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Administrator’s Guide for Cisco MeetingPlace Video Integration Release 5.3
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Chapter3 Installing Cisco MeetingPlace Video Integration
Before You Install
Step 2 Click Admin.
Step 3 Click Site Properties.
Step 4 On the Cisco MeetingPlace Web Conferencing Administr ation page for your site, set Allow Web Load
Balancing in Ad Hoc Video Meetings to No.
How Load Balancing Works
If the server with Cisco MeetingPlace VideoIntegration is not available at the start of a conference, the
meeting rolls to another server after 5 times the Load Stats Poll Period value on the
Cisco MeetingPlace Web Conferencing Site Administration page. The Load Sta ts Poll Period
parameter defaults to 1 minute. In this situat ion, video conferencing is not possible, but data and voice
conferencing are available as usual.
If you do not set this option to No, all web conference s will be load-balanced. Video conferencing will
not be available to conferences that are held on web-conferencing servers other than the one on whi ch
Cisco MeetingPlace VideoIntegration is installed.
For general information about load-balancing configurations, see the Administrator’s Guide for
Cisco MeetingPlaceWeb Conferencing Release 5.3.
About Installing and Configuring Video Endpoints Video endpoints are the hardware and software that capture, send, receive, and display video images and
audio. They can be either of the following:
•Room-based video systems.
•Desktop video systems, for example, a digital camera that is attached to the computer or IP phone
of an individual user, and software to display images on the com puter screen.
Cisco MeetingPlace Video Integration supports all video endpoints that ar e supported by
Cisco IPVC MCU version 3.5plus. SCCP video endpoints (such as Cisco VTAdvantage) require
Cisco CallManager. ISDN video endpoints require a Cisco IPVC PRI Gateway as part of the
Cisco IPVC MCU configuration. All endpoints must be able to pa rticipate successfully in a video
conference on the CiscoIPVC MCU independently of Cisco MeetingPlaceVideo Integration.
If Cisco MeetingPlace Audio Server is configured to use only G.729 , make sure your Cisco IPVC MCU
supports this protocol.
If an endpoint is correctly configured to work with the CiscoIPVC MCU and configured to optimize
audio quality according to the documentation that came with the product, no additional configuration is
required for Cisco MeetingPlace VideoIntegration. To optimize sound quality, see the tips in the
troubleshooting section on Problems During a Video Conference, page 6-7.
To set up Cisco VTAdvantage end points, see the Cisco VTAdvantage Administration Guide.
Because SCCP endpoints do not support the H.261 protocol, they support View Multiple People mode
only if the Cisco IPVC MCU has an EMP processor and you have configured views on the
Cisco IPVC MCU to support Co ntinuous Presence according to instructions in Setting Confer ence View
Parameters, page 3-8.