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Chapter 2 Cisco MeetingPlace Video Integration Components and Process
Supported Cisco MeetingPlace System Configurations
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:
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One Cisco MeetingPlace 8100 series server.
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One or more Cisco MeetingPlace H.323/SIP IP Gateway servers.
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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.
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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 3-17
for important considerations before installing
Cisco MeetingPlace Video Integration. A DMZ configuration includes one or more servers in a
DMZ outside the corporate firewall.
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(Optional) Cisco MeetingPlace for Outlook.
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(Optional) Cisco MeetingPlace for Lotus Notes.
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(Optional) Cisco MeetingPlace SMTP E-Mail Gateway.
The following additional components are also supported:
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One Cisco IPVC MCU with all components including an H.323 gatekeeper.
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(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 2-2
shows this process.
Video endpoints
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Capture and transmit video images and audio from each user or location.
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Receive and display video images and audio from other video-conference
participants to the user or location.
Cisco CallManager
(Optional)
On networks configured with Cisco CallManager:
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Allows SCCP endpoints to participate in Cisco MeetingPlace conferences.
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Routes traffic.
Table 2-1
Components Needed to Integrate Video Conferencing in Cisco MeetingPlace (continued)
Component
Functions