Adding And Updating Conferences - Cisco TelePresence Server 7010 Product User Manual

Adding and updating conferences

There are a number of ways to start a conference with the TelePresence Server:
Using the TelePresence Server's web interface, as described in this topic.
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Logging in to the TelePresence Server from a room. See
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Calling directly into a conference from an endpoint. This is only possible if the conference has a
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numeric ID. If the numeric ID is registered with the gatekeeper/SIP registrar, you can dial the numeric
ID on its own; if not, you can dial by TelePresence Server IP address plus numeric ID.
Adding a conference
To add a conference:
1. Go to Conferences > Add new
2. Complete the fields, referring to the
3. Click Add new conference.
Notes:
You can add pre-configured endpoints to a conference to be automatically invited into the conference
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by the TelePresence Server. This is useful if you regularly invite the same participants into a
conference This is done on the conference configuration page after the conference has been created -
see Updating a conference
If a pre-configured endpoint is busy when the conference starts, the TelePresence Server will retry the
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endpoint ten times and connect it if it becomes available.
You can schedule the conference timing, or return to the conference configuration subsequently and
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start the conference as an
Updating a conference
When updating a conference's configuration you can select endpoints to dial and then dial out and start
an ad hoc conference using an existing conference configuration.
To update an existing conference:
1. Go to Conferences.
2. Click a Conference name. That conference's status page is shown.
3. Go to Configuration.
4. Edit the fields referring to the
5. If required, add pre-configured endpoints to the conference configuration:
i. Click Add pre-configured participants.
ii. Select from the full list of pre-configured participants.
Note: If you have scheduled a time for the conference, then you cannot select any endpoints or
endpoint groups that are already configured for a conference during that period. This avoids
clashing commitments for endpoints and endpoint groups.
iii. Click Update.
The participants are displayed in the Pre-configured participant section.
6. Click Update conference.
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conference.
table below for more information.
for more information.
ad hoc conference using Start now.
table below.
Logging in from a room.
Conferences
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