General Description - Cisco MCS 7800 Series Administration Manual

Preface
Initial Release: May 5, 2008, OL-12586-02
Last Revised: August 4, 2008

General Description

The Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch (CTMS) is designed to support multipoint (multi-location)
Cisco TelePresence meetings for up to 48 table segments (48 single-screen systems, 16 three-screen
systems, or a mix of both) in a single meeting.
Table 1
Feature
Scalability
Simple scheduling and
"one-button-to-push" dialing
Scheduled and non-scheduled
meeting support
Audio add-on
Video switching
Video announce
Comprehensive diagnostics
Call detail records
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CTMS Features
Benefit
CTMS is designed to support small workgroup applications to large
Cisco TelePresence multipoint meetings. Up to 48 table segments
are supported.
CTMS and integration to Cisco TelePresence System Manager
(CTS-Manager) allows scheduling through the enterprise calendar
(for example, Microsoft Outlook) and easy one-button-to-push call
launch for both point-to-point and multipoint meetings.
During an active meeting, the conference manager can add another
party using the CTMS Administration software.
Audio only participants can be added to any multipoint meeting
using the audio add-on feature supported by CTS endpoints.
Voice-activated site and segment video switching supported.
Upon joining the meeting, Cisco TelePresence rooms will be shown
to all other rooms for two seconds. This prevents a muted room from
joining without being noticed.
Diagnostics features include system status information, alarms,
downloadable error logs and Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP) support.
Call records provide meeting beginning and ending information as
well as meeting participant details.
Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch Release 1.1 Administration Guide
Table 1 summarizes some of the features of the CTMS:
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