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Cisco TelePresence MX Series
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Administr At or guide
• MX300
• MX200
Software version TC5.0
NOVEMBER 2011
D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com
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Cisco TelePresence MX Series Administr At or guide 2 T able of cont ents Thank you for choosing Cisco! Your Cisco product has been designed to give you many Intr oduction ........................................................................3 The adv anced settings .....................................................30 years of safe, reliable operation. Intellectual property rights ...................................................4 Overview of the advanced settings ..................
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Cisco TelePresence MX Series Administr At or guide 3 Chapter 1 Intr oduction D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com
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Cisco TelePresence MX Series Administr At or guide 4 Int ellectual pr operty rights THE SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE PRODUCTS IN THIS MANUAL ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL STATEMENTS, INFORMATION, AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS MANUAL ARE BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE BUT ARE PRESENTED WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. USERS MUST TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR APPLICATION OF ANY PRODUCTS. THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AND LIMITED WARRANTY FOR THE ACCOMPANYING PR
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Cisco TelePresence MX Series Administr At or guide 5 This document provides you with the information required to User documentation Cisco contacts administrate your product at an advanced level. The user documentation for the Cisco TelePresence systems On our web site you will find an overview of the worldwide How to install the product and the initial configurations running the TC software includes several guides suitable for Cisco contacts. required are described in the Installation guide a
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Cisco TelePresence MX Series Administr At or guide 6 What’s new in this v ersion This section provides an overview of the new and changed New featur es and impr o v ements advanced settings and new features in the TC5.0 software Support for native Cisco UCM registration Web interface enhancements version. With TC5 the video systems are able to register to the Cisco New call application with support for: Unified Communications Manager (UCM) version 8.6 as a • Making calls and start/stop
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Cisco TelePresence MX Series Administr At or guide 7 Other enhancements A dv anced configuration menu changes • Local presentation only mode (the presentation is only New settings Settings that are modified displayed locally; it is not sent to the remote sites) Conference [1..1] Presentation Policy Network [1..1] VLAN Voice Mode • One more phone call in addition to the number of video OLD: calls allowed Experimental SystemUnit CrashReporting Mode NEW: • FIP
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Cisco TelePresence MX Series Administr At or guide 8 Cisco T elePr esence MX Series at a glance The Cisco TelePresence® MX Series makes telepresence you are just getting started with video communications F eatur es and benefits more accessible to teams everywhere with ready-to-use or implementing a large-scale deployment, the Cisco • The systems are easy to install – one piece plus floor simplicity and high quality. This highly integrated telepresence TelePresence MX Series delivers high
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Cisco TelePresence MX Series Administr At or guide 9 Cisco T elePr esence MX Series at a glance (continued) R ear view Internal microphone Precision HD camera MX200: 42” LCD monitor MX300: 55” LCD monitor MX300 MX200 Codec embedded in video unit MX300 mounting options F r ont view (floor stand, wall mount) Loudspeakers MX200: 1 external microphone (+ 1 optional) MX300: 2 external microphones Touch controller MX200 mounting options (floor stand, table stand, wall mount) D14850.02 MX S
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Cisco TelePresence MX Series Administr At or guide 10 Chapter 2 The w eb int erface D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. www.cisco.com
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Cisco TelePresence MX Series Administr At or guide 11 Starting the w eb int erface The web interface provides full configuration access to your video conference system. You can connect from a computer and administer the system remotely. In the following you will find information how to use the web interface for system configuration and maintenance. 1. Connect t o the video syst em 2. Sign in Open a web browser and enter the Enter the user name and password for IP address of the video sys
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Cisco TelePresence MX Series Administr At or guide 12 Changing the syst em/codec pas sw or d You sign in to the web interface with the same user name and password as for the video conference system. 1. Click y our NOTE: We strongly recommend that you set a password user name for the default admin user, and any other users with ADMIN rights, to restrict access to system configuration. You can read more about password protection in the Password protection section. 2. Open the Change
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Cisco TelePresence MX Series Administr At or guide 13 The int eractiv e menu The web interface provides access to tasks and configurations grouped in four categories, which are available from the main menu. The main menu appears near the top of the page when you Main menu have signed in. • Diagnostics The sub-pages for the different tasks are described on the following pages. • Configuration • Call Control Menu a v ailability and user r oles • Maintenance A user possesses one or mor
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Cisco TelePresence MX Series Administr At or guide 14 The syst em information page You can find an overview of your video system set-up on the System Information page. S yst em information L ogin information Information about system name, Information about recent login product type, software version, attempts and password expiry. IP address, etc. Diagnostics System Information Log Files XML Files D14850.02 MX Series Administrator Guide (TC5.0) | 2011 NOVEMBER | © 2011 Cisco Systems, Inc. A
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Cisco TelePresence MX Series Administr At or guide 15 L og files The log files are Cisco specific debug files which may be requested by the Cisco support organization if you need technical support. The current log files are time stamped event log files. All current log files are archived in a time stamped historical log file each time the system reboots. Click on a log file and follow the instructions in the dialog box to save or open the file (left or right click depending on your browser)
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Cisco TelePresence MX Series Administr At or guide 16 XML files The XML files are structured in a hierarchy building up a database of information about the codec. Click the file names to open the corresponding file. • Select configuration.xml to see an overview of the system settings, which are controlled from the web interface or from the API (Application Programmer Interface). • The information in status.xml is constantly updated by the system to reflect system and process changes. The s
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Cisco TelePresence MX Series Administr At or guide 17 A dv anced configuration The system settings are structured in a hierarchy, and you can navigate to each setting. Click a folder to open or close it, and change a value as explained to the right. Each system setting is further described in the Advanced Sear ch functionality settings chapter. When searching for words such as ipstack, H323 or SIP, all settings containing these letters will be highlighted. Folders are opened as requir
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Cisco TelePresence MX Series Administr At or guide 18 Selecting a w allpaper You can select between a set of predefined wallpapers as background on your display. If you want the company logo or a custom picture to be displayed on the main display, you may also upload and use a Select a w allpaper custom wallpaper. Select a wallpaper from The custom wallpaper applies to the main display only and will the drop down list. not appear on the Touch controller. When you choose a new predefine
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Cisco TelePresence MX Series Administr At or guide 19 Sign in banner If a system administrator wants to provide initial information to all users, he can create a sign in banner. A sign in banner is a message that is displayed to the user before signing in. The message will be shown when the user signs in using the web interface or the command line interface. 2. A ctiv at e the sign in banner Press Save Sign In Banner to activate it. 1. Ent er the t ext mes sage An activ e sign in b
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Cisco TelePresence MX Series Administr At or guide 20 Placing calls You can use the Call Control page of the web interface to initiate a call. NOTE: Even if the web interface is used to initiate the call it is the video system (display, microphones and loudspeakers) that is used for the call; not the PC running the web interface. Calling someone Enter one or more characters in the address input field until the name you want to call appears in the dynamic search list or, enter the complete n
