Chapter 12 IP Video Telephony Configuration

Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3540 MCU Conference Bridge Configuration for IP Video Telephony

In addition, these components were tested in the Large Multi-Site Centralized with SRST site model for EUEM:

3544 Cisco Unified Videoconferencing chassis

Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3544 System 60-port MCU module

EMP3 board

3511 MCU with integrated EMP

The configuration of the 3511 is are similar to the 3540 MCU configuration that this section describes.

Half of the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing-3540-MC10A MCU ports were configured to register as a SCCP Cisco video conference bridge (Cisco Unified Videoconferencing-35xx) device and were registered with Cisco Unified CallManager. The remaining ports were deployed as H.323 video conference resources and registered to the gatekeeper cluster in the MCU zone.

When deployed in a Cisco Unified CallManager SCCP environment, the primary function of the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing MCU is to provide media processing for conferences. In this capacity, the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing MCU negotiates parameters with the terminals participating in a conference, and it provides media processing. Cisco Unified CallManager manages the call flow. Terminals use Cisco Unified CallManager processes to initiate conferences, and

Cisco Unified CallManager manages the allocation of Cisco Unified Videoconferencing MCU resources.

When deployed in an H.323 environment, the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing MCU manages its own resources and provides media processing. Calls are initiated using the processes that the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing MCU uses for H.323 terminals. In this scenario, you must configure Cisco Unified CallManager to communicate with an H.323 gatekeeper for inbound calls from the MCU. For outbound calls, you must configure in Cisco Unified CallManager an H.323 gateway with the MCU IP address as the device name. This arrangement allows SCCP terminals to participate in conferences that include other SCCP terminals, H.323 terminals, or terminals of both types.

The following tables show how the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3540 MCU was configured using the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing Administrator web page. Fields not shown in these tables were set to their default values.

Table 12-3—IP/VC Board > Basics

Table 12-4—IP/VC Board > Addressing

Table 12-5—IP/VC MCU > Settings > Basics

Table 12-6—IP/VC MCU > Protocols > H.323 Protocol Configuration

Table 12-7—IP/VC MCU > IP/VC MCU > Protocols > H.323Protocol Configuration > Advanced Gatekeeper Settings

Table 12-8—IP/VC MCU > Protocols > SCCP Protocol Configuration

 

 

 

 

Table 12-3

Cisco Unified Videoconferencing MCU Configuration: IP/VC Board > Basics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field

 

Setting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Board name

 

MC10A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Location

 

Appropriate value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial number

 

Appropriate value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hardware version

Appropriate value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date/Time

 

Appropriate value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System Test Architecture Reference Manual for IP Telephony

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12-10

 

 

 

 

OL-11591-01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems OL-11591-01 manual MC10A, Appropriate value, 12-10