Cisco Systems MeetingPlace Video Integration Supported Cisco MeetingPlace System Configurations

Chapter 2 Cisco MeetingPlace Video Integration Components and Process

Supported Cisco MeetingPlace System Configurations

Table 2-1 Components Needed to Integrate Video Conferencing in Cisco MeetingPlace (continued)

Component	Functions
Video endpoints	• Capture and transmit video images and audio from each user or location.
	• Receive and display video images and audio from other video-conference
	participants to the user or location.
Cisco CallManager	On networks configured with Cisco CallManager:
(Optional)	• Allows SCCP endpoints to participate in Cisco MeetingPlace conferences.
	• Routes traffic.

Supported Cisco MeetingPlace System Configurations

Supported Cisco MeetingPlace system configurations include the following. Complete system requirements and a Cisco MeetingPlace version compatibility matrix are in the Release Note for Cisco MeetingPlace Video Integration Release 5.3:

•One Cisco MeetingPlace 8100 series server.

•One or more Cisco MeetingPlace H.323/SIP IP Gateway servers.

•Cisco MeetingPlace Web Conferencing servers in any configuration that is supported in Release 5.3. However, Cisco MeetingPlace Video Integration can be installed only on a single Cisco MeetingPlace web-conferencing server.

•Cisco MeetingPlace Video Integration installed on a Cisco MeetingPlace web-conferencing server. If your system has a DMZ configuration, see Preparing to Install the Video Integration with DMZ Configurations, page 3-17for important considerations before installing

Cisco MeetingPlace Video Integration. A DMZ configuration includes one or more servers in a DMZ outside the corporate firewall.

•(Optional) Cisco MeetingPlace for Outlook.

•(Optional) Cisco MeetingPlace for Lotus Notes.

•(Optional) Cisco MeetingPlace SMTP E-Mail Gateway.

The following additional components are also supported:

•One Cisco IPVC MCU with all components including an H.323 gatekeeper.

•(Optional) Cisco CallManager.

About the Cisco MeetingPlace Video-Conferencing Process

The process of creating, running, and terminating an integrated video, audio, and web conference is described in this section.

Participants who are using audio-only devices connect to the Cisco MeetingPlace audio server. Participants with video equipment connect to the Cisco IPVC MCU, which processes both the video and the audio channel of the video endpoints. Cisco MeetingPlace Video Integration mixes the audio streams from both systems to allow all participants to hear and speak to each other. Figure 2-2shows this process.

Administrator’s Guide for Cisco MeetingPlace Video Integration Release 5.3

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