Introduction to Cisco MeetingPlace for Cisco IP Phone Release 4.2.5

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Introduction to Cisco MeetingPlace for Cisco IP Phone Release 4.2.5

Audience for This Guide

Scope of This Guide

Naming Conventions Used in This Guide

Information About Cisco MeetingPlace for Cisco IP Phone Release 4.2.5

Cisco MeetingPlace for Cisco IP Phone Features

Cisco MeetingPlace for Cisco IP Phone Components

Cisco MeetingPlace for IP Phone Schedule and Attend Process

Additional References

Introduction to Cisco MeetingPlace for Cisco IP Phone Release 4.2.5

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This chapter includes the following sections:

•Audience for This Guide

•Scope of This Guide

•Naming Conventions Used in This Guide

•Information About Cisco MeetingPlace for Cisco IP Phone Release 4.2.5

•Additional References

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Note Cisco MeetingPlace for Cisco IP Phone Release 4.2.5 is referred to as Release 4.2.5.

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Audience for This Guide

System Manager's Guide for Cisco MeetingPlace for Cisco IP Phone Release 4.2.5 is for Cisco IP phone System Managers that are familiar with networking and IP telephony concepts and have an understanding of how Cisco CallManager operates on the company network.

Scope of This Guide

System Manager's Guide for Cisco MeetingPlace for Cisco IP Phone Release 4.2.5 provides information about the following topics:

•Installing and configuring Release 4.2.5.

•Configuring the following Release 4.2.5 components: Cisco MeetingPlace Web Conferencing and Cisco CallManager.

•Using Release 4.2.5 with the Cisco IP Phone 7960 (Cisco IP phone).

This guide does not provide information about installing and configuring Cisco CallManager or Cisco MeetingPlace Web Conferencing for your network. To located information about those products, see the list of documents in the "Additional References" section.

Naming Conventions Used in This Guide

The following product-naming conventions are used in System Manager's Guide for Cisco MeetingPlace for Cisco IP Phone Release 4.2.5:

Product	Convention
Cisco IP Phone 7960	Cisco IP phone
Cisco MeetingPlace Audio Server release and the hardware upon which the release is installed	Cisco MeetingPlace Audio Server system
Cisco MeetingPlace for Cisco IP Phone Release 4.2.5	Release 4.2.5
Cisco MeetingPlace server with any possible combinations of integration applications	Cisco MeetingPlace system

Information About Cisco MeetingPlace for Cisco IP Phone Release 4.2.5

Before you install and configure Release 4.2.5, you should understand the following concepts:

•Cisco MeetingPlace for Cisco IP Phone Features

•Cisco MeetingPlace for Cisco IP Phone Components

•Cisco MeetingPlace for IP Phone Schedule and Attend Process

Cisco MeetingPlace for Cisco IP Phone Features

Release 4.2.5 integrates with Cisco MeetingPlace and Cisco MeetingPlace Web Conferencing to schedule meetings and distribute meeting notifications. Once installed and configured, Release 4.2.5 enables Cisco IP phone users to perform the following tasks:

•Schedule immediate or future Cisco MeetingPlace meetings

•Attend Cisco MeetingPlace meetings

•Find meetings that are scheduled today or tomorrow

•Delete meetings that are scheduled tomorrow

•Request Cisco MeetingPlace system outdials, as shown in Figure 1-1

Figure 1-1 Cisco MeetingPlace Outdialing for Cisco IP Phone Users

1	Cisco IP phone user presses the Call Me softkey.	4	By using TCP, the Cisco MeetingPlace Audio Server system sends the Call Me request to the Cisco MeetingPlace IP Gateway.
2	By using TCP, the Call Me request is sent to the Cisco MeetingPlace Web Conferencing server.	5	By using H.323, the Cisco MeetingPlace IP Gateway sends the IP phone number to Cisco CallManager.
3	By using TCP, the MeetingPlace Agent Service sends the request and IP phone number to the Cisco MeetingPlace Audio Server system.	6	By using SSP, Cisco CallManager calls the Cisco IP phone user.

Cisco MeetingPlace for Cisco IP Phone Components

Release 4.2.5 comprises the following components:

•Cisco MeetingPlace conference server to schedule and confirm meetings

•Cisco IP phone to access the Cisco MeetingPlace service

•Cisco MeetingPlace IP Gateway to perform IP call setup and teardown for the Cisco MeetingPlace conference server

•Cisco MeetingPlace Web Conferencing server to provide access to installed XML phone pages and templates

•Cisco CallManager server to add the Cisco MeetingPlace service for Cisco IP phone users to access

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Note Release 4.2.5 is deployed by using the HTTP protocol from standard web servers, such as Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS).

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Cisco MeetingPlace for IP Phone Schedule and Attend Process

When Cisco IP phone users schedule meetings, the scheduling requests are sent to the Cisco MeetingPlace Web Conferencing server, which then passes the request to the Cisco MeetingPlace system, as shown in . If resources are available for requested meeting times, the Cisco MeetingPlace system schedules the meetings and sends the meeting information to schedulers.

Figure 1-2 Meeting Scheduling Process from Cisco IP Phones

1	The Cisco IP phone user schedules a meeting, and, by using TCP, the request is sent to the Cisco MeetingPlace Web Conferencing server.	3	The Cisco MeetingPlace Audio Server system schedules the meeting.
2	By using TCP, the Cisco MeetingPlace Web Conferencing server passes the request to the Cisco MeetingPlace Audio Server system.	4	A meeting confirmation appears on the Cisco IP phone.

Additional References

•Read Me First: Guide to Cisco Conferencing Documentation and Support

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/conf/mtgplace/roadmap.htm

•Cisco MeetingPlace Audio Server documentation

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/conf/mtgplace/audio/index.htm

•Cisco MeetingPlace IP Gateway documentation

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/conf/mtgplace/ipgw/index.htm

•Cisco MeetingPlace Web Conferencing documentation

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/conf/mtgplace/web/index.htm

•Cisco CallManager documentation

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/voice/c_callmg/index.htm

•Cisco IP phone documentation

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/voice/c_ipphon/english/index.htm

•Release Notes for Cisco MeetingPlace for IP Phone Release 4.2.5.5

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/conf/mtgplace/ipphone/425/425rn.htm