Managing Option Keys - Cisco TelePresence Administrator's Manual

Maintenance

Managing option keys

Options are used to add additional features to the VCS. Option keys can either be valid for a fixed time period
or have an unlimited duration. Your VCS may have been shipped with one or more optional features pre-
installed. To purchase further options, contact your Cisco representative.
The Option keys page (Maintenance > Option
VCS, and allows you to add new options.
The System information
Validity period of each installed key. The options that you may see here include:
Traversal Server: enables the VCS to work as a firewall traversal server.
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H.323 to SIP Interworking gateway: enables H.323 calls to be translated to SIP and vice versa.
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FindMe™: enables FindMe
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Advanced Networking: enables the LAN 2 port on a VCS, and enables static NAT functionality on a VCS
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Expressway.
Device Provisioning: enables the VCS's
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with configuration information on request and to supply endpoints with phone book information. (Endpoints
including Jabber Video, E20, and the EX and MX Series can request to be provisioned.) Note that the VCS
must use Cisco TMS to obtain configuration and phone book information for distribution.
Starter Pack: allows the VCS to offer basic device provisioning without the need for Cisco TMS (see
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Provisioning (Starter Pack)).
Traversal calls: determines the number of traversal calls allowed on the VCS (or VCS cluster) at any one
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time. Note that traversal calls that are passing through the VCS from one neighbor to another but where
neither endpoint in the call is locally registered will still be counted as one traversal call. See the
and licensing [p.403] section for more information.
Non-traversal calls: determines the number of non-traversal calls allowed on the VCS (or VCS cluster) at
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any one time. Note that non-traversal calls that are passing through the VCS from one neighbor to another
but where neither endpoint in the call is locally registered may or may not require a non-traversal call
license, depending on the
Expressway will consume a traversal license if there are no non-traversal call licenses available.
Registrations: the number of concurrent registrations allowed on the VCS. An endpoint can register with
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more than one alias and this will be considered to be a single registration. However, an endpoint that
supports both SIP and H.323 and registers using both protocols will count as two registrations. H.323
systems such as gateways, MCUs and Content Servers can also register with the VCS, and these will
each count as one registration.
TURN Relays: the number of concurrent TURN relays that can be allocated by this VCS (or VCS cluster).
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See About ICE and TURN services [p.63]
Encryption: indicates that AES (and DES) encryption is supported by this software build.
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Advanced account security: enables
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installations.
Microsoft Interoperability: enables encrypted calls to and from Microsoft Lync 2010 Server (for both
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native SIP calls and calls interworked from H.323). It is also required by the Lync B2BUA when
establishing ICE calls to Lync 2010 clients. It is required for all types of communication with Lync 2013.
See License usage within a cluster [p.160]
and TURN relay option key licenses are shared across all peers in the cluster.
Cisco VCS Administrator Guide (X8.1.1)
keys) lists all the existing options currently installed on the
section summarizes the existing features installed on the VCS and displays the
functionality.
Provisioning
Call signaling optimization
for more information.
advanced security
for more information about how traversal call, non-traversal call
Server. This allows VCS to provision endpoints
setting. Note that a non-traversal call on a VCS
features and restrictions for high-security
Managing option keys
Call types
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