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Ask The Expert:Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Update

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Read the bioWith Arne B. Østensen

Welcome to the Cisco Support Community Ask the Expert conversation. This is an opportunity to learn about the Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server and the new features in X7 Software Release with Expert Arne B. Østensen.  Arne B. Østensen is the team lead of the Cisco TelePresence Solution Group in Cisco's Technical Assistance Center in Lysker, Norway. Before joining Cisco, he worked at Tandberg as a product specialist for telePresence infrastructures. He has over four years of experience working and supporting telePresence products.

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Takk for det Martin

(Thanks for your input Martin).

Mvh,

Arne

Hi Tom,

We have now published the X7 deployment guide for Lync/OCS 2007 R2.

It can be found here:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/ps11337/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html

Port overview

IP port numbers used between the B2BUA and OCS/Lync:


Protocol             

B2BUA IP port

Lync / OCS IP port

Signaling to OCS/Lync Server

TLS           

65072              

5061 (OCS/Lync signaling destination port)

Signaling from OCS/Lync Server 

TLS                

65072                    

OCS/Lync ephemeral port

Presence to OCS/Lync Server

TLS   

10001

5061 (OCS/Lync signaling destination port)

Presence from OCS/Lync Server

TLS                 

10001                   

OCS/Lync ephemeral port

Media                     

UDP    

56000 to 57000

MOC/Lync client media ports

IP port numbers used between the B2BUA and VCS Expressway hosting the TURN server:


Protocol             

B2BUA IP port

VCS Expressway IP port

All communications            

UDP          

56000 to 57000   

3478                                            

* This can also be found in the deployment guide, appendix 10.

Best regards,

Arne

Hi there,

Will it be possible to run VCS in virtualized environment? I heard some rumors but would like to know if there is anything on the roadmap, either as commited or uncommited upcoming feature?

Thanks,

Tenaro

Hi Tenaro,

Yes we will support this in the future. The X7.1 VCS software will support virtualization with VM Ware (ESX/vSphere). We expect this version to be publically released in February/March 2012 timeframe.

Best regards,

Arne

That's great news Arne - do you know if it will be able to run on standard hardware, or will it only be supported on Cisco UCS platforms as per CUCM?

Hi Nick,

I think we would recommend using the Cisco UCS platforms to be sure that the VCS runs smoothly. On the other hand, for test purposes etc., I have two VCS appliances running on a single Lenovo X61 laptop with ESX for “home use”. So there are no checks at the moment (in X7.0.1) for the hardware requirements, but this could change in X7.1.

The recommended hardware configurations per VCS VM is to have at least 6 GB of RAM dedicated, and a dual core processor assigned per VCS appliance.

Best regards,

Arne

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