CIPTV 1 - Configure Conferencing Device - Select the optimal device - Part 1

Welcome back folks, today we are going to talk mainly about TelePresence solution , specifically Cisco Multipoint Telepresence Solutions.

Well cisco provide us with three major confering device actually more than three if we count CUCM-building soft conferecing bridge and also IOS gateway, which makes a total of 5.

In this particular post will talk in the first part about MCU & Telepresence.

As MCU come only on a hardware , we have in the other hand TS comes in both shapes appliance and software ( virtuliazed baby). when i say hard i mean both appliance and blade option.

Now when it comes to deployement options we have to connect our conferincg device to a call control device. now hold on!!!! so you know where we at take a look to the teleprecense artchitecure overview

the MCU/TS are part of a group device that give us confercing capabilitis in the collaboration network, its doens not accept endpoint regestration thus needing a call control agent 

we can you use two type of call controls :

• VCS-C using SIP / H.323
• CUCM using MRGL

BANGER : the main difference in terms of confercing resides in endpoint, MCU works for non-immerisce endpoint as for TS workd for nonimmersive and immersive.

MCU Family:

• 4500  -Entry Leve
• 5300   -Mid Level
• MSE 8000 Blade -High Level via 8510 MSE

Teleprence is bad ass type MCU if you wanna support more video and a larger set of endpoint like the IX & TX

Cisco TS Family:

• MSE 8000 via 8710
• Standalon 7010
• Vmware ESXI on UCS
• TS 310 & 320

Comparaison in conferencing check image below:

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Multipoint : technologie that makes multiple three or more endpoint in a call
Multisite : is the name cisco gives to the option key that enables endpint to host muliôin calls
Miltway : is call escalation from point-to-point call to a multipoint call using Cisco Telepresence Multiway

Multisite Call	Limited as the endpoint is mergin the media of all the endpoints in the conference, not very scalable
Multiway call	Scable and uses the VCS-MCU couple power to host call via the multiway URI

Adhoc conference : are is considered to be a on the fly non scheduled conference.

in the comment give me scenarios of a adhoc conference.

note : a call between 2 user is considered a adhoc conference.

Thank you.