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Chapter 3 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 Administration 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 Video Integration 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 Stats Poll Period
parameter defaults to 1 minute. In this situation, 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 conferences will be load-balanced. Video conferencing will
not be available to conferences that are held on web-conferencing servers other than the one on which
Cisco MeetingPlace Video Integration is installed.
For general information about load-balancing configurations, see the
Administrator’s Guide
for
Cisco MeetingPlace Web 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 computer screen.
Cisco MeetingPlace Video Integration supports all video endpoints that are supported by
Cisco IPVC MCU version 3.5plus. SCCP video endpoints (such as Cisco VT Advantage) 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 participate successfully in a video
conference on the Cisco IPVC MCU independently of Cisco MeetingPlace Video 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 Cisco IPVC MCU and configured to optimize
audio quality according to the documentation that came with the product, no additional configuration is
required for Cisco MeetingPlace Video Integration. To optimize sound quality, see the tips in the
troubleshooting section on
Problems During a Video Conference, page 6-7
.
To set up Cisco VT Advantage endpoints, see the
Cisco VT Advantage 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 Continuous Presence according to instructions in
Setting Conference View
Parameters, page 3-8
.