Implementing and Configuring Cisco TelePresence Video Suite (Advanced TP-CT)

This is a 5 day hands-on one of a kind Cisco On-Prem Collaboration in-depth course takes student from initial endpoint configuration to a full On Prem solution deployment using all of the Cisco Collaboration Components. Students will Configure monitor and troubleshoot CUCM, VCS/Expressways, Cisco Conductor, Cisco Telepresence Server (TS), Cisco Meeting Server (CMS), Cisco Telepresence Management Suite (TMS), Cisco TMS Extensions, and Integration with WEBEX Hybrid Platforms. Students will have extensive labs in which they will configure and troubleshoot a full Cisco Telepresence Deployment.

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Objectives

  • Implement and Configure Cisco Endpoints
  • Implement and Configure Cisco Unified Communications Manager for Video Endpoints
  • Implement and Configure Cisco IMP for Jabber
  • Implement and Configure Cisco Expressway
  • Implement and Configure Cisco Video Communications Server (VCS) Control
  • Implement and Configure Cisco Video Communications Server (VCS) Expressway
  • Implement and Configure connectivity between a Cisco VCS and Cisco UCM
  • Implement and Configure a Cisco Conductor
  • Implement, Configure, and Operate Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) and provision devices using Cisco TMS Provisioning Extension (TMSPE)
  • Implement and Configure Cisco Meeting Server

 

Who Should Attend

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

  • Network Video Engineer
  • Voice/UC/Collaboration/Communications Engineer
  • Collaboration Tools Engineer
  • Collaboration Sales/Systems Engineer

 

Prerequisites

  • Foundational IP networking knowledge such as included with a CCENT or CCNA certification is recommended.
  • Working knowledge of basic IP networking
  • Video Conferencing Experience / Voice Experience

 

Recommended Cisco offerings that may help you meet these prerequisites:

  • Understanding Cisco Collaboration Foundations (CLFNDU)
  • Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)

Course Outline

Module 1: Telepresence Endpoints

  • Cisco TelePresence Endpoint Portfolio Overview
  • Cisco DX Series Endpoint Characteristics
  • Cisco TelePresence TC Software-Based Endpoint Characteristics
  • Cisco TelePresence EX60 and EX90
  • Cisco TelePresence MX Series
  • Cisco TelePresence SX Series Endpoints
  • Cisco Intelligent Proximity
  • Cisco TelePresence TC Software-Based Endpoint Peripherals
  • Cisco TelePresence TC Software-Based Endpoint Deployments
  • Cisco TelePresence Integrator C Series-Based Endpoints
  • Cisco Jabber Video for TelePresence Characteristics
  • Cisco Jabber

Module 2: Understanding the Cisco Video Network

  • Network Overview
  • H323 Overview
  • SIP Overview
  • VCS vs Unified Communications Manager
  • Internetworking
  • QOS Overview

Module 3:Implementing and Configuring Unified Communication Manager for Video Endpoints

  • Unified Communications Manager Initial Settings
  • Service Activation
  • Enterprise and Service Parameters
  • SIP Domains
  • Configure IMP for Jabber
  • Configure Jabber Settings
  • Registering Endpoints
  • Verifying Network Registration

Module 4: Implementing and Configuring Cisco Video Communication Serer (VCS) for Video Endpoints

  • Configuring Initial VCS Setting
  • Configuring Authentication
  • Registration Conflict Policy
  • Registration Restriction Policy
  • Local Zone Components
  • Membership Rules
  • Transforms
  • Purpose of Zones
  • Search Priority
  • Neighbor Zones
  • Creating Neighbor Zones
  • Need for Traversal Zones
  • H.460 and Assent Protocols
  • Traversal Zone Configuration
  • Domain Name System Dialing
  • E.164 Number Mapping
  • Bandwidth Management
    • Pipes
    • Subzones and Zones
    • Subzone Call Failure
  • Call Processing Order
  • Cisco VCS Call Routing
  • Certificates
  • Certificate Installation
  • Presence
  • Conference Factory
    • Cisco VCS Settings for Conference Factory
  • Clustering and the Cisco VCS
  • Clustering Configuration
  • Collecting Information
  • Log Files
  • Search History

Module 5: Internetworking Cisco VCS and Cisco Unified Communications Manager for Video Endpoints

  • Connecting VCS-C to CUCM
  • Connect VCS-C to VCS-E
  • Connecting CUCM to VCS-C

Module 6: Multipoint Conferencing with Cisco Video Conference Bridges

  • Cisco Multipoint Conferencing Solutions
  • Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Media Infrastructure
  • Cisco TelePresence MCU Installation
  • Cisco TelePresence MCU Indicator Lights
  • Cisco TelePresence MCU
    • MCU40XX
    • MCU53XX
    • MCU8510
  • Cisco TelePresence Server
    • Multiparty Media 310
    • Multiparty Media 320
    • Multiparty Media 410v
    • Multiparty Media 820
    • Cisco Telepresence Server on MSE 8710
    • Cisco Telepresence Server on Virtual Machine
  • Cisco Video Conferencing On ISR G2 PVDM3
  • Ad Hoc Multipoint Conferences
  • Cisco TelePresence Multisite
  • Cisco TelePresence Multiway

Module 7: Configuring Cisco Conductor

  • What is Conductor?
  • Conductor How it works
  • Installing Cisco Conductor
  • Configuring Conductor Network Settings

Module 8: Configuring Conductor for a CUCM Configuration

  • MCU Configuration
    • Resetting TelePresence MCU configuration to default
    • Creating a user
    • Installing an encryption key
    • Configuring SIP
    • Disabling H.323 registration
    • Miscellaneous settings
  • Telepresence Server
    • Creating a user
    • Installing an encryption key
    • Configuring SIP
    • Disabling H.323 registration
    • Configuring the operation mode
  • Telepresence Conductor Server Configuration
    • Changing the administrator password
    • Changing the root password
    • Creating a user for Unified CM access
    • Changing the system settings
    • Creating Service Preferences
    • Adding IP addresses for ad hoc and rendezvous locations on TelePresence Conductor
    • Adding FQDNs to server certificate
  • Configuring TelePresence Conductor for ad hoc conferences
    • Creating a conference template for an ad hoc Meeting-type conference
    • Creating an ad hoc Location
  • Configuring TelePresence Conductor for rendezvous conferences
    • Creating a conference template for a rendezvous Meeting-type conference
    • Creating a conference alias for a rendezvous Meeting-type conference
    • Creating an auto-dialed participant for a rendezvous Meeting-type conference
    • Creating a conference template for a rendezvous Lecture-type conference
    • Creating a host conference alias for a rendezvous Lecture-type conference
    • Creating a guest conference alias for a rendezvous Lecture-type conference
    • Creating a rendezvous Location
    • Adding Locations to conference bridge pools
  • Configuring Unified CM
  • Configuring general settings on Unified CM
  • Locations in Unified CM
  • Unified CM trusts TelePresence Conductor's server certificate
  • SIP trunk security profile
  • Configuring Unified CM for rendezvous conferences
  • Sip Trunk Configuration
  • Conference Bridge Configuration
  • MRG and MRGL Configuration
  • Unified CM normalization scripts
  • Configuring Unified CM for ad hoc conferences
  • Sip Trunk Configuration
  • Route pattern to match the SIP Trunk Configuration
  • Unified CM normalization scripts

Module 8: Configuring Conductor for a CUCM with Cisco VCS

  • Designing a Dial Plan
  • MCU Configuration
    • Resetting TelePresence MCU configuration to default
    • Creating a user
    • Installing an encryption key
    • Configuring SIP
    • Disabling H.323 registration
    • Miscellaneous settings
    • Telepresence Server
  • Telepresence Server
    • Creating a user
    • Installing an encryption key
    • Configuring SIP
    • Disabling H.323 registration
    • Configuring the operation mode
  • Configuring the Cisco VCS
    • TelePresence Conductor as a neighbor zone Configuration
    • TelePresence Conductor as a Search Rule Configuration
  • Telepresence Conductor Server Configuration
    • Changing the administrator password
    • Changing the root password
    • Creating a user for Unified CM access
    • Changing the system settings
    • Creating Service Preferences
    • Adding an IP address for Cisco VCS rendezvous conferences on TelePresence Conductor
    • Configuring a Location for Cisco VCS
    • Setting up Conference Bridge pools
    • Creating Service Preferences
    • Creating conference templates for Meeting-type conferences
    • Creating conference templates for Lecture-type conferences
    • Creating the auto-dialed participants
    • Creating conference aliases for the Meeting-type conferences
    • Creating conference aliases for the Lecture-type templates
  • Backing Up Conductor
  • Troubleshooting ConductorModule 9: Installing Cisco Telepresence Management Server
    • Windows Server Installation
    • SQL Server Installation
    • Server Pre-requisites and configuration
    • Installing TMS
    • Installing TMS Provisioning Extensions
    • Release and Option Keys
    • Upgrading TMS
    • Backup TMS
    Module 10: Configuring Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS)
    • Initial Configuration
    • Endpoint Configuration
    • Adding User Accounts and Profiles
    • Groups and Permissions
    • Active Directory Lookup
    • Configuration Templates
      • Creating a New Configuration Template
      • Viewing a Configuration Template
      • Editing a Template
      • Applying Templates to Systems
      • Creating a New Configuration Template from an Existing Template
    • Setting Configuration
      • General Settings
      • Network Settings
      • Mail Settings
      • Conference Settings
    • VCS Configuration for TMS
    • Direct Endpoint Management VCS/TMS
      • Direct Managed Endpoint Features
        • Granular / Immediate System Configuration
        • Scheduling
        • OBTP
        • Upgrades
        • Reporting
        • Phonebooks
        • Conference Management
    • CUCM Configuration for TMS
    • Direct Endpoint Management CUCM
      • TMS Responsibilities
        • Scheduling
        • OBTP
        • Basic call history for TC
      • CUCM Responsibilities
        • Phonebooks
        • Software Upgrade
        • Device Configuration
    • Findme Configuration
    • Phonebooks & Phonebook Sources
      • Creating Phone Book Sources
      • Manual List Phonebooks
      • External Source Phonebooks
    Module 11: Configuring Cisco TMSPE
    • What Is TMSPE?
    • Provisioning Components
    • Configuring the Cisco VCS for Provisioning
    • Configuring the Cisco TMS for Provisioning
    • DNS for Provisioning
    • Groups and Users
    • Address Patterns
    • Template Schemas
    • Provisioning Phone Book Sources
    • Provisioning a Phone Book
    • Sending Account Information
    • TMSPE Diagnostics
    • TMSPE Services
    • Log Files
    Module 12: Booking Conferencing With TMS
    • Conference Creation
    • Advanced Conference Settings
    • Booking & Scheduling
    • Participant Types
    • Methods
    • Conference Monitoring
    • Dial Plans, Configuration Templates
    • Scheduler / Smart Scheduler
    Module 13: Managing and Troubleshooting TMS
    • Using the Logs
    • Cisco TMS Ticketing System
    • Troubleshooting VCS Registrations
    • Troubleshooting CUCM Registrations
    • System Maintenance
    Module 14: Configuring Cisco Telepresence Content Server (TCS)
    • Cisco TCS Purpose Documentation
    • Cisco TCS Basic Features
    • Cisco TCS with Cisco Show and Share and the Cisco Media eXperience Engine
    • H.323 and SIP Settings
    • Adding Users
    • Conference Templates, Categories, and Call Configuration
    • Recording Alias
    • Playback Alias
    • Export and Import Recordings

     

    Lab Outline

     

    • Configure Unified Communications Manager Pre-configuration.
    • Configure the Cluster Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)
    • Configure Inter-Presence Group Subscription Parameter for IMP
    • Region Session Bit Rate for Video Calls
    • Configure the SIP Trunk Security Profile for Conferencing
    • Configure the SIP Trunk Security Profile for IMP
    • Configure the SIP Profile for VCS
    • Configure the SIP Profile for Conductor
    • Create a SIP Trunk to VCS
    • Create a SIP Trunk to IM&P Server
    • Create a SIP Trunk to Conductor
    • Integrate Active Directory
    • Add IM and Presence UC Profiles
    • Add IM and Presence Service Profiles
    • Set Up Cisco Unified Communications IM and Presence
    • Add Media Resources Groups
    • Add Media Resources Groups Lists
    • Modify the Default Date/Time Group
    • Modify the Default Device Pool
    • Create a Route Patterns to VCS
    • Create a Route Patterns to Conductor
    • Create a SIP Route Patterns to VCS
    • Add the 9971phone as a CUCM Endpoint
    • Add EX90 as a CUCM Endpoint
    • Install the Jabber Client
    • Add the Jabber Client to CUCM
    • Configure the Cisco Jabber Client
    • Verify Video and Audio Input on the Cisco Jabber Client
    • VCS Control (VCS--C) Configuration
    • Configure VCS Pre-configuration.
    • Basic VCS Administration Configuration
    • VCS Zone Configuration
    • VCS Zone Configuration to CUCM
    • VCS Zone Configuration to VCS-E
    • VCS Zone Status
    • VCS Search Rule to CUCM
    • VCS Search Rule to VCS-E
    • VCS Transform Rule to CUCM
    • VCS Transform Rule for Calls Coming From CUCM
    • Add your EX90 as an H.323 Endpoint to VCS
    • Add EX90 as a SIP Endpoint to VCS
    • Add C-60 as a SIP and H.323 Endpoint to VCS
    • Add SX10 as a SIP Endpoint to VCS
    • Configure Cisco Telepresence Server Pre-configuration.
    • Preconfigured Virtual Telepresence Servers (VTS)
    • Basic VTS Administration Configuration
    • Check Cisco Conductor Pre-configuration.
    • Preconfigured Cisco Conductor
    • Basic Conductor Administration Configuration
    • Configure a Conference Bridge Pool
    • Configure a Service Preference
    • Configure an Additional IP Address on TP Conductor for Meetings
    • Create a conference template for Rendezvous type meetings
    • Create a conference template for Ad hoc type meetings
    • Create a Rendezvous Location
    • Add Location to Conference Bridge Pool
    • Create a conference alias for rendezvous Meeting-type conference
    • Create an AD Hoc Location
    • Create User Accounts for TMS, TMSPE, and CUCM
    • Create a SIP trunk to Conductor for Ad hoc Conferences.
    • Create a SIP Trunk to Conductor
    • Create a SIP trunk to Conductor for Renezvous Conferences.
    • Create a SIP Trunk to Conductor
    • Add a Conference Bridge to CUCM for Conductor.
    • Add a Conference Bridge to CUCM for Ad hoc conferences on Conductor.
    • Modify Media Resources Group
    • Configure CUCM MeetMe Number Pattern
    • Configure Route Pattern for the MeetMe Number Pattern.
    • Configure Meet-Me Phone Button for your 9971 Phone
    • Configure a Search Rule on the VCS for 6XXX extensions to CUCM
    • Check Cisco TMS Pre-configuration.
    • Preconfigured Cisco TMS
    • TMS Basic Configuration
    • Configure TMS to send E-mailAdd User-1 and User-2 to TMS
    • Rename Main Folder in Navigator.
    • Add Conductor to TMS.
    • Add Telepresence Servers to TMS.
    • Add Unified Communication Manger TMS.
    • Add VCSE to TMS.
    • Add EX90s From Call Manager to TMS.
    • Add EX90 From VCS to TMS.
    • Add C60 From VCS to TMS.
    • Add SX10 From VCS to TMS.
    • TMSPE - VCS Control (VCS--C) Configuration
    • Preconfigured Cisco TMS
    • Enabling and Verifying Cisco TelePresence Management Suite Provisioning Extension (TMSPE)
    • Configure Provisioning Extensions for the VCS Server
    • Verifying TMS provisioning Extensions on the VCS Server
    • Verify that Cisco TelePresence Management Suite Provisioning Extension (TMSPE) features are now functioning correctly
    • Creating Users and Groups with Cisco TelePresence Management Suite Provisioning Extension (TMSPE)
    • Configuring and sending account information in Cisco TelePresence Management Suite Provisioning Extension (TMSPE)


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