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Native Interoperability. Nick Ciesinski University of Wisconisn - Whitewater. Quick Overview. Ability to connect with non-Cisco Telepresence systems without the need for expensive bridging devices
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Native Interoperability Nick Ciesinski University of Wisconisn - Whitewater
Quick Overview • Ability to connect with non-Cisco Telepresence systems without the need for expensive bridging devices • Feature available in Cisco Telepresence endpoint code 1.7.4 and Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.6.1 • Feature available with Point-to-Point calling only (one exception) • Non-Cisco Telepresence endpoints can be registered to Cisco Unified Communications Manager or not
Limitations • Official device support list is somewhat limited in first version • Non-Cisco Telepresence endpoint must negotiate at minimum of 1Mb/sec • Presentation/content sharing not consistent with current Telepresence experience • Cisco Telepresence endpoints still only support SIP for signaling • Resolution limited to maximum of 720p at 30fps • Cisco Telepresence endpoints still dial by phone number only
University of Wisconsin – Whitewater’s Use of P2P Interop • Most of our video use is point-to-point • College of Business primary users with sites in Europe • LifeSize • Polycom • Tandberg C/EX endpoints • Other Cisco video endpoints on Cisco Unified Communications Manager • 9971/51 and 8941/45 VoIP video phones • Cisco Unified Personal Communicator (Mac/PC) • Cisco Cius
University of Wisconsin – Whitewater Setup • 3rd Party non-UWW endpoints connected via H.323 to IOS Gatekeeper • IOS Gatekeeper has H.323 trunk to Cisco Unified Communications manager to connect to Telepresence endpoints • No individual registration to Communications manager for each endpoint.
High Level Picture of Setup Cisco Communicator Client Cisco Telepresence SIP CUBE R&E TP Exchange Communications Manager IOS H.323 Gatekeeper External Polycom, Tandberg LifeSize H.323 Devices Local Tandberg EX/C
Pictures of a call with EX90, CTS500, and E20 The exception I mentioned earlier EX90 is using its built in bridge to make this a 3 way call
University of Wisconsin – Whitewater Next Steps • Looking to move from IOS Gatekeeper to VCS to allow both H.323 and SIP easily as well as possible URI inward dialing until Communications Manager 9.0 • Telepresence endpoint software 1.8 allowing more interoperability features and fixing some of the issues in the limitations • Cisco Telepresence Multipoint Switch 1.8 to allow multipoint meetings with Cisco Telepresence and Tandberg EX/C endpoints