Configuring The Login Page; Configuring External Manager Settings - Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Administrator's Manual

Accurate time is also necessary for configuration replication to work properly if the VCS is in a cluster,
and to ensure correct timestamps in system logs.
Traversal clients must always authenticate with traversal servers (even if the traversal server is not
using device authentication for endpoint clients). Therefore, for a traversal client and traversal server
to connect to each other, both must be configured with details of an NTP server.
SIP-only deployments do not require the use of NTP for authentication.
To configure the VCS with an NTP server, enter the IP address or FQDN (or server address, if a DNS
Domain name has also been configured) of the NTP server to be used when synchronizing system
time.
The NTP server field defaults to one of four NTP servers provided by Cisco, either:
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0.ntp.tandberg.com, 1.ntp.tandberg.com, 2.ntp.tandberg.com or 3.ntp.tandberg.com.
The connection status to the NTP server is shown in the Status section.
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VCS time display and time zones
Local time is used throughout the web interface. It is shown in the system information bar at the
bottom of the screen and is used to set the timestamp that appears at the start of each line in the
Event Log and Configuration Log.
Internally, the VCS maintains its system time in UTC. It is based on the VCS's operating system
time, which is synchronized using an NTP server if one is configured. If no NTP server is configured,
the VCS uses its own operating system time to determine the time and date.
Specifying your local Time zone lets the VCS determine the local time where the system is located. It
does this by offsetting UTC time by the number of hours associated with the selected time zone. It
also adjusts the local time to account for summer time (also known as daylight saving time).
The Time page displays both UTC and local time in the Status section. Note that a UTC system
timestamp is included at the end of each entry in the Event Log and Configuration Log.

Configuring the Login page

The Login page configuration page
image to appear on the login page for both users and administrators.
The Welcome message title and text will appear to administrators when attempting to log in using
the CLI, and to FindMe users and administrators when attempting to log in using the web interface.
You can upload an image that will appear on the login page, above the welcome message, to FindMe
users and administrators when attempting to log in using the web interface.
supported image file formats are JPG, GIF and PNG
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images larger than 200x200 pixels will be scaled down
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Note that this feature is not configurable using the CLI.

Configuring external manager settings

The External manager page
external manager settings.
An external manager is a remote system, such as the Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS),
used to monitor events occurring on the VCS, for example call attempts, connections and
disconnections. The use of an external manager is optional.
Cisco VCS Administrator Guide (X6.1)
(System > Login
(System > External manager) allows you to configure the VCS's
Network and system settings
page) is used to specify a message and
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