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The TANDBERG VCS
The following features have been introduced in version X5.1 of
the VCS software:
Usability enhancements
Many usability improvements have been made, including:
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Description fields for configuration items: a free-format
description can be specified for the following configuration
items: transforms, Allow List and Deny List patterns, search
rules, subzone membership rules.
When viewing the summary list of these items the description
is displayed as a mouse-over tooltip.
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Enable and disable configuration items: transforms, search
rules and subzone membership rules can be individually
enabled and disabled. This makes it easier to make or test
configuration changes.
Previously, configuration items would have to be deleted and
re-created as necessary. The enabled or disabled state is
clearly shown on the summary list pages.
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"Add suffix" and "add prefix" transform options: new pre-
search transform pattern behavior options let you add a prefix
or suffix to the matching alias. Previously, regular expressions
would have been required to do this.
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Consistent create and modify behavior for configuration
items: for configuration where multiple items can be defined
(for example, Allow List patterns, search rules and so on) the
create and modify behavior has been made consistent so that
you are always returned to the summary list page after saving
your changes.
Additionally, new search rules, subzone membership rules,
subzones and zones are all created in a single step. Previously
you had to specify some of the configuration values when
creating the item, and then return to the edit page to specify
the remainder of the values.
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"Please select" in drop-down fields: when creating
configuration items some of the default values presented in
drop-down selection fields have been replaced with a "please
select" value. This helps prevent potentially undesirable
default values being selected by mistake.
Overview and
System
Introduction
status
configuration
D14049.07
March 2010
What's new in this version?
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Improved filtering options for Event Log and Configuration
Log: advanced filtering options let you include or exclude
specific words or phrases when filtering the view of the Event
Log and the Configuration Log.
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OCS Relay status: colored status icons make the difference
between the online and offline OCS Relay status more distinct.
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Configuration warnings: more warnings are raised for common
misconfiguration scenarios, for example if a clustered VCS has
H.323 disabled, or if default links are not present.
FindMe™ / User Policy option key
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The User Policy option key has been renamed as the FindMe™
option key.
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"FindMe accounts" and "FindMe groups" are now referred to
as "user accounts" and "user groups" respectively.
Subzone registration policies
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In addition to using Allow Lists and Deny Lists, registrations
can be controlled at the subzone level. Each subzone can be
configured to allow or deny registrations assigned to it via
the subzone membership rules. See the
more information.
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Up to 3000 subzone membership rules (previously 2000) can
be configured across all subzones.
Zone configuration
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TLS authentication: the VCS can perform certificate
verification of neighbor zones when communicating over TLS.
Mutual authentication can be performed with neighbor VCSs.
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TLS default transport type: TLS is the default SIP transport
type when setting up new neighbor, traversal client and
traversal server zones.
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SIP authentication trust: the VCS can be configured to trust
incoming SIP messages from specified neighbor zones, rather
than challenge them. This applies even if device authentication
is enabled on the VCS.
VCS
Zones and
Clustering and
configuration
neighbors
peers
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Conference Factory generated alias ranges
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subzones
section for
Advanced Media Gateway support
The Advanced Media Gateway (AM gateway) provides support
for transcoding between standard codecs (such as H.264)
and Microsoft RT Video to allow high definition calls between
Microsoft Office Communicator (MOC) clients and TANDBERG
endpoints.
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See
Call
Bandwidth
processing
control
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TANDBERG
VIDEO COMMUNICATION SERVER
Accept proxied registrations: controls whether proxied SIP
registrations routed through a neighbor, traversal client or
traversal server zone are accepted.
Nortel Communication Server 1000 zone profile: the VCS can
automatically configure the settings required for connections
to a Nortel Communication Server 1000.
Separate authentication credentials per traversal client
zone: each traversal client zone specifies its own username
and password for authentication with the traversal server. This
allows a traversal client VCS to connect to one or more service
providers.
See the
zone configuration
section for more information.
Note that the existing Outbound connection credentials
username and password are still used for connections to all
other (non traversal server) external systems.
The upper and lower range limits of the numeric portion of the
generated alias can be specified.
The numeric portion of the generated alias will pad with
leading zeroes to maintain a constant length, for example a
range of 10-999 will generate aliases 010 through 999.
Advanced Media Gateway zone profile: automatically
configures the VCS with the zone settings required for
connection to an AM gateway.
Policy rules: ability to define policy rules to control whether
all or only selected calls to or from MOC clients are diverted
through the AM gateway.
VCS and the Advanced Media Gateway
for more information.
Firewall
Applications
Maintenance
traversal
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