the Disconnect empty port (minutes) and Early meeting port release (minutes) fields on the Meeting Configuration Page, whichever field is enforced first.

Restriction: This field is ignored when the Meeting controls device field is set to No.

Default: No

Disconnect when all continuous meeting parties leave

Whether or not to disconnect auto-answer devices from continuous meetings when all non-auto-answer participants leave the meeting.

Recommendation: Set this field to Yes if both the Meeting controls device and Connected until meeting ends fields are also set to Yes. Otherwise, the system will never automatically disconnect auto-answer devices from continuous meetings.

Default: No

Recordings

Maximum meeting message length (seconds)

Maximum length of each recorded meeting message.

Default: 60

Maximum meeting name length (seconds)

Maximum length of recorded meeting names.

Default: 4

Maximum participant name length (seconds)

Maximum length of recorded meeting participant names.

Default: 4


Field Description



• How to Configure Auto-Answer Devices


Meeting Director PageTo find this page, select Topology Management > Meeting Director.

Table 56 Field Reference: Meeting Director Page

Field Description

Meeting Director

Primary Meeting Director Node Sets the node that operates as the primary Meeting Director node for the system.

Can Host Conferences Whether or not the node can host conferences. Selecting Yes makes the node a combined node, enabling it to provide Meeting Director services and host conferences. Selecting No makes the node a Meeting Director node with no conferencing ability.

Network

DSCP (IPv4) Differentiated Services (DiffServ) code point (DSCP) settings that determine the QoS for the audio and video media signaling, as defined in RFC 2475.

Recommendation: Keep the default value. The other values are available for the rare instances when the network requires a different DSCP setting.

For more information, see the “Network Infrastructure” chapter of the Cisco Unified Communications Solution Reference Network Design (SRND) that applies to your version of Cisco Unified Communications Manager at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps556/products_implementation_design_guides_list.html.

Defaults: CS3 (precedence 3) DSCP (011000)

System Default Site

System Default Site Sets the system default site. The system default site must have at least one node with conferencing ability. The system default site is where meetings are hosted if no other site is specified. The first node created in your system is initially the system default site but you can use this field to change it to another site.


http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps556/products_implementation_d esign_guides_list.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps556/products_implementation_d esign_guides_list.html


Meeting Information Report PageThis report provides information about meetings that occur in the specified date range. The output is grouped by Username of the meeting owner. To find this page, select Reports > Meeting Information Report.

Related Topics


Migration Import from MeetingPlace 6

Note This feature is only available on MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments.

Use this file to migrate user groups, user profiles, and meetings from an existing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 6.x installation.

To find this page, select Maintenance > Migration Import from MeetingPlace 6.

Table 57 Field Reference and Output Field Reference: Meeting Information Report Page

Field Description


Note This menu is available only on MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments. Cisco WebEx-scheduled deployments only produce CSV reports.


Note This menu is available only on MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments.



Check Boxes and Output Fields (available only on MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments)


Note Unchecking this clears all check boxes that are not dimmed.

Owner ID Username of the meeting owner.

Date held Date and time that this meeting took place.

Billing code Billing code for the meeting.

Actual length Actual meeting length, from when the first meeting participant joined to when the last meeting participant left. If the meeting is not attended, the length is 1+ the disconnect empty port (minutes).

Meeting ID Meeting ID assigned by the application server.

Meeting Subject Description of the meeting provided by the host.



Caution Once you execute a migration, do not make any changes in the Administration Center until the migration is complete.

Notification Configuration Page


To find this page, select System Configuration > Email Notifications > Notification Configuration.

Related Topics

• Configuring Email Notification Retries

Table 58 Field Reference: Migration Import from MeetingPlace 6 Page

Field Description

Data file to use Selects the data migration file.

Send log information to Whether to display the migration log information on the screen or save the log information to a file.

Default: Screen

Error threshold If the number of errors that occur while importing the migration file is greater than this error threshold, the system cancels the import.

Default: 5000

Exclude meetings started before

Meetings started before this date are excluded from the migration.

Table 59 Field Reference: Notification Configuration Page

Field Description

If notification fails, retry (times) Default: 3

Note Choosing 0 disables the back-end notification.

Delay between retries (seconds) Default: 10

If still fails wait before trying again (hours) Default: 4



Notification Destinations PageTo find this page, select Maintenance > SNMP > Notification Destinations.

Related Topics

• Adding or Editing SNMP Notification Destinations

• Displaying or Deleting SNMP Notification Destinations

Outlook Authentication Configuration Page


To find this page, select System Configuration > Outlook Authentication Configuration.

Use this page to configure the default authentication method for users who schedule Cisco Unified MeetingPlace meetings from Microsoft Outlook.

If you select the Single Sign-On authentication method, these options become available:

• To add a domain, select Add New.

• To edit an existing entry, select the name of that entry.

• To delete an entry, check the item and select Delete Selected.

Table 60 Field Reference: Notification Destinations Page

Field Description

Destination IP address Select to edit this notification destination.

Port number Port number of this notification destination.

SNMP version Either SNMP version 1, version 2c, or version 3.

Note SNMP version 3 provides important security features: confidentiality, integrity, and authentication.

Notification type Either trap or inform.

Security level Display only: noAuthNoPriv.

Community string Community string associated with this notification destination.

Table 61 Field Reference: Outlook Authentication Configuration Page, Add Outlook Single Sign-On Domain Page,

and Edit Outlook Single Sign-On Domain Page

Field Description

Outlook Default Authentication method

Select between the Remember Me, Single Sign-On or Single Sign-On using Active Directory user authentication options.

Restriction: The Single Sign-On option is available only when SSL1 is enabled on the Application Server.

Default: Remember me



Related Topics

• Configuring the Default Authentication Method for Microsoft Outlook Users

• Configuring SSL for the Application Server

Outlook Plug-In Configuration Page


Use this page to configure which Cisco Unified MeetingPlace servers become available in the client PC Microsoft Outlook options after the plug-in is installed.

• To add a server, select Add New.

• To edit an existing entry, select the name of that entry.

• To delete an entry, check the item and select Delete Selected.

To find this page, select System Configuration > Outlook Plug-In Configuration.

Outlook Single Sign-On Domain Specify the domains that are used by your Cisco Unified MeetingPlace for Microsoft Outlook users. Specifically:

• Enter the domain that the client machines are in.

• If there are multiple domains, use a wildcard (*) to cover all domains, that is, instead of domainA.company.com and domainB.company.com, use *.company.com.

• For client machines in a workgroup (as opposed to a domain), enter the domain portion of the user email addresses (that is, the part after @) in the Outlook Single Sign-On Domain field.

If you enter any uppercase letters, the system automatically converts them to lowercase letters.

Default: Application Server domain, which was set during installation.

1. SSL = Secure Sockets Layer

Table 61 Field Reference: Outlook Authentication Configuration Page, Add Outlook Single Sign-On Domain Page,

and Edit Outlook Single Sign-On Domain Page

Field Description

Table 62 Field Reference: Outlook Plug-In Configuration Page, Add Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Server Page, and

Edit Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Server Page

Field Description

Make Cisco Unified MeetingPlace form the default appointment form

Whether to use the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace scheduling form by default for all new Microsoft Outlook appointments and meetings.

The user can override this setting from Microsoft Outlook by selecting Tools > Options and selecting the MeetingPlace tab.

Default: Yes



Related Topics

• Adding Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Systems to the Plug-In for Microsoft Outlook

Capacity Report Page

Note This report is available on WebEx-managed, MeetingPlace Audio-Only, MeetingPlace Type I, and MeetingPlace Type II deployments.

Use this page to compare the number of ports scheduled to the number of ports actually used during a specified period of time. This information can help you determine the peak and off-peak times for your system and compare resource usage with available capacity.

To find this page, select Reports > Capacity Report.

• Field Reference: Capacity Report Page

• Output Reference: Capacity Report

Name Unique name to appear in the list of available Cisco Unified MeetingPlace systems in the Microsoft Outlook options on the user PC.

Restriction: This field cannot contain any spaces. You can, however, use an underscore character (_), for example, “my_mpx_server.”

URL URL of the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace server to associate with the entered Name.

If SSL is enabled, be sure that the URL starts with “https” and not “http”.

Required format: http://hostname/outlook/mpe

Table 62 Field Reference: Outlook Plug-In Configuration Page, Add Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Server Page, and

Edit Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Server Page

Field Description

Table 63 Field Reference: Capacity Report Page

Field Description

Start date The day you want the capacity report data to begin.


End date The day you want the capacity report data to end.


Start time The hour you want the capacity report data to begin.

Default: 8:00 AM



Output Reference: Capacity Report

The capacity report output is a chart that shows this information:

• Date and times represented by the report.

• Number of licensed ports on the system for the selected conference type.

• (Red data) Percentage of licensed ports that were scheduled for meetings of the selected conference type.

• (Blue data) Percentage of licensed ports that were actually used to attend meetings of the selected conference type.

• Percentage of conference is calculated each minute.

Related Topics


SIP Configuration PageTo find this page, select System Configuration > Call Configuration > SIP Configuration.

End time The hour you want the capacity report data to end.

Default: 5:00 PM

Report type Whether you want capacity about voice, web, or video meetings.

For MeetingPlace audio-only and Type I deployments, the options are: audio or video

For MeetingPlace Type II deployments, the options are: audio, usage, perceived or video.

Default: Voice

Table 63 Field Reference: Capacity Report Page

Field Description

Table 64 Field Reference: SIP Configuration Page

Field Description

SIP Configuration

Display name Name that appears on Cisco Unified IP Phone screens during calls placed by Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.

Default: Cisco Unified MeetingPlace

Username Enter the same value that is in the Access phone number 1 field on the Usage Configuration Page.

The system uses this value in the “From” address for outgoing calls.

Default: 0000



Only accept incoming calls from proxies

Whether to accept incoming calls from only the SIP proxy servers that are configured on the SIP Configuration Page.

If you select Yes, make sure that the configured SIP proxy servers include all Cisco Unified Communications Manager subscriber nodes that might send calls directly to this Cisco Unified MeetingPlace server.

Default: No

SIP domain name Domain name that is used in the “To” address for outgoing calls. If left blank, the Application Server IP address is used instead.

Typically, this field is left blank when the SIP Proxy Server fields are populated with Cisco Unified Communications Manager information.

Caution If you enter a value that does not match the domain used by the SIP proxy servers, Cisco Unified MeetingPlace will fail to dial out.

If outgoing calls fail, configure this field to match the SIP domain used by the SIP Proxy Server or your local Cisco Unified Communications Manager node. In Cisco Unified Communications Manager, the SIP domain is specified under System > Enterprise Parameters in the Organization Top Level Domain field.

Note For details about any field in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, select the field name, or select Help > This Page.

Example: cisco.com

Secure Conferencing (Hardware Media Server configurations only)

Enable Secure Conferencing

Whether or not to enable secure conferencing. There are two secure conferencing modes and one non-secure mode.

For secure conferencing, configure your system for best effort or secure only:

• Best effort—Best effort mode enables MeetingPlace to attempt to establish secure connections with end points, but if this is not possible, non-secure connections are allowed. Best effort mode is intended as a short-term setting that you use during the transition from non-secure mode to secure only mode. To configure best effort mode, select Yes for Enable Secure Conferencing and Yes for Permit non-secure endpoints to connect to MeetingPlace.

• Secure only—Secure only mode ensures that non-secure end points will not be allowed to join a conference. When you have secure only mode configured, non-secure users will hear a fast busy signal if they attempt to dial into a conference. To configure secure only mode, select Yes for Enable Secure Conferencing and No for Permit non-secure endpoints to connect to MeetingPlace.

To configure non-secure conferencing, select No for Enable Secure Conferencing:

Non-secure—The default configuration in which no calls are secure. The RTP stream is not encrypted and signaling might be encrypted depending on how you configure port and transport. You can have secured signaling with this configuration (for example, TLS instead of TCP or UDP) with non-secure media.

Table 64 Field Reference: SIP Configuration Page (continued)

Field Description



Related Topics


Permit non-secure endpoints to connect to MeetingPlace

Whether or not to permit non-secure endpoints to connect to MeetingPlace. This feature works in concert with the Enable Secure Conferencing feature. You can only configure this feature if you select Yes for Enable Secure Conferencing. If you select No for Enable Secure Conferencing, this feature is automatically set to No and you cannot change the setting.

Select Yes to allow non-secure endpoints to connect with MeetingPlace. MeetingPlace will first attempt to make secure connections to endpoints but if that is not possible, MeetingPlace will allow non-secure connections.

Select No to prevent non-secure endpoints from connecting with MeetingPlace.

SIP Proxy Server

SIP Proxy Server Outgoing SIP calls are directed to these proxies. These proxies are also used to filter incoming calls if the Only accept incoming calls from proxies field is set to Yes.

Note At least one SIP proxy server must be configured to enable dial-out calls.

SIP domain name If multiple proxy servers are configured when placing a call, Cisco Unified MeetingPlace tries each server successively until it finds one that accepts the call. Once the call is accepted, this same SIP Proxy is the only one used until it fails. Note, however, that if a proxy does not respond at all (as opposed to rejecting the invite), the call attempt will probably time out before the next proxy is tried.

Note If the call attempt to the first proxy server in the list fails, you can manually modify the server list to specify a different proxy server as the first server in the list. Then place the call again.

Note If your Type of media server is set to Express Media Server, Cisco Unified MeetingPlace only attempts to retry calls after the dial out attempt times out.

You can configure up to six proxy servers.

Hostname or IP address Hostname or IP address of the SIP proxy server.

In a Cisco Unified Communications Manager environment, the SIP proxy server should be the IP address of a Cisco Unified Communications Manager node.

Enter the FQDN1 (or IP address) if the domain of the SIP proxy server differs from the domain that you configured in DNS when you installed Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.

Port TCP or UDP port on which the proxy listens for SIP calls.

Default: 5060

Transport Whether the port is TCP or UDP.

Required: Use UDP for the SIP signaling between Cisco Unified MeetingPlace and Cisco Unified Communications Manager on all Hardware Media Server integrations.

Default: UDP

1. FQDN = fully-qualified domain name

Table 64 Field Reference: SIP Configuration Page (continued)

Field Description



SMTP Server Configuration Page

Note This page is only present in MeetingPlace-scheduled and audio-only deployments.

To find this page, select System Configuration > Email Notifications > SMTP Server Configuration.

Related Topics

• Configuring Email Notifications on MeetingPlace-Scheduled and Audio-Only Deployments

Table 65 Field Reference: SMTP Server Configuration Page

Field Description

SMTP Server Configuration

iCalendar attachment Default: true

Primary SMTP Server

Primary SMTP server Hostname or IP address of the primary SMTP server.

Example: mail1.example.com

Primary SMTP server TLS enabled Whether the primary SMTP server is enabled for TLS.

Default: false

Primary SMTP server authentication Whether the primary SMTP server requires authentication for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.

Default: false

Primary SMTP server username SMTP server username to use for authentication for the primary SMTP server.

Primary SMTP server password

Primary SMTP server password confirm

SMTP server password to use for authentication for the primary SMTP server.

Primary SMTP server email address SMTP server email address used for the primary SMTP server.

Secondary SMTP Server

Secondary SMTP server Hostname or IP address of the secondary SMTP server.

Example: mail2.example.com

Secondary SMTP server TLS enabled Whether the secondary SMTP server is enabled for TLS.

Default: false

Secondary SMTP server authentication

Whether the secondary SMTP server requires authentication for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.

Default: false

Secondary SMTP server username SMTP server username to use for authentication for the secondary SMTP server.

Secondary SMTP server password

Secondary SMTP server password confirm

SMTP server password to use for authentication for the secondary SMTP server.

Secondary SMTP server email address

Email address for the secondary SMTP server.



System Configuration PageUse this page to perform these tasks:

• Configuring Access Phone Numbers and Notification Labels on MeetingPlace-Scheduled and Audio-Only Deployments


• Configuring Languages



• Configuring Attendant Settings


• Configuring Direct Inward Dial on MeetingPlace-Scheduled and Audio-Only Deployments


• Enabling Scheduling from Microsoft Outlook


System Information Capture PageRunning this log generates a very large zip file that you can send to Cisco TAC for troubleshooting. To find this page, select Services > Logs > System Information Capture.

Related Topics

• Obtaining and Viewing the System Information Capture (Infocap) Log

Table 66 Field Reference: System Information Capture Page

Field Description

Start date and time

End date and time

Specify the time period during which you want to capture the system information.

Defaults:

• Start date and time: two hours ago

• End date and time: now

Your name

Your phone number

Your email address

Contact information that Cisco TAC can use to reach you.

Event scenario

Observed results

Expected results

Information to help Cisco TAC understand and troubleshoot the problem.



System Logs PageTo find this page, select Services > Logs > View System Logs, and select View Logs.

Note These fields appear only when your system has data for the parameters you entered.

Related Topics

• Alarm and Exception Code Reference for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/ps5664/ps5669/prod_technical_reference_list.html

• Viewing the System Log

• View System Logs Page, page 112

System Status Details PageTo find this page, select Services > System Status, and select View Status.

Table 67 Field Reference: System Logs Page

Field Description

Date The date on which the event occurred.

Time The time at which the event occurred.

Severity The severity of the event. Can be INFO, WARN, MIN, or MAJ.

Ex Exception code.

Note An value of 0 means that no exception code is defined for this event.

File The name of the file in which the event occurred.

Line The line in the file on which the event occurred.

SCodes Context-specific values that are reported along with the exception code.

Note For events with undefined exception codes, these values are used as the description.

Description Description of the event.

Table 68 Field Reference: System Status Details Page

Field Description

General

System mode The current loading status of the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace software. One of the following: up, down, shutting down, loading, coming up, and unloaded.

Media control The current status of Cisco Unified MeetingPlace media control. One of the following: up, down, shutting down, loading, coming up, and unloaded.

Server Information

Server name The name of the server.

Unit Always set to 0 to identify the Application Server.


http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/ps5664/ps5669/prod_technical_reference_list.html


Related Topics

• Viewing the Current Status of the System in the Administration Center

Class The class name.

Mailbox The number of the mailbox. This is a hexadecimal number.

Mailbox Information

Mailbox name The name of the mailbox.

Unit This is always set to 0.

Mailbox The number of the mailbox. This is a hexadecimal number.

Messages For internal use only.

Connection Information

Conn ID For internal use only.

Unit This is always set to 0.

Creator MB For internal use only.

Module Information

Module name The name of the software module.

CLS The number of the software module.

See Module Numbers.

Status Status of the module. One of the following: up, down, starting, going down, exiting, or gone.

PID For internal use only.

UID Username used to sign in to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace from a workstation (not from a phone).

Exit For internal use only.

Unit Information

Unit For internal use only.

Site For internal use only.

Status For internal use only.

Run level For internal use only.

Unit kind For internal use only.

Last attach For internal use only.

CPU Information

CPU usage For internal use only.

Table 68 Field Reference: System Status Details Page (continued)

Field Description



Usage Configuration PageTo find this page, select System Configuration > Usage Configuration.

Table 69 Field Reference: Usage Configuration Page

Field Description

Usage Configuration (MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments only)

Attendant phone Phone number that callers are routed to if they do not press a number at a voice prompt or press 0 for operator assistance.1

Tip Make sure that the people at this phone number are available and trained to provide assistance for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace.


24-hour time Whether to show meeting times by a 24-hour clock.

Default: No

Dial attendant on timeout Whether callers are transferred to the attendant in these situations:

• Caller dials 0 for operator assistance.

• Caller does not enter a number at a voice prompt.

Default: No

Language 1

Language 2

Language 3

Language 4

Language 5

Language 6

Language 7

Language 8

Enabled languages. The Language 1 field sets the default system-wide language.

• If the languages license is installed, the number of active language fields (up to four fields) is determined by the number of installed languages.

• If the languages license is not installed, only the Language 1 field appears.

Restriction: You must restart2 the system to enable or disable a language. You do not need to restart the system to switch the order in which the languages appear in these fields.

Caution A system restart terminates all existing call connections. Proceed only during a scheduled maintenance period or during a period of extremely low usage.


Guests can lock and record meetings

If set to No, guest users cannot lock or record meetings.

If set to Yes:

• Guests can lock meetings.

• If the Can record meetings field in the preconfigured Guest Profile is also set to Yes, guests can use the TUI7 to start and stop the meeting recording. Guests cannot start and stop recordings from the Cisco WebEx web meeting room because only meeting hosts can do so.

Restriction: This field is not available when a Cisco WebEx site is configured.

Default: No



Route calls to meeting ID that matches DID

Whether to enable the DID3 feature, which routes incoming calls directly to meetings based on DID and DNIS4. When the DID feature is enabled, the caller is routed to the meeting ID that is equal to the DID phone number.

See Configuring Direct Inward Dial on MeetingPlace-Scheduled and Audio-Only Deployments.

Default: No

Security

Minimum profile PIN length Number of numeric characters required in the Profile PIN for each user.

Restriction: This field does not apply to Directory Service users. See Configuring Directory Service on MeetingPlace-Scheduled and Audio-Only Deployments.

Default: 5

Change profile PIN (days) Frequency, in days, at which the Profile PIN must be changed in each user profile.

A value of 0 means that the Profile PIN never needs to change.


Default: 90

Note Cisco Unified MeetingPlace does not automatically update this information on the Cisco WebEx site. To update this information on the Cisco WebEx site, go to Cisco WebEx Configuration > Cisco WebEx Site Configuration and click the Configure WebEx button.

Minimum user password length Number of alphanumeric characters required in the User password for each user.


Default: 5

Change user password (days) Frequency, in days, at which the User password must be changed in each user profile.

A value of 0 means that the User password never expires.


Default: 90

Table 69 Field Reference: Usage Configuration Page (continued)

Field Description



Maximum profile sign-in attempts Number of times that a user may try to:

• Sign in to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace before the user profile is locked.

• Enter a meeting password before the call is transferred to the attendant. If no attendant is available, then the call is disconnected.

• Enter a Profile PIN to start a reservationless meeting from the TUI before the user profile is locked.

A value of 0 means that there is no limit to the number of attempts.

Before reaching the maximum number of attempts, the user can restart the counter by taking one of these actions:

• Close the browser and open a new one.

• End the call to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace and begin a new call.

Restriction: Preconfigured user profiles cannot be locked.

Default: 3

User locked interval The amount of time for which a user profile stays locked if the user fails to sign into the Administration Center. The lock expires after the specified period for administrative users but it does not expire for end users. An administrator must manually unlock an end user’s user profile.

A value of 0 means the user profile stays locked until the System administrator unlocks it.

Default: 0

New users must change passwords at first sign-in

This setting determines the defaults for Force user password change at next sign-in and for Force PIN change at next sign-in on the Add User Profile Page.

Restriction: If you change this setting, it does not affect existing user profiles.

This means that you can create a user John with Force user password change at next sign-in set to No. Before John tries to sign in for the first time, you change New users must change passwords at first sign-in to Yes, the system does not force John to change his password because this setting does not affect existing user profiles.

By contrast, you can create a user John with the Force user password change at next sign-in field set to Yes. Before John tries to sign in for the first time, you change New users must change passwords at first sign-in to No, the system forces John to change his password on first sign in even though the force password field is set to No.

Changing the value of New users must change passwords at first sign-in does not affect already created users. It does not matter if this field is Yes or No; it only matters what is set in the user profile (Force user password change at next sign-in and Force PIN change at next sign-in fields).

Default: No


Field Description



Password and PIN Complexity Checks

Password contains characters from at least three classes

Whether each new or modified User password must contain characters from at least three of these character classes:

• Lowercase letters

• Uppercase letters

• Digits

• Special characters

Example: “basic” is not an acceptable password because there are characters only from one class of characters.

Default: No

PIN does not consist entirely of sequential digits

Whether or not your PIN can consist of entirely sequential digits.

If you select Yes, then your PIN must not consist of entirely sequential digits. If you select No, then your PIN can consist entirely of sequential digits.

Example: “345678” would be unacceptable if you select Yes.

Default: Yes

Password/PIN does not repeat a character more than three consecutive times

Whether each new or modified User password is restricted from containing a character that is repeated more than three times consecutively.

Unacceptable password: aaaaaa

Acceptable password: aAaAaA (uppercase and lowercase attributes make a character unique).

Default: No

Password/PIN does not repeat or reverse the username

Whether each new or modified User password is restricted from being a repeat, the reverse of, or a variation of the capitalization (such as “USERname”) of the Username.

Unacceptable passwords: “username,” “USERname,” and “emanRESU”

Acceptable passwords: “username123” (the use of digits with the Username is permitted).

Default: No

Password/PIN is not “cisco”, “ocsic” or variation of these

Whether each new or modified User password is restricted from being any variant of “cisco” that was obtained by modifying the order of the characters or by changing the capitalization of any letters.

Unacceptable passwords: “cisco,” “ocsic”, and “CIsco”

Acceptable passwords: “cisco123” and “1cisco1” (the use of digits with “cisco” is permitted.)

Default: No

Click-to-Attend Link Configuration (MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments only)

External web server hostname FQDN5 of the Web Server in the DMZ6.

Example: meetings.example.com


Field Description



Internal web server hostname FQDN of the Web Server on the intranet.

Example: meetingsint.example.com

SSL enabled on external web server

SSL enabled on internal web server

Determines whether the click-to-attend URLs begin with “https” or “http”.

For information about configuring SSL on the Web Servers, see Configuring Security Features for the Web Server.

Default: No

Access Information (MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments only)

Label for access phone number 1 Text used to describe the first meeting access phone number that is displayed in these places:

• Email notifications

• Join Teleconference notification pop-up box in the web meeting room

• Cisco Unified IP Phone screens (only when subscribed to the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace service for the PhoneView.)

Example: “Dial-In”

Restrictions:

• Changes to this field take effect only after restarting the system.2

• See Restrictions for Access Phone Numbers and Notification Labels.

Access phone number 1 First meeting access phone number.1

Restrictions:


• (For Find Me feature with pagers only) Only the characters 0-9, #, and * are processed and sent to pagers at the start of a meeting. See About the Find Me Feature.


Label for access phone number 2 Text used to describe the second meeting access phone number.

Example: “Toll-Free”

Restrictions:



Access phone number 2 Second meeting access phone number.1

Restrictions:




Field Description



Label for access phone number 3 Text used to describe the third meeting access phone number.

Example: “Internal”

Restrictions:



Access phone number 3 Third meeting access phone number.1

Restrictions:



Label for access phone number 4 Text used to describe the fourth meeting access phone number.

Example: “International”

Restrictions:



Access phone number 4 Fourth meeting access phone number.1

Restrictions:



Reservationless Meetings

Enable reservationless meetings Whether reservationless meetings are enabled on the system.

Default: Yes

Allow any profiled user to initiate Whether any profiled user can start a reservationless meeting from the TUI before the meeting owner joins.

Default: Yes, by pressing 3

Bill initiator Who gets billed for each reservationless meeting:

• Yes—Bill the user who starts the meeting.

• No—Bill the meeting owner.

Restriction: This field is always set to No when the Allow any profiled user to initiate field is set to No.

Default: Yes

Phone menu is reservationless only


Whether users can schedule meetings or only start reservationless meetings from the TUI7.

Default: No


Field Description



Owner can press 2 in TUI to initiate

Whether meeting owners can initiate reservationless meetings more quickly by skipping the Profile number entry.

• Yes—Meeting owner can start a reservationless meeting from the TUI waiting room by pressing 2 and entering the Profile PIN.

• No—Meeting owner starts the reservationless meeting from the TUI waiting room by pressing 3 and entering both the Profile number and Profile PIN.

If the Allow any profiled user to initiate field is set to Yes, any profiled user can press 3 to start the reservationless meeting with both the Profile number and Profile PIN.

Default: No

Phone Conference Menu

Disable breakouts Whether or not breakout sessions are disabled.

Default: Yes for WebEx-managed deployment and MeetingPlace-managed deployment deployments. No for audio-only deployments.

Disable roll call Whether or not roll call is disabled.

Default: Yes

Disable outdial from phone Whether or not users can outdial from a phone.

Default: Yes for WebEx-driven user management and MeetingPlace-managed deployments. No for audio-only deployments.

Disable lock and eject Whether or not lock and eject participant features are available.

Default: Yes for WebEx-driven user management and MeetingPlace-managed deployments. No for audio-only deployments.

Disable recording


Whether or not to allow users to record the conference.

Default: Yes for MeetingPlace-managed deployments. No for audio-only deployments.

Phone Features

Disable music prompts Whether or not music prompts are used.

Default: No

Disable recorded names Whether or not users are required to record their names when attending a meeting.

Default: Yes for WebEx-managed deployment and MeetingPlace-managed deployment deployments. No for audio-only deployments.

Disable PIN updates from phone Whether or not PIN updates are sent from the user’s phone.

Default: No

Alarms (MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments only)

Call out on major alarm

Phone number to call on alarm

Whether the system places a call to the specified phone number1 if an error condition affects system operation.

Recommendation: Yes


Default: No


Field Description



Dial-Out Calls (MeetingPlace-managed deployment and audio-only deployments only)

Number of retry attempts Number of times the system tries to call each person, when dial out is enabled for a meeting. This setting also determines the number of times the system goes through the Find Me sequence for each user.

Restriction: This field is not available when a Cisco WebEx server is configured.

Default: 2

Delay between retries (sec) Number of seconds between dial-out retries. This setting also determines the number of seconds between each set of Find Me calls.

Restriction: The actual time between dial-out attempts might be longer due to network delays. This field is not available when a Cisco WebEx server is configured.

Default: 300

Pager Settings (MeetingPlace-managed and audio-only deployments only)

Prefix string Number string required by certain paging services in some counties. Cisco Unified MeetingPlace adds this string at beginning of all pages.

Keep this field blank if users' paging services do not require prefix string.


Suffix string Number string required by certain paging services in some counties. Cisco Unified MeetingPlace adds this string at the end of all pages.

Keep this field blank if users' paging services do not require suffix string.


Attendant Privileges

Create user profiles and user groups

Delete user profiles and user groups

Modify user profiles and user groups

Lock and unlock user profiles

Whether attendants can create, delete, edit, lock, and unlock user profiles and user groups from the Administration Center and MeetingPlace Conference Manager.

Default: Yes

Run reports Whether attendants can run and view formatted reports in the Administration Center.

Default: No

View alarms Whether attendants can view alarms from the Administration Center.

Default: No

End meetings Whether attendants can end meetings from MeetingPlace Conference Manager and the MeetingPlace web scheduling interface.

Default: Yes



Field Description



Related Topics

• Configuring Access Phone Numbers and Notification Labels on MeetingPlace-Scheduled and Audio-Only Deployments

• Configuring Languages




• Configuring Attendant Settings


• Configuring Direct Inward Dial on MeetingPlace-Scheduled and Audio-Only Deployments


User Configuration PageUse this page to perform these tasks:



• Changing the User Status in User Profiles


2. A system restart terminates all existing call connections. Proceed only during a scheduled maintenance period or during a period of extremely low usage. To restart the system, enter sudo mpx_sys restart in the CLI of the Application Server. For information about signing into the CLI, see Using the Command-Line Interface (CLI) on the Application Server.

3. DID = Direct Inward Dial

4. DNIS = Dialed Number Identification Service

5. FQDN = fully-qualified domain name

6. DMZ = demilitarized zone

7. TUI = telephone user interface



User Groups PageTo find this page, select User Configuration > User Groups. By default, this page displays user groups sorted by group name in ascending order.

Related Topics



Table 70 Navigation Reference: User Groups Page

To Do This

Sort by group name, group number, or active status Select the relevant column heading.

Restriction: The system sorts entries as text strings. For example, if you sort by number, the system lists 10 as a lower number than 2.



Display a shorter or longer list of user groups in one view

At the bottom of the page, in the Rows per page field, select the number of user groups to display.

Display a different page of user groups At the bottom of the page, perform one of these actions:



Create a new user group Select Add New.

Delete user groups Check the appropriate check boxes in the far left column, and select Delete Selected.

Restriction: The preconfigured System user group cannot be deleted.



User Profiles PageTo find this page, select User Configuration > User Profiles. By default, this page displays user profiles sorted by username in ascending order.

Related Topics



Table 71 Navigation Reference: User Profiles Page

To Do This

Sort by username, profile number, or name Select the relevant column heading.




Display a shorter or longer list of user profiles in one view

At the bottom of the page, in the Rows per page field, select the number of user profiles to display.

Display a different page of user profiles At the bottom of the page, perform one of these actions:



Search by username Select the Username radio button, enter the first characters of the username, and select Search.

Search by first or last name Select the Name radio button, enter at least the first character of the first name or last name, and select Search.

Edit an existing user profile Select Edit in the same row as the user profile.

Create a new user profile Select Add New.

Delete one or more user profiles Check the appropriate check boxes in the far left column, and select Delete Selected.

Restriction: The preconfigured admin and guest profiles cannot be deleted.



Video Terminal Profiles PageTo find this page, select User Configuration > Video Terminal Profiles. By default, this page displays video terminal profiles (VTPs) sorted by VTP name in ascending order.

Related Topics


• Add Video Terminal Profile Page, page 28

Table 72 Navigation Reference: Video Terminal Profiles Page

To Do This

Sort by VTP name or endpoint E.164 number. Select the column heading.




Display a shorter or longer list of entries in one view At the bottom of the page, in the Rows per page field, select the number of user profiles to display.

Display a different page At the bottom of the page, perform one of these actions:



Search by VTP name Select the VTP Name radio button, enter the first characters of the name, and select Search.

Search by E.164 number Select the Endpoint E.164 number radio button, enter digits, and select Search.

Edit an existing VTP Select Edit in the same row as the VTP.

Create a new VTP Select Add New.

Delete one or more VTP Check the appropriate check boxes in the far left column, and select Delete Selected.



Video Type Management PageUse this page to find, add, edit, and delete video types in the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace database.

To find this page, select System Configuration > Video Type Management.

By default, this page is divided into two sections for Type II deployments: EMS video type management and HMS video type management.

Related Topics

• Add Video Type Page, page 31

• Configuring Media Resources for Scheduled and Reservationless Meetings

Table 73 Navigation Reference: Video Type Management Page

To Do This

Sort by video format name, minimum bit rate, maximum bit rate, or video mode.

Select the column heading.


Change the sort order to ascending or descending. Select the column heading to display an arrow. Select the arrow to toggle between a down arrow (ascending sort) and an up arrow (descending sort).


Display a shorter or longer list of entries in one view. At the bottom of the page, in the Rows per page field, select the number of user profiles to display.

Display a different page. At the bottom of the page, perform one of these actions:



Edit an existing video type. Select Edit in the same row as the video type.

Restriction: You cannot edit video types if the Type of media server is set to Hardware Media Server.

Create a new video type. Select Add New.

Restriction: You cannot add new video types if the Type of media server is set to Hardware Media Server.

Delete one or more video types. Check the appropriate check boxes in the far left column, and select Delete Selected.

Restriction: You cannot delete video types if the Type of media server is set to Hardware Media Server.



View Locked Profiles PageThis page displays the user profiles that are locked. For locked user profiles that belong to user groups, the group defaults for active and inactive status are also displayed. To find this page, select User Configuration > Locked Profiles.

Related Topics

• Changing the User Status in User Profiles

View System Logs PageTo find this page, select Services > Logs > View System Logs. The output is displayed on the System Logs Page.

Table 74 Navigation Reference: View Locked Profiles Page

To Do This

Set locked user profiles to active state Check the appropriate check boxes in the far left column, and select Set Selected to Active.

Set locked user profiles to inactive state Check the appropriate check boxes in the far left column, and select Set Selected to Inactive.

Display a shorter or longer list of locked user profiles in one view

At the bottom of the page, in the Rows per page field, select the number of user profiles to display.

Display a different page of locked user profiles At the bottom of the page, perform one of these actions:



Table 75 Field Reference: View System Logs Page

Field Description

Severity level For normal operations, select minor, which provides a list of all log entries, or information, which lists everything.

Default: major

Sort by date Whether to list the oldest or newest messages first.

Note The system sorts messages by using the date and time that each message was added to the log file. If time is not synchronized across all Cisco Unified MeetingPlace servers, the time used for sorting might differ from the displayed time stamps, and the log messages might seem to appear out of order. The time stamp for each message is used by the system to filter out messages that are outside the specified start and end dates.

Default: Sort by date descending





Related Topics

• Viewing the System Log

• System Logs Page, page 97


Web Servers PageTo find this page, select System Configuration > Web Servers. Use this page to:

• Configure the Gateway SIM connections between the Application Server and the Web Servers.

• Add links to the Web Server from the Administration Center. The links appear in a drop-down menu at the top of each Administration Center page.

This page is automatically populated with Web Servers that were successfully registered to the Application Server by Gateway SIM. To add or edit an entry, select the text in any entry row.

Related Topics

• Edit Web Server Page, page 52

• Connecting the Application Server to a Web Server


Module The number of the software module whose log messages you want to see.

See Module Numbers.

Default: 0

Unit Number used by the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Gateway System Integrity Manager (Gateway SIM) to identify the server.

Default: 0 (Application Server)

Rows per page Default: 20

Table 75 Field Reference: View System Logs Page (continued)

Field Description


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