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Adding systems

Systems in Cisco TMS include Endpoints, Gateways, Gatekeepers, Cisco TelePresence MCU,
Equipment and Rooms. Every system can be represented in multiple folders, but these
representations will all have the same entry in the database – which means that changes done to the
system will be reflected in all of its representations.

Automatic system discovery

From Cisco TMS 11.5 a new feature called Automatic system discovery was added. This feature
can be turned on during installation or after installation by going to Administrative Tools >
Configuration > Network Settings. When this feature is enabled, Cisco TMS will scan the network
for systems. If a system not yet known to Cisco TMS responds, this system will automatically be
added to a default folder and given a default template. This template will include an IP Zone and a
Cisco TMS Phonebook containing all the endpoints in Cisco TMS. The folder and template can be
changed under Administrative Tools > Configuration > Network Settings.

Add systems

To add systems, go to Systems > Navigator > select folder to add system to > click Add System.
This page contains four different tabs where you can add systems to the selected folder in Cisco TMS.
Each of them allows different ways of adding systems and rooms/equipment:
Add Systems tab
On this page you can either enter a start IP address and an end IP address for a range of systems to
be added, or you can enter a comma-separated list of IP addresses and host addresses for those
systems you want to add to the Cisco TMS. The following example will add two systems, one by DNS
name and one by IP address, and scan ten systems in a range: "user.tms.int, 10.0.0.1, 10.1.1.0 -
10.1.1.10"
This page is also where you specify the correct locations for the systems and the time zone.
In the Advanced Setting pane you can:
Enter Username, Password and/or an Admin Password if the systems require it in order to be
added.
Select a template to be set as persistent settings on the systems.
Set Discovery Options. For example which SNMP names to use when searching for systems
and if you want to search for non-SNMP systems and whether or not to add discovered systems
although they are not supported by Cisco TMS (for example PC's and network infrastructure
devices). The list of SNMP community names is pulled from Administrative Tools >
Configuration > Network Settings > SNMP Community Names. If you know the community
names of the system you want to add, you may edit this field to speed up the adding process. Any
changes here will NOT affect the settings under Administrative Tools.
The Usage Type field specifies the usage of the system that is added. The options are: Meeting
Room, Personal Home System, Personal Office System or a Roll About system.
From List tab
On this page you can add systems that have already been added to Cisco TMS but are not already in
the current folder or have been automatically discovered by the Cisco TMS Network Scanner.
To select the systems you want to add to the folder, select the check box to the left of the
systems.
Specify the locations and the time zone you want the systems to have in the Enter Location
Settings pane.
For systems that require authentication data, this is entered in the Advanced pane.
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